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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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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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GM Recovery: An Illusion Of Success?
GM’s (GM) stock has doubled in 18 months to over $38. There are ample reasons. A settlement of the UAW’s fight with GM parts supplier Delphi fixes the amount of the large…
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Media Digest 7/3/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, SAP (SAP) admitted that one of its divisions has inappropriately downloaded documents from rival Oracle (ORCL), but said the parent company never had access to them. Larry Ellison’s company,…
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Media Digest 6/29/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, the Apple (AAPL) iPhone will hit stores today giving the mobile industry a jolt. Reuters writes that GM (GM) has sold its Allison Transmission business for $5.6 billion. Reuters…
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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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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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Earlybird Analyst Calls (June 25, 2007)
Stock Tickers: ABI, BBSI, BMY, CAP, CLUB, CVX, FCBP, GM, IPG, OMC, MIG, PER, PIR, SKH, SMSI, TRLG ABI raised to Outperform at Baird.BBSI raised to Strong Buy at JMP Securities.BMY raised…
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DJIA Components Short Interest Mixed (June 2007)
Stock Tickers: AA, AIG, AXP, BA, C, CAT, DD, DIS, GE, GM, HD, HON, HPQ, IBK, JNJ, JPM, KO, MCD, MMM, MRK, MO, MRK, PFE, PG, T, UTX, VZ, WMT, XOM As…
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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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Is GM (GM) Outpacing The Car Industry
GM (GM) management said that industry-wide US sales of cars and light trucks would be about 16.7 million units, down from forecasts of 17 million. But, GM added, almost as an afterthought,…
Douglas A. McIntyre 5:24pm ET
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Cramer’s 3rd Batch of DJIA Component Price Targets
Stock Tickers: MMM, GM, HPQ, HON, HD, INTC, AMD, SHLD Cramer came out tonight with his next batch of targets on more individual DJIA targets, and he was much less robust with…
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DJIA Components Huge Rise in Short Selling (MAY-07)
We reviewed various short selling trends and noticed that most sectors were mixed to up as the April to May reached record levels. But reviewing the 28 Dow Jones Industrial Average components…