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Daily Archives: January 29, 2009

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Amazon’s (AMZN) Advantage

Posted: January 29, 2009 at 9:06 pm

Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon (AMZN), looks a bit mad. Stick thin and without a hair on his head he is both bug-eyed and frenetic. He has ...
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Whiting Petroleum Raises Cash (WLL)

Posted: January 29, 2009 at 7:38 pm

It looks like we have more offerings coming to market, or at least more and more are being contemplated.  Whiting Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: WLL) announced that its secondary offering for ...
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Can P&G Earnings Trump Colgate & Chattem? (PG, CL, CHTT)

Posted: January 29, 2009 at 5:39 pm

Traders and investors alike look for defensive stocks with certainty of earnings in hard times like these.  Tomorrow we will get earnings from Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG), and ...
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Geron Registers Small Number of Shares (GERN)

Posted: January 29, 2009 at 5:31 pm

Geron Corporation (NASDAQ: GERN) had a filing to sell shares that hit after teh close today.  Normally this would be a cause for concern since it had a huge run ...
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A More Cautious Broadcom (BRCM)

Posted: January 29, 2009 at 4:34 pm

Broadcom Corp. (NASDAQ: BRCM) has posted earnings, which may not be shocking if you have read the reports from its peers.  There was a net loss of -$0.32 on items ...
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Bezos Laughs To The Bank, Despite Caution (AMZN)

Posted: January 29, 2009 at 4:22 pm

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) posted earnings after already saying that this holiday season was a record.  Earnings for the Internet retailer were $0.52 EPS on $6.7 billion in revenue. Thomson ...
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Juniper Gets A Tad More Cautious (JNPR, CSCO)

Posted: January 29, 2009 at 4:14 pm

Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR) has posted earnings of $0.32 non-GAAP EPS on $923.5 million in revenue.  If anyone was going to be paying attention to Juniper's numbers, it is ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (TXT)(EK)(DOW)(BDK)(WBSN)

Posted: January 29, 2009 at 3:52 pm

Textron (TXT) Weak earnings outlook. Drops to $8.83 from 52-week high of $65.52.Eastman Kodak (EK) Poor earnings and layoffs. Down to $5.01 from 52-week high of $20.91.Black & Decker (BDK) ...
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The New Layoff Kings: Thirty Companies Fire 173,000 People

Posted: January 29, 2009 at 2:57 pm

Continuing jobless claims rose by 159,000 in the week ended Jan. 17 to a seasonally adjusted 4.78 million, the most since the government's records began in 1967. The number of ...
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S&P Endorses Linux, Raising Red Hat (RHT)

Posted: January 29, 2009 at 2:50 pm

You do not see too many upgrades in corporate credit ratings during this part of the business cycle, let alone in technology and software.  But Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT) ...
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One Last Day of Chip Earnings (BRCM, IDTI, KLAC, MXIM, MCHP, PMCS, RMBS, VSEA)

Posted: January 29, 2009 at 1:51 pm

For those who have felt that this earnings season was one of the more dismal moments for technology, today should mostly mark the end for the semiconductor companies and related ...
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DryShips (DRYS): One Of The Greatest Day Trading Stocks, Ever

Posted: January 29, 2009 at 12:57 pm

Most investors have never heard of DryShips (DRYS), and almost no one knows what the company does. Its market cap is only $325 million.The firm operates drybulk carriers and has ...
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GDP Will Drop By More Than 7% In The Second Half

Posted: January 29, 2009 at 11:55 am

Bloomberg's poll of economists shows that the experts think US GDP contracted 5.5% in the fourth quarter. A drop of that magnitude would be the greatest since 1982, a year ...
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Amazon.com Earnings Expectations & Chart Support (AMZN)

Posted: January 29, 2009 at 11:30 am

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is set to report earnings after the close of trading.  Jeff Bezos and friends at the online retailing giant have already said that the Q4-2008 holiday ...
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Major Companies Realize Futility of Stock Buybacks (MO, MMM, T, EK, T, PHG)

Posted: January 29, 2009 at 11:05 am

More and more companies are either suspending or killing their share repurchases and stock buyback plans.  Some are doing it to conserve cash in a much harder operating environment.  But ...
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