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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

  Semiconductor (NASDAQ: NSM) with Above Average ratings, and resumed Advanced Micro (NYSE: AMD) with a Sell rating; Caris started Intel with a $26 target, Texas Instruments with a $41 target, National Semi with a $29 target, and AMD with a $10 target. CDC Corp (NASDAQ: CHINA) was initiated at Piper Jaffray with an Outperform rating

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• Before the bell: Futures lower as retail sales data rolls in

  Published: September 6, 2007, 3:49 am

  Tags: Aapl, Cpb, Featured, Jcp, Nsm

  Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) -- expected 25 cents per share.Yesterday after the close, J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) already reported sales showing a better-than-expected 4% decline in August. Stock was up in after-hours trading.After ending over 5% lower yesterday, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares continue to decline in premarket, down 1.3%. The

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• Earnings Preview: National Semiconductor (NSM)

  Published: September 6, 2007, 2:09 pm

  Tags: Earnings, Semiconductor, Nsm

  National Semiconductor (NYSE:NSM) reports earnings after the close today. Analysts are looking for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• National Semiconductor, Good But Maybe Not Enough (NSM, SMH)

  Published: September 6, 2007, 4:43 pm

  Tags: Earnings, Semiconductor, Nsm

  National Semiconductor (NYSE:NSM) posted $0.30 EPS on revenues of $471.5 million versus analyst... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• National Semi, Some Ammo For Bulls & Bears Alike (NSM)

  Published: December 7, 2007, 9:14 am

  Tags: Earnings, Semiconductor, Nsm

  National Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) posted revenue of $499 million versus consensus $498.4 million and reported $0.33 EPS versus consensus of $0.31. The problem... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Before the bell: AAPL, AMZN, GM, F, QCOM, SBUX, FDX ...

  Published: January 2, 2008, 3:26 am

  Tags: Aapl, Amgn, Amzn, Brcm, Fdx, Ibm, Inthenews, Mot, Msft, Nsm, Qcom, Sbux, Txn

  Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) and Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) from Neutral to Sell and from Buy to Neutral respectively. JP Morgan downgraded FedEx (NYSE: FDX) from Overweight to Neutral. Bear Stearns downgraded Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) from Outperform to Peer Perform.  Permalink   Email this

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• Symantec Chennai opening - Managed Security Services, IDP

  Published: April 21, 2008, 1:47 pm

  Tags: Iss, Mssp, Nsm, Cisco, Snort, Idp, Enterasys Dragon, Symantec, Juniper, Cissp, Chennai, Proventia, Tippingpoint Sms, Unityone, Rhce, Ips, Sourcefire, Ccsp, Vms, Ccna

  Symantec - www.symantec.com, chennai. This is a position in Symantec's Managed Security Services business responsible for the global intrusion detection and prevention service delivery to current... For more info on latest job openings and other career related information visit my site http://venky-itjobs.blogspot.com

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• Early analyst calls (AIG) (DELL) (AAPL)

  Published: May 23, 2008, 3:12 am

  Tags: Aapl, Aig, Dell, Nsm

  National Semiconductor (NYSE:NSM) from "hold" to "buy", according to MarketWatch. The financial website also reports that Moody's downgraded AIG's (NYSE:AIG) senior unsecured debt rating to Aa3 from Aa2. Morgan Stanley upgraded Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) from "equal weight" to "overweight" according to Briefing.com. The news service also reports that

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• Analyst upgrades: NSM, SSP and DELL

  Published: May 23, 2008, 7:15 am

  Tags: Aapl, Analyst, Dell, Ndaq, Nsm, Ssp, Upgrade

  Semiconductor Corp (NYSE: NSM) to Buy from Hold as it expects the company to benefit from a rebound in margins and revenue through 2008. Bear upgraded E.W. Scripps (NYSE: SSP) to Outperform from Peer Perform based on strength in the network cable market and third party interest in potentially acquiring Scripps Networks Interactive.

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• T-Mobile CEO: I'm Long Apple (AAPL)

  Published: May 24, 2008, 7:47 pm

  Tags: Symc, Nok, Nsm, Csco, Rimm, Mfe, Wdc, Emc, Amat, Goog, Ntap, Qcom, Ctxs, Vmw, Erts, Aapl, Stx

  Hala, CEO, National Semi (NSM): Cisco (CSCO)John Chen, CEO, Sybase (SY): Google (GOOG)Bill Watkins, CEO, Seagate (STX): Western Digital (WDC)Martin Sorrell, CEO, WPP (WPP.L): Nielsen, which mere mortals can't invest in, because it's private.Dave DeWalt, CEO, McAfee (MFE): VMware (VMW); Citrix (CTXS); NetApp (NTAP); EMC (EMC)H C Kwon, SVP,

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• Earnings highlights: Lehman, UBS, Krispy Kreme, Pepsico, Pep Boys and others

  Published: June 14, 2008, 5:10 am

  Tags: Adc, Adct, Alcoa, Banco De Chile, Bby, Bch, Benihana, Best Buy, Bnhn, Bob Evans, Bobe, Brown Forman, Cch, Cmgi, Conn, Conns, Dicks, Dks, Earnings, Earnings Reports, Ethanol, Ges, Guess, Kkd, Krispy Kreme, Leh, Lehman Bros, Microsoft, Msft, National Semiconductor, Nortel, Nsm, Pall

  Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: NSM) beat estimates on cost efficiencies and improved product mix. Nortel Networks Corp. (NYSE: NT) reaffirmed its revenue guidance for the full year. Pall Corp. (NYSE: PLL) reported strong Q3 results that beat Wall Street expectations. Pep Boys (NYSE: PBY) reported that Q1 earnings jumped due to

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