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Daily Archives: July 12, 2007

What To Expect After Mackey’s Blunder (WFMI, OATS)

Posted: July 12, 2007 at 5:50 pm

We have covered Mackey's gaff a couple times already, but this situation is going to go far beyond mackey himself.  After Whole Foods (NASDAQ:WFMI) CEO John Mackey was busted for ...
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The 52-Week Low Club

Posted: July 12, 2007 at 3:30 pm

Westwood One (WON) CEO at radio company leaving. Down to $5.83 from 52-week high of $8.46.American Home Mtg  (AHM) Dragged down more by real estate market. Down to $14.01 from ...
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Earnings Preview: General Electric Q2 2007 (GE)

Posted: July 12, 2007 at 2:39 pm

Tomorrow morning, we should get the second quarter earnings results for General Electric (NYSE:GE).  The estimates are $0.52 EPS and $41.7 Billion according to First Call.  GE frequently gives guidance, ...
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Foster Wheeler: Good News, Bad News (FWLT, DOW, KBR, QQQQ)

Posted: July 12, 2007 at 10:55 am

Heavy construction and engineering giant Foster Wheeler (NASDAQ:FWLT) got some bad news today: it was beaten out by KBR, Inc. (NYSE:KBR) for a project management and front-end engineering and design ...
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Whole Foods, Mackey, & ‘rahodeb’: Full 7 Year History of Message Board Posts (WFMI, OATS)

Posted: July 12, 2007 at 10:18 am

We wanted to look farther into what John Mackey of Whole Foods (NASDAQ:WFMI) really said on his Yahoo! message boards.  The truth is that when you look through the links ...
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Eldorado Gold (EGO): Two Views: Big Difference

Posted: July 12, 2007 at 9:10 am

Eldorado Gold (EGO) is being pilloried because a court shut one of its mines in Turkey due to potential environmental problems. The company's shares are down 25% today to $5.But, ...
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What Is Whole Foods Going To Do About CEO Mackey Using Online Alias Postings? (WFMI, OATS)

Posted: July 12, 2007 at 7:35 am

Whole Foods (NASDAQ:WFMI) is seeing shares indicated down about 1.5% after an interesting development where its CEO John Mackey used an online handle of "rahodeb" to attack rival Wild Oats ...
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Is Microsoft (MSFT) Catching Yahoo! (YHOO) In Search

Posted: July 12, 2007 at 7:22 am

A post at TechCrunch uses numbers from Compete.com to show that Microsoft's (MSFT) share of the search market is getting close to Yahoo!'s (YHOO). Almost no one uses Compete's figures, ...
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Pre-Market Stock News (July 12, 2007)

Posted: July 12, 2007 at 7:07 am

(AA) Alcoa trading up 6% after Rio Tinto gave a higher rival bid over Alcoa's buyout offer for Alcan.(AAON) AAON announced a 3 for 2 stock split.(AL) Alcan gets a ...
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Wal-Mart (WMT) Gets A Lift, Dell (DELL) As Well

Posted: July 12, 2007 at 6:51 am

Wal-Marts' (WMT) same-store sales were up more than most analysts thought they would be, rising 2.9% in the four weeks ending July 7. Grocery sales did well, but electronics did ...
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Earlybird Analyst Calls (July 12, 2007)

Posted: July 12, 2007 at 6:31 am

AZO cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.BHE started as Buy at B of A.CELG started as Buy at Jefferies.CLS  started as neutral at B of A.CMCO cut to Outperform at ...
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Will Sony (SNE) Cut PS3 Price Again?

Posted: July 12, 2007 at 6:03 am

A senior Japanese video game executive is telling Reuters that Sony's (SNE) recent $100 price cut on the PS3 game platform will not be the last. Perhaps the consumer electronics ...
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Europe Markets 7/12/2007

Posted: July 12, 2007 at 5:55 am

Markets in Europe were modestly higher at 6.50 AM New York time.The FTSE was up .2% to 6,629. BHP Billiton (BHP) was up 1.1% to 1511. Vodafone (VOD) was up ...
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The UAW Taunts Detroit

Posted: July 12, 2007 at 5:33 am

The idea that the UAW was going to give up the ghost and concede pension and benefits issues to the Big Three to help them with their turnarounds probably had ...
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The Frogs Buy WiMax

Posted: July 12, 2007 at 5:16 am

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) has won the contract to build out a WiMax network in France. According to MarketWatch: "Alcatel-Lucent will equip the planned sites in the Ile de France and Provence-Alpes-Cote ...
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