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Wednesday May 7, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) graced the Street this morning with another round of downbeat data from the housing market. The NAR reported that sales of previously owned U.S. homes declined by nearly 1% from February to March, with the index dropping from a downwardly revised 83.8 to...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
We are nearly two hours into the session and have a fairly quiet morning on our hands as most groups chop around the breakeven line. The biggest movers are on the downside with the SPDR Homebuilders (XHB), Regional Bank HOLDRS (RKH), and streetTRACKS Gold (GLD) the weakest areas. A look to t...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean
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today wowed the Street with its latest earnings numbers. The company reported that its first-quarter earnings and revenue more than doubled from the same period a year ago, boosted by acquisition-related sal...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (MXIM) is an OEM of semiconductor analog and mixed signal ICs. March quarter revenue was down significantly. Forward guidance is for a 0.5%-4.6% revenue increase in Q4. Management did not announce too many details on the quarter, and expects to restate resu...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Accuray Incorporated (ARAY) reported Q3 EPS that were lower than our estimate by $0.05 on revenue that exceeded our forecast. Q3 represented the fifth consecutive quarter of record revenue. We increased our FY08 revenue estimate but lowered our FY08 EPS estimate. We lowered our FY09 reven...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Satellite TV giant DirecTV
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made its way into the earnings spotlight this morning. The company reported first-quarter earnings of $371 million, or 32 cents per share, beating analysts' per-share estimates by a penny. Revenue surged 17% to $4.59 bil...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Amkor Technology, Inc. (AMKR) is one of the largest packaging and test sub-contractors. March quarter results exceeded both the consensus and management expectations. Management provided guidance for the second quarter.
Accordingly, revenue is expected to be up 1%-3% sequentially, with ...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC) recently reported revenues of $71.5 million in Q4, in-line with our estimate of $71 million. GAAP EPS was ($1.33). On a non-GAAP basis, EPS was $0.09, missing our estimate by a penny. Gross margin was down both on a GAAP and a non-GAAP basis.
On...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Here are some of the contenders for today's biggest...news...of...the...day...
A WiMax venture involving Clearwire (CLWR) and Sprint Nextel (S)...
Earnings from Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO)...
Earnings from Walt Disney Co (DIS)...
Word that Countrywide Financial Corp (CFC) admitted ...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
The Labor Department this morning estimated that productivity of the U.S. nonfarm business sector increased at a 2.2% annualized rate during the first quarter. Economists predicted productivity to increase by 1.8%. First-quarter output in the nonfarm business sector increased 0.4%.
Meanwhi...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
We are maintaining our Buy recommendation and raising our estimates and price target for Comstock Resources, Inc. (CRK) shares following the company's better-than-expected quarterly results. The out-performance was driven by production gains (up 25% year-over-year) and higher realized com...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
It seems that someone at Take-Two Interactive Software
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was paying attention to speculation on Grand Theft Auto IV sales. Bright and early this morning, the company reported that it has sold about 6 million GTA units worldwide in just the first w...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Companies seeing a skew towards puts in the previous session: PowerShares QQQ Trust (QQQQ), DIAMONDS Trust Series I (DIA), Fannie Mae (FNM), General Motors (GM), Lehman Brothers (LEH), Oracle Corp. (ORCL), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Countrywide Financial (CFC), Merrill...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Here are the results for today's unusual stock volume scan. The scan looks at the previous day's volume and compares it to the recent average volume. It then sorts the stocks based on those that showed the biggest increase (the "unusual" part) in volume.
Companies included in today's scan a...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — StockWeb
I've already compared those 2 major finance portals but in reference to stocks screening. You can see my post here. Do you prefer Google or Yahoo? Let me point out some pros and cons.Initial pageYahoo has very well organized structure. It is more than just stock markets. You have all aspects of fi...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — Stock Market Beat
I began expressing concerns about Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) a year ago. Even when earnings were stronger than expected in February, I stuck to my guns, saying “Cognizant executed so well on so many different metrics this quarter that anything less than perfection in the future i...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — Wang's Happy Trading Daily Posts
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On The Fly: Periodicals Wrap-Up for Wednesday, May 7th
WALL STREET JOURNAL: The Wall Street Journal reported that an alliance of cable, Internet and chip titans will announce plans to invest $3.2B in a co...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — Fingad.com
State Bank of India Results FY 08 - by Narasimhan State Bank has recently announced its FY 08 performance. Net Interest income for the year went up by 13.04% to Rs. 170.21 the net profit has gone up to Rs. 67.29 Billion registering a growth of 48% over the previous year. The net interest margin at...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — univpitt
I have the following positions open;
(2) GOOG MAY 600 Calls. Purchased @ average 9.70.
I will sell GOOG MAY 600 Calls @ 603 Stock price. Calls will be around 15.
(3) DRYS MAY 95 Calls. Purchased @ 3.20
I will sell DRYS MAY 95 Calls @ 97 stock price. Calls will be around 5
(1) DRYS JUNE 95...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
Owens Corning (OC) reported results today and they were better than expectations, primarily because of the company's intentional move to a more international model . Owens posted a net loss of $15 million, or 12 cents a share, compared with a profit of $1 million, or 1 cent a share, a year earlie...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — Fingad.com
UCO Bank - FY08 Results - by mittar_b Hi friends I have reviewed the performance of Public sector Bank UCO Bank in quarter ended March,2008.UCO Bank formerly known as The United Commercial Bank, Ltd was incorporated in 1943.The Bank was nationalized in July 1969 and 100 per cent ownership was tak...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
Thursday's PicksJeff Macke recommends trimming any position in the United States Oil Fund (USO) $99.8 Guy Adami prefers to bet against the Dow by getting long Short Dow30 ProShares (DOG0 $60.71 Karen Finerman suggests Yahoo (YHOO0 $25.64 for 3 days only.Pete Najarian thinks the United States ...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
The likes of Research in Motion (RIMM), Apple (AAPL) and Nokia (NOK) are going to prefer Sprint's new network for their web-enabled phones. Sprint (S), Clearwire (CLWR)and cable companies Comcast Corp and Time Warner Cable Inc are set to announce a joint venture using WiMax, a technology that pro...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — Fingad.com
Financial performance of BHEL - by raghni4949 It has been extremely rewarding and satisfying for BHEL. The results and the report card shows that while new horizons have been explored, it has not lagged behind in discharging its social responsibility. In 2007-08...
Wednesday May 7, 2008 — Stocks and Blogs
Summer is around the corner. Rebate checks are in the mail. So what are people going to buy with their checks? Walmart is cashing the checks for free. Sears is offerng a 10% match with a purchase of...
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