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Daily Archives: October 15, 2007

Reviewing Motorola Ahead of Earnings (MOT)

Posted: October 15, 2007 at 5:44 pm

Motorola (NYSE:MOT) reports earnings this week and First Call has estimates at $0.04 EPS and $8.8 Billion.  We wanted to run over a recent call here ahead of plan since ...
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Google (GOOG) Copyright Software Sends A Boy To Do A Man’s Job

Posted: October 15, 2007 at 4:46 pm

Google (GOOG) came out with the software it would use to flag copyright infringing video on its huge YouTube video-sharing site. "The technology can identify video content owned by media ...
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Genentech’s Dribble (DNA)

Posted: October 15, 2007 at 3:18 pm

Genentech (NYSE:DNA) posted $0.73 EPS vs $0.72 estimates, but revenues were $2.95 Billion versus a $2.93 Billion estimate.  It looks like 3 of the 4 major drugs came in under ...
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The 52-Week Low Club, Toyota (TM)

Posted: October 15, 2007 at 3:16 pm

Toyota (TM) Hard to believe. Must be the UAW settlement. Drops $107.70 from 52-week high of $138.Nautilus (NLS) Fitness company cuts jobs. Down to $6.74 from 52-week high of $18.63.Standard ...
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Sirius & XM Any Closer? (SIRI, XMSR)

Posted: October 15, 2007 at 2:17 pm

CNBC just had some back to back coverage regarding Sirius Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) and possibly of XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:XMSR).  We've been closely monitoring this merger and it just seems ...
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Major Oils Flirt With New Highs As Oil Hits $86 (XOM, SLB, IYE, OIH)

Posted: October 15, 2007 at 1:42 pm

Oil crossed the $85.00 threshold today and then crossed the $86.00-mark.  On last look, black gold was trading at $86.04 per barrel, up $2.35 from Friday.The reason is tied to ...
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Would AT&T (T) And Verizon (VZ) Follow GM (GM) And Off-Load Liabilities?

Posted: October 15, 2007 at 11:53 am

"AT&T Inc.(T), the biggest U.S. phone company, and No. 2 Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) may follow General Motors Corp. (GM) in trying to shift retiree health-care liabilities to a union-run ...
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Genentech To Set Biotech Sector Earnings Bias (DNA)

Posted: October 15, 2007 at 11:26 am

Genentech Inc. (NYSE:DNA) is set to report earnings after today's close. First Call has consensus estimates at $0.72 EPS on $2.93 Billion in revenues.  The biotech giant usually offers guidance ...
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Carl Icahn Needs To Buy 4.9% Of Yahoo! (YHOO)

Posted: October 15, 2007 at 9:43 am

Carl Icahn has done a lot for shared holders at close to a dozen companies over the last year or so. He continues to put pressure on Motorola (MOT) to ...
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More Details on Superfund (BAC, C, JPM)

Posted: October 15, 2007 at 9:04 am

More details are out on this huge superfund we covered over the weekend to take advantage of over-sold (or now illiquid) asset-backed securities and loans.  The name of the structure ...
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The Train Wreck At CNET (CNET) Gets Worse

Posted: October 15, 2007 at 8:59 am

Stifel Nicolaus downgraded CNET (CNET), the big online tech website business. It dropped the shares 7% to $8.27. The stock had risen recently on rumors of a buy-out by its ...
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Level 3′s (LVLT) CFO Takes A Powder

Posted: October 15, 2007 at 8:46 am

Level 3 (LVLT) says that it is looking for a new CFO. "As the company focuses on ensuring we take full advantage of the opportunities presented by our marketplace, we ...
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Countrywide Mortgage Tricks Continue (CFC)

Posted: October 15, 2007 at 8:28 am

The subprime mortgage malaise is quite multi-faceted.  The borrowers are at fault for overextending themselves.  The lenders are at fault for making loans that are a stretch.  Realtors exacerbate the ...
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Telik Surges on Trial Hold Release (TELK)

Posted: October 15, 2007 at 7:34 am

Telik, Inc. (NASDAQ:TELK) is seeing shares surging pre-market after it announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has removed the partial hold on TELCYTA clinical trials after a complete ...
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Pre-Market Stock News (October 15, 2007)

Posted: October 15, 2007 at 7:23 am

(APC) Anadarko filed for a spin-off of its Western Gas Partners LP.(BIIB) Biogen-Idec trading up 18% after announcing it was putting itself up for sale.(C) Citigroup $0.47 EPS vs. $0.44 ...
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