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Monthly Archives: July 2008

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Starbucks (SBUX) Chases The Economy Towards Its Bottom

Posted: July 31, 2008 at 4:35 am

Starbucks (SBUX) posted its first loss as a public company but gave investors something to hang on to. It reaffirmed that it will do better in fiscal 2009. To do ...
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T. Boone Pickens For President

Posted: July 31, 2008 at 4:00 am

T. Boone Pickens is a Whirling Dervish of a man. At 84, he spins from Congressional appearances to CNN and then stages his own town hall meetings on alternative ...
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Hasbro (HAS) Would Be Nuts Not To Fight “Scrabulous”

Posted: July 31, 2008 at 3:31 am

Hasbro Inc. (HAS) is getting quite a bit of flack from every corner of the Internet for waging a legal battle against the popular Facebook knock-off of Scrabble called "Scrabulous." ...
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Media Digest 7/31/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 31, 2008 at 2:50 am

According to Reuters, T Boone Pickens is seeking an "army" of business leaders and citizens to back alternative energy.Reuters reports that Starbucks (SBUX) posted if first loss as a ...
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Asia Market 7/31/2008 (NTT)(CN)(SNP)

Posted: July 31, 2008 at 2:24 am

Markets in Asia were mixed.The Nikkei was up .1% to 13,377. NEC was up 2.4% to 593. NTT (NTT) was up 4% to 553000. The Hang Seng was up .3% ...
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Standard Oil Earnings On Deck: Exxon vs. Chevron (XOM, CVX)

Posted: July 30, 2008 at 3:55 pm

This week has already been an interesting week in the oil patch, but for big oil stocks the expression "You ain't seen nothin' yet" is perhaps more appropriate than ever.  ...
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Visa’s Earnings Cheer: “Charge!” (V)

Posted: July 30, 2008 at 3:33 pm

Credit card clearing and processing giant Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) just posted earnings with an adjusted $0.59 EPS on $1.6 Billion in revenues.  First Call had estimates pegged at $0.48 ...
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Starbucks (SBUX) Has First Quarterly Loss In Its History

Posted: July 30, 2008 at 3:19 pm

The expectations for Starbucks (SBUX) were very low. That probably has not been true since the company went public.But, Starbucks was able to come in below a worst case, the ...
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First Solar Lights The Sky (FSLR)

Posted: July 30, 2008 at 3:19 pm

First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) is soaring after the close.  The company just announced its quarterly earnings of $0.85 EPS on $267 million in revenues.  First Call has estimates pegged ...
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The 52-Week Low Club 7/30/2008 (CBG)(AUO)(SIMO)(GRMN)

Posted: July 30, 2008 at 2:50 pm

CB Richard Ellis Group (CBG)  Big profit drop. Shares off to $13.43 from 52-week high of $38.Au Optronics (AUO) Weak outlook for next quarter, Falls to $12.35 from 52-week high ...
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Motorola’s (MOT) Handset Business Is Worth Nothing

Posted: July 30, 2008 at 1:08 pm

Analysts believe that Motorola (MOT) may have dropped into fourth place among the world's handset manufacturers. Two years ago, it was a strong second with 22% of the market. According ...
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Disney Earnings Preview: Hannah vs. Mickey (DIS)

Posted: July 30, 2008 at 1:06 pm

After today's close, we'll get to see earnings out of the Mouse House from Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS).  First Call has estimates of $0.61 EPS on $9.14 Billion in ...
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Big Retails Which May Close Or Downsize (CC)(BBI)(PIR)(CPWM)

Posted: July 30, 2008 at 12:49 pm

It is now no secret that we are in a very weak economic environment and if it is not an official recession it is for about 80% of the country.  ...
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Does Comcast (CMCSA) Deserve The Benefit Of The Doubt?

Posted: July 30, 2008 at 10:31 am

Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is a company that Wall Street just loves to hate. Much of the antipathy directed toward the Philadelphia-based cable giant seems justified since it faces a ...
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AmTech Looking for CPU Space Changes (AMD, INTC, BRCM)

Posted: July 30, 2008 at 10:08 am

American Technology Research has an interesting note out this morning calling for changes in the CPU space where Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) and Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) compete.  The ...
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