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Daily Archives: January 17, 2008

Cramer on Oversold & Value In Tech (WIND)

Posted: January 17, 2008 at 6:30 pm

On tonight's MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer is sticking with picking technology stocks that are either oversold or are great value.  His down and out tech stock is Wind ...
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Cramer Kicks The Casino Stocks (LVS, WYNN, MGM)

Posted: January 17, 2008 at 6:12 pm

On tonight's MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer wanted go over a sell sector, the casinos. Cramer thinks that the casinos have to be sold.  They have a property crisis ...
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NYSE Buys AMEX, Becomes ETF King (NYX)

Posted: January 17, 2008 at 4:54 pm

The NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) is finally acquiring the American Stock Exchange.  NYSE is paying roughly $260 million entirely in NYSE stock to acquire its tiny rival exchange.  Amex members ...
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No Major Restructuring Yet From AMD But Results Could Have Been Worse (AMD)

Posted: January 17, 2008 at 4:30 pm

Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) posted a huge loss at -$3.06 EPS after a $2.89 charge.  AMD's operating GAAP loss was $1.678 Billion, but the company said its non-GAAP loss ...
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Many Major Tech, Media, Telecom Hitting New 52-Week Lows

Posted: January 17, 2008 at 3:51 pm

With about 20 minutes to go into the close and on one ugly day, we have the DJIA down nearly 300 points, the NASDAQ down almost 40 points, and even ...
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Cable Tries To Beat The Devil

Posted: January 17, 2008 at 1:34 pm

Time Warner Cable (TWC) will begin testing a program where internet subscribers pay based on usage.According to Reuters "the company believes the billing system will impact only heavy users, who ...
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AMD’s Critical Earnings Juncture (AMD, INTC)

Posted: January 17, 2008 at 12:10 pm

After today's close we'll see earnings out of Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD).  The estimates have gone from bad to ugly as problems have mounted with the company's processors.  Analysts ...
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Google (GOOG) Strengthens Video Hand

Posted: January 17, 2008 at 11:59 am

Google's (GOOG) shares of the video market increased in November. Its share increased by two percentage points to 31.3% or almost 3 billion videos viewed, according to comScore.The news indicates ...
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Would Warren Buffett Rescue The Bond Insurers? (ABK, MBI, MTG, BRK-A)

Posted: January 17, 2008 at 10:04 am

Shares of Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABK) are being crushed even harder today than yesterday by more than 60% to around $5.00.  The problem is that Moody's has put ...
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Sirius (SIRI) May Have To Kill XM Satellite (XMSR) Deal

Posted: January 17, 2008 at 9:32 am

Sirius (SIRI) does not need competition from XM Satellite (XMSR), Apple's (AAPL) iPod, or HD radio to put it out of business. The US government is doing the job nicely.While ...
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Goldman Sachs Raises Microsoft Ahead Of Earnings (MSFT, INTC)

Posted: January 17, 2008 at 8:57 am

We already noted some changes out of Goldman Sachs in the beverage sector this morning, but there is a more decisive call today on Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and that is ...
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Goldman Sachs Beverage Changes (KO, HANS, TAP)

Posted: January 17, 2008 at 8:33 am

Goldman Sachs is out noting that investors hunkering down into earnings may want to look at beverages as an attractive sector with reasonable valuations.  Goldman Sachs also believes that macro ...
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Vulture & Value Investing With Chimera Investment (CIM, NLY, LM)

Posted: January 17, 2008 at 8:17 am

Chimera Investment (NYSE: CIM) is an investment vehicle that is set up to invest in mortgages per its charter, although as we noted the day of the initial filing that ...
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Pre-Market Stock News (Thursday, January 17, 2008)

Posted: January 17, 2008 at 7:33 am

It's earnings season.  We've got dozens and dozens of companies with news related to earnings, management changes, contracts, drug news, retail, banking, tech, and more.  Here is a snapshot of ...
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Merrill Lynch Monster Writedowns (MER)

Posted: January 17, 2008 at 7:19 am

Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER) has issued its loss for the quarter at -$12.57 EPS for Q4, -$10.73 EPS for all of 2007.  The total loss in dollars was listed as ...
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