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Daily Archives: June 9, 2008

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ABH, ETN, HES, LECO, LPX, MVSN, MUR, NVO, SWS, WBS)

Posted: June 9, 2008 at 6:33 am

These are not all of the analyst calls affecting shares this morning, but these are ten that we are focusing on this Monday morning:AbitibiBowater (NYSE: ABH) started as Outperform at ...
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A $200 Billion Sovereign Fund From Brazil

Posted: June 9, 2008 at 5:28 am

Brazil says it will launch a $200 billion sovereign fund with the money from all the oil it has found off-shore. Of course, none of that oil has been brought ...
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Patent Pool To Drive WiMax Adoption, If Anyone Wants It (S)(CSCO)(INTC)(ALU)((CLWR)(T)

Posted: June 9, 2008 at 5:20 am

Several companies which hold most of the patents for super-fast wireless broadband technology WiMax have creating a patent pool to keep licensing fees down. Included in the new arrangement are ...
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Corn Bread Just Got More Expensive, Better Food Through Genetics

Posted: June 9, 2008 at 5:06 am

Corn prices hit an all-time high overnight. There has been too much rain on the farms where it is raised in the US. The cost of the stuff is up ...
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Sam Zell And The Future Of News (NYT)(GCI)(MNI)(GHS)

Posted: June 9, 2008 at 4:46 am

Sam Zell took The Tribune Company private and probably regrets that every hour of every day. With the downturn in the industry, his huge debt load is like a boat ...
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Wal-Mart (WMT) Chases Apple (AAPL) iTunes

Posted: June 9, 2008 at 4:33 am

Wal-Mart (WMT) seems to have signed an exclusive deal with rock band AC/DC for distribution of its new CD in the stores of the world's largest retailer. Apple (AAPL) won't ...
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Lehman (LEH) Raises Too Much Money

Posted: June 9, 2008 at 4:21 am

Lehman (LEH) appears to have raised $6 billion from places like The New Jersey Division of Investment and Hank Greenberg's C.V. Starr fund. It is a nice chunk of change, ...
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Media Digest 6/9/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 9, 2008 at 2:53 am

According to Reuters, Lehman (LEH) is close to rasing $5 billion.Reuters writes that one Goldman analyst see oil at $150 this summer.Reuters reports that HP (HPQ) has settled its patenet ...
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Asia Markets 6/9/2008 (SNE)(TM)

Posted: June 9, 2008 at 2:27 am

Most markets in Asia were down with Chinese market closed.The Nikkei was off 2.2% to 14,818. Canon was down 4.4% to 5450. Sony (SNE) was down 3.7% to 5280. Toyota ...
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