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Daily Archives: September 20, 2007

As Talk Of Union-Run Pension Fails GM Strike More Likely

Posted: September 20, 2007 at 7:59 am

According to several media reports, the UAW has walked away from a GM (GM) proposal to put money into a health care fund covering employees and managed by the union. ...
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Goldman Sachs Shows Bear Stearns Who Daddy Is (GS, BSC)

Posted: September 20, 2007 at 7:57 am

Last night we put out an alert where traders were clearly making a bet that Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) was going to be an earnings winner compared to its smaller and ...
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Pre-Market Stock News (September 20, 2007)

Posted: September 20, 2007 at 7:17 am

(ATHN) Athenahealth IPO priced at $18, above the $14 to $16 range.(BCRX) BioCryst Pharma shares down over 30% after flu studies failed to show significant improvements.(BRLC) Syntax-Brillian announced it has ...
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Pre-Market Analyst Calls (September 20, 2007)

Posted: September 20, 2007 at 7:09 am

AKAM cut to Sell at Kaufman.AUDC raised to Buy at Cantor Fitzgerald.AVR cut to Underperform at FBR.BPL raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.BGH cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.CKEC started ...
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Ethanol Stocks Get Another Downgrade (AVR, PEIX, VSE)

Posted: September 20, 2007 at 6:54 am

If you have been following our posts for 52-week lows at the end of the day, one of the groups that keeps having some of its components hitting this list ...
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Video Use on Cellphones At Only 4%

Posted: September 20, 2007 at 6:33 am

According to Forrester Research, the percentage of North American handset owners who watch video sits at a mere 4%. The news comes as Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon ...
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Qatar Tries To Block Dubai/Nasdaq/OMX Hook-Up

Posted: September 20, 2007 at 6:10 am

MarketWatch is reporting that The Qatar Investment Authority said it's taken a 20% stake in the London Stock Exchange literally hours after Borse Dubai said it was buying 28% of ...
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Recalls: Will There Be Any Toys For Christmas?

Posted: September 20, 2007 at 5:54 am

After the huge toy recalls by Mattel (MAT), it appears that Congress has begun to uncover several other companies that believe they have dangerous products that they will have to ...
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Panic In The Cell World: Nokia Relases WiFi Phone

Posted: September 20, 2007 at 5:46 am

Nokia (NOK) is launching a new phone on which "users can make calls over the Internet when they are in range of an unlicensed wireless network, such as Bluetooth or ...
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Sony PS3: The Gang That Could’nt Shot Straight

Posted: September 20, 2007 at 5:36 am

Sony (SNE) has set a new low in screwing up its PS3. Already well behind Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii in sales, the big Japanese consumer electronics company ...
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Europe Markets 9/20/2007

Posted: September 20, 2007 at 5:25 am

Markets in Europe are lower at 6.20 AM New York time.The FTSE is off .7% to 6,416. Barclays (BCS) is off 2% to 626.5. BT (BT) is off 1.4% to ...
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ABC And NBC: Download Deals Galore

Posted: September 20, 2007 at 5:15 am

In a slap at Apple (AAPL) iTunes, the NBC Universal unit of GE (GE) yesterday announced that they would make a number of their TV shows available for download and ...
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Deal For Sallie Mae Begins To Unravel

Posted: September 20, 2007 at 5:03 am

Private equity firms J. C. Flowers & Company and Friedman Fleischer & Lowe were going to buy Sallie Mae, the student loan organization, for $25 billion. When credit problems started ...
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Desperate For A Deal: The Nasdaq-London-Dubai-OMX Stock Exchange

Posted: September 20, 2007 at 4:55 am

The deal, hatched by Nasdaq management with the help of the owners of the Borse Dubai is one that only a schizophrenic could understand.Dubai will buy slightly less than 20% ...
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Santa Brings A Recesssion

Posted: September 20, 2007 at 4:33 am

When the sleigh and reindeer land on roofs across American this holiday, the gift bag will be filled with home heating oil and mortgage bills. Santa is bringing a recession ...
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