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• Take-Two Interactive begins to fall apart, again

  Published: August 3, 2007, 3:00 am

  Tags: Inthenews, Microsoft, Msft, Playstation 3, Playstation3, Sne, Sony, Take Two Interactive, Take Twointeractive, Ttwo, Xbox

  Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) has been through accounting problems, management scandals, and executive turnover. When the company brought in new shareholders and media executive Strauss Zelnick investors hoped that the companies problems might be in the process of being solved. But, yesterday, the news for the company got much worse. It is

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• Xbox price takes a haircut

  Published: August 7, 2007, 3:00 am

  Tags: Inthenews, Microsoft, Msft, Ps3, Take Two, Ttwo, Xbox

  when Take-Two (NASDAQ: TTWO) announced that it was delaying release of its "Grand Theft Auto" game. It was hoped that the popular item would stimulate console sales. No such luck. Douglas A. McIntyre is a painter at 24/7 Wall St. Read   Permalink   Email this   Linking Blogs

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• Take-Two Makes It Number

  Published: September 10, 2007, 4:31 pm

  Tags: Earnings, Ttwo

  Take-Two (TTWO) hit the numbers that it had given earlier, and the shares staged a relief rally.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Data Feed

  Published: September 14, 2007, 8:58 am

  Tags: Charts, Forex, Futures, Stocks, Psychology, Trading, Technical Analysis, Lifestyle, Nok, Sne, Erts, Gymb, Ttwo, Msft, Mat, Has

  respectively. Bioshock (TTWO), which is atop the charts in other countries, came in third with 490,900 units sold. Hardware-wise, Nintendo continues to dominate, with an estimated 403,600 Wii consoles and 383,300 DS handhelds sold in the US in August. Microsoft sold 276,700 Xbox 360 consoles on the strength of a price cut, with Sony selling

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• Data Feed

  Published: November 15, 2007, 8:58 am

  Tags: Forex, Futures, Stocks, Technical Analysis, Trading, Drys, Xmsr, Vrnm, Eres, Rurl, Stra, Mfe, Gnta, Ihg, Ibm, Sgp, Ubs, Avy, Icon, Ppdi, Isis, Ilc, Ctrp, Nly, Mer, Cog, Amd, Celg, Rci, Ttwo, Wlt, Sify, Hlf, Ntq, Pep, Wmt, Rjet, Glw, Kft, Fnf, Nsr, Wynn, Etrm, Saba, Pro, Mfn, Sky

  ANST + 2.4%, TTEK + 2.4%, TTWO + 2.1%, PBI + 2.1%, WBC + 1.9%, NUAN + 1.7%, GME + 1.7%, HD + 1.7%, IGTE + 1.6%, NTAP + 1.5%, PODD + 1.3%, PII + 1.2%, MER + 1.2% Gapping Down: NFI -39.0%, SINA -9.1%, HSOA -9.1%, DEEP -7.6%, JCP -5.2%, AMAT -4.3%, BHP -3.7%, BEAS -3.7%, THQI -3.3%, SWN -2.8%, MTSN -2.6%, AFCE -1.6%, WSM -0.9%, FRO -0.7%. 08:35

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• A tech company debt pinch

  Published: January 19, 2008, 7:40 am

  Tags: Cisco, Csco, Dell, Goog, Google, Ingram Micro, Microsoft, Msft, Paul Kedrosky, Take Two, Ttwo, Wip, Wipro

  Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO), and Wipro Ltd. (NYSE: WIT), have long-term debt to equity ratios of over 2x. For some big tech names the figure is over 6x. Under normal circumstances, this kind of data would be benign. But with the credit markets in crisis, refinancing debt on terms more favorable than firms have currently may be very

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• A tech company debt pinch (revised)

  Published: January 19, 2008, 11:40 am

  Tags: Cisco, Csco, Dell, Goog, Google, Ingram Micro, Microsoft, Msft, Paul Kedrosky, Take Two, Ttwo, Wip, Wipro

  Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO), and Wipro (NYSE: WIT), have long-term debt-to-equity ratios of over 2x. For some big tech names, the figure is over 6x. (Unfortunately, Barron's had to pull its piece because Paul's data appears to have been inaccurate.) Under normal circumstances, this kind of data would be benign. But with the credit markets

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• THQ: An awful, awful quarter

  Published: February 6, 2008, 5:27 am

  Tags: Activision, Atvi, Destroy All Humans, Destroyallhumans, Dis, Disney, Microsoft, Msft, Pixar, Saint S Row, Saint Srow, Sne, Thq, Thqi, Ttwo, Videogames, Wall E

