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Daily Archives: January 23, 2009

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24/7 Take: GE “AAA” vs. GE 10% Dividend Yield (GE)

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 5:04 pm

Today, I was asked by CNBC to opine on the credibility over General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) earnings reaction in the stock, but specifically about the dividend that is now ...
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52-Week Low Club (AXP, COF, NILE, CLX, RDEN, FDX, HOG, ISRG, KF, MSCC, PII, RAX, RNWK, STX)

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 4:14 pm

Today's market looked more like an advanced yo-yo session rather than a regular stock market trading day.  Since stocks gapped down so much, there were many new names on the ...
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Is Internet Advertising Revenue Falling As Fast As Print? (NWS)(NYT)(YHOO)(MSFT)(GE)(MNI)(GCI)(MHP)(TWX)

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 2:48 pm

According to MINOnline, advertising pages in major monthly magazines are down 20% for issues from the first two months of this year. One of the most popular weeklies, The Economist, ...
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Cash Pipeline Still Flows at Kinder Morgan (KMP, SRE, COP)

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 12:19 pm

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. (NYSE:KMP) reported earnings yesterday, and handily missed analysts expectations of $3.4 billion in revenue and earnings per limited partner unit of $0.53. Revenue for the ...
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Exelon & NRG, Earnings and a Duel (EXC, NRG)

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 12:16 pm

Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) rose nearly 1.5% yesterday after the company reported fourth quarter 2008 EPS of $1.07, up from $0.84 in 2007. Full-year revenue of $18.86 billion was almost $1 ...
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Bad News at Schlumberger, Yet Shares Rise (SLB, WFT, HAL)

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 12:11 pm

Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) reported a clear miss on quarterly and annual revenue and EPS estimates, but shares rose more than 6%. On top of that, the company expects 2009 to ...
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Satyam Tries To Save Itself (SAY)

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 9:57 am

Satyam Computer Services Limited (NYSE: SAY) has become the Enron of India.  The troubles over its book-cooking are widely known, and there is very little tangible data about the real ...
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Harley’s Roadkill Earnings (HOG)

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 9:28 am

Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE: HOG) is looking about as ugly as you could expect.  The motorcycle manufacturer posted dismal earnings, announced a factory mothballing, and announced layoffs.  This doesn't just throw ...
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Citi Initiates Coverage on MasterCard (MA) with a Sell; Prefers Visa (V) Over American Express (AXP)

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 9:25 am

Citi initiates coverage on MasterCard (NYSE: MA) with a Sell and initiates coverage on Visa (NYSE: V) with a Hold, citing decelerating consumer spending due to the global recession.Citi analyst ...
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Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (BBT, EXPD, FLR, JEC, JCG, NOK, SIAL, VMED)

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 7:55 am

These are some of the top upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street analysts this Friday morning:BB&T (BBT) Raised to Market Perform at KBW.Expeditors International (EXPD) ...
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Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ABH, AMFI, CME, LPX, MA, MSCC, NOK, V)

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 7:52 am

These are some of the top downgrades and negative research calls we have seen from Wall Street analysts this Friday morning:AbitibiBowater (ABH) Cut to Underperform at Raymond James.Amcore Financial (AMFI) ...
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GE (GE): It Would Be Hard To Be More Disappointed

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 6:57 am

The market has been pushing down GE (GE) expectations for weeks. It has taken the stock to a multi-year low and left investors thinking that the big conglomerate would be ...
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Fiat And Chrysler: The Hunter Loses It Way

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 6:38 am

The idea that Fiat would buy 35% of Chrysler at least made a modest amount of sense. It would give Fiat an outlet to sell its small cars in the ...
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Pfizer (PFE) And Wyeth (WYE): A Merger As A Way To Fire People

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 6:22 am

Companies, even really big ones with hundreds of thousands of employees, can only fire so many people. At some point the core functions like accounting and marketing need enough personnel ...
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The U.K.’s GDP Shrinks The Most Since 1980

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 6:19 am

Data released from the U.K. shows the economy there has not been in as bad shape since Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister showing the recession is biting there harder than ...
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