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Daily Archives: September 18, 2007

GE’s Pretty Good Economy Is Actually Reaffirming Earnings Guidance (GE)

Posted: September 18, 2007 at 10:08 am

General Electric (NYSE:GE), at its GE Security Analyst Meeting this morning, has signaled that it is averting an earnings warning.  The prior guidance remained.  GE showed its Q3 2007 outlook, ...
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GM: Wall St. Starts To Focus On Top Line

Posted: September 18, 2007 at 8:23 am

GM (GM) suffered an analyst downgrade today. Goldman Sachs moved the shares from "buy" to "neutral". In a way, it is a surprise that it did not happen sooner. On ...
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Boeing Ups China Numbers: Read The Fine Print

Posted: September 18, 2007 at 8:11 am

Boeing (BA) has upped it figure for how much the Chinese aviation business will spend on airplanes over the next 20 years. According to MarketWatch, it now puts that number ...
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AMD Wants Better PC Performance

Posted: September 18, 2007 at 8:05 am

AMD (AMD) thinks that there is a gap between dual-core chips that run on most PCs and the newer quad-core superchips that the company and its rival Intel (INTC) build ...
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SEC Looks For Insider Trading At Hedge Funds

Posted: September 18, 2007 at 7:58 am

The SEC will beging to step up its examination of insider trading at hedge funds. According to Bloomberg "SEC officials told hedge funds to list clients and workers who serve ...
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Internet Recession Watch: Tracking the Signs

Posted: September 18, 2007 at 7:45 am

From Silicon Alley InsiderUpdated: We continue to believe that we may be in the first stages of a cyclical downturn for advertising and the Internet sector--one that will affect not ...
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Cisco Buys Into Wireless Spectrum Analysis (CSCO)

Posted: September 18, 2007 at 7:42 am

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Germantown, MD-based Cognio, Inc., a company involved in wireless spectrum analysis and management for wireless networks.  Cognio's spectrum technology enhances ...
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Pre-Market Stocks in the News (September 18, 2007)

Posted: September 18, 2007 at 7:34 am

(AAPL) Apple has named 02 as exclusive carrier in U.K. for its iPhone, sets November 9 as launch date.(ADBE) Adobe traded up 4% after beating earnings and raising estimates.(AMSC) American ...
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Lehman Defying Financial Market Malaise (LEH, GS, BSC, MS)

Posted: September 18, 2007 at 7:16 am

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LEH) has just reported net income of $887 million, or $1.54 per common share (diluted), for the third quarter ended August 31, 2007.  This does ...
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Pre-Market Analyst Calls (September 18, 2007)

Posted: September 18, 2007 at 7:07 am

CAM cut to Mkt Perform at Wachovia.CYPB started as Buy at Citigroup.DMAN started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.ENB raised to Outperform at CIBC.ERTS started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.ETFC cut ...
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Qualcomm Heads Back To The Gauntlet

Posted: September 18, 2007 at 5:57 am

Qualcomm (QCOM) has been to the ITC with Broadcom (BRCM) and lost a ruling that that may prevent the company from importing handsets or chips that violate Broadcom patents. The ...
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Everyone Wants To Be Microsoft

Posted: September 18, 2007 at 5:44 am

After the EU took Microsoft (INTC) out back and beat it up over anti-trust charges and then a European court upheld the EU ruling and fines, it would seem no ...
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Merck’s Big Test

Posted: September 18, 2007 at 5:25 am

Merck's (MRK) has won almost every liability case it has faced over side-effects of its pain killer Vioxx. It has gotten to the point where plaintiff's attorneys don't want to ...
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Moody’s Makes Changes, But It’s A Little Late

Posted: September 18, 2007 at 5:16 am

Maybe Moody's (MCO) should have thought of this before. According to the FT, Moody’s is considering overhauling the way it rates complex financial instruments to analyse how these products might ...
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The Nasdaq: Where Delisting Means Nothing

Posted: September 18, 2007 at 5:03 am

Dell (DELL) got another delisting warning yesterday. It has to file its financials on time, or risk being thrown off the exchange. Dell has gotten a number of these. but ...
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