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Investing
Pre-Market Stock News (July 12, 2007)
(AA) Alcoa trading up 6% after Rio Tinto gave a higher rival bid over Alcoa’s buyout offer for Alcan.(AAON) AAON announced a 3 for 2 stock split.(AL) Alcan gets a rival $38.1…
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Investing
Wal-Mart (WMT) Gets A Lift, Dell (DELL) As Well
Wal-Marts’ (WMT) same-store sales were up more than most analysts thought they would be, rising 2.9% in the four weeks ending July 7. Grocery sales did well, but electronics did better. "Sales…
8:20am ET
Investing
The Internet Helps Wal-Mart (WMT)
Wal-Mart (WMT) started a clever program in 3,300 of its stores recently. Customers could order merchandise online and pick the items up at their closest store. Saves on shipping. The largest retail…
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Investing
Apple’s (AAPL) iTunes: Custer’s Last Stand
The record industry is being destroyed by a combination of cheap digital downloads and falling CD sales. Apple’s (AAPL) iTune operation is now the third largest seller of music in the US…
5:48am ET
Investing
$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…
4:30am ET
Investing
Southwest Airlines (LUV): The Ghost Of Herb Kelleher
Juan Trippe is gone. The founder of Pan Am died in 1981. So is Howard Hughes who started TWA. Bob Crandall who started the frequent flyer program and the "hub and spoke"…
9:54am ET
Investing
Wal-Mart (WMT) Goes To The Lab
Wal-Mart (WMT) must be getting sick of not knowing what is going on out there in the markets in which it competes. Wall St. would think it would have a good idea,…
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Consumer Electronics
Apple (AAPL) Becomes Third Largest Music Retailer
Apple’s (AAPL) position as a seller of music improves as each day passes. According to The Associate press, the online music store has passed Target (TGT) and Amazon (AMZN) both of which…
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Industrials
Short Selling: Warren Buffett Holdings (June 2007)
BRK/A, BNI, KO, PG, WMT, USG, AXP, WFC, MCO, JNJ, COP, UNP, USB, MTB, ASD, NSC, WLP, UNH, IR, HRB It is always interesting to see how Wall Street bets with or…
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Investing
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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Media
Cramer Reviews 10 Warren Buffett Stock Picks
Stock Tickers: BRK/A, BNI, KO, PG, WMT, USG, AXP, WFC, MCO, JNJ, COP On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer reviewed another Warren Buffett strategy by reviewing holdings to see if…
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Investing
Pre-Market Stock News (June 14, 2007)
(APPAD) AP Pharmaceuticals announces the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 21.2 million shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $1.65 per share.(BBND) Bigband Networks announced order…
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Retail
Wal-Mart Public Criticism & Activism Still Sharp (WMT)
We have noted that certain activist organizations may never be able to be appeased. That is life. Wal-Mart Watch is out with their criticisms against Wal-Mart (WMT-NYSE) today noting how many shortcomings…
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Investing
Pre-Market Stock News (June 7, 2007)
(A) Agilent reiterated guidance after completing Stratagene buyout.(ADCT) ADC Telecom trading up 3% after posting $0.35 EPS vs $0.24 estimates.(ANN) Ann Taylor May s-s-s -4.6% versus -3.1% estimate.(ATVI) Activision will take $66.7…
7:02am ET
Retail
Wal-Mart Gets 4 Upgrades (WMT)
In our Friday article noting that the ‘less bad is good’ for Wal-Mart (WMT-NYSE), we noted that theway the news was presented and the initiatives that were being continued were the sort…
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