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Daily Archives: February 20, 2008

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (T, CHK, KOF, CMCSA, KEY, LLNW, LUKOY, MTH, PPG, VZ)

Posted: February 20, 2008 at 7:38 am

These are not the only analyst calls today, but these are the top ten calls that 247WallSt.com is looking at this morning:AT&T (NYSE: T) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at ...
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Sharper Image (SHRP) Files For Bankruptcy

Posted: February 20, 2008 at 7:17 am

After years of falling sales, Sharper Image (NASDAQ: SHRP) has filed for bankruptcy. Bloomberg writes ``Sharper Image is in a severe liquidity crisis that is attributable to a host of ...
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Europe Markets 2/20/2008 (HBC)(DB)(SI)(ALU)

Posted: February 20, 2008 at 7:04 am

Markets in Europe were down over 1% at 7 AM New York time.The FTSE fell 1.5% to 5,880. HSBC (HBC) was off 1.7% to 268.25. London Stock Exchange was down ...
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How Verizon (VZ) Became The Next Comcast (CMCSA)

Posted: February 20, 2008 at 6:49 am

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has been the cock of the walk, but that has changed. Yesterday, the shares hit a 52-week low at $35.19.The large run-up in Verizon's stock last year ...
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Brother, Can You Spare A Loaf Of Bread?

Posted: February 20, 2008 at 6:37 am

Soon a loaf of bread will be more expensive than a Krugerrand. The price of gold may be rising, but the price of wheat is up more and going up ...
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Is Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) The Exception Or The Rule

Posted: February 20, 2008 at 6:19 am

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) turned in one of the best performances of the earnings season. Net income rose 38%. Revenue rose 13% to $28.5 billion. The computer company raised guidance and ...
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MySpace Introduces The Last Music Download Service (NWS)

Posted: February 20, 2008 at 6:01 am

News Corp's (NYSE: NWS) MySpace social network which has about 110 million registered users is near a deal to offer music downloads. Instead of members paying for songs, they will ...
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Nintendo To Push Envelop In Video Games (SNE)(MSFT)

Posted: February 20, 2008 at 5:49 am

It is not enough that Nintendo's Wii outsells the Sony (NYSE: SNE) PS3 and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox 360 in almost every market, every month. Nintendo its launching a new ...
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Airline Pilots Go After Northwest (NWA) Merger With Delta (DAL)

Posted: February 20, 2008 at 5:41 am

The pilots fly the planes and it looks like they also set the course for big airline mergers as well. A combination of Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) and Delta (NYSE: ...
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Media Digest 2/20/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 20, 2008 at 4:04 am

According to Reuters, ING took a Q4 impairment at the low end of expectations.Reuters writes that KKR Financial Holdings has delayed debt payments on loans backed by mortgge-related securities.Reuters writes ...
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Asia Markets 2/20/2008 (DCM)(LFC)(CHU)(TM)

Posted: February 20, 2008 at 3:44 am

Markets in Asia fell.The Nikkei was off 3.3% to 13,310. Docomo (DCM) was off 4.6% to 165000. Sharp was off 5.6% to 1955. Toyota (TM) was off 3.5% to 6090.The ...
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