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Daily Archives: February 14, 2008

Level 3 (LVLT): Worst Stock Of The Year

Posted: February 14, 2008 at 10:48 am

Every time Wall St. looks at Level 3 (NASDAQ: LVLT) it sees promise. The company provides broadband pipes all over the US and some abroad. In a world where high-speed ...
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Bernanke On Recession Watch, Inflation In The Wings

Posted: February 14, 2008 at 10:18 am

A close look at Ben Bernanke's testimony in the Senate today show that the man is profoundly worried. He just know how to couch in complex terms. The chairman hints ...
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As Market Despairs, Second-Tier Techs Fall Further Behind

Posted: February 14, 2008 at 10:04 am

The fear of a slowdown in tech spending has done a great deal of damage to big tech stocks. Over the last three months Amazon (AMZN) is down 3%, Intel ...
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TorreyPines Therapeutics: Forget Morale, The Beatings Continue (TPTX)

Posted: February 14, 2008 at 8:38 am

TorreyPines Therapeutics (NASDAQ: TPTX) has announced its strategic plan for 2008.  Unfortunately it doesn't look or sound very promising.The company will focus on clinical development activities to maximize the value ...
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Genoptix Insiders & Backers Cutting Stake in Secondary Offering (GXDX)

Posted: February 14, 2008 at 8:10 am

The venture backers and the officers and insiders Genoptix (NASDAQ: GXDX) have filed to sell 4.2 million shares of common stock in a secondary offering, which could be up to ...
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Venoco Filed For Spin-Off (VQ, VAC)

Posted: February 14, 2008 at 7:53 am

Venoco, Inc. (NYSE: VQ) has filed for a spin-off of a unit called VENOCO ACQUISITION Co. via an initial public offering that it has applied to take ticker "VAC" on ...
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MAKO Surgical Slashes IPO Terms (MAKO)

Posted: February 14, 2008 at 7:35 am

MAKO Surgical originally filed to come public back in September 2007.  It filed to sell up to $86.25 million in securities.  Recently it had indicated a price range of $14 ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AMT, CCI, SBAC, BEAV, GWR, HOLX, SWY, KNOT, MDCO, UBS, VCLK)

Posted: February 14, 2008 at 7:23 am

Below are the top 10 pre-market analyst we are looking at this Thursday morning:American Tower (NYSE: AMT), Crown Castle (NYSE: CCI), and SBA Communications (NASDAQ: SBAC) all initiated as BUY ...
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Comcast (CMCSA) Turns On The After-Burners

Posted: February 14, 2008 at 7:06 am

Revenue at Comcast (CMCSA) grew 14% in the fourth quarter to over $8 billion and operating income was up 20% to almost $1.5 billion. EPS came in a $.20, up ...
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An FHA Bail-Out Of Bank Mortgage Loans?

Posted: February 14, 2008 at 6:35 am

It is a time-honored tradition. When big US companies get in trouble, they turn to the US government for financial help. Even Chrysler got big loans from Uncle Sam three ...
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UBS (UBS): A Canary For US Banks

Posted: February 14, 2008 at 6:18 am

UBS (UBS) had an awful quarter. The Swiss financial firm reported a fourth-quarter loss of 12.45 billion Swiss francs ($11.3 billion), compared with profit of 3.41 billion francs in the ...
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Baidu (BIDU) And The Death Of China Internet Growth

Posted: February 14, 2008 at 6:04 am

By any measure, Baidu (BIDU), the Chinese search engine company had a spectacular quarter. For the three months that ended December 31,the firm earned 219.8 million yuan ($30.1 million), or ...
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Eliot Spitzer And The “Financial Tsunami”. (ABK)(MBI)

Posted: February 14, 2008 at 5:50 am

Eliot Spitzer, former prosecutor and now governor of New York State, will ape comments made by Deutsche Bank (DB) Chief Executive Josef Ackermann. If bond insurers fail its will create ...
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Baxter (BAX) Takes On Mattel’s (MAT) Mantle

Posted: February 14, 2008 at 5:35 am

Mattel (NYSE: MAT) may have feared it would wear the China "kick me" sign forever. Until Baxter (NYSE: BAX) came along.The new poster boy for not keeping an eye on ...
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Media Digest 2/14/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 14, 2008 at 4:19 am

According to Reuters, Yahoo! (YHOO) is in talks with News Corp (NWS) about an M&A deal but analysts say it is unlikely to work.Reuters writes that Paulson thinks the US ...
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