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Daily Archives: April 3, 2008

Housing Prices Plunge In Sodom And Gomorrah

Posted: April 3, 2008 at 7:33 pm

Housing prices are down across the US. Perhaps it is appropriate that it is in the world's capital of gambling that they are down the most.According to Bloomberg, home prices ...
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Breaking Up UBS (UBS)? The Most Complex Job In The World

Posted: April 3, 2008 at 7:14 pm

Revenge is a dish best served cold. The former CEO of UBS (UBS), pushed out by the bank's current chairman, has suggest that the huge financial firm be broken up. ...
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Sugar, Inc.: The Twenty-Five Most Valuable Blogs

Posted: April 3, 2008 at 5:34 pm

After 24/7 Wall St. published the Twenty-Five Most Valuable Blogs we decided to look at some niche content sites which compete with blogs and should have similar valuation data.Sugar, Inc ...
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After Disappointing Report, Is Lawson Still Potential Merger Bait? (LWSN)

Posted: April 3, 2008 at 3:49 pm

Lawson Software (NASDAQ: LWSN) may be in a strange spot now as the enterprise software and consultant firm issued earnings.  The company posted earnings of $0.08 EPS on a non-GAAP ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (PPC)(DEEP)(EMDA)(XRIT)

Posted: April 3, 2008 at 2:36 pm

Pilgrim's Pride (PPC) Rising commodities prices will pinch margins. Falls to $18.51 from 52-week high of $41.Superior Offshore (DEEP) Still concerns about solvency. Down to $1.15 from 52-week high of ...
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Motivation Behind Dendreon’s $47 Million Capital Raise (DNDN)

Posted: April 3, 2008 at 2:19 pm

After looking through the filing and press release regarding Dendreon Corporation (NASDAQ: DNDN), there are some interesting data points that could be a game changer for current and future investors.The ...
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Credit Trouble Bites Consumers Hard

Posted: April 3, 2008 at 10:31 am

Sometimes it takes experts a quarter or two to catch up with the real world. The American Bankers Association reports that during the fourth quarter of last year consumer credit ...
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Garmin Guidance Priced In, But PND Sector & Merger Issues Persist (GRMN, NVT, TRMB, NOK)

Posted: April 3, 2008 at 10:21 am

Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) already saw the wrath of traders today after its CFO told Reuters in an interview that the revenue drop on a sequential basis (quarter/quarter) would see ...
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Medarex Says Forget Pfizer, Its Own Melanoma Study Continues (MEDX, PFE, BMY)

Posted: April 3, 2008 at 8:27 am

Medarex, Inc. (NASDAQ: MEDX) wants to clarify a few issues regarding the study halt from Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) this week on advanced melanoma.  The company says that there are key ...
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Fed Puts Spies At Brokerage Firms (GS)(MS)(BSC)(MER)(LEH)

Posted: April 3, 2008 at 8:14 am

The Fed does not want to see all the money it has give to brokerages in exchange for lousy paper to go down the toilet so it has stationed its ...
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eBay Scores Merrill Lynch Upgrade (EBAY)

Posted: April 3, 2008 at 8:01 am

eBay, Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) shares are trading higher in pre-market activity this morning after Merrill Lynch issued an upgrade today.  The brokerage firm raised its rating from Neutral to Buy.Merrill ...
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MEMC Warning (WFR)

Posted: April 3, 2008 at 7:41 am

MEMC Electronic Materials (NYSE: WFR) is seeing shares spanked this morning.  The company has issued downward guidance with Q1 revenues of about $500 million.  The problem is that previous guidance ...
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Vical $2 Million NIH Grant For Herpes Vaccine (VICL)

Posted: April 3, 2008 at 7:24 am

Vical, Incorporated (NASDAQ: VICL) has been awarded a $2 million Phase II small business technology transfer grant from the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases department from the ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AFL, CSCO, DVN, JMBA, KBW, MRO, NCC, PRSP, URBN, VMW)

Posted: April 3, 2008 at 7:08 am

There are other analyst calls affecting shares this morning, but these are ten of the top calls that we are focusing on this Thursday in pre-market trading:AFLAC (NYSE: AFL) cut ...
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AT&T (T) Hooks Up With Google (GOOG)

Posted: April 3, 2008 at 6:08 am

AT&T (T) has indicated that it will ship phones with the Google (GOOG) Android operating system. That may happen later this year.The news is bad for Yahoo! (YHOO) which has ...
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