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Daily Archives: October 9, 2007

Pre-Market Stock News (October 9, 2007)

Posted: October 9, 2007 at 7:24 am

(BRLC) Syntax-Brillian approved a 120-day action plan by the co's new management team and Board of Directors.(CLMS) Calamos Asset Management reported assets under management grew to $46.7 BIL as of ...
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Hoku Production Award (HOKU, SGR)

Posted: October 9, 2007 at 7:22 am

Hoku Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOKU) has announced that its Hoku Materials subsidiary entered into an Engineering Services & Technology Transfer Agreement for Dynamic Engineering to provide design and engineering services, and ...
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Amazon (AMZN): Today’s “Thanks For Nothing” Analyst Call

Posted: October 9, 2007 at 7:21 am

Bank of America was good enough to raise its price target on Amazon (AMZN) from $90 to $105. The shares trade at $95.85.Better late than never?Douglas A. McIntyre ...
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AT&T (T) Buy Aloha, Ups Wireless Video Capacity

Posted: October 9, 2007 at 7:14 am

AT&T (T) is paying $2.5 billion to buy wireless spectrum from Aloha Partners. According to The Wall Street Journal, Aloha's footprint covers 196 million people. The spectrum blankets 72 of ...
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Pre-Market Analyst Calls (October 9, 2007)

Posted: October 9, 2007 at 6:54 am

ADVS started as Hold at Deutsche Bank.ARRY started as Overweight at Lehman.ATVI started as Buy at Citigroup.BOBJ cut to neutral at UBS, cut to Hold at Jefferies.COGN cut to Hold ...
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Will MurdochMoney.com Go After Yahoo! (YHOO) Finance?

Posted: October 9, 2007 at 6:42 am

There has been a great deal of discussion about the WSJ Online becoming a free website, supported by advertising. A move of this kind is likely to hurt companies like ...
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Europe Markets 10/9/2007

Posted: October 9, 2007 at 5:49 am

Europe markets were up modestly at 6.45 AMThe FTSE rose .8% to 6,592. BHP Billiton (BHP) was up 1.2% to 1732. BP (BP) was up 1.4% to 577.5. The DAXX ...
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Google (GOOG) Uses Bad Video To Get Better Results

Posted: October 9, 2007 at 5:33 am

Google (GOOG) will begin to allow advertisers on its AdSense network to use selected YouTube videos in their marketing messages. This is a big jump from the simple little text ...
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Hedge Fund Funny Money Tricks

Posted: October 9, 2007 at 5:21 am

A new academic study shows that hedge funds often mark illiquid financial instruments up a bit more than they should. Since these are securities that rarely trade, it is hard ...
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Sallie Mae (SLM): A Hint Of Lawsuits In The Autumn Air

Posted: October 9, 2007 at 5:07 am

It did not take Sallie Mae (SLM) long to sue the private equity firms that planned to buy it, and the banks that were to fund the deal. The lead ...
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Sony (SNE) Reduces Price Of PS3 In Japan

Posted: October 9, 2007 at 3:23 am

In a move that may be meant to capitalize on shortages of the Nintendo Wii, Sony's (SNE) game unit will reduce the price of its PlayStation 3 game console in ...
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Media Digest 10/9/2007 Reuters, WSJ. NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: October 9, 2007 at 3:19 am

According to Reuters, Sallie Mae (SLM) sued the buyers who walked away from a deal to buy the company.Reuters writes that Yahoo! (YHOO) will buy 10% of Alibaba, the Chinese ...
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Asia Markets 10/9/2007

Posted: October 9, 2007 at 2:51 am

Markets in were mostly higher. The Nikkei rose .6% to 17,160. Honda (HMC) rose 1% to 4020. NTT (NTT) fell 2.1% to 549000. Toyota (TM) fell 1% to 6760.The Hang ...
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