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Daily Archives: March 11, 2008

Cutting Maintenance Doesn’t Help Southwest Shareholders (LUV)

Posted: March 11, 2008 at 6:47 pm

Southwest Air (NYSE: LUV) responded today to preliminary findings of its internal investigation over safety allegations.  It looks like the allegations over safety and inspection incidents had some meat to ...
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Cramer Hunts For Safe Harbor in a Storm: DuPont (DD)

Posted: March 11, 2008 at 5:59 pm

Cramer went out tonight on CNBC's MAD MONEY still looking for safe harbors in a storm, despite the strong market today and despite his noting that this trading rally could ...
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Cramer Goes Wrestling (WWE)

Posted: March 11, 2008 at 5:39 pm

On tonight's MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer hosted World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: WWE) CEO Linda McMahon.  This is one that Cramer touted before, and it doesn't look like ...
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Caterpillar, No Dog (CAT)

Posted: March 11, 2008 at 5:09 pm

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) has come out and maintained its 2008 EPS growth estimate of 5% to 15% and sales growth estimates of 5% to 10%.  After going back over ...
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DivX Looks Like Golfing Divot (DIVX)

Posted: March 11, 2008 at 4:37 pm

Hitting a 52-week low on news is one thing, but blowing through it is another.  When you consider it coming from a hot IPO touted by Cramer at one point ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (HUM)(WLP)(CI)(S)

Posted: March 11, 2008 at 2:59 pm

Humana (HUM) Health insurers pulled down by bad news at WellPoint. Falls to $42.85 from 52-week high of $88.10.Wellpoint (WLP) Profit warning. Drops to $46.66 from 52-week high of $90.CIGNA ...
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CEO Immelt Buys $2M More in General Electric Stock (GE)

Posted: March 11, 2008 at 2:29 pm

Jeff Immelt, CEO of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), has gone active again in buying up shares of company stock.  In an SEC Filing, it shows that Jeff Immelt bought ...
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24/7 Wall St. Conversation With Verizon (VZ) CEO Ivan Seidenberg

Posted: March 11, 2008 at 12:12 pm

24/7 Wall St. interviewed Verizon (NYSE: VZ) CEO Ivan Seidenberg about the wireless and broadband industries.When asked about the concern among investors that wireless saturation rates and new cellular price ...
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Tech Profits From 3-D & Cinema Expansion Initiatives (AIXD, DIS, GE, NWS, VIA, DWA)

Posted: March 11, 2008 at 12:11 pm

A small company called Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIXD) made an announcement this morning that it received commitments from four major movie studios to provide movies to up to ...
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Fed Adds Another $100B, Will Take ‘Other’ Mortgages In Rescue Package (GS, C, BAC, MER, MS, WB)

Posted: March 11, 2008 at 7:49 am

The Federal Reserve has just made an expansion of its securities lending program to add much more liquidity to the banking system, but the difference here is that this goes ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (CHTR, CTXS, DNE, LULU, MDTH, MSFT, PLX, SCSS, VNO, WY)

Posted: March 11, 2008 at 6:42 am

These are not the only analyst calls affecting shares this morning, but these are the first ones that 247WallSt.com is focusing on:Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) Cut to Neutral at Credit ...
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Analysts Bail on WellPoint After Guidance Cut (WLP, UNH, AET)

Posted: March 11, 2008 at 6:25 am

WellPoint (NYSE: WLP) lowered guidance last night and put 2008 EPS targets at a new range of $5.76 to $6.01 EPS from an original $6.41 estimates.  It also put revenues ...
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European Central Bank: No Rate Cuts With High Oil

Posted: March 11, 2008 at 6:16 am

ECB member Axel Weber say the central bank cannot cut rates further in the face of the rising inflation which will be caused by the high cost of oil.``The surge ...
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High Oil: A Year Of Bankruptcies For Auto And Airline Firms?

Posted: March 11, 2008 at 5:39 am

American Air (NYSE: AMR) dropped 10% yesterday to and hit $10.20. The shares have not been at that  level since 2004. American lost money three of the last five years. ...
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Google (GOOG) Driven Linux PCs Killed At Wal-Mart (WMT)

Posted: March 11, 2008 at 5:15 am

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) launched a PC product loaded with its software and an operating system from open source Linux. The product was being sold in Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT).Unfortunately, Wal-Mart customer seem to ...
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