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Daily Archives: December 4, 2008

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Cramer Calls For More Buyouts (JNJ, MNT, AGN, PFE, ITW, MTW, NKE, UA)

Posted: December 4, 2008 at 11:43 pm

On tonight's MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer called for companies with high cash balances to make acquisitions while competitors are dirt cheap and vulnerable.  Yesterday, Cramer called for Pfizer ...
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CEO Of The Year Nominees: 7) James A. Skinner Of McDonald’s (MCD)

Posted: December 4, 2008 at 6:48 pm

24/7 Wall St. will name its annual CEO of the Year next week. The executive will be picked from a field of ten which we will profile this weekThe CEOs ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (CHK)(WFT)(RIG)(MSCC)(ISIL)

Posted: December 4, 2008 at 3:59 pm

Chesapeake Energy (CHK) National gas supply levels fall. Drops to $11.54 from 52-week high of $74.Weatherford International (WFT) Oil prices hurting drilling equipment firms. Plunges to $8.32 from 52-week high ...
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CEO Of The Year Nominees: 6) Ian M. Cook Of Colgate-Palmolive (CL)

Posted: December 4, 2008 at 3:33 pm

24/7 Wall St. will name its annual CEO of the Year next week. The executive will be picked from a field of ten which we will profile this weekThe CEOs ...
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CEOs Cutting Sales, Cap-Ex, & Employment Expectations

Posted: December 4, 2008 at 3:02 pm

The Business Roundtable CEO Economic Outlook Index shows much more caution than optimism.  This reflects expected sales, capital expenditures and employment figures over the next six months.  The survey index ...
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10 CEOs To Go In 2009: Jonathan Schwartz of Sun Microsystems (JAVA)

Posted: December 4, 2008 at 1:42 pm

It was 2006 when Scott McNealy broke the news that Jonathan Schwartz would become the new CEO of Sun Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) rather than just be the Chief Operating ...
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Starbucks (SBUX) Talks About Missing Earnings, Again

Posted: December 4, 2008 at 1:28 pm

Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks (SBUX) keeps retreating from his previous forecasts of how the company will perform financially for the last part of this year and into 2009.The SBUX ...
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Agencies Battle Over Who Has Rights To Bailout Detroit (GM)(F)

Posted: December 4, 2008 at 1:15 pm

The latest and one of the most bizarre aspects of the decision of whether the US government will make loans available to bailout Detroit is the battle over which federal ...
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Bernanke Joins Paulson In Focus On Housing (FNM)(FRE)

Posted: December 4, 2008 at 1:02 pm

As late in the game as it may be, Paulson began to address bringing down mortgage interest rates for new home buyers by suggesting the Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie ...
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10 CEOs To Go In 2009: Mike Zafirovski of Nortel (NT)

Posted: December 4, 2008 at 11:54 am

Kicking management and practices at Nortel Networks Corp. (NYSE: NT) is nothing new for us.  We have discussed the company's problems here for longer than memory serves.  Mike Zafirovski is ...
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24/7 Wall St. Hooks Up With Twitter

Posted: December 4, 2008 at 10:28 am

As many of our readers know, 24/7 Wall St. writes copy for a number ofsites including our own sites and those of our partners.   Our ownsites include 24/7 Wall St., ...
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Cramer Says Pfizer (PFE) Should Buy Allergan (AGN)

Posted: December 4, 2008 at 10:24 am

On Mad Money last night, Jim Cramer said Pfizer (PFE) should consider buying Allergan (AGN). Cramer thinks this is a smart play similar to Johnson & Johnson acquisition of Mentor ...
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The Fallacious Notion of ‘Money Supply’

Posted: December 4, 2008 at 10:17 am

By John Tamny  RealClearMarketsSupply-siders are concerned with the quality of money, not its quantity. Nobody, except the market as a whole, could ever know how much of what kind of ...
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Rock Star Bono Gets Pole-Axed By Elevations Partners (MOVE)(PALM)

Posted: December 4, 2008 at 9:57 am

Rock star Bono must be a lot less well off financially than he was two years ago. He must also wish he never met Roger McNamee, who runs private equity ...
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Equitable Resources Plans 2009 CapEx (EQT)

Posted: December 4, 2008 at 9:51 am

Before the market opened this morning, Equitable Resources (NYSE:EQT) announced a capital expenditure budget of $1 billion for 2009. This amount is down from Equitable's expected capex of $1.4 billion ...
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