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Daily Archives: November 27, 2007

Verizon Wireless To Open Network To Outside Phones, Software

Posted: November 27, 2007 at 9:58 am

In a move that is certain to rock the cell carrier industry, Verizon Wireless, a JV between Verizon (VZ) and Vodafone (VOD) will open its network to phone and software ...
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McDermott Realigns Its Nuclear Unit (MDR)

Posted: November 27, 2007 at 9:28 am

McDermott International Inc. (NYSE:MDR) is undergoing a bit of an interesting restructuring in its Babcock & Wilcox Company subsidiary.  It is reorganizing into four groups including the newly formed nuclear ...
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Goldman Sachs (GS) Moves Chances Of Recession To Almost 45%

Posted: November 27, 2007 at 9:07 am

The good news is that Goldman Sachs (GS) believes that  the "U.S. Federal Open Market Committee to cut interest rates to 3% by mid-2008, down from its earlier forecast of ...
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VMWare (VMW): Wall St. Price Targets Still Well Above Current Price

Posted: November 27, 2007 at 9:02 am

Barron's recently ran an article describing potential weaknesses in the VMWare (VMW) business model. The analysis quotes a Cowen researcher as saying  "that VMware is increasingly selling software under enterprise ...
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Citgroup (C) Trading Down On Investment News

Posted: November 27, 2007 at 8:21 am

Citgroup (C) may have gotten a $7.5 billion investment from a fund controlled by the Abu Dhabi government, but its shares are down .4% in the pre-market. It may that ...
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Tribune (TRB) October Revenue Falls Over 9%, Where’s Zell?

Posted: November 27, 2007 at 8:16 am

In another sign that Sam Zell may not be able to fund his buy-out of The Tribune Company (TRB), October revenue at the company fell 9.3% to $383 million. Advertising ...
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Pre-Market Stock News (November 27, 2007)

Posted: November 27, 2007 at 8:14 am

Below is a snapshot of much of the pre-market news moving individual stocks this morning:Activision (ATVI) raised guidance on Guitar Hero III sales; stock up 8% pre-market.Barrier Therapeutics (BTRX) announced ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AKAM, AXA, BP, CVX, LLNW, MYL, TTGT, TRW, BWA, LEA, AVB, EQR, BRE)

Posted: November 27, 2007 at 7:55 am

These are not the only impact analyst calls today, but these are the top calls that 24/7 Wall St. is focusing on:Akamai Tech (AKAM) started as Sector Perform at CIBC.AXA ...
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Europe Markerts 11/27/2007

Posted: November 27, 2007 at 7:23 am

Markets in Europe were down at 7.20 AM.The FTSE fell .6% to 6,143. Barclays (BCS) was up 2.3% to 860. Northern Rock was up 4.7% to 115.3. Rio Tinto (RTP) ...
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Six Stocks That Could Go To Zero (CHTR)(JRC)(AMD)(XMSR)

Posted: November 27, 2007 at 7:03 am

In the current credit environment, there are several fairly big companies that could get in enough trouble that it would wipe out the common shareholders. The ones in the financial ...
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Why Breaking Up Citigroup (C) Makes No Sense

Posted: November 27, 2007 at 6:37 am

Citigroup (C) got a cash infusion of $7.5 billion from the investment arm of the Abu Dhabi government which seems to be taking a piece of every business in the ...
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Watch Cable Stocks Rally (CVC)(CMCSA)(TWC)

Posted: November 27, 2007 at 6:17 am

The FCC wants to further regulate cable companies. The firms have too much power over what programming gets on the air. The big cable firms continue to expands though acquisitions. ...
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Google (GOOG) Plans To Offer Remote Data Storage

Posted: November 27, 2007 at 6:03 am

Google (GOOG) will offer PC users the chance to store data like word files and videos on its servers instead of individual computer hard drives. It is part of the ...
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Tivo (TIVO) And NBC Link-Up To Target Ads

Posted: November 27, 2007 at 5:53 am

NBC has decided that it can use the new Tivo (TIVO) system which keeps track of people's TV viewing behavior to target ads for its big marketing clients. According to ...
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Media Digest 11/27/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: November 27, 2007 at 4:09 am

According to Reuters, Citigroup (C) is selling up to 4.9 percent of itself for $7.5 billion to the investment arm of the Abu Dhabi government.Reuters writes that retail stocks fell ...
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