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Daily Archives: September 13, 2007

Forget the FOMC, Watch Major Broker Earnings (BSC, LEH, BSC, GS, AGE)

Posted: September 13, 2007 at 11:16 pm

Next week is the highly awaited FOMC meeting and the expected decision next Tuesday is certainly that a rate cut is coming.  But the predicament bet is mixed, with some ...
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The Business Day in Global Warming (SWY, BRK-A,TM, SPWR)

Posted: September 13, 2007 at 6:33 pm

Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) has announced a new environmental project to power 23 California stores with renewable solar energy. The company installed solar panels atop a newly renovated Safeway Lifestyle store ...
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VMware Already Looking Out To Its Next Conferences (VMW, EMC)

Posted: September 13, 2007 at 5:55 pm

VMware (NYSE:VMW) is on of the stocks that no one seems to get enough of.  Part of the reason is more than easy to figure out, because virtualization is the ...
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Pirate Capital Claims Misleading Media Reports

Posted: September 13, 2007 at 3:42 pm

Pirate Capital, one of the more vocal activist investor hedge funds, is issuing a statement that various media reports are issuing misleading statements.  Here is what the hedge fund said ...
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The 52-Week Low Club

Posted: September 13, 2007 at 3:05 pm

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) Telecom equipment merger has become train wreck. Drops to $8.96 from 52-week high of $15.43.Nortel (NT) Down in sympathy with ALU. Falls to $16.32 from 52-week high of ...
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How Out of Favor Is P.F. Chang’s With Diners & Investors?

Posted: September 13, 2007 at 1:46 pm

P.F.Chang's (NASDAQ:PFCB) is one of those public restaurant chains that you just can't necessarily judge a book by its cover.  Or maybe by the analogy "you can't judge a restaurant ...
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Level 3 Hits 52-Week Low As Wall St. Ponders Telecom

Posted: September 13, 2007 at 1:04 pm

24/7 Wall St. mentioned a few days ago that Level 3 (LVLT) has traded off sharply this year, probably due to its huge level of junk debt. The company has ...
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Nortel Feels Alcatel-Lucent Backlash

Posted: September 13, 2007 at 12:31 pm

Shares in telecom equipment supplier Nortel (NT) hit a 52-week low at $16.39 down from their one year high of $31.79. Nortel is one of the largest competitors to Alcatel-Lucent ...
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IPO FILING: AMC Entertainment (AC, RGC, CNK, CKEC, NCMI)

Posted: September 13, 2007 at 10:31 am

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. has filed to come public in an IPO under the NYSE ticker "AC."  This filing lists up to $500 million as the amount of securities being ...
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Time For Starbucks To Raise Its Dividend

Posted: September 13, 2007 at 9:41 am

Of course, Starbucks (SBUX) does not have a dividend. But, they might want to revisit that.Starbucks's is no longer a growth stock, at least not in the classic sense. Its ...
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Microsoft’s Dividend Hike Not A Bold Move (MSFT, GOOG, VMW)

Posted: September 13, 2007 at 9:23 am

Last night Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced that it was boosting its quarterly dividend from $0.10 to $0.11.  The dividend is payable December 13, 2007 to shareholders of record on November 15, ...
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Are Sirius Shareholders 20% Better Off?

Posted: September 13, 2007 at 8:50 am

Shares in Sirius (SIRI) are up about 20% over the last month. Nothing has really changed. No new earnings.The supposition is that the chances of a merger with rival XM ...
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Accredited Home Lenders Still Has Hopes Of Merger, But… (LEND)

Posted: September 13, 2007 at 8:06 am

LSF5 Accredited Investments, LLC, the subsidiary of Lone Star Fund V that had offered in June to acquire Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co. (Nasdaq: LEND), announced that it is extending ...
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ISIS Scores On J&J Collaboration & Milestones (ISIS, JNJ)

Posted: September 13, 2007 at 7:32 am

ISIS Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ISIS) is trading up pre-market on new that it entered a broad collaboration with Ortho-McNeil, a Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) unit, for discovery, development and commercialization of ...
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Pre-Market Stock News (September 13, 2007)

Posted: September 13, 2007 at 7:20 am

(AINV) Apollo Investment priced a 13 million share secondary at $20.00.(ALU) Alcatel-Lucent lowered full year revenue guidance.(ANPI) Angiotech Pharma said it received a favorable patent decision from New Zealand's Intellectual ...
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