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can we watch the Lebed vs Lemon fight on pay per view?
One tequila
Two tequila
Three tequila
- FLOOR.
geesh. He's always on the edge of a panic attack in his alerts.
I get anxious just reading them! lol
Lebed.biz Alert - BIDZ REPORT POSTED NOW!
GO TO... http://www.lebed.biz right now!
BIDZ WILL HAVE HUGE SHORT SQUEEZE!
Jonathan Lebed
BIDZ---From: "Jonathan Lebed"
Subject: Lebed.biz Alert - BIDZ at $9.40 in AFTER HOURS! STRONG BUY!
Stock Lemon decided to go after the wrong company... just like they did with our MIX when they drove it down to $3... before it got bought out by NWS later in the year for $12!
BIDZ is a ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY right now in the after hours!
I will have MORE DETAILS SHORTLY!!!!!
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Jonathan Lebed
Lebed.biz
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Good Tiki. Just wrapping up some projects here that dont include a computer, lol.
I almost forgot my password after this long holiday.
SLJBPOS
It reminds me of that one particular pinkie from longggggg ago.
Stocks Higher After Citi Secures Capital
Tuesday November 27, 1:19 pm ET
By Joe Bel Bruno, AP Business Writer
Wall Street Advances After Abu Dhabi Agrees to $7.5 Billion Investment in Citigroup
NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street rebounded Tuesday after the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority said it will invest $7.5 billion in Citigroup Inc. -- a vote of confidence for the nation's largest bank, which has suffered severe losses amid the ongoing crisis in the mortgage market. The Dow Jones industrials rose more than 200 points.
The banking industry has been battered in recent months as defaults on home loans have risen and rendered some mortgage-backed securities essentially worthless. Major financial institutions, including Citi and its competitors, have had to book some $80 billion of writedowns on those holdings -- a trend that has left the markets nervous about the full extent of the damage.
Investors were relieved that Citi was able to secure an injection of capital, and that others might be able to do the same. Concerns about further writedowns caused the Dow to fall 240 points Monday, bringing the blue chip index, along with the Standard & Poor's 500 index, down 10 percent from recent highs, a decline that signifies a correction.
The market showed little reaction to a report from the Conference Board that its Consumer Confidence Index dropped to its lowest point since October 2005. The index fell to 87.3 for November, down almost 8 points from the revised 95.2 during October -- and below analyst expectations for a reading of 91.5.
Meanwhile, Standard & Poor's downgraded shares of Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch & Co. to "sell," saying that further deterioration in the mortgage securities market has added to pressure on the value of the investment banks' asset-backed securities. But that news, too, did little to faze the market's enthusiasm.
"The Citi deal is certainly a relief after a series of negative news on Monday with respect to the financials," said Todd Salamone, director of trading at Schaeffer's Investment Research. "Sovereign wealth funds that have plenty of cash may be viewed as a potential rescuer given the balance sheet troubles the banks are having. A weak dollar makes it that much more possible."
The seesaw trading so far this week is typical of what investors have seen for months. The market has been erratic as investors have struggled with and tried to overcome concerns about the banking sector, the credit markets, consumer spending, energy prices and the overall economy.
The Dow rose 220.45, or 1.73 percent, to 12,963.89.
Broader stock indexes also moved higher, with the S&P 500 index up 18.08, or 1.28 percent, at 1,425.30, and the Nasdaq composite index up 36.85, or 1.45 percent, at 2,577.84.
A pullback in oil prices aided the market's gains. A barrel of light, sweet crude dropped $2.87 to $94.83 on the New York Mercantile Exchange on expectations that the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries will raise production at its Dec. 5 meeting.
Government bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note jumped to 4.01 percent from 3.85 percent late Monday.
Abu Dhabi's purchase of a stake in Citigroup will make the city-state one of the bank's largest shareholders. Sheik Ahmed Bin Zayed Al Nahayan called Citi "a premier brand and with tremendous opportunities for growth."
Citigroup shares rose 42 cents to $30.22.
Standard & Poor's said it expects Morgan Stanley will take a $4.2 billion charge, up from an earlier $3.7 billion estimate and projected Merrill will write down 25 percent to 30 percent of its $21 billion of such assets in the fourth quarter. The brokerages' shares continued to rally with other financial stocks.
