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Investing
Analyst Upgrades 8/8/2008
Apple (APPL) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse Dell (DELL) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse. EMC (EMC) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse
AAPL Coverage Page 652
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Investing
Wal-Mart (WMT): The “Recession Proof” Theory Leaves The Building
The big theory after Wal-Mart (WMT) announced its June same-store sales was that the company was recession-proof. People were going from higher-priced retailers to Wal-Mart to save money because the economy was…
6:28am ET
Investing
Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (AIG, AU, AAPL, BLKB, CREE, GENZ, HGG, LL, RDS.A, WBD)
These are some of the top analyst upgrades and positive calls we are seeing this Tuesday morning: American International Group (AIG) Raised to Buy at UBS. Anglogold (AU) Raised to Outperform at…
4:40am ET
Investing
Could Sirius (SIRI) Become A Penny Stock?
At the end of 2005, shares in Sirius (SIRI) were $7.87. At the end of 2006, they had fallen to $3.90. They now trade at $1.46. Seeing the stock price being cut…
2:19pm ET
Investing
Why Carl Icahn Is Good For Investors
In an editorial in The Wall Street Journal, UCLA law professor Lynn A. Stout argues that activist investors like Carl Icahn "rob average investors of better returns." She writes that "They push…
Douglas A. McIntyre 4:15am ET
Consumer Electronics
Dell (DELL) Hopes To Hunt And Kill Apple (AAPL) iPod
Dell (DELL) wants to accomplish what no other company has been able to do over the last five years. It wants to hunt down and kill the Apple (AAPL) iPod like a…
2:57am ET
Media
Media Digest 7/30/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, oil is nearing a 20% drop from its peak, moving into bear market range. Reuters writes that HP (HPQ), Yahoo! (YHOO), and Intel (INTC) are looking at ways to…
7:10pm ET
Investing
Short Sellers Trash Financials And Autos (FNM)(FRE)(YHOO)(JAVA)(JNPR)(NOK)(QCOM)(GM)(F)(ETFC)(WB)(BAC)(ABK)(LEH)(MBI)
Regulators may be trying to keep short sellers out of a few financial stocks, but that is not keeping large bets against most other stocks from rising. While some of the shorts…
5:51am ET
Telecom & Wireless
All The Important Places The New Apple (AAPL) iPhone Won’t Work
A lot of people waited for months to get a new Apple (AAPL) 3G iPhone. Some even passed up the first version, which ran on AT&T’s (T) slower 2.5G network. A number…
2:50am ET
Media
Media Digest 7/23/2008 Reutes, WSJ, NYTime, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reutere, Yahoo! (YHOO) profits were down, but the company maintained its full-year forecast. Reuters reports that Wachovia (WB) posted huge write-offs and losses for the last quarter. Reuters writes that…
6:16pm ET
Investing
Apple (AAPL): Steve Jobs Is Fine
Concern about the health of Apple (AAPL) CEO and founder Steve Jobs has been mounting since his appearance to launch the iPhone 3G model. He was terribly thin. Earlier this week, the…
8:03am ET
Investing
Nine CEOs Who Will Go By The End Of The Year (CROX)(YHOO)(JAVA)(SIRI)(CBS)(VIA)(GM)(LEH)(Q)
Since 2006, 24/7 Wall St. has scrutinized public companies on a regular basis, focusing on those with poor management and has suggested which big company CEOs needed to be replaced. Hector Ruiz…
5:11am ET
Investing
American Express (AXP) Earnings, Most Important Numbers Of The Quarter
While Wall St. was fixated on Apple’s (AAPL) numbers and the health outlook for Steve Jobs, American Express (AXP) slipped through the side door with some frightening numbers. Apple’s earnings said something…
4:49am ET
Consumer Electronics
As Lenovo Falters, HP (HPQ) And Dell (DELL) Sweat
Share of large China-based PC company Lenovo were downgraded overnight. According to Reuters, "JP Morgan downgraded Lenovo to neutral from overweight due to a near-term slowdown in revenue growth from weak China…
2:45am ET
Media
Media Digest 7/22/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Apple (AAPL) missed Wall St. expectations, sending the stock down by 10%. Reuters reports that American Express (AXP) profits fell on credit losses.