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Daily Archives: April 27, 2008

Oil Moves To Just Under $120 Per Share

Posted: April 27, 2008 at 7:21 pm

Supply concerns have moved the cost of crude to just under $120 a barrel.According to Bloomberg "Crude oil rose to a record after BP Plc shut a North Sea pipeline ...
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As Continental (CAL) Walks From United (UAUA) Link-Up, Airline Mergers Look Less Attractive

Posted: April 27, 2008 at 7:06 pm

The board and management of Continental Airlines (CAL) have decided that staying single is the best way of life. After long merger talks with United (UAUA), Continental has elected to ...
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Straw Poll Of Analysts Says Microsoft (MSFT) Will Make Hostile Bid For Yahoo! (YHOO)

Posted: April 27, 2008 at 3:36 pm

19 to 3. That is the line-up of Wall St. analysts who think Microsoft (MSFT) will make a hostile bid for Yahoo! (YHOO) compared to those who think the companies ...
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NY Times Writes Apple (AAPL) Will Wreck RIM (RIMM)

Posted: April 27, 2008 at 9:47 am

There is nothing novel in the theory. As the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone adds features and 3G capacity, it will take market share and earnings away from RIM (NYSE: RIMM), ...
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Used Cars Pile Up Undermining Ford (F) And GM (GM)

Posted: April 27, 2008 at 9:33 am

The tendency among buyers of auto stocks is to look at falling expenses at the big firms like GM (GM) and Ford (F) and to hope that unit sales in ...
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This week on Stockhouse April 21 – 25

Posted: April 27, 2008 at 9:09 am

U.S. stocks fluctuated this week on record oil, mixed earnings Wall Street was down at the beginning of the week due to two consecutive days of record-breaking oil prices and ...
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A Bet The Fed Is Done Lowering Rates

Posted: April 27, 2008 at 8:27 am

The yield on two-year Treasury notes has hit a level not seen since 2001, a big gamble by traders that the Fed is done cutting rates.According to Bloomberg "Ten-year note ...
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As UK Oil Workers Strike Oil Panic Spreads (BP)

Posted: April 27, 2008 at 8:22 am

One of the big oil pipelines in the UK has been shut down by a strike giving oil bulls another reason to predict higher crude prices. According to Reuters "A ...
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As Eos Goes Under Risks Rise At AMR (AMR)(DAL)(UAUA)(CAL)(NWA)

Posted: April 27, 2008 at 8:15 am

Eos was an extremely odd duck of an airline. It flew only one route, from New York's JFK to London. It was an all business class affair, but, with a ...
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