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Daily Archives: February 9, 2008

Yahoo!’s (YHOO) Demented Board

Posted: February 9, 2008 at 1:11 pm

Yahoo!'s (NASDAQ: YHOO) board will presently reject a $31 a share buy-out bid from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), according to The Wall Street Journal. The group thinks the offer is undervalued ...
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Yahoo! (YHOO) To Reject Microsoft (MSFT) Bid

Posted: February 9, 2008 at 12:39 pm

Yahoo! (YHOO) will reject the Microsoft (MSFT) bid to buy the web portal firm. According to The Wall Street Journal after a series of meetings over the past week, Yahoo's ...
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Sovereign Funds Want No Regulations, Congress Can Take A Hike

Posted: February 9, 2008 at 10:37 am

Large sovereign funds are being encouraged to adopt a "code of ethics" The governments in the US and UK are particularly interest in this. Their concern is based around the ...
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This week on Stockhouse February 4 – 8

Posted: February 9, 2008 at 10:31 am

Uncertainty and hesitation marked recent market action, though selling pressure won the week. Markets had a rough week as economic news rolled in with data that fell well below expectations, ...
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Cramer’s Grooming Tip: Get A Brazilian (PBR, RIO, AMX, GFA, MELI, GOL, EWZ)

Posted: February 9, 2008 at 9:24 am

This week on MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer had some international advice.  He wants portfolios to have Brazilians, but not the waxing type.  He has an oil play, a ...
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SEC Wants To Rate Ratings Agencies

Posted: February 9, 2008 at 8:44 am

Ratings firms like S&P, Moody's, and Fitch had such monstrously poor track records covering the risks of subprime financial instruments that the SEC may take a hand in regulating themIt's ...
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Earnings Preview: Vonage (VG)

Posted: February 9, 2008 at 8:01 am

This coming Wednesday morning, we’ll get to see Q4-2007 earnings out of Vonage Holdings Corporation (NYSE: VG).  Despite this one being one of the worst IPO's ever, Vonage still has ...
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Time For Yahoo! (YHOO) Board To Wave White Flag

Posted: February 9, 2008 at 8:00 am

The Yahoo! (YHOO) board and management could have done an out-sourcing deal some time ago to license its search business to Google (GOOG). It would probably have picked up some ...
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Earnings Preview: Baidu.com (BIDU, GOOG)

Posted: February 9, 2008 at 7:33 am

On Wednesday afternoon, we’ll get to see earnings out of Baidu.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU). The estimates from First Call for the Chinese internet search engine were $0.71 EPS on $76.83 ...
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Earnings Preview: Applied Materials (AMAT)

Posted: February 9, 2008 at 7:09 am

On Tuesday afternoon, we’ll get to see earnings out of Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT). The estimates from First Call for the semiconductor manufacturer $2.01 billion in revenues.  Estimates for ...
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