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Ebay’s (EBAY) Skype VoIP Service Is Down

Ebay (EBAY) paid a lot of money for Skype. It ought to at least work. This AM the world’s largest VoIP service is off-line as is the home website help page. Perhaps…

Douglas A. McIntyre
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Pre-Market Stock News (August 16, 2007)

(AMGN) Amgen announced 12-14% layoffs and lowered guidance for 2007.(ANX) ADVENTRX Pharma announces fast track designation granted by the FDA for CoFactor for treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer.(AUXL) Auxilium Pharma receivef FDA…

Douglas A. McIntyre
7:16am ET
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Countrywide (CFC) To Open Down 14%

Couuntrywide (CFC) could help drive the market down a lot at the open. The shares are off 14% before the bell, trading at $18.29. According to Reuters, CFC said "it is drawing…

Douglas A. McIntyre
7:06am ET
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Pre-Market Analyst Calls (August 16, 2007)

ADI started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.AMD started as Underperform at Credit Suisse.ANN raised to Outperform at Piper Jaffray.ARMHY started as Outperform at RBC.CECO raised to Outperform at Bear Stearns.CBL raised to…

Douglas A. McIntyre
6:30am ET
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Chinese Plot To Kill US Citizens And Pets Expands

Add to the poison pet food, toothpaste, and ten million lead-laden toys a new and dangerous product out of China. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) has found counterfeit versions of its OneTouch Test…

JNJ
Douglas A. McIntyre
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Media

More Evidence Of US Bandwidth Shortage

According to The Inquirer, ABI Research has issued a report that US cable companies are heading for a crisis because they do not have the bandwidth or switching capacity to handle the…

T VZ
Douglas A. McIntyre
5:36am ET
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Europe Markets 8/16/2007 Big Drops

Markets in Europe were off sharply at 6.25 AM New York time, with some down over 3%. The FTSE fell 2.6% to 5,951. British Air (BAB) was of 5% to 382.35. Vodafone…

VOD
Douglas A. McIntyre
5:18am ET
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Trouble for McGraw-Hill (MHP) And Moody’s (MCO)

Moody’s (MCO) is already in a ton of trouble due to is rating on sub-prime debt and mortgage-backed securities. According to the FT, the European Union is opening an investigation because it…

MCO
Douglas A. McIntyre
4:35am ET
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Breaking Up Kraft (KFT)?

Kraft (KFT) may sell its Post cereals operation. The Wall Street Journal thinks the unit could be worth $3 billion. That really isn’t very much. The snacks and cereals division at the…

Douglas A. McIntyre
2:52am ET
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Asia Market 8/16/2007

Markets in Asia were down sharply. The Nikkei fell 2% to 16,148. Hitachi (HIT) fell 4.1% to 769. Honda (HMC) fell 3.6% to 3780. The Hang Seng fell 3.7% to 20.580. China…

Douglas A. McIntyre