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• In Brief: Some confusion from the Apple analyst community ...

  Published: July 31, 2007, 6:25 pm

  Tags: Analyst Whoopsies

  confusion from the Apple analyst community today. Apple shares down nearly 7% to 131.76, based on a circular sourcing loop (infinite) that Apple would cut its iPhone production in half, according to a misread quote from Miller Tabak analyst Peter Boockvar, misreported by TheStreet.com. Boockvar had merely said that he'd heard rumors, too. How

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• Upgrade Summary 8-01-07: AAPL, ARBA, EMC, RNWK and RTN

  Published: August 1, 2007, 7:16 am

  Tags: Aapl, Anadarko, Analyst, Apc, Apple, Arba, Ariba, Emc, Joe, Mcgraw, Mhp, Petm, Petsmart, Rating, Raytheon, Realnetworks, Rnwk, Rtn, Upgrade, Xoma

  under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Good news, Apple Inc (AAPL), EMC Corp (EMC), Anadarko Petroleum (APC), Stocks to BuyMOST NOTEWORTHY: Apple (AAPL), Ariba (ARBA), EMC Corp (EMC), Anadarko Petroleum (APC) and RealNetworks (RNWK) were today's noteworthy upgrades: Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) was upgraded to Buy from

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• Analyst initiations 8-02-07: AAPL, AMD, IBM, INTC and SUNW

  Published: August 2, 2007, 6:16 am

  Tags: Aapl, Advanced Micro, Advancedmicro, Amd, Analyst, Apple, Cdc Corp, Cdccorp, China, Dell, Hewlette Packard, Hewlettepackard, Hpq, Ibm, Initiation, Intc, Intel, Iphone, Ipod, National Semi, Nationalsemi, Nsm, Nuva, Nuvasive, Pcz, Petro Canada, Rating, Sun, Sunw, Texas, Txn

  under: Analyst reports, Apple Inc (AAPL), Dell (DELL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Intel (INTC), International Business Machines (IBM), Advanced Micro Dev (AMD), Sun Microsystems (SUNW), Texas Instruments (TXN), Analyst initiations, Stocks to Buy, Stocks to SellMOST NOTEWORTHY: Apple (AAPL), large-cap semis, and CDC Corp (CHINA) were today's

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• Analyst downgrades 8-03-07: AAPL, NT, NTAP and SAM

  Published: August 3, 2007, 6:54 am

  Tags: Analyst, Appb, Applebee, Boston Beer, Bostonbeer, Checkpoint, Chkp, Clorox, Downgrade, Fiserv, Fisv, Lux, Luxottica, Network Appliance, Networkappliance, Nortel, Pozen, Pozn, Rating, Sam, Spss, Stap, Talbot, Tlb

  under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Bad news, Apple Inc (AAPL), Nortel Networks (NT), Stocks to SellMOST NOTEWORTHY: CheckFree (CKFR), Talbots (TLB), SPSS Inc (SPSS), Network Appliance (NTAP) and Pozen Inc (POZN) were today's noteworthy downgrades: Following FiServ's (NASDAQ: FISV) acquisition of CheckFree, Raymond

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• VH1's Idiot Of The Week

  Published: August 6, 2007, 3:02 am

  Tags: Games Industry, Comments Section, Gamers, Games To Play, Game Break, Investment Analyst, Kotaku, Michael Pachter, Regulars, Stock, Vh1

  is a well known investment analyst. Much of what was said in the article is a bit questionable, such as “As if gamers care about investing in stock. Sheesh, there're games to play”. The article goes on to bash Kotaku as well for quoting Pachter so often. If you’d like a good read, check out the article, especially the comments

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• In Brief: "'There has been too much attention paid ...

  Published: August 8, 2007, 11:35 am

  Tags: Dow Jones, Media, Media Analyst Speaks For Us All, Rupert Murdoch

  "'There has been too much attention paid to Dow Jones. I'm sick of reading about it. It's such a small deal,' said David Joyce, an analyst with Miller Tabak & Co." [CNN]

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• Pre-Market Analyst Calls (August 13, 2007)

  Published: August 13, 2007, 8:01 am

  Tags: Analyst Calls

  AMB cut to Sell at Citigroup.ARW raised to Buy at Citigroup.ARUN started as Neutral at JPMorgan.AVT raised to Buy at Citigroup.BEAS raised to Buy at B of A.BMC raised to Buy at B of A.CIT raised to Outperform at CIBC.CRYP raised to sector perform at CIBC.DHI cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.EGLE raised to B uy at UBS.ELNK raised to sector perform at

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• Pre-Market Analyst Calls (August 13, 2007)

  Published: August 13, 2007, 8:01 am

  Tags: Analyst Calls

  AMB cut to Sell at Citigroup.ARW raised to Buy at Citigroup.ARUN started as Neutral at JPMorgan.AVT... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Merrill Lynch's Very Late Countrywide (CFC) Call

  Published: August 15, 2007, 9:17 am

  Tags: Analyst Calls, Cfc

  Merrill Lynch downgraded Countrywide Financial (CFC) to a sell today. It has had a buy on the stock... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Pre-Market Analyst Calls (August 15, 2007)

  Published: August 15, 2007, 8:08 am

  Tags: Analyst Calls

  ABR cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.AXA cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.CEN cut to Neutral at UBS.CNO... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Merrill Lynch's Very Late Countrywide (CFC) Call

  Published: August 15, 2007, 9:17 am

  Tags: Analyst Calls

  investors always thought analysts earned money to be ahead of the news. Countrywide has lost 42% of its value this year as the crisis in sub-prime mortgages has spread to mortgages to homeowners with modest credit. The Merrill analyst who covers the stock wrote ``We cannot understate the importance of liquidity.'' Thank you for that, and for

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• Pre-Market Analyst Calls (August 15, 2007)

  Published: August 15, 2007, 8:08 am

  Tags: Analyst Calls

  ABR cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.AXA cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.CEN cut to Neutral at UBS.CNO started as Mkt Perform at FBR.CPLA started as Buy at Citigroup.DGX started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.KFN cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.FOSL raised to Outperform at Piper Jaffray.JMBA started as Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.LH started as Outperform

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• Countrywide (CFC) Merrill Rating: Credit Where Credit Is Due

  Published: August 15, 2007, 4:20 pm

  Tags: Analyst Calls, Cfc

  Merrill put a sell on Countrywide Financial (CFC) which looked late in the game. For shareholders... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Countrywide (CFC) Merrill Rating: Credit Where Credit Is Due

  Published: August 15, 2007, 4:20 pm

  Tags: Analyst Calls

  a stark contrast to Merrill analyst Kenneth Bruce's earlier comments. In an Aug. 10 note, the analyst said that news reports appear to sensationalize the company's liquidity problems. But, this AM, Bruce...

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• Pre-Market Analyst Calls (August 16, 2007)

  Published: August 16, 2007, 8:06 am

  Tags: Analyst Calls

  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 Overweight at JPMorgan.CMC raised to Outperform at CIBC.CMVT started as Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford.CNET started as Buy at

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