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Daily Archives: November 20, 2007

Whole Foods, Whole Earnings (WFMI, UNFI)

Posted: November 20, 2007 at 4:24 pm

Whole Foods (NASDAQ:WFMI) is trading up in after-hours following the company's earnings report.  It posted 1.743 Billion revenues, and earnings were listed as $0.24 EPS (but that appears to be ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (ERIC)(FRE)(FNM)

Posted: November 20, 2007 at 4:08 pm

Giant Interactive (GA) Market unhappy with Chinese game company's financial results. Drops to $9.56 from 52-week high of $20.46.Freddie Mac (FRE) Bad earnings and warns on dividend. Falls to $24.31 ...
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Does Big Tobacco Actually Love Pfizer’s Anti-Smoking ‘Chantix’ Pill? (MO, RAI, PFE)

Posted: November 20, 2007 at 3:48 pm

Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) is seeing additional pressure this afternoon.  Apparently the FDA said it is looking into reports that Pfizer has sent out an "early communications notice" to doctors warning them ...
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Reuters.com Leads Online Financial Website Derby

Posted: November 20, 2007 at 2:35 pm

According to Hitwise numbers for October, Reuters.com and CNNMoney.com had the largest web audiences of financial sites which are not part of larger portals like Yahoo!. Reuters.com grew much more ...
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Fed Outlook Forecast & Regressing Minutes, Enough Ammo For Bulls & Bears Alike

Posted: November 20, 2007 at 2:21 pm

The FOMC gave its first of its quarterly outlooks for the years ahead: The FOMC now sees slower GDP growth, raised unemployment, and somewhat reduced inflation.  Real GDP Growth expectations ...
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Wall St. Continues Worries About AMD (AMD)

Posted: November 20, 2007 at 12:21 pm

Much of the strength in HP's (HPQ) earnings yesterday came from PC sales, particularly laptops. After being up on its quarterly report, HP is fairly flat at mid-day, but chip ...
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Wynn Resorts Tries A Special Dividend (WYNN)

Posted: November 20, 2007 at 9:41 am

Wynn Resorts, Ltd. (NASDAQ:WYNN) has announced something that would have otherwise been unexpected.  Its Board of Directors (likely Steve Wynn) has declared a cash distribution of $6.00 per share for ...
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Quality Systems Free From SEC Inquiry (QSII)

Posted: November 20, 2007 at 9:23 am

Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:QSII) has issued a release stating that it received a letter dated November 19, 2007, from the Securities and Exchange Commission (L.A. regional office) that informed CFO ...
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GameStop’s Momentum… Game Stopped For Now (GME)

Posted: November 20, 2007 at 8:57 am

GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) has posted earnings of $0.31 EPS (after $0.02 debt retirement cost) and sales were $1.6112 Billion for the quarter.  First Call had estimates at $0.21 EPS and ...
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Target Masks Earnings With Huge Stock Buyback (TGT)

Posted: November 20, 2007 at 8:37 am

Shares of Target Corp. (NYSE:TGT) are trading higher despite what might be a somewhat disappointing earnings number.  The company posted EPS at $0.56, although First Call had $0.62 EPS as ...
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Pre-Market Stock News (November 20, 2007)

Posted: November 20, 2007 at 8:05 am

Biogen Idec (BIIB) announced an alliance with Neurimmune Therapeutics to develop treatments for Alzheimer's Disease.BJ's Wholesale (BJ) $0.35 EPS vs $0.33 est.Blue Coat Systems (BCSI) $0.30 EPS vs $0.24 est.; ...
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Freddie Mac (FRE) Disappoints, May Cut Pay-Out, Shares Fall 6%

Posted: November 20, 2007 at 7:48 am

Freddie Mac (FRE) reported a net loss of $2.0 billion, or $3.29 per diluted common share, in the third quarter of 2007, compared to a net loss of $715 million, ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AKAM, GLW, DLTR, XOM, MFE, SNP, SBUX, STO, UA, WYNN)

Posted: November 20, 2007 at 7:47 am

Akamai (AKAM) started as Neutral at B of A.Corning (GLW) started as Sector Perform at RBC.Dollar Tree (DLTR) raised to Overweight at Lehman.Exxon Mobil (XOM) raised to Buy at UBS.McAfee ...
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DH Horton (DHI) Rallies On Results

Posted: November 20, 2007 at 7:17 am

DH Horton (DHI) reported a net loss for its fourth fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2007 of $50.1 million, or $0.16 per diluted share. The quarterly results included pre-tax charges ...
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Office Depot (ODP) OK

Posted: November 20, 2007 at 7:11 am

Office Depot (OPD) said for the third quarter of 2007, sales increased 2% to $3.9 billion. Sales in the North American Retail Division were flat with comparable store sales down ...
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