Still, Morgan Stanley shares jumped $2.13, or 4.4 percent, to $50.08, while Merrill shares added $1.50, or 2.9 percent, to $52.73.
In other corporate news, Barclays Group PLC, Britain's No. 3 bank by market value, said retail banking in the United Kingdom was delivering good growth and the company projected 2007 earnings per share would be "broadly in line" with the current market consensus.
Companies also released sales results and forecasts.
Staples Inc., the world's largest office products supplier, said third-quarter profit fell 5 percent due to lower sales at stores open at least one year, or same-store sales, and costs from a legal settlement. Excluding the settlement charge, earnings topped Wall Street expectations -- and shares surged $2.26, or 11.4 percent, to $22.02.
Activision Inc. jumped $2.36, or 12.5 percent, to $21.29 after the video game maker reported strong Thanksgiving weekend sales and raised its fiscal third-quarter and full-year profit and sales forecasts beyond Wall Street's expectations. The company said sales of "Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock" and "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare" were particularly brisk.
Pulte Homes Inc. shares slipped 10 cents to $9.06 after it said late Monday that housing demand remains weak and inventories high but the homebuilder reaffirmed its fourth-quarter forecast. The company expects to break even or earn as much as 10 cents per share.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 8.87, or 1.21 percent, to 743.96.
Advancing issues outpaced decliners by about 2 to 1 on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 765.4 million shares.
Overseas stock markets were mixed. Britain's FTSE 100 fell 0.64 percent; Germany's DAX index lost 0.48 percent and France's CAC-40 declined 0.44 percent. In Asia, Japan's Nikkei stock average closed up 0.58 percent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 1.51 percent.
New York Stock Exchange: http://www.nyse.com
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071127/wall_street.html
UA: Nice down here:
47.77
You too! Hope everyone enjoyed the day! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee,
I AM STUFFED. omg.
BOARD: Tiki and I are talking about throwing a stock jam together after Thanksgiving.
Please PM either of us your suggestions. If we do not respond right away (it could be dayyyyyyys) it's because we are either
eating, hanging out with the family, or shopping (or sleeping).
All suggestions will be in the ibox.
lol, that would be a funny spam fax blast to the companies in the morning..........
MCRL: (link back) UP over 11% on AM press...........
shopping?
Tomorrow before the open look for the following companies to report: BKS, BJ, BCSI, BRC, DKS, DHI, EV, FRE, GME, HRL, MWRK, NWY, ODP, RTLX, ROST, SKS, SCVL, SSI, TGT, UNFI, and ZLC.
KONG 4.88 earnings and chart:
KongZhong beats by $0.01, reports revs in-line; guides Q4 revs above consensus (KONG) 4.88 +0.03 : Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $0.04 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.01 better than the Reuters Estimates consensus of $0.03. Co issues upside guidance for Q4, sees Q4 revs of 17.5-18.5 mln vs. $17.37 mln consensus.
HPQ Chart:
HPQ: HP 4Q Profit Jumps 28 Percent
Monday November 19, 8:35 pm ET
By Jordan Robertson, AP Technology Writer
Hewlett-Packard 4Q Profit Jumps 28 Percent, Beating Estimates; Stock Rises After Hours
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co.'s fourth-quarter profit easily exceeded Wall Street's expectations, bolstered by surging laptop sales and continued strong demand for highly profitable printer ink.
The board of the Palo Alto-based computer and printer maker also authorized an additional $8 billion for stock buybacks, a sign the company believes its shares are undervalued.
Strong PC sales have fueled much of HP's growth, but the company doesn't expect that business to keep growing as fast as it has. Printer ink continues to be the company's cash cow.
A brighter financial forecast helped lift shares 45 cents in after-hours trading Monday to $49.89. During the regular session, before the results were reported, the stock fell $1.31 to $49.44.
HP's net income leaped 28 percent in the three months ended Oct. 31, rising from $1.69 billion, or 60 cents per share, to $2.16 billion, or 81 cents per share.
Excluding one-time charges, HP's profit was 86 cents per share, four cents higher than the average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson Financial.
Sales jumped 15 percent over last year to $28.29 billion, nearly $1 billion more than the $27.4 billion Wall Street was expecting.
Laptop sales jumped 49 percent over last year to $5.16 billion, the company's highest-selling single category. Desktop computer sales rose 15 percent to $4.21 billion.
Taken together, the two categories made up roughly a third of HP's overall sales during the quarter.
