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Daily Archives: February 21, 2008

EMC Buys Into Personal Information Management (EMC)

Posted: February 21, 2008 at 4:44 pm

EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) has announced it will acquire Seattle-based Pi Corporation.  This is a small merger, but this company is one we have actually had under watch as a ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (PSYS)(NVTL)(VDSI)(BYD)(ESI)(LAD)

Posted: February 21, 2008 at 4:41 pm

Lithia Motors (NYSE: LAD) Bad quarter, analyst downgrades. Falls to $9.78 from 52-week high of $30.54.ITT Educational Services (NYSE: ESI) Student loan market getting very tight. Falls to $57.66 from ...
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An ETF Launch For Private Equity, Actually An ETN (PPE, PSP)

Posted: February 21, 2008 at 3:51 pm

Today was the launch of the Lehman Brothers’ first exchange traded note with the initial listing of the "Opta S&P Private Equity ETN" on NYSE Arca.  This ETN will trade ...
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Starbucks Opts For Reshuffle (SBUX)

Posted: February 21, 2008 at 3:02 pm

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is making some changes today in what it hopes will streamline certain aspects of its operations.  The press release notes that this will "better focus efforts on ...
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US Search Engine Market Share: Yahoo! (YHOO) Running Out Of Time

Posted: February 21, 2008 at 1:54 pm

Based on the January US search engine numbers, Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) needs to hurry up and get itself sold.The Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) share barely moved according to comScore. It had ...
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Failed Private Equity Deal Blow-Ups, Major Share Erosions Remain (COMS, ADS, BX, SLM, URI, CCU)

Posted: February 21, 2008 at 12:53 pm

There is a menagerie of companies with stocks that look like the boulevard of broken dreams because of the woes in the stock market and economy in January.  But no ...
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SPAC IPO FILING: Redstar Partners on the OTCBB

Posted: February 21, 2008 at 11:37 am

Redstar Partners, Inc. is another blank check company, although this IPO filing looks a little different than many other SPAC IPO filings.  For starters, this blank check company will sell ...
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Microsoft & Interoperability (MSFT)

Posted: February 21, 2008 at 11:21 am

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is implementing four new interoperability principles and corresponding actions across its high-volume business products: ensuring open connections; promoting data portability;enhancing support for industry standards;fostering more open engagement ...
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Intel Goes More After AMD Turf (INTC, AMD)

Posted: February 21, 2008 at 11:00 am

The WSJ has reported that Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) is completing a new processor called Diamondville that is for computers of $250 and under.  The size of this processor is ...
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Teva’s Lofty Goals Seem Attainable (TEVA)

Posted: February 21, 2008 at 10:11 am

Teva Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ: TEVA - News) has some pretty loft goals for itself at its Investor Day presentation.  If you trust the company's history and its pipeline of candidates under ...
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T. Boone Pickens Calling For An Oil Pullback (CLNE, OIH)

Posted: February 21, 2008 at 8:18 am

If there is one public oil and energy sage that the markets like to listen to, you need to look no further than T. Boone Pickens.  He's been a bull ...
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Record Revenues on TheStreet.com (TSCM)

Posted: February 21, 2008 at 8:03 am

TheStreet.com (NASDAQ: TSCM) has just posted earnings at $0.17 pro forma EPS on a 38% jump in revenues to a record $19.9 million.  First Call had estimates at $0.16 on ...
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Microsoft (MSFT) Says XBox Live May Double

Posted: February 21, 2008 at 8:02 am

If the Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox 360 will stop overheating, the company believes that it can double the number of Xbox Live users. The Live product has 10 million users ...
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Microsoft (MSFT) Gets Good News From Asia

Posted: February 21, 2008 at 7:53 am

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) says that its sales to PC makers in Taiwan are running up and should rise about 10% this year. Manufacturers in Taiwan make about 60% of PCs ...
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Blue Coat Earnings Technicolor (BCSI)

Posted: February 21, 2008 at 7:51 am

Blue Coat Systems (NASDAQ: BCSI) is seeing shares surge in early pre-market trading after its earnings release.The data monitoring company posted earnings of $0.38 non-GAAP EPS on a 73% revenue ...
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