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Daily Archives: December 20, 2007

Pre-Market Stock News (December 20, 2007) (ACN, ATVI, ALTU, ARRY, ATHX, BSC, BX, CAKE, ECHO, INTU, FDX, MLHR, IDEV, LDK, LEG, LOCM, NKE, ORCL, PIR, RIMM, RAD, RUTH, SMOD, SCS, DEEP, TRB)

Posted: December 20, 2007 at 8:02 am

This is not every bit of news on individual stocks but this is the major news affecting many shares in pre-market activity this Thursday morning:Accenture (ACN) stock up 4% after ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (BWLD, CMI, TEX, HTZ, LDK, MA, MPWR, MNST, SNCR, ULTI, WYNN)

Posted: December 20, 2007 at 7:52 am

These are not the only impact analyst calls, but these are the top research calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on pre-market this Thursday:Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD) started as Underweight at ...
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Goldman Sachs Remains Cautous on Ethanol (AVR, PEIX, VSE)

Posted: December 20, 2007 at 7:33 am

Goldman Sachs lowered its estimates in the ethanol alternative energy patch this morning. This estimate cut is after the Energy Bill has higher CAFE standards that actually makes no change ...
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Research in Motion: iPhone-Killer BlackBerries in Early 2008

Posted: December 20, 2007 at 7:28 am

From Silicon Alley InsiderResearch in Motion (RIMM), which reports earnings today after the close, is hurrying to release the touch-screen iPhone-killer BlackBerries we noted last month. The Globe and Mail ...
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Europe Markets 12/20/2007

Posted: December 20, 2007 at 7:16 am

Markets in Europe were up modestly at 7.10 AMThe FTSE rose .6% to 6,322. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) was up 1% to 1288. Northern Rock was down 2.2% to 88.7. Vodafone (VOD) ...
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CNBC Threatens Fox Guests

Posted: December 20, 2007 at 7:08 am

Perhaps GE (GE) unit CNBC should let Fox Business succeed or fail on its own merits. Threatening guests who appear on Fox with banning them from CNBC seems a bit ...
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Auto Loan And Credit Card CDOs In Hiding

Posted: December 20, 2007 at 6:51 am

The press has focused on mortgage-based CDOs and the huge write-offs that investment banks and commercial lending companies have had to take because of the subprime market falling apart. Morgan ...
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Texas Instruments (TXN) Bets On TV And Cell Phones

Posted: December 20, 2007 at 6:29 am

Texas Instruments (TXN) believe that sales of handsets and digital TV will drive its profits over the next decade. Because of sales of these products, the demand for analog chips ...
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Burger King (BKC) Travels To China

Posted: December 20, 2007 at 6:21 am

Like so many other US companies, Burger King (BKC) is looking to China for big growth. The US hamburger chain has about a third of its sales outside the US. ...
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The Due Diligence Derby: Barclays (BCS) Sues Bear Steans (BSC)

Posted: December 20, 2007 at 6:15 am

Barclays (BCS) has sued Bear Stearns (BSC) over the failure of two of the US companies hedge funds. In particular, the bank says that BSC dumped $500 million of risky ...
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Google (GOOG) To Get Doubleclick Approval By Christmas

Posted: December 20, 2007 at 6:07 am

According to TechCrunch and Bloomberg, Google (GOOG) will get approval for its Doubleclick acquisition before Christmas.The deal has been held up over antitrust concerns.It will make the holiday unpleasant for ...
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Apple (AAPL) And RIMM (RIMM) Drive US Handset Sales

Posted: December 20, 2007 at 6:03 am

The Apple (AAPL) iPhone and RIM (RIMM) Blackberry have been doing what Motorola (MOT) and Nokia (NOK) could not. They are driving handset sales to all-time records. According to research ...
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Media Digest 12/20/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: December 20, 2007 at 4:18 am

According to Reuters, Oracle (ORCL) posted strong earnings and offered a robust outlook for its business.Reuters writes that Barclays (BCS) has sued Bear Stearns (BSC) over losses in two hedge ...
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Asia Markets 12/20/2007

Posted: December 20, 2007 at 3:52 am

Markets in Asia were narrowly mixed.The Nikkei rose a fraction to 15,032, Casio fell 3.6% to 1,236. KDDI rose 1.7% to 784000. Docomo (DCM) rose 1.7% to 182000. Sony (SNE) ...
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