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Daily Archives: October 2, 2007

Constant Contact: Premium Price & IPO Contact! (CTCT)

Posted: October 2, 2007 at 6:14 pm

Constant Contact, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTCT) has announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 6,700,000 shares of its common stock at $16.00 per share, above the $12.00 to $14.00 previous ...
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What $600 Google Looks Like (GOOG, BIDU, YHOO)

Posted: October 2, 2007 at 5:45 pm

Many are undoubtedly looking at Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) almost hitting $600.00 today.  Shares closed barely at a new high closing price $584.39 (old high was $584.35), but intraday today the high ...
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Metabasis Escapes Biotech Zombiedom (MBRX)

Posted: October 2, 2007 at 5:34 pm

Metabasis Therapeutics (NASDAQ:MBRX) announced after the close today that its MB07133 has been granted orphan medicinal product status for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (primary liver cancer) by the European ...
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China Market Madness: China Natural Resources (CHNR) Up 75%

Posted: October 2, 2007 at 4:12 pm

China Natural Resources (CHNR) hit a new high of $27.90 on new apparent news. That was a 75% increase for day.China Technology Development (CTDC) was up 45% to a new ...
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Micron: Half Empty or Half Full (MU)

Posted: October 2, 2007 at 3:25 pm

Micron Technology (NYSE:MU) earnings are out for its quarter-end August 30, 2007: For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007, the company incurred a net loss of $158 million, or $0.21 ...
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The 52-Week Low Club

Posted: October 2, 2007 at 3:02 pm

Aventine Renewable Energy (AVR) Ethanol stocks continue their march South. Down to $9.12 from 52-week high of $26.49.Verasun Energy  (VSE) Another ethanol company is halting construction of a 110 million-gallon-per-year ...
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Baidu (BIDU) Market Cap Now One-Third Of Yahoo!’s

Posted: October 2, 2007 at 2:47 pm

Baidu's (BIDU) big run-up on the heels of analyst comments took that stock to a market cap well above $11 billion. The company had just over $50 million in revenue ...
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The Business Day In Global Warming (SRP, SATC, ETLY, BP, CSIQ, AMAT, FSLR)

Posted: October 2, 2007 at 1:36 pm

Sierra Pacific Resources (NYSE:SRP) announced today that its two Nevada-based utility subsidiaries, Nevada Power Company and Sierra Pacific Power Company, have issued a Request for Proposals for renewable energy resources: ...
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GM(GM) In September

Posted: October 2, 2007 at 1:28 pm

GM (GM) sold a total of 334,974 light vehicles, up 0.3 percent from 334,025 in September 2006.Sales of light trucks increased 3.6 percent to 203,603 from 196,575. GM now appears ...
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Micron Braced For Losses (MU)

Posted: October 2, 2007 at 12:56 pm

Micron Technology Inc. (NYSE:MU) is set to report earnings after the close today.  First Call has consensus at -$0.22 EPS and $1.4 Billion in revenues.  Next quarter is expected to ...
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Toyota (TM) September Down 4%

Posted: October 2, 2007 at 12:34 pm

Sale of Toyota (TM) vehicles in the US fell 4.4% to 213,043. The figure reflects one fewer selling day in September 2007 compared with the same month a year ago. ...
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WPT Enterprises, World Poker Tour, ‘Almost’ A Value Stock (WPTE, LACO)

Posted: October 2, 2007 at 11:51 am

If you have channel surfed on any Saturday afternoon, you've probably seen one version or some variation of "The World Poker Tour."   This is owned by WPT Enterprises Inc. (NASDAQ:WPTE), ...
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Porsche Sales Rise 19% In September

Posted: October 2, 2007 at 11:24 am

For those 24/7 Wall St. readers who make over $200,000 a year, Porsche sales rose 19% in September to 2,641 vehicles. Get one while they still have inventory.Douglas A. McIntyre ...
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Ford Takes On Water

Posted: October 2, 2007 at 11:11 am

Ford's (F) September vehicle sales dropped 21% in September. But, the have not hit zero yet.Sales to daily rental companies were down 62 percent, which is part of the company's ...
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Housing Stocks…Ignoring Poor Housing Data (HXB, PHM, DHI)

Posted: October 2, 2007 at 9:27 am

The National Association of Realtors monthly Pending Home Sales Index for August came in at 85.5, Month on Month -6.5%, and Year over Year -21.5%.This is perhaps the worst data ...
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