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Chinese Car Market Gets Crowded
Nissan wants to sell 300,000 cars in China this year. During 2006, the company moved 220,000 units. The Japanese company is even beginning to market its luxury Inifiniti line to the upper…
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UAW Comments On A Ford (F) Bankruptcy
The UAW officer who heads negotiations with The Ford Motor Company (F) told other members of the union that the automaker could not weather a strike. He added that if the company’s…
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Ford (F) To Get Bag Of Coal For Jaguar And Range Rover
Late word from the Londay Daily Telegraph is that Ford (F) is seeking about $6 billion for its Jaguar and Range Rover units. But, buyers who have looked at the financial statements…
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Media Digest 7/4/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Blackstone (BX) bought Hilton Hotels (HLT) for $20 billion plus debt. Reuters writes that private equity firm Apollo offered $6 billion for Huntsman. Reuters reports that car sales in…
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Media Digest 7/4/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Blackstone (BX) bought Hilton Hotels (HLT) for $20 billion plus debt. Reuters writes that private equity firm Apollo offered $6 billion for Huntsman. Reuters reports that car sales in…
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GM’s (GM) Armageddon
Not enough lip stick for this pig. GM’s (GM) June sales dropped 21%. The company has no excuses, since its sales of low margin vehicle to rental car fleets were down 22%.…
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Countries Vie For Biggest Buy-Out Title
Over the last two days, BCE (BCE) the largest phone company in Canada, was purchased by the investment arm of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and several private equity firms. The price was…
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$70 Oil: Who Gets Hurt
With oil hanging around $70, and gas likely to move above $3 for all of the summer, it bears looking at who gets hurt: Airlines: It looked like they might get something…
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How GM’s (GM) Stock Doubled
Consider this. Since late December 2005, GM’s (GM) stock has doubled to about $38. With all of the excitement about the sale of Chrysler, Daimler’s (DCX) stock is up 80%. Ford (F)…
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Pre-Market Stock News (June 28, 2007)
(AAPL) Apple’s iPhone launches tomorrow.(ABPI) Accentia Biopharma announced favorable interim blinded data on SinuNase in its fast-tracked pivotal Phase III clinical trial.(ALVR) Alvarion in pact with Australian government over a WiMAX contract…
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Ford (F) And GM (GM): More Slow Sales?
Ford (F) is offering zero percent financing on a number of its 2007 cars and light trucks. So is GM (GM). Not exactly a move from a position of strength. Since this…
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Short Sellers Attack Restructure & Re-Org Stocks (June 2007)
Stock Tickers: TYC, MS, F, CY, SPWR, TRB, KFT, MO, HB, ASD, EMC, DJ, AA, WY It is always interesting to see how short sellers treat shares of stocks that are undergoing…
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NYSE Short Interest, June 2007
The NYSE released short interest in stocks traded on the exchange. The figures are as of June 15 and are compared to the comparable numbers at of May 15. Largest Shares Short…
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This Week’s Top Ongoing News (June 15, 2007)
Stock Tickers: YHOO, EBAY, AMZN, S, F, MOT, BIDU, SSW, FMCN, BA, NVO, CLWR, SIRI, XMSR, INTC, ADBE, INTC, BX The real big news this week was the stock market itself. A…
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Pre-Market Stock News (June 13, 2007)
(AOB) American Oriental enters into a letter-of-intent to acquire an established plant based pharmaceutical company named Changchun Xinan Pharmaceutical Group for up to $30 million.(CEN) Ceridian largest shareholder says the private equity…