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Daily Archives: March 4, 2008

Applied Materials Solar Strategy Paying Off (AMAT, CY, SPWR)

Posted: March 4, 2008 at 5:34 pm

Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) saw a major run on Tuesday.  Despite a warning out of Intel the night before, the company is diversifying out of chip cap-ex and equipment dominance ...
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SPAC IPO FILING: Oasis Group, Inc.

Posted: March 4, 2008 at 4:57 pm

Oasis Group, Inc. is yet another special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, that has filed to come public via an IPO.  The company has filed to raise $300 million with ...
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Good News For Sprint (S) And AT&T (T): Mobile Ads

Posted: March 4, 2008 at 4:52 pm

More and more mobile phone users are open to seeing mobile ads, especially if they offset the cost have of their calling and data plans. Reuters writes that a study ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (FNSR)(TRSA)(C)(S)

Posted: March 4, 2008 at 4:32 pm

Fremont General (FMT) Fear of Chapter 11 grows. Falls to $.39 from 52-week high of $13.80.Verasun Energy (VSE) High commodity prices kill ethanol stocks. Down to $7.76 from 52-week high ...
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Lazard Defends FuelCell Energy Ahead of Earnings (FCEL, FTEK)

Posted: March 4, 2008 at 2:33 pm

Lazard Capital Markets' Sanjay Shrestha has come out defending FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ: FCEL) ahead of tomorrow's earnings report.  The firm expects another strong quarter from the company.  It also notes ...
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Upek IPO Bites The Dust

Posted: March 4, 2008 at 2:14 pm

The market is starting to take its toll on IPO's for many companies.  Upek Inc. has just joined the ranks of other companies that have filed to withdraw an IPO.  ...
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Defensive Stocks Only A Partial Sanctuary (KO, BUD, KFT, MCD, MO, PG, CL, MRK, JNJ)

Posted: March 4, 2008 at 2:01 pm

Defensive stocks are often the stocks that investors try to use as a safe harbor to wait out the storms.  We have covered many of these and even gave our ...
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Good News For AT&T (T), Sprint (S), And Verizon (VZ): Mobile Broadband Up

Posted: March 4, 2008 at 12:40 pm

Use of mobile broadband, PCs connected to the internet over cellular networks spiked up 154% from the Q4 06 to Q4 07. The total number of unique computers hooked up ...
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Rep Gene Green Talks About Sirius (SIRI) Merger: No Issue If One Goes Out Of Business

Posted: March 4, 2008 at 12:23 pm

24/7 Wall St. spoke to Rep Gene Green of Texas. He is Congress's most vocal opponent of the Sirius (NASDAQ: SIRI) merger with XM Satellite (NASDAQ: XMSR). He has been ...
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Google (GOOG) Keeps Picking Up Market Share

Posted: March 4, 2008 at 11:29 am

The rich get richer. Despite all of the concerns about the rate at which people click on Google's (GOOG) text ads, at least it share of the market is still ...
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E*Trade (ETFC): The Prince Becomes A Frog

Posted: March 4, 2008 at 11:22 am

E*Trade (ETFC) investors cheered when they heard that the company's chairman, a former senior executive at JP Morgan (JPM) was taking over as CEO. The reality of the situation did ...
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Would Apple Risk A Share Buyback? (AAPL)

Posted: March 4, 2008 at 10:13 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shareholders get to vote on nominations for Apple's board of directors today.  We also saw that proxy firm Glass Lewis& Co. advised holders to elect Chief ...
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Motorola (MOT) Expects North America To Be Tough

Posted: March 4, 2008 at 9:48 am

Motorola (MOT) may not do well in the rest of the world, but its sales in North America has been solid.Investors probably can't take the handset company's performance in its ...
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Citigroup (C) Hits Multi-Year Lows

Posted: March 4, 2008 at 9:42 am

Share of Citigroup (NYSE:C) dropped as low as $22.09 this morning, their lowest level in over eight years.The head of Dubai International Capital said that Citi would need to raise ...
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Goldman Sachs Changes On Conviction Buy List (RCL, ETN)

Posted: March 4, 2008 at 8:46 am

Goldman Sachs has made some changes to its prized CONVICTION BUY LIST today.  These may seem even a bit counter-cyclical when you look at the companies and the economic trends ...
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