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Daily Archives: November 19, 2007

Memo To Asia Investors: Big Pressure At The Open

Posted: November 19, 2007 at 6:38 pm

Market in Japan and China should expect big pressure at the open on concerns over US credit markets, a lending freeze in China, and rising oil prices. .Shanghai, Hong Kong, ...
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Sears (SHLD) Moves Into Restortation Hardware (RSTO) Moving Shares Up 18%

Posted: November 19, 2007 at 6:20 pm

According to MarketWatch, big retailer Sears (SHLD) has bought 5.3 million shares of specialty shop manager Restoration Hardwas (RSTO) Sears picked up the shares for $30.2 million. RSTO is up ...
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Not Enough Good News At Focus Media (FMCN)

Posted: November 19, 2007 at 5:12 pm

Wall St. expected good things from Chinese company Focus Media (FMCN) First Call had a limited range of projections from only a few analysts, but the recent quarter was expected ...
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EchoStar (DISH) Falls Over 7% After Hours

Posted: November 19, 2007 at 4:48 pm

A number of rumors about an AT&T (T) buy-out of satellite TV provider Echostar (DISH) took the stock up 19% today to $47.49.But, it may all have been too good ...
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H-P Still Blowing PC’s Out The Door (HPQ)

Posted: November 19, 2007 at 4:24 pm

H-P (NYSE:HPQ) has posted Q4 2007 earnings of $0.86 EPS on revenues of $28.29 Billion. Mark Hurd & Co. is guiding EPS to $0.80 and revenues to $27.4-$27.5 Billion in ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (WB)(CFC)(WM)(TWX)(GM)

Posted: November 19, 2007 at 4:07 pm

GENESCO (GCO) Broken buy-out. Down to $29.04 from 52-week high of $54.15.Unisys (UIS) No new news. Old line computer maker working on transformation to services. Down to $5.13 from 52-week ...
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Consumers Seen Cutting Holiday Spending

Posted: November 19, 2007 at 3:13 pm

According to Reuters "a survey conducted by the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) found that 35 percent of U.S. adults surveyed plan to ...
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Focus Media Earnings, The Envy of Lamar (FMCN, LAMR)

Posted: November 19, 2007 at 2:50 pm

Chinese advertising giant Focus Media Holding Ltd.(NASDAQ:FMCN), is set to report earnings after the close.  First Call has a limited range of from only a few analysts, but this quarter ...
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For Yahoo! (YHOO) And Microsoft (MSFT), The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves

Posted: November 19, 2007 at 1:19 pm

Percentage of U.S. Searches Among Leading Search Engine ProvidersDomainOct.-07Sept.-07Oct.-06 www.google.com64.49%63.55%60.94%search.yahoo.com21.65%22.55%22.34%search.msn.com7.42%*7.83%*10.72%*www.ask.com4.76%4.32%4.34%Note: Data is based on four week rolling periods (ending Oct. 27, 2007, Sept. 29, 2007, Oct. 28, 2006) from the ...
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Analyst Calls For China Sunergy Lower (CSUN)

Posted: November 19, 2007 at 1:16 pm

China Sunergy Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ:CSUN) is seeing shares trade lower after today's disappointing earnings.  Lazard Capital Markets' Sanjay Shrestha has maintained his "Sell" rating today with a whopping $6.00 target ...
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H-P To Set Next 60-Day Tone For PC’s & Tech (HPQ, DELL, LXK, INTC, AMD, MSFT)

Posted: November 19, 2007 at 12:22 pm

As far as investors are concerned, today's Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) announcement is perhaps the single largest investment event for investors who have been trying to figure out if they can really ...
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How Investors Should View Honda’s Fuel Cell Car (HMC, F, TM, BLDP, ZAAP)

Posted: November 19, 2007 at 11:23 am

The promise of fuel cell cars has been a long arduous prospect for investors and for green-tech consumers alike.  Last week marked the more official unveiling of Honda Motor's FCX ...
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Broker Uprising At Merrill Lynch (MER)

Posted: November 19, 2007 at 10:57 am

The brokers at Merrill Lynch (MER) are tired of the lack of respect that they have had over the last several years. Stan O'Neal,  the former CEO, treated them and ...
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McClatchy (MNI) Investors Hit The Exits On Gannett’s (GCI) Bad News

Posted: November 19, 2007 at 10:46 am

Gannett (GCI) reported grim numbers for October, and debt-laden newspaper chain McClatchy (MNI) took it hard. Shares of the Sacramento-based newspaper chain hit a 52-week low of $15.07, down well ...
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Silicon Alley Insider Passes PaidContent As Lead Media Blog

Posted: November 19, 2007 at 10:38 am

Silicon Alley Insider has passed PaidContent.org as the leading media industry blog, just four months after going into business.According to Alexa.com, an online traffic rating service, Alley Insider ranked 13,472 ...
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