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Daily Archives: April 15, 2008

Capstone Analyst Target More Than Doubled (CPST)

Posted: April 15, 2008 at 6:08 am

There was an interesting call that came out late yesterday in the alternative energy and green energy sector regarding Capstone Turbine Corp. (NASDAQ: CPST).  Lazard Capital Markets has been positive ...
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As Nissan Links Up With Chrysler, A Lesson For Ford (F)

Posted: April 15, 2008 at 5:53 am

Nissan and Chrysler will begin joint production of some cars and trucks. It makes sense. Nissan produces small, fuel-efficient cars and the US company is the past master of building ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (BBI, DO, NE, EMC, ELX, HP, MEE, MHK, PVA, TEF, VOD, RIG)

Posted: April 15, 2008 at 5:45 am

These are the early-bird calls that we are looking at pre-market this Tuesday morning ahead of the earnings deluge that is about to start:Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) Cut to Neutral at ...
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Could US Government Lose It “AAA” Rating?

Posted: April 15, 2008 at 5:34 am

S&P could pull the "AAA" credit rating of the US government. Hard to imagine. If the US has to bail out Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and Freddie (NYSE: FRE), the ...
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Wal-Mart (WMT) To Move Into Russia And Eastern Europe

Posted: April 15, 2008 at 5:28 am

Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) has hired a new man to help it move into Russia and Eastern Europe. These are two of the large developed regions where the world's largest retailer ...
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As Oil Moves Above $112, More Crude From Brazil, Less From Russia

Posted: April 15, 2008 at 5:12 am

Aside from the tireless speculators and falling dollar, oil prices do seem to be rising because due to fear of falling demand. Mexico says it may ship less crude. Now ...
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New United/Continental Deal Could Kill Delta (DAL) Takeover

Posted: April 15, 2008 at 4:54 am

Who would have imagined that the Delta (NYSE: DAL) merger with Northwest (NYSE: NWA), which was announced yesterday, could be scuttled by a merger of Continental (NYSE: CAL) and United ...
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As Banks Face Equity Raises And Tough Quarter, New Stock Lows In Offing

Posted: April 15, 2008 at 4:33 am

A look at the Washington Mutual (NYSE: WM) and Wachovia (NYSE: WB) deals to raise more capital indicates that other banks and brokerages are looking at below-market deals if their ...
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Citigroup’s (C) Plan To Improve Balance Sheet Gets Dangerous

Posted: April 15, 2008 at 4:23 am

It is one thing for Citigroup (NYSE: C) to sell $12 billion in leveraged corporate loans to private equity firms and even lend part of the money for the transactions. ...
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Investors Fight Over Tranches Of Debt

Posted: April 15, 2008 at 3:53 am

CDOs and other derivative instruments are often huge collections of securities broken into tranches, some of which are much more risky than others. Institutional investors are now trying to pry ...
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Time Warner (TWX) Buys Blog Company

Posted: April 15, 2008 at 3:16 am

According to TechCurnch Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) AOL has bought blog aggregation company Sphere for $25 million. The report says that Sphere "adapted to the changing market and focused on ...
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Media Digest 4/15/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTImes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: April 15, 2008 at 2:35 am

According to Reuters, Northwest (NWA) and Delta (DAL) will merge to create the world's largest airline.Reuters writes that the profit at Bear Stearns (BSC) fell 79%. Reuters reports that Continental ...
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Asia Markets 4/15/2008 (CHL)(LFC)

Posted: April 15, 2008 at 2:13 am

Markets in Asia rose modestly.The Nikkei was up .6% to 12,991. Casio was up 2% to 1352. Hitachi was up 1.8% to 640.The Hang Seng rose .5% to 23,919. China ...
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