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Daily Archives: March 13, 2008

LDK Solar: Fully Booked Up, Stock Still In Gutter (LDK)

Posted: March 13, 2008 at 6:47 am

LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) came out with projections showing thats backlog for its solar wafer capacity is fully booked for 2008 and more than 90% booked for 2009.  ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AIG, AZN, GLUU, GSIC, HOLX, HUM, JASO, LEAP, MON, WBD)

Posted: March 13, 2008 at 6:24 am

These are not the only analyst calls this morning, but these are 10 impact calls we are reviewing this Thursday morning:American International Group (NYSE: AIG) Cut To Equal-weight at Morgan ...
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Europe Markets 3/13/2008 (BCS)(DB)(SI)(RTP)

Posted: March 13, 2008 at 5:38 am

Markets in Europe were off sharply at 6.30 AM New York time.The FTSE fell 2% to 5,662. Barclays (BCS) fell 3.9% to 443. British Air fell 5.5% to 229.25. Rio ...
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DirecTV (DTV): New Threat To Cable And Telecoms

Posted: March 13, 2008 at 5:27 am

DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) has hundreds of channels and can offer high-definition programming, but, because satellite signals do not work two-way, getting into the "on demand" business has been impossible. That ...
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Target (TGT) Tries To Dump Piece Of Credit Card Business

Posted: March 13, 2008 at 5:04 am

Target (NYSE: TGT) has a huge credit card business. In the current economy, that may not be perfect positioning. The value of the portfolio at the unit is $8 billion. ...
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EA To Make Hostile Bid For Take-Two: Take The Money And Run

Posted: March 13, 2008 at 4:51 am

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) is not going to wait any longer for Take-Two (NASDAQ: TTWO) to put off the larger company's $26 a share offer. Take-Two claims it is looking ...
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Homes Facing Foreclosure Jump Up Again

Posted: March 13, 2008 at 4:39 am

Home facing foreclosure rose 60% in February compared with numbers from the same period last year."A total of 223,651 homes across the nation received at least one notice from lenders ...
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Google (GOOG) Grasps At A Straw

Posted: March 13, 2008 at 4:35 am

Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) shares are trading at $440, down from a 52-week high of just over $747. Investors are worried that its highly lucrative text-based search ad business is slowing ...
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Toyota’s (TM) Nutty US Forecast

Posted: March 13, 2008 at 4:20 am

Toyota (NYSE: TM) says it expects car sales in North America to stay about the same as they were in 2007. That would man around 16 million units sold."I believe ...
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Carlyle Falls Apart

Posted: March 13, 2008 at 4:11 am

Carlyle Capital, part of private equity firm Carlyle Group, cannot reach a deal with its lenders to stay open. It now appears almost certain that those lenders will seize the ...
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Media Digest 3/13/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: March 13, 2008 at 3:08 am

According to Reuters, Paulson will try to tighten rules at the state and federal levels to tighten mortgage standards.Reuters writes that Carlyle Capital was unable to reach a deal with ...
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Asia Markets 3/13/2008 (LFC)(CHL)(PTR)

Posted: March 13, 2008 at 2:49 am

Markets in Asia fell sharplyThe Nikkei was off 3.3% to 12,433. Honda (HMC) was off 4.2% to 2940. Mazda was off 5.8% to 377.The Hang Seng was down 4.1% to ...
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