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Daily Archives: January 28, 2008

Adieu Barry Diller (IACI)

Posted: January 28, 2008 at 7:49 pm

Liberty Media, the controlling shareholder of Barry's Diller's IACI (IACA) wants Mr. Diller to know that the company is not really his. Liberty has filed suit to take away Mr. ...
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Chinese IPO Filing: BCD Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. (BCDS)

Posted: January 28, 2008 at 6:47 pm

BCD Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. has filed to sell its shares of its ADS in an initial public offering.  The ADS's to be sold in the offering are expected to be ...
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Cramer on Motorola Versus Nokia (MOT, NOK)

Posted: January 28, 2008 at 6:29 pm

On tonight's MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer compared a great Nokia (NYSE: NOK) to a horrible Motorola (NYSE: MOT).  Last week Motorola said mobile handset sales were down 38% ...
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IPO Filings: Phenomix; MYR Group

Posted: January 28, 2008 at 5:55 pm

PHENOMIX CORP. submitted an IPO filing last Friday. The filing shows for a sale of up to $86,250,000 in securities, although this number is merely for filing purposes.  The underwriting ...
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Zoran, When Beating Earnings Isn’t Anywhere Near Enough (ZRAN)

Posted: January 28, 2008 at 5:15 pm

Zoran Corp. (NASDAQ: ZRAN) shares are getting hit hard in after-hours trading.  The company posted earnings of $0.34 EPS, $0.02 better than the First Call estimate of $0.32.  Unfortunately the ...
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VMware’s Revenue Punt Destroys Its Shares & EMC Shares (VMW, EMC)

Posted: January 28, 2008 at 4:51 pm

VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) has posted earnings of $0.26 non-GAAP EPS on $412 million in revenues.  First Call had estimates pegged at $0.24 EPS and $417.37 in revenues.  Even though ...
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American Express Better Than Worst Case (AXP)

Posted: January 28, 2008 at 4:38 pm

American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) has posted earnings of $0.72 EPS from continuing operations on revenues of $7.364 Billion net of interest expense.  We had already been warned that this ...
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SanDisk’s Earnings Incomplete Until Guidance (SNDK)

Posted: January 28, 2008 at 4:16 pm

SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) has posted fourth-quarter earnings of non-GAAP EPS of $0.69 on revenues of $1.246 billion.  Estimates from First Call were $0.64 EPS on $1.27 Billion in revenues. Eli ...
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The 52-week Low Club (ADS)(IKN)

Posted: January 28, 2008 at 4:04 pm

Alliance Data Systems (ADS) Deal for buy-out may be falling apart. Shares fall to $39.54 from 52-week high of $80.79.Image Entertainment (DISK) Dispute with creditors. Drops to $1.04 from 52-week ...
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Al Gore & Current TV Coming Public (CRTM)

Posted: January 28, 2008 at 2:56 pm

An IPO filing came in today from a company called Current Media, Inc.  The filing shows for a sale of up to $100 million in securities, although this number is ...
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Will American Express Earnings Depress Or Show Excess? (AXP)

Posted: January 28, 2008 at 2:33 pm

We'va already been warned that this quarter was going to be a miserable one, but today is the awaited earnings from American Express (NYSE: AXP). As this is a DJIA ...
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Street Bracing for VMware Earnings (VMW, EMC)

Posted: January 28, 2008 at 2:16 pm

Today is the long-awaited earnings out of virtualization leader VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW).  This could be a crucial report as this is only the second earnings report out of the ...
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The Day In Biotech Stocks (January 28, 2008) (ACOR, BIIB, CELG, PHRM, CRXX, LIPD, MDVN, PCOP)

Posted: January 28, 2008 at 1:43 pm

Acorda Therapeutics inc. (NASDAQ: ACOR) showed late stage trial results on its drug candidate Fampridine-SR for treating multiple sclerosis.  This data showed that Fampridine, which is designed to treat multiple ...
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McDonald’s (MCD): Blame It On The Weather

Posted: January 28, 2008 at 10:23 am

McDonald's (MCD) was the greatest stock in the US until it wasn't. Improvement in same-store sales in the US and overseas drove the stock from below $32 in June 2006 ...
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eBay buying Fraud Sciences

Posted: January 28, 2008 at 10:07 am

From BloggingStockseBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) announced this morning that its PayPal unit is buying Fraud Sciences Ltd. for $169 million. Fraud Sciences is a company based out of Tel Aviv, Israel, ...
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