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Daily Archives: April 9, 2008

Another Disappointment From Boeing (BA)

Posted: April 9, 2008 at 7:48 am

As expected by many and hoped for by few, Boeing (NYSE: BA) delay, once again, the launch date of its 787 Dreamliner. It may want to drop the "Dreamliner" part ...
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A Day After Huge Gains, Antigenics Taps Capital in Private Placement (AGEN)

Posted: April 9, 2008 at 7:13 am

Antigenics Inc. (NASDAQ: AGEN) has announced this morning that it has entered into definitive agreements to sell 7 million shares of its common stock at a price of $3.00 per ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ATHN, BBBY, CNQ, CCU, COCO, EL, ESI, CRM, PCU, URBN)

Posted: April 9, 2008 at 6:59 am

Below are the top analyst calls we are focusing on this Wednesday morning in pre-market trading:AthenaHealth (NASDAQ: ATHN) started as Outperform at JMP Securities.Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) cut ...
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Citigroup (C): Why Sell Loans Someone Else Wants?

Posted: April 9, 2008 at 5:50 am

Citigroup (NYSE: C) seems to have come up with a deal to sell over $12 billion in problem corporate debt, some of it likely from LBO transactions. The buyers are ...
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As Hong Kong Airline Fails, Large US Carriers Face Trouble

Posted: April 9, 2008 at 5:32 am

Oasis Airlines in Hong Kong is shutting down. According to MarketWatch "Oasis Chief Executive Stephen Miller told a news conference all flights were being canceled immediately."Oasis gets to join a ...
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What If Wall Street’s Heaviest Hitters Are Wrong?

Posted: April 9, 2008 at 5:20 am

"So, we beat on, boats against the future, born back ceaselessly into the past"--F Scott Fitzgerald, "The Great Gatsby"John Thain, former co-president of Goldman Sachs (GS) and CEO of The ...
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Embattled Legg Mason Lends Yahoo! (YHOO) Some Support

Posted: April 9, 2008 at 4:48 am

Disgraced stock-picking guru Bill Miller of Legg Mason says he will support Yahoo!'s (YHOO) efforts to stay independent if Microsoft (MSFT) lowers the value of its offer to buy the ...
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Dell (DELL) Taps Sovereign For Something More Than Money

Posted: April 9, 2008 at 4:30 am

Hand it to Michael Dell. His company, Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) is in talks with the sovereign fund in Dubai to get a big juicy check. But, instead of just cash, ...
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Media Digest 4/9/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 9, 2008 at 2:55 am

According to Reuters, Citigroup (C) will sell $12 billion in troubled loans to a group of private equity firms.Reuters reports that some members of the Fed believe that the US ...
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Asia Markets 4/9/2008 (SNE)(LFC)(SNP)

Posted: April 9, 2008 at 2:29 am

Most markets in Asia fell.The Nikkei was off 1.1% to 13,112. Dentsu was up 3.4% to 247000. Sony (SNE) was down 1.4% to 4150.The Hang Seng fell 1.3% to 23,989. ...
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