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Daily Archives: April 17, 2008

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (MT, CBOU, CPHD, IFF, IP, PFCB, PG, RAI, RF, USX, VQ)

Posted: April 17, 2008 at 6:52 am

These are some of the top analyst calls we are focusing on this morning:ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) Cut to Neutral from Overweight at HSBC.Caribou Coffee (NASDAQ: CBOU) Cut to Neutral from ...
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Dell (DELL) Tries to Conquer China

Posted: April 17, 2008 at 6:23 am

Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) is sick of being kick around in China. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Lenovo, and Acer have been picking on the Austin-based PC firm for years. According to the ...
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Merrill Lynch (MER) Falls On A Hand Grenade

Posted: April 17, 2008 at 5:54 am

Merrill Lynch (MER) turned in a truly aweful quarter. The financial company reported a net loss from continuing operations for the first quarter of 2008 of $1.97 billion, or $2.20 ...
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High-Tech Falls In Love With Cash (AAPL)(MSFT)(CSCO)(EBAY)(EMC)(GOOG)

Posted: April 17, 2008 at 5:48 am

Fearing a reprise of the 2000 catastrophe which wrecked hundreds of tech companies, big firms in the sector are hording cash. The only trouble with the idea is that the ...
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Europe Markets 4/17/2008 (BCS)(DT)(FTE)

Posted: April 17, 2008 at 5:33 am

Markets in Europe rose slightly at 6.25 AM New York time.The FTSE was up .1% to 6,052. Barclay's (BCS) rose 2.6% to 491.5. SABMiller was up 5.5% to 1,182.The DAXX ...
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Hedge Funds Move To Cash, Undermine Potential Returns

Posted: April 17, 2008 at 5:22 am

Hedge funds, nervous about the fading magic of the markets, are moving into cash, the perfect investment for retiring school teachers.The reasons that fund managers give, according to The Wall ...
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EBay (EBAY): Spinning Off PayPal

Posted: April 17, 2008 at 5:10 am

EBay (EBAY) can post pretty good results, and the market does not care. Yesterday, the online auction company put up an earnings increase of 26% on a revenue pop of ...
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Entire Internet & Software Sectors Brace For Google Earnings (GOOG, YHOO, MSFT)

Posted: April 17, 2008 at 5:06 am

After the close of trading this Thursday, we’ll get to see earnings out of Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG). The estimates for the search engine super-giant from First Call are $4.52 ...
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Yahoo! (YHOO) Closes In On Outsource Deal With Google (GOOG)

Posted: April 17, 2008 at 4:47 am

It is no surprise that Google's (GOOG) search technology and its ability to marry advertising with search results is better than Yahoo!'s (YHOO). Otherwise Yahoo! would have Google's market cap ...
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JP Morgan (JPM) To Raise $6 Billion, Go Shopping

Posted: April 17, 2008 at 4:31 am

For reasons that will escape even the most rigorous analysis, JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) has elected to raise $6 billion through the sales of preferred shares. In the last quarter, ...
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Media Digest 4/17/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 17, 2008 at 2:45 am

According to Reuters, the head of Samsung has been indicted for tax evasion.Reuters writes Ebay (EBAY) profits rose 22%, but the company was cautious about the rest of the year.Reuters ...
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Asia Markets 4/17/2008 (SNE)(TM)(SNP)(PTR)

Posted: April 17, 2008 at 2:27 am

Markets in Asia were mostly higher.The Nikkei was up 1.9% to 13,398. Canon was up 5.1% to 4850. Sony (SNE) was up 4.3% to 4370. Toyota (TM) was up 2.7% ...
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