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Monthly Archives: June 2008

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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XM Taps Credit Facility, Extends Chairman Contract (XMSR, SIRI)

Posted: June 26, 2008 at 4:23 pm

XM Satellite Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: XMSR) and its XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. announced in a filing today that (on June 26, 2008) it has entered into a Credit Agreement ...
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Five Big Winners For A Crummy Day (BBBY, NVO, SWHC, S, AUY)

Posted: June 26, 2008 at 4:03 pm

Chances are that if you weren't short selling all day, this was another ugly summer day that made you want to panic. Covering the market wasn't any more fun either.  ...
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Palm (PALM) Bites The Dust As Yield-Per-Phone Collapses

Posted: June 26, 2008 at 3:28 pm

Things were supposed to be bad at Palm (PALM), but, based on earnings, they were even worse.The firm, which has products which compete with the Apple (AAPL) iPhone and RIM ...
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Micron Dribbles Earnings (MU)

Posted: June 26, 2008 at 3:13 pm

Micron Technology, Inc., (NYSE:MU) posted earnings at -$0.30 EPS on net sales of $1.5 Billion.   First Call had estimates at -$0.28 EPS on $1.47 Billion in revenues.The company generated $217 ...
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Icahn Files Proxy Against Yahoo! (YHOO)

Posted: June 26, 2008 at 2:47 pm

Carl Icahn has made his proxy filing today with his formal nominees for the Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) board of directors.  His stake is also listed as holding 4.98% in ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (SIRI, XMSR, C, BAC, AIG, LEA, RAD, GM, OSK, UAUA)

Posted: June 26, 2008 at 2:45 pm

Oshkosh (OSK) Comes out with extremely week outlook. Sells down to $22.20 from 52-week high of $65.83.GM (GM) Big sell rating and possible credit rating downgrade. Economy catches up to ...
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Oil At $140, One Share Of Exxon (XOM) Buys A Tank Of Gas

Posted: June 26, 2008 at 1:52 pm

Every time the market thinks oil won't go higher, it does. Today it hit $140. To be fair, OPEC president Chakib Khelil said oil could reach $150 to $170 this ...
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No On Cares About Yahoo! (YHOO)

Posted: June 26, 2008 at 1:21 pm

Almost every financial news outlet and website ran the news that Yahoo! (YHOO) was realigning its management. The portal company said "The moves support its strategy to be the starting ...
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Hyper-V: VMware Vs. Microsoft, OR VMware & Microsoft? (MSFT, VMW, CTXS)

Posted: June 26, 2008 at 11:32 am

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) might be getting more attention over its virtualization launch of Hyper-V if it wasn't for the market.  This is being interpreted as the equivalent of "Public ...
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