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Daily Archives: September 28, 2007

Pre-Market Stock News (September 28, 2007)

Posted: September 28, 2007 at 7:39 am

(BBND) BigBand Networks traded down almost 30% on earnings and revenue warning.(CBS) CBS has created CBS EyeLab, a site of short clips from its shows to attract web views who ...
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3Com’s Rescue Plan….A Sale (COMS)

Posted: September 28, 2007 at 7:31 am

3Com (NASDAQ:COMS) may be a long-standing disaster story on its own, but shares are up 30% pre-market.  The Wall Street Journal has reported that 3Com is about to be acquired ...
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Will Ford (F) Kill UAW Deal?

Posted: September 28, 2007 at 7:08 am

The Detroit News is reporting that Ford (F) does not want the same deal that the UAW offered GM (GM). It wants a much better one. That might PO the ...
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Pre-Market Analyst Calls (September 28, 2007)

Posted: September 28, 2007 at 7:00 am

BIDZ started as Buy at Roth Capital.BBND cut to Mkt Perform at Morgan Keegan.CMG cut to Hold at Citigroup.CNO raised to Outperform at FBR.CRAI raised to Outperform at William Blair.CFR ...
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Microsoft (MSFT) To Keep XP Shipping: Bad News For Vista?

Posted: September 28, 2007 at 6:59 am

Microsoft (MSFT) says it will continue to ship is old-world OS, XP, for another six months. It is the product which was to be replaced by Vista.Does that mean that ...
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Bone Head Research Call Of The Day: Morgan Keegan On BigBand (BBND)

Posted: September 28, 2007 at 6:07 am

The folks at investment house Morgan Keegan were good enough to downgrade broadband infrastructure company BigBand (BBND), a recent IPO.The bank dropped its rating from "outperform" to "market perform". The ...
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M&A Falls 43% In Q3

Posted: September 28, 2007 at 5:57 am

There was some hope that as mortgage problems and hedge fund headaches took down shares and earnings of investment banks like Lehman (LEH) and Morgan Stanley (MS) that global M&A ...
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CBS Goes YouTube

Posted: September 28, 2007 at 5:48 am

The management at CBS (CBS) have finally caught on that most people do not want to watch feature length video content on PCs. The screens are small and sound systems ...
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$90 Oil By Christmas

Posted: September 28, 2007 at 5:34 am

Many Americans will be asking for a gallon of gas in their stockings this year. Oil hit $83 a barrel yesterday. Storms in the Gulf again.And, storms in the Middle ...
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Coke (KO) and Pepsi (PEP): Soft Drinks In A Soft Economy

Posted: September 28, 2007 at 5:25 am

Coca-Cola (KO) and Pepsi (PEP) keep making new highs. Yesterday, Coke hit $57.33, a few pennies from its 52-week peak. At $72.62, the same is true of Pepsi (PEP). So ...
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Why A Global Market Collapse Will Begin In China

Posted: September 28, 2007 at 5:16 am

Most experts believe that, when a sharp drop in the global stock markets comes, and it will one day, the fall will begin in the US. It could be triggered ...
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Why is Yahoo! (YHOO) So Successful In Japan?

Posted: September 28, 2007 at 4:58 am

Unlike Yahoo! (YHOO) in the US, Yahoo! Japan shares are in the middle of their 52-week trading range. And, the Yahoo! sites lead all others in terms of total unique ...
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Media Digest 9/28/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barrons

Posted: September 28, 2007 at 3:24 am

According to Reuters, Goldman Sachs (GS) offered $1.5 billion for reinsurance broker BenfieldReuters writes that Alan Greenspan thinks the chance of a US recession is still below 50/50.Reuters reports that ...
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Asia Markets 9/28/2007

Posted: September 28, 2007 at 2:55 am

Markets in Asia were mixed.The Nikkei fell .3% to 16,786. Canon (CAJ) rose 2.6% to 6270. NTT (NTT) rose 1.7% to 537000. Toyota (TM) rose 1.3% to 6780.The Hang Seng ...
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