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Daily Archives: November 26, 2007

Pre-Market Stock News (November 26, 2007)

Posted: November 26, 2007 at 8:12 am

Affiliated Computer (ACS) announced a $1 Billion share repurchase program.Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) signed a 750 million Euro package of frame agreements with China Mobile and China Unicom, although some parts of ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AET, RATE, CELG, DE, FNM, FRE, GRP, ISIL, PHG, SGP, TDW)

Posted: November 26, 2007 at 7:45 am

Aetna (AET) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.Bankrate (RATE) raised to Outperform at Bear Stearns.Celgene (CELG) raised to Buy at Banc of America.Deere (DE) raised to Buy at Banc of America.Fannie ...
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HSBC (HBC) Puts SIVs Onto Balance Sheet, Pressures CitiGroup (C)

Posted: November 26, 2007 at 7:38 am

HSBC (HBC) is taking $41 billion in SIV assets onto it balance sheet, a move that could pressure US banks like Citigroup (C) to follow. Bloomberg writes "investors in the ...
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E*Trade (ETFC) Mortgage Business May Block Sale

Posted: November 26, 2007 at 7:23 am

E*Trade (ETFC) should start looking for a big investor. With a market cap of just over $2 billion, it may have to give up a big chunk of the company, ...
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Sony (SNE) PS3 Sales Up, Maybe

Posted: November 26, 2007 at 7:16 am

Data from Japan show that Sony's (SNE) PS3 sales are up since the company cut the price on its latest game console.The PS3 outsold the Nintendo Wii and Microsoft (MSFT) ...
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Europe Markets 11/26/2007

Posted: November 26, 2007 at 7:11 am

Markets in Europe were higher at 7.10 AMThe FTSE rose .4% to 6,285. BP (BP) was up 1.1% to 584. Northern Rock was up 27.5% to 109.5.The DAXX rose .4% ...
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Google (GOOG) Tries To Get Into China, But Microsoft (MSFT) Has The Former President’s Son

Posted: November 26, 2007 at 6:54 am

Google (GOOG) is still trying to break the hold that Baidu (BIDU), the Chinese search engine has on its local market. The US company is not having much success.The Chinese ...
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For Airbus, The Fix Is In For China, Boeing (BA) Suffers

Posted: November 26, 2007 at 6:42 am

Airbus is going to start to assemble some of its planes in China. And China gave Airbus a $14.8 billion order for 160 of its A320 and A330 planes. It ...
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Holiday Sales Stats: Confusion Reigns

Posted: November 26, 2007 at 6:34 am

Depending on which analysis Wall St. reads, Thanksgiving weekend retail sales were great. Or, they were as expected. Or, they might have been poor. The entire matte points out the ...
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Some Investment Advice For Dubai (YHOO)(HD)(GE)(MO)(DELL)

Posted: November 26, 2007 at 5:53 am

Now that Dubai International Capital has bought a piece of Sony (SNE), it must have a lot more capital to spread around.A shopping list:Yahoo! (YHOO) The stock is still down ...
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Dubai Buys Piece Of Sony (SNE)

Posted: November 26, 2007 at 5:28 am

Money is money. Or, so they say. Dubai International Capital says that it has bought a big piece of Sony (SNE) according to The Wall Street Journal Cash rich funds ...
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Media Digest 11/26/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: November 26, 2007 at 4:24 am

According to Reuters, Richard Branson's Virgin Group has been picked as the preferred bidder for troubled UK financial company Northern Rock.Reuters writes that Rio Tinto (RTP) rebuffed a bid from ...
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Asia Markets 11/26/2007

Posted: November 26, 2007 at 3:46 am

Most markets in Asia rose sharply.The Nikkei rose 1.7% to 15,135. Canon rose 2.6% to 5580. NEC (NIPNY) rose 5.7% to 499. Sony (SNE) rose 4.5% to 5600. The Hang ...
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