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Daily Archives: June 19, 2008

The 52-Week Low Club (SIRI)(XMSR)(TMA)(HUN)(CVH)(UNH)(MOT)

Posted: June 19, 2008 at 2:55 pm

Thornburg Mortgage (TMA) Worries about going out of business. Down to $.22 from 52-week high of $27.82.Huntsman (HUN) Apollo walks on buy-out deal. Falls to $12.15 from 52-week high of ...
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Finally, An ETF For Ireland & The Irish Americans (NTRS, IQE)

Posted: June 19, 2008 at 2:37 pm

Northern Trust Corp. (NASDAQ: NTRS) has announced that its Global Investments asset management arm of Northern Trust, has launched the first U.S. listed ETF tracking the ISEQ 20(TM) Index.  This ...
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Citigroup (C) Warning: Banks In Trouble Into 2009

Posted: June 19, 2008 at 2:17 pm

Citigroup (C) came clean about what everyone with any sense already expected. Write-offs at the money center bank are not over.According to The Wall Street Journal, the "bank will see ...
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Speculative Oil & Gas Moves (SD, PINN)

Posted: June 19, 2008 at 1:34 pm

Over at "VOLUME SPIKE" (vsinvestor.com) we were running some screens today and found two unusual option and stock movers worth noting today.  These two moves come from companies as different ...
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Google Keeps Drumming Yahoo! (GOOG, YHOO, MSFT, TWX, IACI)

Posted: June 19, 2008 at 12:48 pm

Nielsen Online has a report out for MAY 2008 data on the top U.S. SEARCH PROVIDERS.  As a reminder, this is "US SEARCH" rather than global search.  But it shows ...
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Pier 1 Shows It Doesn’t Deserve Cost Plus (PIR, CPWM)

Posted: June 19, 2008 at 9:17 am

Pier 1 Imports Inc. (NYSE: PIR) is seeing its stock butchered by more than 16% in the first 30 minutes of trading this morning and it has already surpassed its ...
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Motorola (MOT) Bludgeoned By Sprint (S) Samsung Phone

Posted: June 19, 2008 at 9:10 am

Wall St. is tearing into Motorola (MOT) today. The shares are down 5% to a new 52-week low at $8.14.Part of the trouble is that Sprint (S) is launching a ...
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Is Advanced Micro Devices Raising More Cash? (AMD)

Posted: June 19, 2008 at 8:45 am

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) is far from having its woes behind it.  Shares have slid from over $7.80 just two days ago down to $7.25 shortly after the ...
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Goldman Sachs Murders Sirius & XM (SIRI, XMSR)

Posted: June 19, 2008 at 8:17 am

Goldman Sachs has been negative on Sirius Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) and on XM Satellite Radio Holdings inc. (NASDAQ: XMSR) on a basis that is with or without ...
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Galiot Capital Sets IPO Terms (GTC)

Posted: June 19, 2008 at 8:08 am

Galiot Capital Corporation has filed with the SEC for its 16,666,666 shares of common stock in an IPO at $15.00 per share.  The company will trade on the New York ...
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Goldman Sachs Lifts Oil Services Sector (APC, APA, CVX, COP, DVN, EOG, HES, PBR, SU)

Posted: June 19, 2008 at 7:40 am

We already noted how Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) has raised its average oil prices for the years ahead, but the firm has also raised its OIL SERVICES Sector ratings ...
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Circuit City Earnings & News Sounds Like “Going It Alone” (CC)

Posted: June 19, 2008 at 7:11 am

Circuit City Stores Inc. (NYSE: CC) has reported earnings this morning but the company is also giving some language as though it might not be all that gung-ho on proceeding ...
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Leap Wireless Tapping Capital Markets (LEAP)

Posted: June 19, 2008 at 6:53 am

Leap Wireless International Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP) has a proposed $400 million offering of senior notes broken up int two groups of $200 million each this morning.  Both tranches are unregistered ...
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Goldman Sachs Lifts Oil Targets (GS)

Posted: June 19, 2008 at 6:36 am

Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) has raised its Brent Crude average oil prices for the years ahead.  The firm has increased its price forecasts to reflect a continued tightening of ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AIG, BARE, CWST, DNA, GILD, MHS, SLAB, TKLC, UBS, WCA)

Posted: June 19, 2008 at 6:11 am

These are ten of the analyst calls we are seeing early this Thursday morning in early bird pre-market trading hours:American International Group (NYSE: AIG) raised to Buy at Citigroup.Bare Escentuals ...
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