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Daily Archives: August 17, 2007

Is Target Still Killing Wal-Mart? (TGT, WMT)

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 3:57 pm

Target Corp. (NYSE:TGT) reports earnings on Tuesday, and it traded up with the broader market today.  Shares closed up 2.3% at $61.18.  First Call is expecting EPS to be $0.80 ...
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Earnings Preview For Staples in Aug. 2007 (SPLS)

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 3:22 pm

Next Tuesday we have earnings from Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS) and First Call has EPS at $0.25 and revenues at $4.3 Billion.  The following quarter is expected to have $0.41 EPS ...
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The 52-Week Low Club

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 3:09 pm

Accuray (ARAY) Radiosurgery company has quarterly loss. Down to $12.90 from 52-week high of $31.09.Home Solutions (HSOA) Problems with credit facility. Down to $2.85 from 52-week high of $8.24.Tarragon (TARR) ...
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Cramer Puzzled on EMC/VMware (EMC, VMW, TXN, GOOG, CSCO, INTC, SLB)

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 2:29 pm

On today's STOP TRADING on CNBC Jim Cramer said investors can now focus on what is cheap again and he was positive on Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) with it to go back ...
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Earnings Preview: Medtronic August 2007 (MDT)

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 1:39 pm

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) posts earnings after the close on Tuesday, August 21, and First Call estimates are $0.62 EPS on $3.17 Billion in revenues.  The following quarter is looking like estimates ...
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Lowe’s, Praying For Hurricane Dean To Head North Ahead of Earnings (LOW, HD)

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 1:13 pm

Lowe's Companies (NYSE:LOW) reports earnings on Monday and First Call estimates put earnings at $0.61 EPS on revenues of $14.1 Billion.  Estimates for the following quarter are $0.47 EPS on ...
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Reuters $1B IT Outsourcing Pact Names Fujitsu Instead of TIBCO (TIBX, VMW, RTRSY, TOC)

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 12:55 pm

We confirmed that Reuters (NASDAQ:RTRSY) has apparently given a $1 Billion IT outsourcing pact to Fujitsu Services to launch a standardized IT platform across its global operations.  Reuters wants to ...
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Would EBAY Sell Skype To Comcast?

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 12:45 pm

Skype is not working out very well for Ebay (ABAY). That is not just because the service has been down for two days, keeping it over 200 million subscribers off ...
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Whole Foods Ruling Good News For Google/DoubleClick, Sirius/XM. Really.

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 11:21 am

(WFMI)(OATS)(SIRI)(XMSR)(GOOG)From Silicon Alley InsiderWhat do organic grocery stores, online ad giants, and satellite radio companies have in common? Just a bunch of regulators who decide whether to approve mega-mergers like ...
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IPO FILING: Concentric Medical, A Stroke Treatment Device (CLOT)

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 9:17 am

A medical device company for the treatment of strokes called Concentric Medical, Inc. has filed to come public via an IPO under the NASDAQ ticker "CLOT."  The filing is for ...
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IPO Filing: Chimera, A Vulture Fund With Annaly (CIM, NLY)

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 8:56 am

Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY) announced the filing for an IPO of Chimera Investment Corporation under the NYSE tick "CIM."  Chimera is a newly-formed specialty finance company that will invest ...
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Top Financial Gappers on Discount Rate Cut (GS, BSC, LEND, ETFC, TMA, NLY, WM, WFC, CFC, MBI, PMI)

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 8:39 am

These intra-meeting cuts like the 50-basis point discount rate cut this morning, even if this one is the discount rate rather than the funds rate, do act as stabilizers and ...
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FED Cuts Discount Rate, Futures Spike

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 7:42 am

What appears to be the beginning of another bad day for Wall St.. was turned around as the Federal Reserve cut the discount rate from 6.25% ot 5.75%. Futures are ...
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Google To Buy Into China

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 6:37 am

Google (GOOG) plans to make several acquisitions in China over the next several quarters, according to TechCruch.GOOG market share there trails China search engine Baidu (BIDU) by a large margin. ...
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Ebay Plan For Skype Falters As Service Stays Off-Line

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 6:24 am

After Ebay's (EBAY) last earnings report, CEO Meg Whitman made it clear that the company was not getting a good return on its investment in free VoIP service Skype. EBAY ...
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