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Daily Archives: May 1, 2007

IPO Filing: Virgin Mobile USA INC.

Posted: May 1, 2007 at 11:49 pm

Tuesday was the filing date for Richard Bransons's Virgin Mobile USA Inc.  The company is proposing an IPO for up to $100 million in securities sales, although this number can ...
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Will Microsoft’s Silverlight Rule Web Video?

Posted: May 1, 2007 at 11:13 pm

Stock Tickers: MSFT, ADBE, DIVX, CBS, GOOG, TWXIt is a little easy to get caught up in the earnings shuffle during weeks three through seven at the start of each ...
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i2 Technologies falls 30 percent but they’re not dead

Posted: May 1, 2007 at 8:44 pm

i2 Technologies Inc. (ITWO) just reported perhaps their worst quarter ever today. The stock is down over 30% after falling short of Wall Street's expectations and announcing the CEO will ...
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Cramer’s Speculative Telecom Plays (CIEN, TLAB)

Posted: May 1, 2007 at 5:58 pm

Cramer also came out on CNBC's MAD MONEY with some speculative stocks in telecom, even though his main focus in telecom is being defensive right now.  He said that the ...
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Cramer’s Second Defensive Telecom: Alltel, As A Takeover Candidate (AT)

Posted: May 1, 2007 at 5:23 pm

Cramer made another defensive pick on telecom stocks after seeing weak retailers, weak autos, and even weaker housing.  His first pick was Verizon (VZ-NYSE) over AT&T (T-NYSE), but his second ...
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Cramer’s First Defensive Telecom Stock: Verizon

Posted: May 1, 2007 at 5:11 pm

On CNBC's MAD MONEY tonight, Jim Cramer discussed retail signaling that you need to build a defensive portfolio.  Telecom is actually defensive right now after seeing Verizon's (VZ) and AT&T's ...
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Yum! Brands Yummy Earnings

Posted: May 1, 2007 at 3:31 pm

Yum! Brands Inc. (YUM-NYSE) has issued results:  $0.70 EPS and $2.223 Billion versus $0.64 & $2.16 Billion estimates.  During the first-quarter 2007, Yum! repurchased 3.9 million shares at an average ...
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Chipotle’s Spicy Earnings (CMG)

Posted: May 1, 2007 at 3:13 pm

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG-NYSE) has posted results: $0.38 EPS and revenues $236.1 million, compared to estimates of $0.32 & $228 million. It also issued same store sales of +8.3% ...
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The 52-Week Low Club

Posted: May 1, 2007 at 3:07 pm

Circuit City (CC) Restating past results and pulling guidance are not good things. Surprising the the retailer's management are still in their jobs. Drops to $15.31 from 52-week high of ...
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Hold On. Newspaper Companies Aren’t Worth 7% More

Posted: May 1, 2007 at 2:10 pm

As WC Fields said: "Never give a sucker an even break, never wise up a chump."Newspaper stocks are up in sympathy with the News Corp (NWS) bid for Dow Jones ...
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Cramer Talks the News Corp. & Dow Jones Merger (NWS, DJ)

Posted: May 1, 2007 at 1:49 pm

On Today’s STOP TRADING Jim Cramer said he believes that the News Corp. (NWS) bid for Dow Jones (DJ) will succeed, but it may not stop there.  In 1996, Rupert ...
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GM, Ford, Toyota: April Sales Mixed Bag

Posted: May 1, 2007 at 1:02 pm

At least Toyota (TM) is not invincible. Its US sales fell in April from 220,000 to 210,000, a drop of about 4%. But, last year's month had two extra sales ...
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LSI – Assessing the Trap of the “Cheap Tech Stock” (Update)

Posted: May 1, 2007 at 12:54 pm

LSI Corp. (LSI) is a great case study of how low valuations can go for a company with favorable long-term trends, but also a lot of fires in the kitchen.  ...
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Media Mania After Dow Jones & News Corp. Merger Talk

Posted: May 1, 2007 at 10:36 am

Stock Tickers: DJ, NWS, RTRSY, TOC, NYT, WPO, SSP, MNI, BLC, LEE, GHS, XFMLIt looks like almost all media stocks are running on David Faber’s report that Dow Jones (DJ-NYSE) ...
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News Corp. & Dow Jones: We Will Control All You See and Hear (NWS, DJ)

Posted: May 1, 2007 at 10:20 am

CNBC’s David Faber is reporting that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. (NWS-NYSE) has made a $60.00 per share offer to acquire Dow Jones (DJ-NYSE) common stock.  Dow Jones shares have just ...
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