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Daily Archives: February 18, 2009

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Building An Interactive Business Does Not Help CBS (CBS) Earnings

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 5:05 pm

Buying online content company CNET and building out internet sites for its legacy properties was supposed to help earnings at CBS (CBS). At least the company would have something to ...
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More Cracks In H-P’s Armor (HPQ)

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 4:47 pm

Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) posted earnings of $0.93 EPS and $28.8 billion in revenue.  Thomson Reuters (First Call) estimates were $0.93 EPS and $31.93 billion in revenue.  While this is ...
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Whole Foods, Good Enough Considering (WFMI)

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 4:16 pm

Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFMI) reported earnings of  $0.20 EPS and $2.47 billion in revenue.  Thomson Reuters (First Call) estimates were $0.15 EPS and $2.49 billion in revenue.  These ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (CSE)(SGY)(CRA)(HERO)

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 3:52 pm

 CapitalSource (CSE) Ratings cut from Fitch. Drops to $2.02 from 52-week high of $17.04. Stone Energy (SGY) Posts a loss for the last quarter. Sells down to $5.30 from 52-week ...
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Jamie Dimon Endorses Stress Tests & Mortgage Relief (JPM)

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 3:15 pm

Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) just gave a CNBC interview with Melissa Francis.  While he would not give exact predictions on the environment and ...
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Saving The Housing Market By Speeding Up Foreclosures

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 1:33 pm

The federal government is most likely to create a safety net for the falling housing market with a plan that will allow people to stay in their homes by reducing ...
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Will November’s Lows Hold as Support?

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 10:17 am

As today's market selling has picked up, we wanted to take a snapshot of some of the major November 20, 2008 and November 21, 2008 intra-day and closing lows for ...
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Chesapeake Still Faltering (CHK, BP)

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 9:53 am

The largest natural gas producer in the US, Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK), reported a GAAP EPS loss of -$1.51 for the fourth quarter of 2008. On a non-GAAP basis, the ...
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Off to a Rocky Start (CEG, BRK-A)

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 9:43 am

Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE:CEG) missed analysts' estimates by a mile. Fourth quarter EPS was $0.03 compared Wall Street consensus estimates of $1.24. For the full year, Constellation was expected ...
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Production & Capacity Head For The Hills

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 9:30 am

It probably won't shock anyone any longer that industrial production is lower.  It probably won't shock anyone that capacity utilization is lower either.  But the already-negative trend is only made ...
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Citi Upgrades Smith & Nephew (SNN) to Buy

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 9:25 am

Citi upgrades Smith & Nephew (NYSE: SNN) from Hold to Buy, saying core business areas have remained relatively immune to economic pressure. Citi analyst says, "Q4 results provided reassurance that ...
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Online Brokerage Review: Day Traders Haven’t Avoided Market Malaise (ETFC, AMTD, SCHW)

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 8:55 am

We now have all three of the large online brokerage giants out with their monthly metrics for Janury.  We wanted to compare E*TRADE FINANCIAL Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC), TD AMERITRADE Holding ...
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Housing Starts Show Market Is Far From Bottom

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 8:40 am

It may take a lot more than the new mortgage assistance program being put together by the Administration to stop the sickening fall in housing prices. According to the Commerce ...
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Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (COF, CELG, ROCK, MOD, SNN, AFL, AMX, SPSS, VQ, WMS)

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 7:31 am

These are ten of the top pre-market analyst calls for upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street this Wednesday morning with more than two hours until the market ...
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At GE (GE) Immelt Skips His Bonus

Posted: February 18, 2009 at 6:37 am

GE (GE) CEO Jeff Immelt voluntarily gave up a $12 million bonus. His salary was also frozen at $3.3 million. While the announcement may play well with shareholders, the ...
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