HP is the world's No. 1 PC seller. Since stealing the title away from Dell Inc. more than a year ago, HP has expanded its lead to nearly 5 percentage points, commanding 20 percent of the market, compared with Dell's roughly 15 percent, according to the latest data from market researcher IDC.
At the same time last year, HP held only a slight lead. Cheaper PC component prices, particularly for memory chips, have helped both companies.
Despite the gains in PC sales, HP's most profitable business is still printer ink.
The company derived 42 percent of its $2.63 billion in total operating profits in the latest quarter from its Imaging and Printing Group, nearly double the amount contributed by the Personal Systems Group, which includes PCs.
As the world's largest technology company, HP's results are closely watched for signs about the health of technology spending.
Investors were particularly interested this quarter in whether HP was hurt by the mortgage distress in the U.S. that has saddled banks with billions of dollars in losses.
Chief Executive Mark Hurd dismissed those concerns, saying HP derives only a small slice of its business from the financial services sector. He didn't see any "material weakness" in that segment during the latest quarter, he said Monday.
"We're actually trying to get more exposed to financial services-- we see that as a big opportunity for us," Hurd said on a conference call with analysts.
For the full fiscal year 2007, HP rang up $104.3 billion in sales, a 14 percent improvement over last year and the first time HP has cracked $100 billion in annual sales. Net income for the year was $7.26 billion, or $2.68 per share.
Investors were pleased with a higher financial forecast.
HP expects profits -- excluding one-time charges -- of 80 cents per share in the first quarter, three cents higher than Wall Street's forecasts. And it predicts sales between $27.4 billion and $27.5 billion, also higher than the $27 billion analysts were expecting.
HP cautioned investors against expecting the PC business to keep up its rapid gains. The company's current forecasts incorporate a more conservative estimate for PC growth than the actual rate that business has grown in recent quarters.
Still, HP said it expected to continue taking market share from other makers.
"The numbers we've delivered are huge -- it's not prudent to build a business model on that," Hurd said in an interview. "We're not building our models on the kind of growth we've seen in the past."
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071119/earns_hp.html?.v=21
GNLB: 1.69 Genelabs Technologies regains exclusive rights to Prestara in Japan from Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma (GNLB) 1.69 : Co announces that it has regained full development and licensing rights in Japan for its investigational lupus drug Prestara(TM) (GL701), under the terms of a termination agreement between the Company and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation. The agreement provided that Tanabe was responsible for conducting all development work and obtaining regulatory approval for Prestara in Japan. Under the terms of the agreement, GNLB received an initial $2 mln non-refundable license fee. In addition, $10 mln of milestone payments were to be made on the achievement of pre-determined development goals. No additional milestone payments were received by GNLB during the term of the agreement. Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma continues to own common stock in the co which they purchased for $2.6 mln in connection with the collaboration and license agreement.
MCRL: 8.22 Micrel Signs Multimillion Dollar Contract With Commercial Solar Cell Company
Monday November 19, 7:00 am ET
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Micrel Inc., (Nasdaq: MCRL - News), an industry leader in analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions, today announced that it has signed a multimillion dollar, long-term contract to supply commercial solar cells. Micrel's unique processing capability enables the creation of the highest efficiency solar cells presently available. The partnership will involve the manufacturing and supply of concentrated solar cells while supporting world wide environmental efforts and corporate 'Green' initiatives.
FULL READ:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/071119/clm029.html?.v=101
SYNM 1.49: Syntroleum receives $12 mln in committed equity financing (SYNM) 1.49 : Co announces that it has entered into an agreement with an affiliate of Fletcher Asset Management which requires Fletcher to purchase $12 mln of Syntroleum common shares over the next 24 months pursuant to its existing shelf registration statement. The issuance of the securities is subject to certain closing conditions. Under the terms of the agreement, Fletcher will make an initial $3 mln investment within the next six months at the market price of Syntroleum common stock plus $0.60 per share. If that market price equals the November 16, 2007 closing price of $1.49 per share, shares would be sold at a premium of 40%.
MMS- 39.92 - Maximus Receives $15 Million Contract
Monday November 19, 7:55 am ET
Maximus Receives 2-Year, $15 Million Contract for Indiana Medicaid Services
RESTON, Va. (AP) -- Government services provider Maximus Inc. said Monday it won a two-year, $15 million contract from the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration.
