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Media Digest 4/17/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 17, 2008 at 2:45 am

According to Reuters, the head of Samsung has been indicted for tax evasion.Reuters writes Ebay (EBAY) profits rose 22%, but the company was cautious about the rest of the year.Reuters ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (MO, HLF, ITT, M, MCK, NTRI, PM, SLM, STT, YGE)

Posted: April 16, 2008 at 6:54 am

These are 10 of the top calls that 247WallSt.com is looking at this morning:Altria (NYSE: MO) cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) started as Overweight at Lehman Brothers.ITT Industries ...
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Failed Private Equity Deal Blow-Ups, Major Share Erosions Remain (COMS, ADS, BX, SLM, URI, CCU)

Posted: February 21, 2008 at 12:53 pm

There is a menagerie of companies with stocks that look like the boulevard of broken dreams because of the woes in the stock market and economy in January.  But no ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (CPLA, CEPH, DYN, HBC, MS, SGP, SLM, TASR, TROW, VISN)

Posted: February 13, 2008 at 7:34 am

Below are the top analyst calls that 247WallSt.com is looking at this morning:Capella Education (NASDAQ: CPLA) started as Neutral at JPMorgan.Cephalon (NASDAQ: CEPH) raised to Strong Buy at Broadpoint.Dynegy (NYSE: ...
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Pre-Market Stock News (January 28, 2008)

Posted: January 28, 2008 at 7:54 am

Alliance Data Systems (ADS) was informed by Blackstone that conditions likely won't be satisfied to complete the merger; stock trading down close to 40%.American Express (AXP) reports earnings today with ...
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Media Digest 1/28/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: January 28, 2008 at 4:14 am

According to Reuters, gaps in controls at Societe Generale allowed a junior trader to make at $73 billion losing bet on European shares prices.Reuters writes that Countrywide's (CFC) CEO will ...
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NYSE Short Interet In Financial Shares Climbs

Posted: January 23, 2008 at 4:08 am

Short interest on January 15 showed bets against financial shares listed on the NYSE climbed when compared to December 31 numbers.Shares short in Countrywide Financial (CFC) rose 32.5 million to ...
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Financial Mergers May Be Mandated Rather Than Preferred (WFC, CFC, BAC, AXP, ABK, MBI, BX, COF, WM, WFC, ETFC, BSC, GS, SLM, JPM, STI, FITB, WB, NLY, CIM, BRK-A)

Posted: January 10, 2008 at 4:49 pm

There have been major reports for days and weeks that have revolved around many financial services, banks, lenders, and the like merging.  The truth is that the carnage in the ...
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NYSE Short Interest In Banks And Retailers Rises (WB)(MBI)(SLM)(CC)(C)(MO)(F)(TWX)(EMC)

Posted: January 10, 2008 at 4:41 am

Short interest of stocks listed on the NYSE as of December 31 showed that retailers and financial companies had sharp increases when compared to the figures on December 14.Shares sold ...
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Is Sallie Mae’s $2.5 Billion Raise Enough? (SLM)

Posted: December 27, 2007 at 6:04 am

SLM Corp. (NYSE: SLM), or Sallie Mae, was perhaps the worst merger-arb implosion in recent times. Late yesterday the announced that it is commencing a common stock and convertible preferred ...
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Media Digest 12/27/2007

Posted: December 27, 2007 at 4:50 am

According to Reuters, housing prices had a record annual drop.Reuters writes that Sallie Mae (SLM) will raise $2.5 billion using stock and convertible notes. Reuters writes that Joseph Lewis has ...
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Media Digest 12/20/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: December 20, 2007 at 4:18 am

According to Reuters, Oracle (ORCL) posted strong earnings and offered a robust outlook for its business.Reuters writes that Barclays (BCS) has sued Bear Stearns (BSC) over losses in two hedge ...
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The 52-Week Low Club

Posted: December 19, 2007 at 4:11 pm

Darden Restaurants (DRI) Bad earnings, downgrades. Falls to $28.30 from 52-week high of $47.60.SLM (SLM) Buy-out dead. New CEO. Margins for product poor. A mess. Down to $22.35 from 52-week ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (BIIB, BMC, COF, CLNE, FSLR, PLT, PMCS, RHT, SLM, WM)

Posted: December 13, 2007 at 8:05 am

There are many other analyst calls today, but these are the main calls we are looking at this morning:Biogen Idec (BIIB) raised from Underperform to Neutral at Credit Suisse.BMC Software ...
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Media Digest 12/13/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: December 13, 2007 at 4:14 am

According to Reuters, Paulson says that China is picking up the pace of the yuan rise.Reuters writesThe Asian Development Bank cut growth rates for countries in Asia including ChinaReuters reports ...
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