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Daily Archives: April 9, 2008

AOL-Yahoo! Versus Microsoft-Yahoo!…???? (YHOO, TWX, MSFT, GOOG, IACI)

Posted: April 9, 2008 at 8:47 pm

There is a report out of the Wall Street Journal that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) may be close to inking a deal that would ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (BID)(AVR)(MNKD)(GRMN)(SSCC)

Posted: April 9, 2008 at 2:40 pm

Sotheby's Holdings (BID) Market is turning against companies with rick customers are they become poor. Fallst to $24.37 from 52-week high of $61.40. Aventine Renewable Energy (AVR) Crop prices go ...
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Yahoo! (YHOO) To Test Outsourcing Search Ads From Google (GOOG)

Posted: April 9, 2008 at 2:13 pm

According to The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) will start to test search advertising from Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). The agreement could grow.Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is not going to be ...
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Nike’s Knight Sells $30 Million In Stock (NKE)

Posted: April 9, 2008 at 1:47 pm

There were four separate filings today showing that co-founder and Chairman Philip Knight of Nike, Inc. (NYSE: NKE) filed to sell shares.  The trade dates were listed as April 8, ...
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The $1,000 Hamburger

Posted: April 9, 2008 at 1:45 pm

The high price of food is not an aberration. According to the World Bank crop prices are likely to stay above 2004 levels until 2015. Reuters writes the "World Bank ...
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Globalstar, Waiting For Secondary Pricing (GSAT)

Posted: April 9, 2008 at 1:18 pm

Globalstar Inc. (NASDAQ: GSAT) is apparently set to price its (up to) $135 million securities offering tonight. In a previous article, we discussed the terms of the offering, including the ...
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Bed Bath & Beyond, Bracing For Earnings (BBBY)

Posted: April 9, 2008 at 12:24 pm

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) is set to report earnings for its Feb-2008 fiscal fourth quarter today after the close.  First Call has estimates at $0.65 EPS on ...
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Oncothyreon Cleared To Raise Cash (ONTY)

Posted: April 9, 2008 at 11:50 am

Oncothyreon Inc. (NASDAQ: ONTY), a therapeutic cancer treatment biotech firm, announced today that the SEC has made their filing for periodic offering of up to $50,000,000 in securities effective. The ...
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Behringer Harvard REIT II: A $2 Billion Private REIT Filing

Posted: April 9, 2008 at 11:43 am

Behringer Harvard REIT II, Inc., a REIT, or real estate investment trust, submitted a filing to allow for a share offering today. The offering shows a $10 price per share ...
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Palm (PALM): The End Is Nigh

Posted: April 9, 2008 at 11:24 am

Wall St. is beginning to think Palm (NASDAQ: PALM) will give up the ghost soon. And, no wonder. The company has not made a product anyone wants in years.According to ...
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IPO FILING: Apollo Global Management, Semi-Public to Fully Public

Posted: April 9, 2008 at 11:18 am

Apollo Global Management, LLC, appears to be planning to become fully public as it submitted an S-1 filing with the SEC.   The company is currently semi-public on the Goldman Sachs ...
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Goldman Sachs (GS) Finally Does Badly At Something

Posted: April 9, 2008 at 11:03 am

Nothing ever goes wrong at Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS). Their uncanny ability to do well irratates thei competitors to the point of distraction. Due to the company's performance its shares ...
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TheStreet.com Signs 3-Year Cramer Contract (TSCM)

Posted: April 9, 2008 at 9:46 am

Many people think of Jim Cramer as being MAD MONEY on CNBC now, but his full-time gig is still at TheStreet.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSCM).  The company gave an SEC filing ...
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Goldman Sachs Changes Consumer Products Coverage (AVP, CL, BARE, PG, KMB)

Posted: April 9, 2008 at 8:21 am

Goldman Sachs has made some changes in coverage to its consumer products universe.  The bulge bracket brokerage firm favors Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE: AVP) and Colgate-Polmolive Co. (NYSE: CL) and ...
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Circuit City & Profits, Still More Questions Than Answers (CC, BBY)

Posted: April 9, 2008 at 7:59 am

Circuit City Stores, Inc. (NYSE: CC) announced something this morning that many thought could not be done.  The company is posting a profit.  It posted a profit of $4.85 million ...
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