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Daily Archives: July 16, 2007

Google’s (GOOG) Mobile Search Magic

Posted: July 16, 2007 at 7:56 pm

Google (GOOG) is launching a new service that will help mobile handset users search ringtones, games, and other content that consumer can buy from content providers. Google will make money ...
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Schwab Unveils New Bond Trading Fee Structure (SCHW, MER, AMTD)

Posted: July 16, 2007 at 5:55 pm

Online brokerage giant, Charles Schwab Corp. (NASDAQ:SCHW) has unveiled some new pricing plans for its bond trading to entice more online brokerage account defections away from competitors.  It has unveiled ...
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Cramer’s EU Picks: Philips Electronics (PHG, TSM)

Posted: July 16, 2007 at 5:25 pm

On tonight's MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said his new weekly feature will be to add Eurpoean stock picks into his portfolio.  The markets in Europe are hot despite ...
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ACA Capital: Deep Value Stock OR Serious Viability Risk (ACA, BSC)

Posted: July 16, 2007 at 4:16 pm

ACA Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ACA) is a company in trouble.  A stock screen yields the results that the company trades significantly under book value, but your name would have to ...
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GE’s $40+ Close: First Time Since March 2002

Posted: July 16, 2007 at 3:11 pm

General Electric (NYSE:GE) managed to close over $40.00 today, a closing price it has not seen since March 2002.  Technicians would view this as a mixed day.  While shares did ...
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Microsoft Regaining Market Share in Search (MSFT, YHOO, GOOG, TWX, IACI)

Posted: July 16, 2007 at 2:44 pm

If someone told you that good old Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) was actually regaining its market share in search, would you believe them?  If you did believe it, you'd at least want ...
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Cramer’s Trade Off Verizon: Sprint (S)

Posted: July 16, 2007 at 1:48 pm

On today's STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Jim Cramer has a pretty tall call: he thinks instead of hoping for a Verizon (NYSE:VZ) buyout that was reported/misreported this morning, you ...
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Stumbling Block For Detroit: Highways In India (GM)(F)

Posted: July 16, 2007 at 1:22 pm

The domestic auto industry's promised land seems to be China and India. Neither country has a huge, mature manufacturing industry of its own. There are hundreds of millions of people, ...
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Short Bet Against Cameco (CCJ) And Uranium

Posted: July 16, 2007 at 12:38 pm

According to Bloomberg, the short interest in uranium company Cameco (CCJ) has gone to 6.2% of shares outstanding. A few months ago, 24/7 pointed out that valuations of uranium companie ...
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Is Lawsuit Against Facebook Keeping Buyer Away?

Posted: July 16, 2007 at 12:26 pm

TechCrunch has a story about a three-year old lawsuit against Facebook. It may be what is keeping Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), or Yahoo! from making the big offer the press ...
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comScore Traffic For June (TWX)(GOOG)(MSFT)(YHOO)

Posted: July 16, 2007 at 11:40 am

comScore data for June showed Yahoo! (YHOO) leading all properties in the US with 133 million unique visitors. Google (GOOG) and Time Warner (TWX) sites were virtually tied at just ...
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Dendreon: A New Form of Shareholder Activism (DNDN)

Posted: July 16, 2007 at 11:13 am

There was a bit of an unusual message this morning, and that was an advertisement about Dendreon's (NASDAQ:DNDN) Provenge in the Sunday edition of The Washington Post.  Yet it apparently ...
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Is Samsung After AMD (AMD)?

Posted: July 16, 2007 at 9:24 am

The Inquirer has heard that Samsung may be eying AMD (AMD). As the second largest manufacturer of semiconductors in the world picking up the No.2 x86 company might make sense.Samsung ...
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Earnings Preview: Novellus Systems (NVLS) (July 16, 2007)

Posted: July 16, 2007 at 9:23 am

Novellus Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:NVLS) reports earnings after today's close.  First Call estimates were $0.44 EPS and $413.3 million revenues on last look.On a static snapshot of this morning's options prices, ...
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Can You Trust Syntax-Brillian’s Higher Guidance? (BRLC)

Posted: July 16, 2007 at 8:51 am

Syntax-Brillian Corp. (NASDAQ:BRLC) is seeing its shares going bonkers this morning.  After the open shares are up close to 20% at $6.65 and it has already traded close to a ...
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