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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AIG, BBW, CPST, LNG, CMC, DLTR, IMCL, PSUN, TDSC, TAL)

247wallst — Mon, 12 May 2008 06:31:24 +0000

These are ten of the top analyst calls we are seeing this Monday morning:

American International Group (NYSE: AIG) Cut to Neutral from Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Build-A-Bear Workshop (NYSE: BBW) Cut to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Capstone Turbine (NASDAQ: CPST) Started as Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.
Cheniere Energy (AMEX: LNG) Cut to Hold from Buy at Citigroup.
Commercial Metals (NYSE: CMC) Started as Buy at UBS.
Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) Raised to Neutral from Underweight at JP Morgan.
ImClone Systems (NASDAQ: IMCL) Cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
Pacific Sunwear (NASDAQ: PSUN) Cut to Sell from Buy at Citigroup.
3D Systems (NASDAQ: TDSC) Raised to Neutral from Sell at Piper Jaffray.
TAL International (NYSE: TAL) Cut to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse; but Raised to Outperform from Neutral at Baird.

Jon C. Ogg
May 12, 2008

52-Week Lows, Massive List (ALU, BGP, CELL, BBW, CVO, DENN, GCI, INFY, INTU, KLAC, NT, NWA, NXTM, PDLI, PFE, Q, SVVS, SNE, BID, TWX)

247wallst — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:04:56 +0000

This was a massive list of lows today. Not all closed on lows, but the list was chopped down greatly just to accommodate the size of it. If you look at the list, there are no brokerage firms listed nor anymajor banks. The major banks weren’t hitting the list but mostbrokerage firms were. You can thank a firm called Bare Spurns for that. Here goes the eulogy:

Advance America (NYSE: AEA).. down over 10%, no real news released; financial exposure, although they are probably getting more and more pay day loans now. $6.08 at 3:30, old low $6.08.
Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU)… down almost 5% at $5.29, although late day got back above that $5.27 year low.
Borders Group (NYSE: BGP)… down another 6% ahead of earnings next week. The people that still buy books may be headed to the used book stores in tough times. Maybe even the library.
Brightpoint (NASDSAQ: CELL)… day in and day out this one has been getting hit.
Build-a-Bear Workshop (NYSE: BBW)… now it can be even more opportunistic after ending strategic review and adding a larger buyback plan.
Cenveo (NYSE: CVO)… down 14% after earnings.
Denny’s (NASDAQ: DENN)… under $3.00 now… stock cheaper than the Grand Slam breakfast? Maybe people can’t afford $3.00 breakfasts.
Gannett Co. Inc. (NYSE: GCI)… after earnings people still wary of newspaper operations.
General Motors (NYSE: GM)… flirting with 5-year lows.
Infosys Tech (NASDAQ: INFY)… This didn’t close under the old $33.80 low of the year, but was there intraday. Maybe outsourcing is peaking.
Intuit (NYSE: INTU)… had no news, that pre-tax season trade getting cheaper and cheaper.
KLA-Tencor (NASDAQ: KLAC) hit hard again after downgrade already shaved off almost 10% earlier in wee. Down 4.4% at $36.40 with 15 minutes to close.
Nortel Networks (NYSE: NT) at $6.34 at 3:45… High is $27.71. What more can you say? It’s always on the list.
Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) down over 3.5% at $9.50 with 15 minutes to close. What ever happened to that merger they were supposed to be in?
Nxstage Medical (NASDAQ: NXTM)… are kidney dialysis treatments economically sensitive?
PDL Biopharma (NASDAQ: PDLI).. so much for that buyout hope, that’s already been called off. Almost under a $1 Billion market cap.
Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)… a true surprise to see this one here again. Will it bust $20? Shares down 3% at $20.55 with 10 minutes to close.
Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q)…. now under $5.00.
Savvis Inc. (NASDAQ: SVVS)… down more than 5% to under the old $15.14 low. Doing IT, bandwidth, storage, network infrastructure, not as great when you have huge exposure to financial institutions.
Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE)… just when it was getting its act back together… $41.81 right before close; old 52-week low was $42.10.
Sothebys (NYSE: BID)… down more than half from highs. Wall Street’s "Even the rich are bitching!" must apply to high-end auctioneers too.
Time Warner (NYSE: TWX)….. now under $14.00.

Jon C. Ogg
March 14, 2008

Pre-Market Stock News (June 15, 2007)

247wallst — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:42:31 +0000

(ADBE) Adobe trading down 1% after beating earnings but issuing in-line guidance.
(BBW) Build-a-Bear lowered guidance; stock down almost 15%.
(CROX) CROCS Inc. trades ex-split today.
(DELL) Dell is still delaying quarterly filing and results.
(DLM) Del Monte fell another 1% on estimate cuts.
(DRA) Coinmach getting $13.55 cash buyout from Babcock & Brown.
(EPCT) EpiCept’s Azixa (MPC-6827) showed a wide degree of efficacy against multiple tumor types and in drug resistant cell lines.
(INTC) Intel trading up almost 2% on Goldman Sachs upgrade.
(NVS) Novartis said a lumiracoxib study showed significantly less impact on blood pressure than Ibuprofen in osteoarthritis patients with controlled hypertension.
(SNE) Sony is considering a PS3 price cut to compete with Wii and Xbox 360.
(SWHC) Smith & Wesson traded up 5% after posting large earnings gains.