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Daily Archives: July 17, 2007

Cramer Goes for ABB (ABB)

Posted: July 17, 2007 at 5:51 pm

On tonight's MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer reviewed another one of his "European Stock Picks" series with tonight's pick coming from Switzerland: ABB Ltd. (NYSE:ABB) as the best pure-play ...
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Cramer: Krafty on Kraft Activist Investors (KFT)

Posted: July 17, 2007 at 5:17 pm

On tonight's MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer has gone out with an activist investor pick on Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE:KFT).  He said he has been negative on the stock ...
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IPO Filing Alert: Venture Financial Group, Venture Bank

Posted: July 17, 2007 at 4:52 pm

Venture Financial Group, Inc. has filed to come public via an IPO under the ticker "VNBK" on NASDAQ.  Venture Financial is a bank holding company and parent of Washington state-chartered ...
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Whole Foods’ Board of Directors Gets Some Gumption (WFMI, OATS)

Posted: July 17, 2007 at 4:02 pm

After the close, Whole Foods Market's (NASDAQ:WFMI) issued three press releases, all of which were expected.  This board has not been a very strong board as far as its control ...
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Starbucks (SBUX) Gets New Generals

Posted: July 17, 2007 at 3:49 pm

Starbucks (SBUX) has decided to move some of its most senior people around. It is not something that the military likes to do in wartime. And, it is rarely done ...
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Microsoft’s Gaming Head Is Out (MSFT, ERTS)

Posted: July 17, 2007 at 3:44 pm

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) has announced that Don Mattrick, a former president at Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS), will now lead the Interactive Entertainment Business (IEB) which oversees the Xbox® and Games ...
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Yahoo! (YHOO): No Rally Caps

Posted: July 17, 2007 at 3:39 pm

Yahoo! (YHOO) rallied like mad going into the close, rising as much as 4% starting around 2.30. It almost looked suspicious.The rally was a mistake. Earnings were inline with expectations, ...
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Intel Margins Playing Against Earnings (INTC, SMH)

Posted: July 17, 2007 at 3:30 pm

Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC) posted EPS at $0.22 on $8.7 Billion in revenues, but there is a $0.03 tax item that increased earnings and there was $82 million in restructuring charges. ...
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Cramer’s Chemical/Tech Pairs Trade

Posted: July 17, 2007 at 1:52 pm

On today's STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Jim Cramer made a call for a pairs trade on chemical and tech stocks: Cramer said that traders can ring the register in ...
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Yahoo! Earnings: More About Jerry Yang Than Earnings (YHOO, GOOG, MSFT)

Posted: July 17, 2007 at 12:48 pm

Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) reports after today's close and this is probably going to be a different sort of earnings report than just evaluating the actual numbers.  Estimates are $0.11 EPS and ...
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Fox (NWS) Closes Gap With YouTube (GOOG) In Online Video

Posted: July 17, 2007 at 12:16 pm

New numbers from comScore show that Fox Interactive, the only portion of News Corp (NWS) had almost 53 million unique video streamers at its websites in May. Most of these ...
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Harris Poll: Brands Ain’t Stock Prices (SNE)(TM)(KO)

Posted: July 17, 2007 at 11:40 am

Another study has come out showing the lack of a connection between brand reputation and share price activity.Harris Interactive "best brands" survey was based on a poll of 2,372 adults ...
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Intel: Earnings Taking Stock to $27.50 or $25.00? (INTC, NVLS, AMD, SMH)

Posted: July 17, 2007 at 10:28 am

After today's close we'll get to see earnings out of processor giant Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC).  Wall Street estimates out of First Call put expectations at $0.19 EPS and $8.54 Billion.  ...
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Earnings Preview: Schlumberger (SLB, BHI, HAL) (July 2007)

Posted: July 17, 2007 at 9:40 am

Schlumberger Ltd (NYSE:SLB) is the largest oil field services company in the world and it gives every appearance of keeping its leadership in the field. The stock price has jumped ...
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Banks Eat Private Equity Debt (JPM)(GS)

Posted: July 17, 2007 at 9:12 am

Bloomberg is reporting that JP Morgan (JPM), Goldman Sachs (GS) and several other large investment banks have had to keep $11 billion in private equity debt. "The banks have had ...
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