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Daily Archives: August 10, 2007

Citigroup (C) Has $500 Million Credit Loss

Posted: August 10, 2007 at 6:56 pm

Chuck Prince is likely to be on the hot seat again, but, his troubles may be worse than in the past.According to The FT the bank "lost more than $500m ...
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Earnings Preview: Deere & Co. (DE)

Posted: August 10, 2007 at 6:18 pm

On Wednesday August 15, we'll get earnings from Deere & Co. (NYSE:DE).  First Call estimates are $1.99 EPS and $6.65 Billion revenues.   Next quarter will mark the end of its ...
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Paint-By-Numbers: Why Newspapers Are Screwed (NYT)

Posted: August 10, 2007 at 4:51 pm

From Silicon Valley InsiderIt's easy to say that the New York Times (NYT)  and other newspaper companies are screwed, but sometimes it helps to actually run the numbers.  Do you ...
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Earnings Preview: Blackstone Group (BX)

Posted: August 10, 2007 at 2:22 pm

The Blackstone Group, LP (NYSE:BX) will post earnings for its units on Monday morning, August 13.  First Call looks like the estimates were $0.46 EPS, but investors should be cautious ...
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What To Expect From Wal-Mart Earnings (WMT)

Posted: August 10, 2007 at 2:00 pm

The world retail behemoth that goes by the name of Wal-Mart will report earnings pre-market on Tuesday, August 14.  We just saw the July same store sales Thursday, so much ...
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Hewlett-Packard: Great Earnings Expectations (HPQ)

Posted: August 10, 2007 at 1:11 pm

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) reports next week on Thursday, August 16 and Wall Street is looking for roughly 10% revenue gains and more than 20% earnings gains.  Analysts according to First Call ...
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Previewing Applied Materials Earnings; They Didn’t Get The Down Market Memo (AMAT, KLAC, NVLS, LRCX, ASML)

Posted: August 10, 2007 at 12:36 pm

Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) reports on Tuesday, August 14.  This will be interesting for chip equipment stocks as this is the largest chip equipment stock out there, but the main reason ...
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RIMM (RIMM) Goes Wi-Fi

Posted: August 10, 2007 at 12:23 pm

The new RIMM (RIMM) Blackberries, called the 8310, 8820, and Pearl 2, will have Wi-Fi capability and will be able to switch back and forth between the wireless standard and ...
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IPO Filing: CreditCards.Com…Is This Ironic Or What?

Posted: August 10, 2007 at 10:07 am

This morning we have had an IPO filing with the SEC from a company called CreditCards.com.  If this is not ironic because of the current credit meltdown and liquidity squeeze, ...
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Five Winning DJIA Components On a Bad Day (August 10, 2007) (IBM, JNJ, PG, XOM, UTX)

Posted: August 10, 2007 at 9:44 am

The DJIA is down more than another 150 points today, although it had been down 200 in pre-market activity before the Fed added liquidity this morning.  We have been down ...
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Sun’s (SUNW) Fall: A New 52-Week Low

Posted: August 10, 2007 at 8:53 am

Sun Microsystems (SUNW) sold off today and hit a 52-week low at $4.50. Its 52-week high is $6.78. The company put out mediocre numbers on July 30, so this is ...
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Central Banks Step In: Injecting Liquidity Rather than Cutting Rates

Posted: August 10, 2007 at 8:29 am

There are more reports of world central bank interventions today.  The European Central Bank stepped in and providing added liquidity.  The Associated Press put today's figure at $83.9 Billion and ...
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Wyeth (WYE): More Bad News

Posted: August 10, 2007 at 8:05 am

Wyeth's (WYE) shares are off 10% over the last three months, and trade near their 52-week low. The stock is about to go lower. The company disclosed the receipt of ...
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Pre-Market Stock News (August 10, 2007)

Posted: August 10, 2007 at 7:34 am

(BDY) Bradley Pharma said its special committee has received bid indications in its attempt of exploring strategic alternatives.(CFC) Countrywide Financial down over 10% after disclosures in SEC Filing.(DISH) Echostar $0.50 ...
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Pre-Market Analyst Calls (August 10, 2007)

Posted: August 10, 2007 at 7:08 am

ADCT raised to Outperform at Baird.ALVR started as Mkt Perform at Piper Jaffray.AMSC cut to Underperform at RBC.DTV raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse.EAT raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.ELX raised ...
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