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Daily Archives: May 2, 2007

Shamrock Activist Value Raises Its Stake in TNS (TNS) to 8.77%

Posted: May 2, 2007 at 1:48 pm

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Is BEA Systems Any Closer To An Offer? (BEAS)

Posted: May 2, 2007 at 12:20 pm

BEA Systems (BEAS-NASDAQ) is a name that just came back under fire yesterday after lowering its quarterly revenue projections.  The drop in the stock was not massive as estimates were ...
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24/7 Wall St. Starbucks Store Evaluation Tour Back In NY

Posted: May 2, 2007 at 11:51 am

Peter Lynch, who had one of the great investment track records while at Fidelity once made this point:  "An amateur investor can pick tomorrow's big winners by paying attention ...
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Apple’s iPhone: Good For AT&T

Posted: May 2, 2007 at 11:32 am

Apple (AAPL) begins selling its revolutionary iPhone this summer and it will mark the end of the string of hits for the company.  Billed as "your life in your pocket", ...
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Cramer’s Obesity Stock Plays

Posted: May 2, 2007 at 10:48 am

Jim Cramer has a video on TheStreet.com this morning discussing obesity stock plays.  With 7 million Americans more than 100 pounds overweight and $33 Billion is spent on healthcare per ...
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Gap between GAAP and non GAAP Earnings

Posted: May 2, 2007 at 10:45 am

By CrossProfit Lately more and more companies are reporting non GAAP earnings along with the standard required GAAP earnings. The trend is accompanied with statements like 'we provide non GAAP ...
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BISYS: A Buyout? No, It’s Giving Itself Away (BSG, C)

Posted: May 2, 2007 at 9:09 am

BISYS Group Inc. (BSG-NYSE) is doing one of the more foolish things they could do.  The company is selling out to Citigroup (C-NYSE) for what would amount to a $12.00 ...
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Full Research Summary (MAY 2, 2007)

Posted: May 2, 2007 at 7:04 am

ACS cut to Sector Perform at RBC.ADBL raised to Buy at Citigroup.AHG cut to Underperform at Jefferies.ARO started as Outperform at CIBC.ARRS raised to Sector Perform at CIBC.AUDC cut to ...
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Pre-Market Stock News (MAY 2, 2007)

Posted: May 2, 2007 at 6:43 am

(ADLS) Advanved Life Sciences said its cethromycin showed to be effective against anthrax in study.(ALVR) Alvarion $0.02 EPS vs $0.02e.(ARRY) Array Biopharma priced a 7 million share secondary offering at ...
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Earlybird Analyst Calls (MAY 2, 2007)

Posted: May 2, 2007 at 6:11 am

ACS cut to Sector Perform at RBC.ADBL raised to Buy at Citigroup.AHG cut to Underperform at Jefferies.AUDC cut to MKt Perform at Piper Jaffray.BBG cut to Mkt Perform at Wachovia.CRL ...
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Sprint’s Earnings: Not Much

Posted: May 2, 2007 at 6:09 am

Sprint (S) did not do much in the last quarter. Its big headline is that it added 600,000 new wireless customers. But, wireline revenue dropped.Revenue was flat at $10.1 billion. ...
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Cablevision: Another Low Ball Bid From The Dolans

Posted: May 2, 2007 at 5:53 am

The founding family of Cablevision (CVC), the Dolan clan, are making another run at taking the company private. This time they are offering $36 a share, a 10% premium. The ...
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Europe Markets 5/2/2007

Posted: May 2, 2007 at 5:31 am

Markets in Europe were higher at 6.25 AM New York time.The FTSE rose .7% to 6,462. Barclays (BCS) was up .9% to 722.5. BP (BP) was .5% to 566. BT ...
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Dow Jones: Murdoch & Co. Can Never Makes Its Money Back

Posted: May 2, 2007 at 4:35 am

Lost in most of the discussion about the News Corp (NWS) offer to buy Dow Jones (DJ) for $5 billion is the fact that it is virtually certain that Mr. ...
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Media Digest 5/2/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: May 2, 2007 at 4:05 am

According to Reuters, a News Corp (NWS) purchase of Dow Jones (DJ) would improve the company's presence in Asia, but would not give it needed access into China.Reuters writes that ...
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