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Monthly Archives: February 2008

Previewing Dell’s Turnaround Earnings (DELL, HPQ, IBM)

Posted: February 28, 2008 at 12:46 pm

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is set to report quarterly and fiscal earnings after the close of trading today.  on last look, First Call had estimates at $0.36 EPS on revenues ...
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The Business Day In Global Warming (BP, GE, RZ, CCTC, SAI, ASTI, TTEK)

Posted: February 28, 2008 at 12:05 pm

BP plc (NYSE: BP) announced that it has moved into full construction of Phase One of the Sherbino Wind Farm, a 150 megawatt renewable wind energy project that is roughly ...
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Dell’s (DELL) Retail Hell

Posted: February 28, 2008 at 10:19 am

Evidence, anecdotal or stronger, is emerging that Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) machines are selling poorly at retailers like Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) and Best Buy (NYSE: BBY). The lines of people looking ...
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CardioNet Sets IPO Terms (BEAT, SIVB)

Posted: February 28, 2008 at 9:20 am

CardioNet, Inc. has set the terms for its IPO in an amended SEC filing.  The systems provider for monitoring real-time patient information intends to sell some 6.6 million shares in ...
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XM Satellite Earnings Less Monitored Than Merger Hopes (XMSR, SIRI)

Posted: February 28, 2008 at 8:46 am

XM Satellite Radio just posted earnings of a net loss of $239 million on a 20% rise in revenues to $308 million.  The net loss on an EPS basis was ...
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CVR To Spin-Off Fertilizer Partners LP Unit in IPO (CVE, CVI)

Posted: February 28, 2008 at 8:32 am

CVR Partners, LP has filed to come public via an initial public offering, and it will have the proposed ticker of "CVE" on the NYSE.  The prospectus calls for a ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (A, BBBY, BBY, DTV, ECL, EP, IBM, NTAP, LRCX, MOT, CRM)

Posted: February 28, 2008 at 8:08 am

These are not all of the calls affecting stocks, but these are the top analyst calls that 247WallSt.com is looking at this Thursday morning:Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) raised to Overweight at ...
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Sprint (S) Kills Dividend

Posted: February 28, 2008 at 7:09 am

Sprint (NYSE: S) announced consolidated net operating revenues in the quarter were $9.8 billion, compared to $10.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2006. The net loss for the quarter ...
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Europe Markets 2/28/2008 (VOD)(BAY)(AXA)(SI)

Posted: February 28, 2008 at 7:01 am

Stocks fell in Europe at 6.55 AM New York time.The FTSE was off .8% to 6,033. Whitbread rose 7.1% to 1313. Vodafone (VOD) fell 1.1% to 162.4.The DAXX dropped .8% ...
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Sears (SHLD) Customers Hybernate, Buy-Back Eats Cash

Posted: February 28, 2008 at 6:33 am

Sears (SHLD) spent all of its money on stock buy-backs, which leaves it low on cash.Sears reported net income of $426 million, or $3.17 per diluted share, for the fourth ...
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The Airlines Are Flown By Pilots (NWA)(DAL)

Posted: February 28, 2008 at 6:27 am

The captain of a commercial airline is in charge, no matter what. If things don't work out, the blame often falls to him. Airline pilots have taken that principle all ...
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The Tao Of The Dow (MSFT)(HPQ)(PG)(CSB)(NWS)

Posted: February 28, 2008 at 6:16 am

As The Wall Street Journal points out, the DJIA is up 6% in a month. That is because, if results from financial firms in the index are backed out, the ...
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Banks Want Their Earnings Back

Posted: February 28, 2008 at 5:59 am

One of the nice things about writing down assets is that they often get to be written up later. Big banks and insurance companies have something to look forward to ...
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Paulson Cuts His Own Throat

Posted: February 28, 2008 at 5:48 am

Henry Paulson, head of Treasury, has decided that legislation to help homeowners with mortgage problems is too broad and will actually help bail out irresponsible people who were careless with ...
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Nasdaq Short Interest: Big Bets Against Tech And Telecom

Posted: February 28, 2008 at 4:26 am

The short interest for stocks traded on the Nasdaq as of February 15 shows that investors made very big bets against telecom and technology stocks. The numbers compare to those ...
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