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Daily Archives: July 3, 2008

The 52-week Low Club (UNH)(FRE)(CDE)(NVDA)

Posted: July 3, 2008 at 11:53 am

Unitedhealth Group (UNH) Lay-offs and lowered forecast. Down to $22.72 from 52-week high of $59.46.Freddie Mac (FRE). Concern that market conditions will make firm raise more money. Drops to $14.35 ...
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This Week’s Worst Analyst Calls (MER, GM, GS, UAUA)

Posted: July 3, 2008 at 11:26 am

There were two ghastly research calls this week from separate firms on separate companies.  While one is more severe than the other, these two analyst downgrades are essentially a tie ...
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GM (GM) May Market Mini-Car In US

Posted: July 3, 2008 at 9:16 am

BMW has the Mini Cooper. Now GM (GM) plans to bring its own brand of mini into the US. GM will probably import its Chevrolet Beat to America to offer ...
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Penn Actually Wins In Merger Implosion (PENN, FIG)

Posted: July 3, 2008 at 8:48 am

Penn National Gaming Inc. (NASDAQ: PENN) has been considered a dead merger for quite some time, yet it only officially became a dead merger this morning.  This was the last ...
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Strong Analyst Defense of NVIDIA Against The Analyst Pack (NVDA)

Posted: July 3, 2008 at 8:15 am

While NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) is being battered and tattered in trading, one analyst has decided that today's fire sale in the stock is creating an opportunity.  American Technology Research has ...
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Doubting Thomas Review Of “In-Line” Jobs Data

Posted: July 3, 2008 at 8:04 am

If you look at today's jobless numbers and loss of jobs, it really looks OK on the surface.  The numbers are close enough when you consider how the calculations (which ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AET, AA, ACI, JEC, GEOY, LLL, NUE, NVDA, BTU, UNH)

Posted: July 3, 2008 at 7:16 am

These are ten of the individual analyst calls seen out there this Thursday morning ahead of a 3-day weekend: Aetna (NYSE: AET) cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.Alcoa (NYSE: AA) ...
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Towers Raised at RBC (AMT, CCI, SBAC)

Posted: July 3, 2008 at 7:05 am

This morning we have seen an upgrade in the communications towers sector.  RBC Capital Markets took the entire group from a Sector Perform rating to a higher Outperform rating.  Among ...
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Yahoo! (YHOO) Looks At AOL (TWX)

Posted: July 3, 2008 at 5:27 am

In a fit of desperation not rivaled since the Grande Armee retreated from Moscow, Yahoo! is trying to find a refuge from onslaughts by Carl Icahn, Microsoft (MSFT), and its ...
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With Concerns Of A GM (GM) Bankruptcy, Can AMR Be Far Behind?

Posted: July 3, 2008 at 5:10 am

The distance from Detroit to Dallas is about 1,200 miles, but the two towns might as well be twin cities. Yesterday, a prediction that GM (GM) could go bankrupt set ...
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How To Solve The Gas Price Crisis

Posted: July 3, 2008 at 4:54 am

The solution to gas prices is almost right under the noses of those looking for solutions. A fourteen hour plane ride to India or China will do it. The retail ...
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Nvidia (NVDA): A Major Alarm For Tech Earnings (DELL)(AMD)(MSFT)

Posted: July 3, 2008 at 4:24 am

Anyone who wants to waste the money to take a sledge hammer and break apart a PC will likely find a Nvidia (NVDA) graphics chip in among the rubble.Yesterday, Nvidia ...
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Media Digest 7/3/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 3, 2008 at 2:50 am

According to Reuters, US stock indices entered a bear market phase.Reuters writes that Yahoo! (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) are exploring media tie-ups with other internet companies..Reuters reports that The Weather ...
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Asia Markets 7/3/2008 (TM)(SNE)(LFC)(SNP)

Posted: July 3, 2008 at 2:30 am

Most markets in Asia fell modestly.The Nikkei was off .2% to 13,265. Sony (SNE) was up .8% to 4600.Toyota (TM) was down .8% to 4900.The Hang Seng fell .6% to ...
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