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Daily Archives: February 12, 2008

Warren Buffett Ready To Save Muni Bond Insurance (BRK-A, ABK, MBI, SCA)

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 8:54 am

Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A, BRK-B) just appeared on CNBC with his plan to save the bond insurance business in the U.S. for municipal bond issuers.  He noted ...
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Verizon’s Next Patent Target: The Cable Guys (VZ, CHTR)

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 8:42 am

From Silicon Alley InsiderLast year, Verizon milked $117.5 million from Internet phone upstart Vonage in a long, ugly patent war. This year, it's going after its real rivals -- the ...
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Instead Of Being Bought, Yahoo! (YHOO) Buys

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 8:38 am

While waitng to be be bought by Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO) has elected to buy Maven Networks for $160 million. Yahoo! said it intends to invest in the growth of ...
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Goldman Sachs Buy Rating Changes (LYV, PCP, LLL)

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 8:15 am

Live Nation (NYSE: LYV) was added to Goldman Sachs BUY list this morning and at a $10.46 close it sees some 45% upside.  Goldman Sachs also noted that it sees ...
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Evergreen Solar Prices Secondary Offering (ESLR)

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 8:04 am

Evergreen Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: ESLR) has priced its secondary share offering at $9.50 per share.  This is down from over $12.00 just a few days ago and under the $10.02 ...
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Teva Beats & Grows, Shares Off (TEVA)

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 7:49 am

Teva Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: TEVA) posted earnings at $0.69 EPS on revenues of $2.58 Billion; First Call had consensus at $0.66 EPS on $2.48 Billion in revenues.There are some big numbers ...
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Europe Markets 2/12/2008 (ALU)(BHP)(BCS)

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 7:28 am

Markets were higher in Europe at 7.20 AM.The FTSE rose 1.2% to 5,776. Barclays (BCS) was up 4% to 446.5. BHP Billion (BHP) was up 3% to 1527.The DAXX was ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AIG, ANDE, BHI, PNM, SLB, SII, TWX, UL, WFT, WINN)

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 7:27 am

These are the top ten analyst calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on in pre-market trading this Tuesday morning:AIG (NYSE: AIG) downgraded to Equal Weight at Lehman.Andersons (NASDAQ: ANDE) downgraded to ...
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GM (GM): It’s All Overseas Now

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 7:13 am

GM (NYSE:GM) reported fourth quarter and full year earnings.One thing was clear GM's prospects are now almost entirely overseas. With total car sales likely to fall one million units this ...
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GM (GM): It’s All Overseas Now

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 7:13 am

GM (NYSE:GM) reported fourth quarter and full year earnings.One thing was clear GM's prospects are now almost entirely overseas. With total car sales likely to fall one million units this ...
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Mortgage Assistance: Helping Those Who Won’t Pay

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 6:18 am

The US Treasury is encouraging several large banks, lead by Citigroup (C) and Bank of America (BAC) to freeze foreclosures for 30 days while they sort out which homeowners should ...
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Can Diller Buy Malone Off With Home Shopping Network?

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 6:03 am

There has been some speculation that Barry Diller might be able to keep control of IAC/Interactive (IACI) without fighting with majority shareholder Liberty Media, if he hands over his largest ...
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Wal-Mart (WMT) Takes On Water In Japan

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 5:44 am

If Wall St analysts thought Wal-Mart (WMT) has problems in the US, they ought to stop by the retailer's operations in Japan some time. According to Reuters the company said ...
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Blackberry Outages Don’t Hurt RIM (RIMM) At All

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 5:30 am

The management at smartphone also-ran Palm (PALM) probably opened their champagne bottles when they heard about the big service interruption that hit RIM's (RIMM) service network in North America and ...
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Rising Nasdaq Short Interest Show Big Bets Against Tech

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 4:33 am

Rising short interest in tech stocks traded on Nasdaq shows the extent to which investors are willing to bet against the sector. The figures compare shares sold short as of ...
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