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Daily Archives: July 20, 2007

Orbitz Prices IPO (OWW, BX, TZOO)

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 6:12 am

Online travel hub operator Orbitz did price its IPO of 34 million shares at a price of $15.00 per share.  Orbitz will trade under the "OWW" ticker on NYSE.  Unfortunately ...
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An European Union Funded Competitor For Google (GOOG)

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 6:03 am

According to TechCrunch, the EU has decided to fund a new search engine business called Theseus. The German government is putting up an extraordinary $165 million. The Associate Press writes ...
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Microsoft’s (MSFT) Online Business Begins To Cook

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 5:50 am

One of the pieces of information buried in Microsoft's (MSFT) earnings report was the improvement in the company's online businesses, primarily made up of MSN and Live Search.Revenue in that ...
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Why Qualcomm’s (QCOM) CEO Needs To Leave

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 5:32 am

The head of Qualcomm (QCOM), Paul Jacobs, has worn out his welcome. His father founded the company, so it may be hard to get him out. But, the board has ...
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Short Sellers Taking Heat in Semiconductor Stocks July 2007

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 5:31 am

Stock Tickers: AMD, SMH, TXN, TER, ADI, LSI, MU, CY, NSM, TSM, STM, IFXTech stocks kept rising from June to July, yet the short sellers were beligerent.  They must have ...
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GM’s (GM) Overseas Home Run

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 5:08 am

GM (GM) may not be doing well in the US, but overseas is a different matter. While the big US car company sold slightly few units in Q2 than rival ...
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Europe Markets 7/20/2007

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 4:57 am

Markets in Europe were off slightly at 5.55 AM New York time.The FTSE fell .1% to 6,634. BT (BT) was up .2% to 331.25. Vodafone (VOD) was down .5% to ...
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Short Sellers Back Off Conglomerates, July 2007 (GE, MMM, UTX, TXT, BAM, PHG, SI)

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 3:31 am

If you look at the conglomerate short selling despite the actual rise in NYSE short selling, it appears that the short sellers finally decided that these large cap and mega-cap ...
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NYSE Short Interest For July

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 3:27 am

Below are key short interest statistics for July. The figures are as of July 13 compared to June 15, 2007Largest Short PositionsCompany                          ...
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Media Digest 3/20/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 3:09 am

According to Reuters, Bernanke believes that subprime losses could hit $100 billion.Reuters writes that GM (GM) closed the gap between itself and Toyota (TM) for total unit sales in Q2.Reuters ...
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Asia Markets 7/20/2007 Shanghai Up 3.7%

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 2:48 am

Markets in Asia rose.The Nikkei was up .2% to 18,157. Canon (CAJ) rose 1.8% to 7300. Honda (HMC) rose 1.8% to 4550. Docomo (DCM) fell 1.1% to 181000. The Hang ...
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Google’s Only Downfall (GOOG, MSFT)

Posted: July 20, 2007 at 2:31 am

After looking through Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) earnings commentary and after listening to much of the conference call replay, it became quite clear that the company biggest miss on earnings wasn't the ...
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