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Daily Archives: September 7, 2007

Pre-Market Analyst Calls (September 7, 2007)

Posted: September 7, 2007 at 7:14 am

AER raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.AYR started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.BSC cut to Neutral at B of A.CHH started as Mkt Perform at Wachovia.CLUB started as Sell at ...
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Stating The Obvious: Fixing Software Piracy Could Take Years

Posted: September 7, 2007 at 6:15 am

Craig Mundie, Microsoft (MSFT) chief research and strategy officer, was good enough to point out to Reuters that fixing software piracy issues in the developing world could take decades. "Most ...
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Europe Markets 9/7/2007

Posted: September 7, 2007 at 5:57 am

Market in Europe were down slightly at 6.55 AM.The FTSE fell a fraction. Barclays (BCS) fell 2.5% to 592.5. BHP Billiton (BHP) rose 1.4% to 1493. The DAXX was off ...
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Where Does The Market Go If Credit Agencies Crater?

Posted: September 7, 2007 at 5:43 am

It was not that many years ago that a slew of investigations almost ruined the big players in the accounting industry. Arthur Andersen disappeared under the weight of a Justice ...
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Could Japan’s Cellphone Price Wars Migrate To US?

Posted: September 7, 2007 at 5:06 am

NTT Docomo (DCM), which has over half of Japan's $78 billion wireless market, is cutting its basic fees in half  Why? Smaller rivals KDDI and Softbank have brought down their ...
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The End Of “Net Neutrality” Could Cost Google Hundred Of Millions

Posted: September 7, 2007 at 4:53 am

According to comScore, Google (GOOG) has almost 124 million unique visitors in the US. The pageview number is much, much larger. GOOG division YouTube now serves over 100 million video ...
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Apple Fights The Telephone Company

Posted: September 7, 2007 at 4:36 am

AT&T (T) was supposed to get a big benefit from selling the Apple (AAPL) iPhone. But, AAPL may have turned that on its head.With iPhones and iPods that have WiFi ...
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Are Cable Companies Losing Their Attraction

Posted: September 7, 2007 at 4:30 am

Reuters is quick to point out that cable companies, which use to be good defensive plays in choppy markets, may be losing that distinction.  Maybe. The old notion was that ...
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Media Digest 9/7/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: September 7, 2007 at 3:11 am

According to Reuters, Lehman Brothers (LEH) and National City are cutting 2,150 mortgage jobs.Reuters writes that more PC game players are beginning to use notebooks as their processing power increase. ...
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Asia Markets 9/7/2007

Posted: September 7, 2007 at 2:47 am

Markets in Asia were mostly lower. The Nikkei fell .6% to 16,122. Docomo (DCM) fell 1.2% to 170000. Sony (SNE) fell 1.4% to 5640. The Hang Seng was off .2% ...
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