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Daily Archives: September 12, 2007

Cramer’s Running Back Stock Picks (CSCO, AMZN, GOOG, FCX)

Posted: September 12, 2007 at 5:13 pm

Jim Cramer continued his 'fantasy football draft methodology' to compile a stock portfolio that can survive through a coming recession.  He wants a stock that can deliver consistent and long-term ...
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Target Targeting Its Own Targets (TGT)

Posted: September 12, 2007 at 4:49 pm

Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) shares traded up 1.5% to $62.72 in normal trading today, but shares are up another 2% in after-hours trading.  The red-dot announced today that it is reviewing ...
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Syntax-Brillian Shows Why It Delayed Earnings (BRLC)

Posted: September 12, 2007 at 3:56 pm

Syntax-Brillian Corporation (NASDAQ:BRLC) is seeing its shares punished in after-hours trading.  Just yesterday morning it delayed its earnings report by a day and it gave no reason, so this drop ...
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The 52-Week Low Club

Posted: September 12, 2007 at 3:12 pm

Labranche (LAB) Being a specialist firm trading stocks has gotten to be nasty business. Shares drop to $4.65 from 52-week high of $12.21.King Pharmaceuticals (KG) Still taking hammer because patent ...
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Wal-Mart’s New Ad Campaign A Yawn (WMT, COST, TGT)

Posted: September 12, 2007 at 2:45 pm

Wal-Mart's (NYSE:WMT) new ad campaign is starting today.  The company is ditching its "Always Low Prices" in favor of a new slogan:  "Save Money. Live Better."  Wal-Mart probably just got ...
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Ramifications of $80 Oil: Best of Breed Oil & Energy Stocks

Posted: September 12, 2007 at 2:16 pm

Today was a landmark in oil: $80.00 per barrel was hit briefly.  If you were hoping that the OPEC raised production targets yesterday was going to be a huge help, ...
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BusinessWeek Online’s Weak Audience Numbers

Posted: September 12, 2007 at 1:33 pm

BusinessWeek is the only major business magazine on a weekly cycle (it does have two double issues). It is larger than Forbes and Fortune and brings in more money. But, ...
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Avid Tech & Web 2.0: A Savior or Disaster? (AVID, GYI)

Posted: September 12, 2007 at 11:16 am

In a screen of 52-week lows this morning, a peculiar name hit the list that we haven't seen under that screen before yesterday. Avid Tech (NASDAQ:AVID) is trading down $0.45 ...
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Companies That Management Can’t Fix: Journal Register

Posted: September 12, 2007 at 9:57 am

Now that results for the first half of the year are out, 24/7 Wall St. is revisiting its feature on companies that management cannot fix. These firms have lost the ...
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SIRIUS & XM: A Bias Toward The Merger Closing (SIRI, XMSR)

Posted: September 12, 2007 at 9:36 am

We have been steadily reviewing all of the trading in stock and options in shares of both Sirius Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) and XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:XMSR) to look at the ...
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Baidu Makes A New High

Posted: September 12, 2007 at 9:17 am

Chinese search company Baidu (BIDU) made a new 52-week high of $231.64. That is not extraordinary in and of itself. But, when the 52-week low of $82.24 is taken into ...
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VMware (VMW) Price Target Raised To $90

Posted: September 12, 2007 at 8:59 am

Caris has raised its price target on VMware (VMW), the ultra-hot IPO, to $90. The shares trade at $78 now. Caris has a previous price target of $60, which must ...
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Cardica Trumps Wall St.

Posted: September 12, 2007 at 8:44 am

Shares in Cardica (CRDC) fell of a cliff yesterday as an A.G. Edwards analyst downgraded the stock on muted enthusiasm for its new surgical product. The fellow must feel a ...
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IPO FILING: Babcock & Brown Air Limited, Aircraft Lease Operator (FLY)

Posted: September 12, 2007 at 8:28 am

Babcock & Brown Air Limited has filed with the SEC in the US to list shares.  The Bermuda-based company is selling 18,695,650 common shares in the form of American Depositary ...
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New York Times, Another Slow Ad Month In August

Posted: September 12, 2007 at 8:17 am

There was some good news for The New York Times Company (NYT) in August. Online revenue at its newspapers grew 28.2%. But, its overall audience was 44.2 million unique visitors ...
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