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Daily Archives: May 15, 2008

Yahoo! (YHOO) Calls Icahn An Old Fool

Posted: May 15, 2008 at 6:49 pm

In a letter which basically called Carl Icahn a dummy, Yahoo! (YHOO) responded to the billionaire's plan to offer an alternate slate of directors by writing that his understanding of ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Holdings A-H (BRK-A, BRK-B, AXP, BUD, BNI, KMX, KO, CMCSA, CDO, COP, COST, GCI, GSK, HD)

Posted: May 15, 2008 at 5:08 pm

After today's close, we got to see which stocks that Warren Buffett Held in the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) as of March 31, 2008.  Buffett's filing cut off ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Holdings I-S (BRK.A, BRK.B, IR, IRM, JNJ, KFT, MTB, MCO, NKE, NSC, PG, SNY, STI)

Posted: May 15, 2008 at 5:03 pm

After today's close, we saw which stocks Warren Buffett held in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) as of March 31, 2008.  Buffett's filing cut off date is longer as ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Holdings T – W (BRK-A, BRK-B, TMK, TT, USB, USG, UNP, UPS, UNH, WBC, WMT, WPO, WFC, WLP, WSC)

Posted: May 15, 2008 at 5:01 pm

After today's close, we saw the filing showing which stocks Warren Buffett held in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) at the cut off date of March 31, 2008. This ...
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Berkshire Hathaway Dumps Ameriprise (AMP, BRK.A, BRK.B)

Posted: May 15, 2008 at 3:56 pm

Ameriprise Financial Inc. (NYSE: AMP) was the stand out stock in Warren Buffett's holdings today.  Beakshire Hathaway inc. (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) held some 661,742 shares and listed as worth some ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (UNH)(CNB)(SSTR)(SLRY)

Posted: May 15, 2008 at 2:55 pm

Unitedhealth Group (UNH) Concerns about healthcare cost cuts still bother stock. Drops to $31.50 from 52-week high of $59.46.The Colonial BancGroup (CNB) No bad news. Just part and parcel of ...
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Time To Switch From Wal-Mart Back To Target? (TGT, WMT)

Posted: May 15, 2008 at 12:55 pm

On Tuesday, May 20, 2008, we'll see earnings out of Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) and we'll get to see just how the "recessed" client base is as far as shopping ...
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Busted IPO: Verso Paper Corp. (VRS, IP)

Posted: May 15, 2008 at 10:49 am

Verso Paper Corp. (NYSE: VRS) was one we noted yesterday as "slashing terms" after the pricing level was dropped and the share count in the sale was dropped.  The company ...
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Trouble Brewing In Oil & Gas MLP Land? (PAA, OGE, DVN, XCO, VQ, WES, APC, BSR)

Posted: May 15, 2008 at 9:34 am

We have tracked these Master Limited Partnerships (MLP's) and spin-offs or carve-out IPO's from larger oil and gas companies for quite some time.  What is amazing is that despite the ...
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CBS + CNet = The Worst M&A Deal Of The Year

Posted: May 15, 2008 at 8:54 am

It is almost impossible to imagine what the CBS (CBS) management and board were thinking when they bought CNET (CNET) for $11.50 a share or $1.8 billion. CNET has done ...
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Blackstone Loses & Contracts, Yet Assets Grow To Record (BX)

Posted: May 15, 2008 at 8:09 am

The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) has reported earnings this morning, and it's really hard to find anything pretty in the release.  The private equity leader posted a GAAP net ...
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JDS Uniphase Votes For Buyback Over Expansion (JDSU)

Posted: May 15, 2008 at 7:44 am

JDS Uniphase Inc. (NASDAQ: JDSU) has just announced that its board of directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $200 million in shares of common stock.  The repurchases can ...
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Blockbuster Managing Earnings (BBI)

Posted: May 15, 2008 at 7:25 am

Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE: BBI) managed to beat earnings expectations this morning.  The company posted $0.20 EPS on a 5.4% revenue decrease to $1.39 Billion.  First Call had estimates at $0.15 ...
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UBS Hikes Oil (CVX, DO, HERO, NE, PDE, RDC, RIG)

Posted: May 15, 2008 at 7:01 am

UBS has raised its raw oil price targets for 2008 to 2010 and has lifted its coverage in the oil sector.  UBS also initiated coverage on some of the oil ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (CEL, EVEP, GMT, ITRN, CEC, LDG, NSM, SLRY, ELOS, TIVO)

Posted: May 15, 2008 at 6:43 am

Analyst coverage is looking pretty thin on individual calls this morning, but here are ten of the analyst calls we are looking at this Thursday morning:Cellcom Israel (NYSE: CEL) raised ...
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