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Daily Archives: April 22, 2008

Intrepid Potash IPO Set To Trade (IPI)

Posted: April 22, 2008 at 7:52 am

Last week, Intrepid Potash Inc. (NYSE: IPI) went from a hot IPO to a scorcher in the agriculture and fertilizer sector.  That was after the price target and share offering ...
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AT&T (T) Up On Big Wireless, Fiber Increases: Bad News For Cable And Sprint (S)

Posted: April 22, 2008 at 7:33 am

AT&T (T) had a good quarter, powered by its wireless service. For the quarter ended March 31, 2008, AT&T’s revenues totaled $30.7 billion, up 6.1 percent versus reported results in ...
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Lehman Brothers Initiates Major Tech (AAPL, DELL, EMC, HPQ, IBM, NTAP, JAVA)

Posted: April 22, 2008 at 7:22 am

Lehman Brothers has initiated major technology companies in new analyst coverage this morning.  The broker has a mixed call in the sector. Overweight rated stocks are Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) ...
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Good Eats At McDonald’s (MCD)

Posted: April 22, 2008 at 7:19 am

McDonald's (MCD) had a blow-out quarter.Global comparable sales increased 7.4%, Revenue rose 6% to $5.615 billion. Operating income was up 24% to $1.463 billion.Earnings per share were $0.81, up 31% ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ADS, GRMN, HST, JEF, MHS, NCC, RHT, CRM, BRLC, VLTR)

Posted: April 22, 2008 at 7:01 am

These are some of the top analyst calls that we are focusing on this Tuesday morning in pre-market trading hours:Alliance Data (NYSE: ADS) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: ...
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Europe Markets 4/22/2008 (BCS)(RBS)(DB)(FTE)

Posted: April 22, 2008 at 5:19 am

Markets in Europe were up modestly.The FTSE rose .3% to 6,069. Barclays (BCS) fell 4.1% to 458.75. RBS (RBS) fell 4% to 357.75.The DAXX was up .3% to 6,807. Deutsche ...
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RBS (RBS) News No Encouragement For US Banks

Posted: April 22, 2008 at 4:54 am

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will raise as much as $24 billion to bolster its capital position, a dubious record which US banks will not want to match anytime soon. ...
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NYSE Shorts Move Out Of Big Banks And Into Autos And Airlines: Looking For Chapter 11?

Posted: April 22, 2008 at 4:36 am

The mid-month reports on short interest in NYSE shares showed that many short sellers moved out of big financial stocks but made large bets against airlines and auto companies. With ...
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Medial Digest 4/22/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Reuters

Posted: April 22, 2008 at 2:53 am

According to Reuters, earnings from Texas Instruments (TXN) disappointed investors and the company issued a weak forecast.Reuters report that RBS (RBS) will raise $24 billion to help the bank which ...
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Editor Of Wall Street Journal (NWS) Leaves

Posted: April 22, 2008 at 2:31 am

The executive editor of The Wall Street Journal has resigned. Marcus Brauchli had been in his post about one year. The Wall Street Journal is owned by News Corp (NWS)Douglas ...
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Asia Markets 4/22/2008 (CHL)(SNP)

Posted: April 22, 2008 at 2:27 am

Markets in Asia were mixedThe Nikkei fell 2% to 13,548. NIkon was off 3.8% to 2915 Nomura was down 3.9% to 1639.The Hang Seng was off .1% to 24,704. China ...
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