  (NASDAQ: ATVI) and TTWO (NASDAQ: TTWO ). But, it would be way premature to count out THQ. Seriously, even though it is experiencing painful times, you can bet that management is feeling the pressure to turn things around. Doing some due diligence on a company when it is near its 52-week low can be rewarding. I don't expect THQ to take

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• Just sold my Take-Two (TTWO) position

  Published: February 25, 2008, 8:35 am

  Tags: Atvi, Electronic Arts, Electronicarts, Erts, Grand Theft Auto, Grandtheftauto, Inthenews, Microsoft, Msft, Take Two Interactive, Take Twointeractive, Takeover Bid, Takeoverbid, Ttwo, Yahoo, Yhoo

  Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) today. I obviously wanted to take advantage of the nice jump in the share price following the buzz over the all-cash offer from Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS). As I write this, Take-Two's stock is up 52% from its previous closing value, and up somewhere around 29% from the price I paid near the end of 2007 for

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• Data Feed

  Published: February 27, 2008, 9:52 am

  Tags: Forex, Futures, Stocks, Technical Analysis, Trading, Cknn, Lorl, Gol, Volt, Pru, Ens, Asia, Jpm, Ubs, Hon, Ctxs, Mpwr, Pot, Eog, Wag, Vmw, Athn, Ivgn, Gpx, Cyh, Nnn, Gnw, Ttwo, Lvlt, Symc, Dhi, Java, Ryl, Sial, Infy, Abk, Swn, Pbr, Xto, Agu, Len, Bsi, Gtsi, Siri, Phm, Vrsn, Chk, Tol, Kmp

  09:48 Monolithic Power (MPWR) and ON Semi (ONNN) reinitiated before the open at Wedbush Before the open, Wedbush reinitiated MPWR and maintained their Strong Buy rating, but lowered their tgt to $22 from $28. Firm also reinitiated ONNN and maintained their Buy rating, and lowered thier tgt to $9 from $13. 09:47 MSCC Microsemi: Honeywell CEO

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• Take-Two: We've Had Other Offers. Viacom: We're Not Interested

  Published: February 28, 2008, 6:12 pm

  Tags: Erts, Ttwo

  which has been linked to TTWO in previous reports, says it's unlikely to be buyer for the game publisher -- or any other big game company. You can take both statements with varying degrees of salt. Take-Two says it doesn't have anything approaching a serious offer, and Viacom has left itself enough wiggle room to change its mind, if it

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• Midway's game is still off

  Published: March 7, 2008, 7:25 am

  Tags: Atvi, Erts, Midway Games, Midwaygames, Msft, Mwy, Nintendo Wii, Nintendowii, Ntdoy, Playstation 3, Playstation3, Sne, Thq, Thqi, Ttwo, Xbox 360, Xbox360

  THQI), and Take-Two (NASDAQ: TTWO), reported earnings on Thursday for the fourth quarter. They weren't good. Net revenues went down by 20%, and the loss widened to 33 cents per share versus a loss of 2 cents per share in the year-ago period. For the full year, net revenues declined 5%, and the loss widened to $1.07 per share versus a loss of 86

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• Take-Two Investors Sue, Bail

  Published: March 10, 2008, 7:11 pm

  Tags: Erts, Ttwo

  in the wake of Take-Two's (TTWO) rejection of Electronic Arts' (ERTS) $2 billion takeout offer: Investor Patrick Solomon's complaint takes TTWO management to task for its recently announced comp package, among other issues. Meanwhile other investors have complained in different ways: Oppenheimer Funds, TTWO's largest shareholder, has sold 8.8

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• Take-Two: Grand Theft Auto Is Going To Be Huge (TTWO)

  Published: March 11, 2008, 4:25 pm

  Tags: Erts, Ttwo

  the bid, even though TTWO is now trading below ERTS' offer of $26 (TTWO is climbing after hours, though - as of this post it's now at $25.30). And GTAIV is going be huge - so huge the company is bumping up guidance. Call notes Executive Chairman Strauss Zelnick reiterates that the bid 'undervalues' the company and 'is not in the best

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• Before the bell: Futures somewhat higher (TTWO, CAT, AAPL)

  Published: March 12, 2008, 3:45 am

  Tags: Aapl, Cat, Erts, Featured, Ttwo

  Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO), affirming rejecting the hostile bid from Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS), reported a smaller-than-forecast loss Tuesday evening and lifted its earnings outlook due to orders for its "Grand Theft Auto 4" game. TTWO shares are up over 2.6% in after-hours trading. Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) shares are up 1.9% in

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