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Daily Archives: July 16, 2008

Delta Cautious But Not Suicidal (DAL, NWA)

Posted: July 16, 2008 at 7:13 am

Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) is in an odd spot this morning.  The company beat earnings and claims a gain before extraordinary items, yet it still had a wide loss ...
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Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ADCT, ADTN, CBI, CIEN, CSCO, PAC, OESX, SAI, TWTC, USB, VRAZ)

Posted: July 16, 2008 at 6:44 am

These aren't all of the downgrades or negative analyst calls we have seen this Wednesday, but these are some of the impact analyst calls we are seeing:ADC Telecommunications (NASDAQ: ADCT) ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (BWA, CLWR, CLF, CSX, NTLS, PFCB, VPHM)

Posted: July 16, 2008 at 6:35 am

These aren't all of the upgrades or positive analyst calls we have seen this Wednesday, but these are some of the impact analyst calls we are seeing:BorgWarner (NYSE: BWA) Raised ...
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Sony (SNE) Makes Certain Video Download Business Has Become A Commodity (AAPL)(AMZN)

Posted: July 16, 2008 at 5:46 am

Sony (SNE) will add the ability to download and play movies as the latest service for its PS3 video console product. Several companies like Amazon (AMZN) and Apple (AAPL) began ...
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Toyota (TM) Cries “Uncle”

Posted: July 16, 2008 at 5:39 am

Toyota (TM) has finally succumbed to the same reality that the rest of the car industry has. It will cut its global sales forecasts by nearly 4% for 2008. Most ...
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Killing The Dividends At Fannie Mae (FRE) And Freddie Mac (FRE)

Posted: July 16, 2008 at 5:31 am

GM (GM) cut its dividend to zero. It is a nifty way to save a lot of money and, once a company's shares have fallen by a huge amount, investors ...
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Damaging The Market By Curbing Short-Selling (FNM)(FRE)(MER)(LEH)(MS)(GS)

Posted: July 16, 2008 at 5:12 am

Newly-minted legend says that short-selling put Bear Stearns out of business and has swamped the stock prices of Lehman (LEH), Fannie Mae (FNM), and Freddie Mac (FRE). To keep evil ...
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Intel (INTC) Cuts Its Own Throat

Posted: July 16, 2008 at 4:48 am

In the world of global anti-trust, Intel (INTC) has become the Microsoft (MSFT) of the early 21st century. It is being chased around the desk by authorities in places are ...
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Intel’s (INTC) Gift To The Market, A Floor Under Tech

Posted: July 16, 2008 at 4:28 am

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) may have had a roaring quarter. Wall St. did not give it back much. The stock barely moved after hours. That is extraordinary given that Intel profits were ...
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Media Digest 7/16/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 16, 2008 at 2:56 am

According to Reuters, talks between Time Warner's (TWX) AOL and Yahoo! (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) are heating up.Reuters reports that GM (GM) is confident that it can compete even after ...
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Asia Markets 7/16/2008 (CHL)(SNP)

Posted: July 16, 2008 at 2:30 am

Markets in Asia were mixed.The Nikkei rose .1% to 12,761. Dentsu rose 2.3% to 220000. Japan Tobacco rose 2.6% to 428000.The Hang Seng rose .5% to 21,277. China Mobile (CHL) ...
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