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Daily Archives: April 2, 2008

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AFL, CROX, DKS, DWA, EXPD, ERIC, POT, STT, UST, XTO)

Posted: April 2, 2008 at 6:52 am

Below are the top analyst calls we are focusing on this Wednesday morning:AFLAC (NYSE: AFL) cut to Neutral from Buy at UBS.Crocs (NASDAQ: CROX) cut to Neutral from Overweight at ...
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Financial Blog Wars Heat Up

Posted: April 2, 2008 at 6:15 am

A looks at comScore data for January and February show that the battle between the two largest financial blogs, Seeking Alpha and BloggingStocks, is getting more competitive.In February, Seeking Alpha ...
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Yahoo! Finance And AOL Money Jockey For Top Spot

Posted: April 2, 2008 at 6:04 am

The top spot among American financial sites has become more of a two-horse race each month. In February AOL Money has 83.1 million visits and Yahoo! Finance weighed in with ...
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China Bribes Nigeria: The Oil Markets Go Up For Auction

Posted: April 2, 2008 at 5:36 am

If China can't come by oil in the open market, it can send a big check to a country with oil which could use a few bucks. According to the ...
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How Does A Market Move Up 400 Points On Bad News?

Posted: April 2, 2008 at 5:20 am

Rally caps were out in force yesterday with the Dow moving up almost 400 points. How and why it did that in a day of predominantly bad news is hard ...
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Portable Intel (INTC) (AAPL) (RIMM) (NOK)

Posted: April 2, 2008 at 4:55 am

Intel (INTC) has decided to push into the chip market for small mobile devices which can access the internet. According to The Wall Street Journal "Intel, which largely missed out ...
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With Shanghai Market Down 45%, The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

Posted: April 2, 2008 at 4:43 am

Two years ago the Shanghai Composites was at 1,300. It got over 6,000 last October and trades at about 3,300. At its recent 52-week low, it was off almost 50% ...
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Interest In Motorola (MOT) Handset Business Fades

Posted: April 2, 2008 at 4:25 am

After kicking the tires at Motorola's (MOT) handset unit China's Huawei Technologies said it would pass. The Asia-based company is one of the largest makers of handsets in the world. ...
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News Digest 4/2/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTImes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 2, 2008 at 2:48 am

According to Reuters, Lehman (LEH) raised $4 billion.Reuters writes  that US factory orders probably fell in February.Reuters reports that the Fed approved the JPMorgan (JPM) purchase of Bear Stearns (BSC)Reuters ...
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Asia Markets 4/2/2008 Big Rally (HMC)(SNE)(LFC)(CHL)

Posted: April 2, 2008 at 2:28 am

Markets in Asia rallied. The Nikkei was up 4.2% to 13,189. Honda (HMC) rose 7.3% to 3110. NEC rose 5.7% to 405. Sony (SNE) rose 5.9% to 4300.The Hang Seng ...
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