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Daily Archives: October 12, 2007

The Week In Review (BEAS, ORCL, MCD, C, GE, MSFT, BIDU, VMW, ERTS, TSCM, VM, WMT, COST, BA, VLO, EBAY)

Posted: October 12, 2007 at 3:28 pm

This was a long and crazy week for stock traders, but the Bond weasels got Monday off and only had a four-day work week.  Thursday was the mystery tank day ...
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Cramer Gives A Monster Price to Baidu.com (BIDU, GOOG)

Posted: October 12, 2007 at 1:57 pm

Jim Cramer just said noted on CNBC's STOP TRADING segment that Baidu.com (NASDAQ:BIDU) is growing at 80% and the downgrades or cautionary comments aren't warranted.  He even went as far ...
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Evaluating Medarex & Bristol-Myers Huge Options Open Interest (MEDX, BMY, DNDN)

Posted: October 12, 2007 at 1:05 pm

We were screening options activity today and something came up that where bets had significantly grown from our prior coverage.  Earlier this year we covered some strange biotech options activity ...
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Samsung Cell Sales, Good Or Bad For Motorola (MOT)?

Posted: October 12, 2007 at 11:51 am

Samsung sold almost 43 million handsets in the last quarter. During the first three quarters of the year, that number was 115 million, more than the company sold for the ...
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Citigroup’s Last Downgrade Before Earnings (C)

Posted: October 12, 2007 at 11:25 am

Citigroup (NYSE:C) is feeling the wrath of yet another SELL rating, this time the downgrade came from Deutsche Bank.  Interestingly enough, the note directly challenges management saying changes are needed ...
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BankUnited Still Feeling Florida Woes (BKUNA)

Posted: October 12, 2007 at 10:11 am

BankUnited Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:BKUNA) has been hitting the 52-week low club at a rate that feels almost daily.  At $13.02 it is a dime under the prior 52-week low (of ...
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BEA Already At Premium To Offer (BEAS, ORCL)

Posted: October 12, 2007 at 7:58 am

BEA Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAS) is already trading north of the $17.00 cash buyout offer from Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL).  Almost 30 million shares have already traded hands, and there is more than ...
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Baidu (BIDU) Fights To Hold $300 Level

Posted: October 12, 2007 at 7:33 am

The $300 level for Baidu's (BIDU) may not mean much. But, it is a symbol of how far the shares have come in a short time. They closed above $300 ...
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McDonalds Continues Its Gains (MCD)

Posted: October 12, 2007 at 7:11 am

McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) is on a mission.  The company has just raised guidance yet again with projections of $0.83 EPS versus $0.77 estimates.  This does not include gains from the sale ...
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Qualcomm’s (QCOM) Future Starts To Dim

Posted: October 12, 2007 at 6:56 am

``Qualcomm will not be able to take its royalty model further, that's absolutely clear,'' said Dresdner Bank AG analyst Per Lindberg in London, who rates the shares ``sell'' and expects ...
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Pre-Market Analyst Calls (October 12, 2007)

Posted: October 12, 2007 at 6:46 am

ANR cut to Mkt Perform at FBR.BWA cut to Underperform at RWBaird.C cut to Sell at Deutsche Bank.CHS cut to Underweight at Thomas Weisel.CNC raised to Overweight at Lehman.COST cut ...
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Dendreon Has $130 Million More At Its Disposal, If It Wants (DNDN)

Posted: October 12, 2007 at 6:17 am

Dendreon Corporation (NASDAQ:DNDN) has secured a committed equity financing facility under which it may sell up to $130 million of its registered common stock to Azimuth Opportunity, Ltd. over an ...
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Another Take on GE (GE)

Posted: October 12, 2007 at 6:07 am

General Electric (NYSE:GE) reported earnings and guidance, all of which looked in-line with expectations.  The conglomerate posted $0.50 EPS & $42.5 Billion in revenues, versus $0.50 & $42.42 Billion estimates. ...
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Oracle Wants to Acquire BEA Systems (ORCL, BEAS)

Posted: October 12, 2007 at 5:48 am

Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ:ORCL) has delivered a letter to the Board of Directors of BEA Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAS) on October 9 whereby Oracle proposed to acquire BEA for $17.00 per share ...
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GE’s (GE) Bad Quarter

Posted: October 12, 2007 at 5:42 am

GE (GE) announced modest revenue growth, but its operating income lagged significantlyGE announced Q3.revenues from continuing operations were $42.5 billion, up 12%, increasing 8% organically. Earnings from continuing operations were ...
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