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Daily Archives: October 5, 2007

Movie Gallery (MOVI) Goes Chapter 11

Posted: October 5, 2007 at 6:01 pm

According to The Wall Street Journal, Movie Gallery (MOVI), the video rental chain, will go Chapter 11. The company's shares fell as low as $.20 after hours. They had closed ...
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Whole Foods (WFMI): CEO Given Clean Bill Of Health By Board

Posted: October 5, 2007 at 5:53 pm

Whole Foods Market (WFMI) announced that the special committee of the Board of Directors of Whole Foods Market, Inc., assisted by its independent counsel, has completed its investigation into online ...
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Sony (SNE) Cuts PS3 Price In Europe

Posted: October 5, 2007 at 5:01 pm

Sony (SNE) has cut the price of its Playstation 3 in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. It is also releasing a 40-gigabytes console version, which is aimed at the ...
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The 52-Week Low Club: Tellabs (TLAB) And More

Posted: October 5, 2007 at 4:54 pm

Tellabs (TLAB) Q3 earnings warning. Drops to $8.95 from 52-week high of $13.67.Quepasa (QPSA) CEO gets new comp package? Drops to $2.75.Nutrition 21 (NXXI) Still moving down after announcement of ...
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This Week on Stockhouse October 1 to 5

Posted: October 5, 2007 at 4:44 pm

This week we proudly launched the new Stockhouse beta (http://beta.stockhouse.com/). We’re very proud of the new site with its new rating and ranking tools, improvements for networking and expanded charting ...
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Google (GOOG) Had 40% Of US Online Ad Market In First Half

Posted: October 5, 2007 at 12:39 pm

According to TechCruch, Google (GOOG) had a 40% share of the US online ad market in the first half of 2007. The IAB puts internet ad revenue in the first ...
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Xinhua Finance Media Sees The China Boost (XFML)

Posted: October 5, 2007 at 12:01 pm

Chinese stocks this week have gone bonkers, in most cases to the point that goes beyond sensible.  When stocks rise exponentially and with a major wave you always have to ...
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Microsoft’s Gift: A Bungie Spin-Off (MSFT, ERTS, TTWO, ATVI, THQI)

Posted: October 5, 2007 at 10:58 am

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is giving investors and the public a gift today.  The company has announced that Bungie Studios, the creators of Halo 3 and the Halo franchise, is going on ...
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NYSE Month End Short For September Month’s End

Posted: October 5, 2007 at 10:17 am

Below are the major changes in short interest in NYSE listed companies comparing the figures on September 28 with those on September 14.Largest Short PositionsCompany                 ...
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International Bond ETF Launch (BWX)

Posted: October 5, 2007 at 9:15 am

The American Stock Exchange has launched trading in the SPDR Lehman International Treasury Bond ETF (AMEX:BWX) by State Street Global Advisors, the investment management arm of State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT).BWX ...
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IPO Pricing: China Digital TV Double Premium (STV)

Posted: October 5, 2007 at 7:51 am

China Digital TV Holding Co. Ltd. (NYSE:STV) has a premium IPO pricing, after already having raised its price range for a 12 million ADR offering.  The revised higher range was ...
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Secure Computing Defections Raise Eyebrows (SCUR)

Posted: October 5, 2007 at 7:29 am

Secure Computing Corp. (NASDAQ:SCUR) has 'reaffirmed its guidance' after yesterday's close.  The press release notes that it expects to meet or slightly exceed its billings, non-GAAP revenue and non-GAAP earnings-per-share ...
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Cablevision (CVC): Big Shareholder May Block Buy-Out

Posted: October 5, 2007 at 7:16 am

Uber fund manager Mario Gabelli owns a big piece of Cablevision (CVC) which is being taken private by the founding Dolan family. The problem is that Gabelli thinks the $36.26 ...
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Pre-Market Analyst Calls (October 5, 2007)

Posted: October 5, 2007 at 7:03 am

ALXN started as Buy at B of A.BE raised to Hold at Jefferies.BOBJ cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.BRKR raised to Outperform at Bear Stearns.CLWR cut to Peer Perform at ...
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Details Of Yahoo! (YHOO) Break-Up From Bernstein Research

Posted: October 5, 2007 at 6:44 am

24/7 Wall St. has obtained a copy of the Bernstein Research report on the break-up of Yahoo!.The first model done by Bernstein assume that the company is broken into three ...
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