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Daily Archives: June 21, 2007

IS GE REALLY Paying Paris Hilton $1 Million??? (GE, NWS, PLA)

Posted: June 21, 2007 at 7:18 pm

Today was a bit of an oddball day in true media.  It was all over the media after the New York Post, a News Corp. (NWS-NYSE) company, reported that General ...
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NYSE Short Interest, June 2007

Posted: June 21, 2007 at 7:13 pm

The NYSE released short interest in stocks traded on the exchange. The figures are as of June 15 and are compared to the comparable numbers at of May 15.Largest Shares ...
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Cramer Reviews 10 More Warren Buffett Stock Picks

Posted: June 21, 2007 at 5:35 pm

Stock Tickers: BRK/A, UNP, USB, MTB, ASD, NSC, WLP, UNH, IR, HRBOn CNBC's Mad Money tonight, Jim Cramer reviewed stock picks from Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK/A) to what is ...
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Cramer Reviews 10 Warren Buffett Stock Picks

Posted: June 21, 2007 at 5:17 pm

Stock Tickers: BRK/A, BNI, KO, PG, WMT, USG, AXP, WFC, MCO, JNJ, COPOn tonight's MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer reviewed another Warren Buffett strategy by reviewing holdings to see ...
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Blackstone Group IPO…Prices After All (BX)

Posted: June 21, 2007 at 4:59 pm

After all the hemming and hawing, and all the publicity and tabloid-esque coverage of the deal.....It's finally happened.  The Blackstone Group, L.P. sent out a news bulletin after today's close ...
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Starbucks (SBUX) Leads The 52-Week Low Club

Posted: June 21, 2007 at 3:10 pm

Starbucks (SBUX) Management says reaching higher expectations for quarter looks bad. Drops to $26.10 from $40.01. Would you like a latte with your stock certificate?Esco Technologies (ESE) Big client Pacific ...
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Kraft (KFT): Never Give A Sucker An Even Break

Posted: June 21, 2007 at 2:13 pm

"Never give a sucker an even break and never wise up a chump" -- P.T. BarnumKrafts's (KFT) shares are up 7% on a rumor that Nelso Peltz has bought 3% ...
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Cramer Calls “Tech As the Trade” (LVLT, CIEN, INTC, NVDA, SNDK, EMC)

Posted: June 21, 2007 at 1:54 pm

Stock Tickers: LVLT, CIEN, INTC, NVDA, SNDK, EMCJim Cramer came out on STOP TRADING on CNBC and noted the "Tech is roaring" trend.  He said this is where the money ...
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SIRIUS & XM Sending More Support Letters to FCC (XMSR, SIRI)

Posted: June 21, 2007 at 1:40 pm

As we have noted several times, SIRIUS Satellite Radio (SIRI-NASDAQ) and XM Satellite Radio (XMSR-NASDAQ) are trying to crank up their voice of support at the same time that that ...
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New 52-Week High: Semiconductor HOLDRs (SMH, INTC, AMD, TXN, AMAT)

Posted: June 21, 2007 at 12:28 pm

Stock Tickers: SMH, INTC, AMD, TXN, AMATInvestors are probably thinking about the old "Sell in May and Go Away" mantra, particularly in tech stocks, with a different mindset than in ...
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Is GM (GM) Outpacing The Car Industry

Posted: June 21, 2007 at 12:14 pm

GM (GM) management said that industry-wide US sales of cars and light trucks would be about 16.7 million units, down from forecasts of 17 million.But, GM added, almost as an ...
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Four More PowerShares ETF’s Set For Launch (PEF, PJO, PAF, PXF)

Posted: June 21, 2007 at 11:16 am

Stock Tickers: PEF, PJO, PAF, PXFINVESCO's PowerShares are launching four new ETF's on June 25, 2007.  These are geared toward US investors to increase more easily targeted investing in overseas ...
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How Cheesecake Factory Can Fix Its Downgrade Problems (CAKE)

Posted: June 21, 2007 at 10:03 am

Cheesecake Factory (CAKE-NASDAQ) is trading down more than 7% to $24.80 on almost triple its normal volume after multiple analyst downgrades based upon comments from a growth conference.  Yesterday, at ...
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Ethiopia Sinks Starbucks (SBUX)?

Posted: June 21, 2007 at 8:53 am

It does not make any sense. Ethiopian official reached an agreement with Starbucks (SBUX) to promote the regions coffee in its stores, and support the country's brands Sidamo, Harar and ...
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A Mistaken Upgrade Of AMD (AMD)

Posted: June 21, 2007 at 8:32 am

According to AP: Stifel Nicolaus analyst Cody Acree upgraded the stock to a short-term "Buy" from "Neutral," and set a $17 price target on it. The reasons to justify the ...
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