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Daily Archives: June 27, 2008

The 52-Week Low Club (ABK)(WM)(HUN)(IGT)(AEO)(SFD)

Posted: June 27, 2008 at 2:47 pm

Smithfield Foods (SFD) S&P downgrades due to credit problems. Falls to $19.75 from 52-week high of $24.69.American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) President of the company is leaving, and retail is poor. ...
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Bear Market Forming An IPO Famine?

Posted: June 27, 2008 at 1:28 pm

This week could be called "official bear market territory" with some traders, but IPO traders might call this one the "IPO Withdraw Week."  As you will see below, we had ...
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Some Good News for Cheniere Energy, Finally (LNG, CQP, JPM)

Posted: June 27, 2008 at 10:43 am

For the past two months, all the news from Cheniere Energy (AMEX:LNG) has been bad. First, there was the triple whammy. Then there was an awful earnings report for Cheniere ...
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Virgin Hopes Helio Can Slow Customer Defections (VM, ELNK, SKM, S)

Posted: June 27, 2008 at 10:27 am

If you have followed the launch of the "cool cellular" service called Helio over the last year or so, you might be among the few who remembered it even launched.  ...
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Seven High-Yield Dividend Stocks For The Current Market (MO, AIV, T, VZ, DOW, DUK, SNH)

Posted: June 27, 2008 at 9:35 am

We have been running through many companies to determine which dividends appear safe.  Investors chase high dividend stocks with stable earnings when they are concerned about where to put their ...
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Goldman Sachs Pans Ethanol (AVR, PEIX, VSE)

Posted: June 27, 2008 at 6:27 am

In coverage this morning, Goldman Sachs has come out and reiterated the firm's Cautious analyst coverage view for the corn-based ethanol producers.  Specifically, the firm has reiterated its "SELL" ratings ...
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Early-Bird Technology Upgrades & Downgrades (ARMH, FFIV, MFE, MOT, NOK, NOVL, QCOM, TIBX)

Posted: June 27, 2008 at 6:08 am

These are the earl-bird upgrades and downgrades we are seeing in Telecom, Tech, and I.T. on this Friday morning with about two and a half hours to open:ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ...
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Microsoft (MSFT): Ballmer’s Big Plan

Posted: June 27, 2008 at 5:28 am

The Wall Street Journal has unearthed a memo from Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft (MSFT). In it, he lays out some of his plans for the company.The program falls into ...
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Apple’s (AAPL) China Adventure, The Death Of iPhone Margins

Posted: June 27, 2008 at 4:37 am

After over a year of playing cat and mouse, it looks like Apple (AAPL) may be close to a deal with China Mobile (CHL) to sell the iPhone on the ...
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A Plan To Save The Stock Market (GE)(MSFT)

Posted: June 27, 2008 at 4:21 am

If the stock market crashes, it could bite a number of parts of the economy, and bite them hard. There are several things that Congress could do to help the ...
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Media Digest 6/27/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 27, 2008 at 3:04 am

According to Reuters, M&A activity is down sharply.Reuters writes that Anheuser-Busch (BUD) turned down an offer from InBeve.Reuters reports that Yahoo! (YHOO) has realigned its senion managementReuters reports that China ...
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Asia Market 6/27/2008

Posted: June 27, 2008 at 2:42 am

Markets in Asia were down sharply.The Nikkei fell 2% to 13,544. The Hang Seng fell 1.8% to 22,055.The Shanghai Composite fell 5.3% to 2,746.Data from MarketWatchDouglas A. McIntyre (more...) ...
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