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Daily Archives: July 23, 2007

Pre-Market Stock News (July 23, 2007)

Posted: July 23, 2007 at 7:16 am

(ABN) ABN AMRO's bid from Barclays was raised to 67.5 Billion Euros ($93+ Billion U.S.) to try to close the deal.(ACI) Arch Coal $0.26 EPS vs $0.27 est.; guidance appears ...
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Hewlett-Packard (HPQ): A 38% Premium For Opsware (OPSW), Too Much?

Posted: July 23, 2007 at 7:03 am

Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) will buy data center automation software company Opsware (OPSW) for $14.25 a share and combine it with its enterprise IT management software unit. According to the larger company: ...
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Transocean (RIG) And GlobalSanteFe (GSF) Merge

Posted: July 23, 2007 at 6:52 am

Transocean Inc.(RIG) and GlobalSantaFe Corporation (GSF) today announced that their boards of directors have unanimously approved a definitive agreement for a merger of equals.According to the companies the aggregate total ...
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Pre-Market Analyst Calls (July 23, 2007)

Posted: July 23, 2007 at 6:49 am

AFL raised to Overweight at Lehman.AMGN raised to Hold at Citigroup.ASBC cut to Underweight at Lehman.BUD raised to Hold at Citigroup.CKR started as Neutral at JPMorgan.EMN raised to Buy at ...
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Merck (MRK) Perks

Posted: July 23, 2007 at 6:45 am

Merck's (MRK) sales for the last quarter were $6.1 billion, an increase of 6% from the second quarter of 2006. Net income for the second quarter of 2007 was $1,676.4 ...
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Halliburton (HAL): Big Oil Gets Bigger

Posted: July 23, 2007 at 6:09 am

Wall Street thought Halliburton (HAL) would do well last quarter. The First Call estimates were for $0.56 EPS on nearly $3.5 Billion in revenues. As it turned out income from ...
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Apple (AAPL): The iPhone Or The Earnings?

Posted: July 23, 2007 at 5:47 am

Reuters speculates that Wall St. may be more interested in the two days of iPhone sales that Apple (AAPL) will report for the last quarter than in the earnings themselves.That ...
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Microsoft (MSFT): Life In The Internet Slow Lane

Posted: July 23, 2007 at 5:32 am

Google (GOOG) has been offering spreadsheet, word processing, and other desktop software with data stored on its servers for some time. The Microsoft (MSFT) model for its OS and Office ...
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Europe Markets 7/23/2007

Posted: July 23, 2007 at 5:22 am

Markets in Europe were mixed at 6.20 AM New York time.The FTSE rose .3% to 6,606. Barclays (BCS) rose 3.2% to 736.5. Prudential (PUK) rose 1.9% to 737.5. The DAXX ...
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NetFlix (NFLX) And Blockbuster (BBI) Battle To Death

Posted: July 23, 2007 at 5:13 am

NetFlix (NFLX) will drop its DVD rental fees to match those that Blockbuster (BBI) charges for DVDs sent to customers through the mail. According to The Associated Press "Netflix will ...
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AT&T (T) Taps The Farmer’s Market

Posted: July 23, 2007 at 5:02 am

According to The Associated Press: "A decade-old telephone tax intended to help bring affordable service to rural areas has instead turned into something quite different: a bottomless and politically protected ...
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Is ABN Amro (ABN) Too Expensive Yet

Posted: July 23, 2007 at 4:53 am

Like two poker players who have been up for 36 hours straight, RBS and Barclays (BCS) keep upping their bids for ABN Amro (ABN),Barclays will use money raised from China ...
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Yahoo!’s (YHOO) Privacy Ploy

Posted: July 23, 2007 at 4:44 am

Yahoo! (YHOO) plans to make customer search information anonymous after 13 months. Microsoft (MSFT) and IACI's (IACI) Ask.com are pulling together with advocacy groups to set up systems to safeguard ...
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Mattel’s (MAT) Barbie: The Death Of Imagination

Posted: July 23, 2007 at 4:30 am

The new Barbie from Mattel (MAT) has an MP3 player in it. The place where children store the Barbie connects to the internet to get games and songs. And, the ...
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Will The Apple (AAPL) iPhone Allow Aliens To Read Your Mind?

Posted: July 23, 2007 at 4:23 am

In the old days, if you wanted aliens for outer space to have access to you thoughts all you had to do was put on a hat made of tin ...
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