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Daily Archives: February 22, 2008

Goldman Sachs Raises United Natural Foods, Sort Of (UNFI)

Posted: February 22, 2008 at 7:35 am

United Natural Foods Inc, (NASDAQ: UNFI) was beaten like a rented mule last night in after hours trading after an earnings disappointment and an earnings warning.  The company is not ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (MT, DISCA, FNSR, GILD, GMXR, JDSU, LLTC, NU, UEIC, WMB)

Posted: February 22, 2008 at 7:18 am

These are some of the research calls we are looking at this morning that are impacting shares in early pre-market trading:Arcelor Mittal (NYSE: MT) raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.Discovery ...
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NYMEX/CME Merger Speculators Should Consider Regulatory & Price Issues (NMX, CME, NYX, ICE, NDAQ)

Posted: February 22, 2008 at 6:59 am

We've seen the consolidation happening on the global exchanges.  They are becoming larger and larger powerhouses, and some are coming under more and more scrutiny.  This morning's New York Post ...
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Motorola (MOT): The Bad Penny Keeps Turning Up

Posted: February 22, 2008 at 6:45 am

LG Electronics, the world's No.5 handset maker, recently said it could win more share from Motorola (NYSE: MOT)."Yes, we'll increase our market share sharply," LG's chief executive Nam Yong said, ...
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OPEC Sends Big Oil Companies Back To The Field (XOM)(BP)

Posted: February 22, 2008 at 6:18 am

One of the solutions for fighting the high price of oil is to increase the supply. That seems simple enough, but it is expensive, at least for oil companies. OPEC ...
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Business Week Gets More & More Speculative (ABX, CBLI, UEC)

Posted: February 22, 2008 at 6:15 am

Business Week's "Inside Wall Street" weekly column has been known for moving stocks.  In fact it has been influential enough that people have been busted for insider trading via getting ...
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Better Quality Cars Are Killing Auto Industry (GM)(F)

Posted: February 22, 2008 at 6:08 am

During the 1970s and 1980s US car companies like Ford (NYSE: F) and GM (NYSE: GM) got into trouble for building low quality cars. They tended to have to be ...
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The Disappearing American Job (SBUX)(LEH)

Posted: February 22, 2008 at 5:54 am

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) and Lehman Brothers (NYSE: LEH) do not have much in common.That changed a bit yesterday when word came out that they would both cut workers. It is ...
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The Biggest Bail-Out Since The Great Depression

Posted: February 22, 2008 at 5:40 am

Imagine if the Federal government decided to fix most of the problems in the housing market by giving the 8.8 million Americans with mortgages larger than their home values assistance.Over ...
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Media Digest 2/22/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 22, 2008 at 4:06 am

According to Reuters, Micorosft (MSFT) will open up some of its software code to rivals.Reuters reports that BP (BP) will try to get billions of more barrels out of Prudhoe ...
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Asia Markets 2/22/2008 (HMC)(LFC)(PTR)

Posted: February 22, 2008 at 3:46 am

Markets in Asia fell. The Nikkei was off 1.4% to 13,500. Honda (HMC) was down 2.4% to 3300. KDDI was off 10.1% to 650000.The Hang Seng dropped 1.4% to 23,305. ...
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