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Daily Archives: May 13, 2008

TJX Beats, But… (TJX)

Posted: May 13, 2008 at 8:04 am

The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TJX) did beat estimates this morning and showed that discounters and clearance merchandise retailers that get it can do well in a slowing economy.  Unfortunately, ...
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Dell Scrapping XPS Gaming PC’s to Resume Alienware Growth (DELL)

Posted: May 13, 2008 at 7:26 am

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) has apparently been having some problems in its gaming PC division.  The company's own XPS gaming systems sales are competing against its higher-end Alienware sales.  In ...
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Canadian Solar Earnings Go Super-Solar (CSIQ)

Posted: May 13, 2008 at 6:56 am

Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) came out this morning and didn't just beat earnings estimates; they trounced them.  The company posted $21.2 million non-GAAP income or $0.65 non-GAAP EPS on ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (BRL, BE, EDS, HPQ, IRM, MHP, MCO, RSH, SNH, SNN, SOV)

Posted: May 13, 2008 at 6:40 am

These are not the only analyst calls this morning, but these are some of the impact calls we are seeing this Tuesday morning: Barr Pharma (NYSE: BRL) raised to Outperform ...
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Wal-Mart (WMT): Better Gauge Of The Economy Than GDP

Posted: May 13, 2008 at 5:30 am

While most retailers are simply trying to stay out of Chapter 11, Wal-Mart posted an extraordinary quarter. It was even more impressive because, as the world's largest retailer, it must ...
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AIG (AIG): The Revenge Of Hank Greenberg

Posted: May 13, 2008 at 5:13 am

Hank Greenberg built AIG (AIG) from a nothing insurance company to one of the largest financial services firms in the world. Along the way, he became a billionaire, but shareholders ...
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Nissan Sends Up Smoke Signals About US Market

Posted: May 13, 2008 at 4:58 am

Ford (F), GM (GM), and Chrysler have continued to maintain the hope that car sales will turn in the second half of the year. Since they have been falling by ...
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Credit Agricole And Merrill Lynch (MER): Two Blind Men, Same Elephant

Posted: May 13, 2008 at 4:46 am

Credit Agricole may have to raise over $9 billion to rebuild its capital after substantial mortgage-related losses in the last quarter. According to The Wall Street Journal "Crédit Agricole said ...
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Media Digest 5/13/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 13, 2008 at 2:52 am

According to Reuters, HP (HPQ) plans to buy EDS (EDS) to better compete with IBM (IBM). Reuters writes that AIG (AIG) says it sees no reason to follow the request ...
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Asia Markets 5/13/2008 (CHL)(PTR)

Posted: May 13, 2008 at 2:22 am

Markets in Asia were mixedThe Nikkei rose 1.5% to 13,954. Canon rose 2.9% to 4310. KDDI rose 3.9% to 691000.The Hang Seng rose 1.7% to 25,495. China Mobile (CHL) rose ...
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