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More Recession Carnage For Video Games (ERTS, ATVI, GME, THQI, TTWO)

Posted: December 9, 2008 at 5:11 pm

Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) signaled about six weeks ago that the video game industry wasn't recession-proof.  It turns out that the company (and likely the sector) is not even ...
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Online Video: 15 Billion Views And Not A Dime Of Profit? (GOOG)(MSFT)(NWS)(VIA)(YHOO)

Posted: December 9, 2008 at 5:00 pm

New data released by comScore shows that US internet users watched more than 15 billion videos last month.  Almost 40% of those were watched on Google (GOOG) sites, most of ...
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The Dynamics Of OPEC Increase Get More Complex

Posted: December 9, 2008 at 4:44 pm

OPEC ministers are indicating that when they meet later this month, they may cut production by two million barrels a day. That would be on top of a similar cut ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (IFX)(NCX)(TARG)

Posted: December 9, 2008 at 3:46 pm

Infineon Technologies  (IFX) Downgraded due to cash burn. Falls to $.99 from 52-week high of $13.06.NOVA Chemicals (NCX) CEO leaves. Drops to $4.96 from 52-week high of $25.21.Targanta Therapeutics (TARG) ...
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Posted Without Comment: Chrysler Refuses To Give Congress Its Financials

Posted: December 9, 2008 at 2:06 pm

Chrysler would like several billion dollars as a part of the initial car company bailout and says that it is close to bankruptcy. In an essay in Bloomberg, Jonathan Weil ...
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US Rushes To Catch Russia In Czar Total, Currently Down By 26 To 13

Posted: December 9, 2008 at 12:52 pm

It is relatively easy to count the Russian czars. There were twenty-six from Ivan IV to Nicholas II. That does not count the grand princes that ruled before them, but ...
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Which Major Energy Stock Is Best For 2009? (XOM, VLO, SLB, CHK, KMP, KMR)

Posted: December 9, 2008 at 11:59 am

Energy stocks have taken a pounding since crude oil prices started falling in July. In virtually every part of the energy business, share prices for the premiere companies are off ...
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When Lower Guidance Is Good (BRCM, TXN, NSM)

Posted: December 9, 2008 at 10:27 am

Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) followed the path of other chip stocks and came out with lower guidance last night.  This was on the heels of atrocious guidance from Texas Instruments ...
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The 24/7 Wall St. CEO Of The Year: James A. Skinner Of McDonald’s (MCD)

Posted: December 9, 2008 at 10:10 am

Today 24/7 Wall St.named its annual CEO of the Year James A. Skinner of McDonald's (MCD). He was picked from a field of ten executives which we profiled over the ...
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Clayton Williams Unwinds (CWEI)

Posted: December 9, 2008 at 9:52 am

Clayton Williams Energy (NASDAQ:CWEI) is a small-cap oil & gas E&P company that has seen its share price fall by more than 70% a 52-week high of $122.50 to close ...
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Duncan Energy & Enterprise Swap Cash for Assets (DEP, EPD)

Posted: December 9, 2008 at 9:49 am

Duncan Energy Partners L.P. (NYSE:DEP) announced yesterday that it had purchased limited partnership interests in several midstream assets belonging to Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE:EPD). These two companies have more ...
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IPO Markets in 2008, Worst in Decade

Posted: December 9, 2008 at 9:35 am

It is no secret that the IPO market has gone to hell in a hand basket.  How many deals have we had since summer in the U.S. and abroad?  One ...
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Pali Research Cuts Disney (DIS) To Neutral, Citing Valuation Gap

Posted: December 9, 2008 at 9:02 am

Pali Research took the bold step of downgrading the Mouse House, The Walt Disney Company (DIS), to neutral saying the valuation gap with its large cap media peers cannot be ...
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Merck Bares All In Pipeline Presentation (MRK)

Posted: December 9, 2008 at 8:57 am

Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK) today outlined its drug pipeline and has reaffirmed its guidance given last week.  Merck plans to emerge next year and into the next decade ...
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Fannie Mae (FNM) And Freddie Mac (FRE) Could Still Trade Down To Zero

Posted: December 9, 2008 at 8:07 am

Some investors are still clinging to the hope that the share prices of Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) will recover with financial help from the federal government. Both ...
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