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Monthly Archives: March 2008

American Water Works Sets IPO Terms… $1.6 Billion For Starters (AWK)

Posted: March 31, 2008 at 9:33 am

American Water Works Company, Inc. has finally sets its pricing range in its latest SEC FILING today.  This was the fifth such amendment to the original filing in 2007.  The ...
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Merck & Schering-Plough Face Cholesterol Firing Squad (MRK, SGP)

Posted: March 31, 2008 at 7:45 am

Usually drug companies look forward to presenting data on their drugs and medical treatments.  The the American College of Cardiology meeting was this weekend, and the findings and recommendations are ...
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Citi Restructures Itself, Well Sort Of (C)

Posted: March 31, 2008 at 6:31 am

Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) is making some organizational changes today.  The troubled financial and banking supermarket has announced a reorganization of Citi's structure with what it hopes to achieve greater ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (GFIG, GU, HTZ, MBT, NSM, PM, SGP, TOC, TIBX, VOD)

Posted: March 31, 2008 at 6:18 am

These are not all of the calls we are seeing this morning, but these are the top analyst calls we see affecting shares in pre-market trading this Monday morning:GFI Group ...
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Aloha Airlines: A Canary In The Coal Mine? (AMR)(NWA)(DAL)

Posted: March 31, 2008 at 5:28 am

Aloha Airlines went into Chapter 11 last week. That was not enough. Now the carrier says it is ending passenger service after 60 years of operation.Aloha is small and flies ...
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Has Wal-Mart (WMT) Lied To Us?

Posted: March 31, 2008 at 5:06 am

Most large corporations amplify the distrust that the common man has for them by making misstatements from time to time. It is Wal-Mart's (WMT) turn in the gauntlet of public ...
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Apple (AAPL): The No.1 Brand In The Galaxy

Posted: March 31, 2008 at 4:50 am

A new piece of research shows that Apple (AAPL) has the largest impact of any global brand. Reuters writes that "The poll by online magazine brandchannel.com asked its readers to ...
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Yahoo! (YHOO) Chases The Women’s Vote

Posted: March 31, 2008 at 4:37 am

Yahoo! (YHOO) has started another business which Microsoft (MSFT) can shutter when it buys the big web portal.. Yang & Company are starting a site aimed at women ages 25 ...
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As Money Flees Equity Funds “Dry Powder” Moves To Sidelines

Posted: March 31, 2008 at 4:29 am

A mystery wrapped in an enigma. Money is cashing out of equity funds at an alarming rate. Much of that goes into money markets funds. If the stock market ever ...
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Media Digest 3/31/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 31, 2008 at 2:50 am

According to Reuters, the Treasury Department will announce a proposed major overhaul of the US financial regulatory system.Reuters writes that Yahoo! (YHOO) introduced Shine, a site for women. Reuters writes ...
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Asia Markets 3/31/2008 (LFC)(CHU)

Posted: March 31, 2008 at 2:22 am

Markets in Asia were down.The Nikkei fell 2.3% to 12,536. Hitachi was down 5.3% to 591. KDDI was down 4.7% to 609000.The Hang Seng fell 1.9% to 22,840. China Life ...
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How Banks Will Make Huge Money On Fed Borrowing (C)(JPM)(BAC)

Posted: March 30, 2008 at 7:08 pm

Banks are going to the Fed and getting money at 2.5% and putting it onto their balance sheets. What do the big money centers do with the money? They make ...
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Will Financial Stocks Make New Lows? (C)(JPM)(LEH)(MER)(WM)(WB)(MS)(WFC)

Posted: March 30, 2008 at 11:39 am

There has been some misplaced optimism that financial stocks bottomed earlier this month based on the notion that much of the bad news about write-offs had come out. Mid-month, the ...
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Can Best Buy Earnings Save Its Stock? (BBY, CC)

Posted: March 30, 2008 at 9:17 am

On Wednesday we’ll get to see earnings out of Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY). The estimates from First Call are $1.65 EPS on $13.18 billion in revenues.  Next quarter ...
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Agriculture Earnings Duel: Mosaic vs. Monsanto (MOS, MON, MOO)

Posted: March 30, 2008 at 8:29 am

This week we'll get to see two important earnings reports out of agriculture leaders.   Wednesday we’ll get to see earnings out of Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON). Two key calls of ...
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