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Daily Archives: July 19, 2007

MF Global’s (MF) Train Wreck

Posted: July 19, 2007 at 9:08 am

MR Global's (MF) IPO was one of the largest of the year. The futures broker got off to a poor start when it priced at $30 and not the expected ...
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Viacom (VIA): Sumner Redstone, Lose A Daughter, Gain Some Sense

Posted: July 19, 2007 at 8:56 am

It appears that Sumner Redstone's daughter, Sheri, is leaving the Viacom (VIA) board. It was assumed that she would take over once Sumner passed.Since Sheri appeared to know absolutely nothing ...
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Will Anyone Even Bother Looking At Apple’s Earnings? (AAPL)

Posted: July 19, 2007 at 8:41 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is a stock that keeps going and going.  Shares opened up at an all-time high at $140.38 today and we don't even have its earnings until next ...
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Local.com Spreads Its Wings, Acquires PremierGuide (LOCM)

Posted: July 19, 2007 at 7:46 am

Local.com (NASDAQ:LOCM) has been a crazy stock this year with a trading range of $3.05 to $13.74, and has been a bit of a cult stock because of its narrow ...
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Pre-Market Stock News (July 19, 2007)

Posted: July 19, 2007 at 7:23 am

(AMTD) TD Ameritrade trading up 1% after beating and raising target.(AVCI) Avici Systems trading up 29% on higher revenue guidance after earnings.(BAC) $1.28 EPS vs $1.20 estimate.(CAL) Continental $2.10 vs ...
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Wal-Mart (WMT) Heads Back To China

Posted: July 19, 2007 at 7:19 am

With its US results still in trouble, Wal-Mart (WMT) is turning its attention back to one of its most promising markets--China. According to a report in the Telegraph, the world's ...
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Apple (AAPL): The Mac’s Comeback

Posted: July 19, 2007 at 6:52 am

Apple (AAPL) Mac shipments hit 960,000 units in Q3 of this year according to IDC. Last year, that figure was 716,000, raising Apple's share from 4.8% to 5.6% in the ...
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Pre-Market Analyst Calls (July 19, 2007)

Posted: July 19, 2007 at 6:49 am

BAS started as Neutral at B of A.BHI started as Buy at B of A.BJS started as Neutral at B of A.CLB started as Neutral at B of A.CPX started ...
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SAP’s (SAP) Big Quarter: Good News For Oracle (ORCL)?

Posted: July 19, 2007 at 6:39 am

SAP's (SAP) revenue and earnings were both up more  than expected. Revenue hit 2.42 billion euros, a 10% increase and net income rose 8% to 449 million euros.Software sales in ...
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Motorola (MOT) Beats, But Not Enough

Posted: July 19, 2007 at 6:14 am

Motorola (MOT) reported EPS of two pennies a share against a Reuters estimate of zero. The company shipped 35 million handsets, about what was expected. And, revenue hit $5.73 billion, ...
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Will NHL Push Networks Toward Live Online TV?

Posted: July 19, 2007 at 5:21 am

The NHL will start to show a number of its games live online. The league does not have much of a TV presence.But, will TV networks, especially smaller cable outlets ...
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Europe Markets 7/19/2007

Posted: July 19, 2007 at 5:15 am

Markets in Europe were modestly higher at 6.15 AM New York time.The FTSE rose .7% to 6,615. BHP Billiton (BHP) was up 2.4% to 1479. Vodafone (VOD) was up .6% ...
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Perhaps Ford (F) Should Not Sell Jaguar And Rover

Posted: July 19, 2007 at 5:06 am

Ford (F) will look at bids for Jaguar and Land Rover today. According to the FT, "Cerberus Capital Management, Ripplewood Holdings and One Equity Partners are among private equity groups ...
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EU Smacks Down Qualcomm (QCOM)

Posted: July 19, 2007 at 4:29 am

The EU has decided to pass over Qualcomm's (QCOM) new MediaFlo technology in favor of Nokia's (NOK) mobile-television system as the standard which will be used in Europe. Given that ...
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WiMax Nation: Clearwire (CLWR) And Sprint (S) Link Up

Posted: July 19, 2007 at 4:16 am

Sprint (S) and Clearwire (CLWR) are both making substantial bets on WiMax networks that will allow handsets and PCs to get over-the-air broadband over an extremely wide geographic area. But, ...
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