The company will provide enrollment broker services for several state Medicaid programs, which includes customer support services for Hoosier Healthwise, Medicaid Select, Healthy Indiana Plan, and Indiana Care Select programs. There is a contract option for another two-year extension.
Maximus currently provides enrollment broker services for 11 states.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071119/maximus_contract.html?.v=1
Hey smokey dokey!
YOU got PM. :)
lol
Ah, ok. I was wondering why it was so inexpensive. I'd normally be comped at any of the Harrahs casinos, but they gave me a quote. Flamingo was one (of three "available") in the chain that weren't booked up.
Wow. Do you go to Vegas a lot? That's pretty cheap for a weekend like this.
Where were you supposed to stay, btw? My favorite place was booked when I checked in September........ :(
Vegas board: I am so excited for all of you! Have a blast, take some pictures while you're drinking and good luck to each of you.
:)
ps-
Remember: ALWAYS split your A's and 8's.
12:51PM Merrill Lynch notches new session high (MER) 60.69 +3.74 : Stock has run to a new session high in the aftermath of reports that it has hired a new CEO (see 12:08 update). It paused after a short lived breach of its 20 day exp at 60.85 (session high 61.10) but the pullback has been limited thus far. The next resistance of interest is at the top of its early Nov gap at 62.07.
EXPH Chart:
Lady note:
I'm not going to play the pinks, but will follow along today....
do you know EXPH? This isn't that bad, I suppose. I'm just browsing the audited fins now....hot off the press
Audit link http://www.pinksheets.com/otciq/ajax/showFinancialReportById?id=12800
Expo Holdings, Inc. Announces That Its Audit Is Complete
Wednesday November 14, 1:14 pm ET
Audited Financials Are Posted on Pinksheets.com
NORTH WILKESBORO, NC--(MARKET WIRE)--Nov 14, 2007 -- Expo Holdings, Inc. (Other OTC:EXPH.PK - News) announces that its audit is complete. Audited financials are posted on Pinksheets.com.
According to J.D. Brown, Chairman and CEO of Expo Holdings, Inc., "This is a major milestone in our efforts to provide our shareholders, and the investment community more transparency in regards to our financials. Our financials have been audited by a PCAOB auditor and are now posted on pinksheets.com. We are currently working on our 10-SB."
Guardian Registrar & Transfer, Inc. our transfer agent, may be contacted at clientservices@guardiantransfer.net. All shareholders are warmly invited to visit Expo Holdings, Inc. Please contact Sandra Hill at 336-667-8765 to make your appointment to visit.
ADVERTISEMENT
Expo Holdings operates in North Wilkesboro, NC. D&D Displays, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Expo Holdings, which specializes in custom cabinetry and high end store fixtures for retail vendors such as Newell-Rubbermaid, Inc., Bosch Tool Corporation, Kronotex, USA, and S&K Men's Wear. D&D Displays has been in operation since 2000 and joined Expo Holdings in 2006.
Statements regarding financial matters in this press release other than historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The company intends that such proclamations about the Company's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, technology effectiveness and all other forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. Since these statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the Company's actual results may differ materially from expected results.
Contact:
Contact:
J.D. Brown
CEO
Expo Holdings, Inc.
336-667-8765
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Source: Expo Holdings, Inc.
Stock Upgrades, Downgrades from TheStreet.com Ratings
By TheStreet.com Ratings Staff
11/14/2007 1:02 PM EST
Click here for more stories by TheStreet.com Ratings Staff
Each weekday, TheStreet.com Ratings updates its ratings on the stocks it covers. The proprietary ratings model projects a stock's total return potential over a 12-month period, including both price appreciation and dividends. Buy, hold or sell ratings designate how the Ratings group expects these stocks to perform against a general benchmark of the equities market and interest rates.
While the ratings model is quantitative, it uses both subjective and objective elements. For instance, subjective elements include expected equities market returns, future interest rates, implied industry outlook and company earnings forecasts. Objective elements include volatility of past operating revenue, financial strength and company cash flows.
Sun Microsystems (JAVA - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) provides network computing infrastructure products and services. It has been downgraded to a hold from a buy. The company swung to a gain of 12 cents per share in its fiscal first quarter from a loss of 8 cents a share a year earlier. It has demonstrated a pattern of positive EPS growth over the past two years, a trend that should continue. This trend suggests that the business is improving. Sun Microsystems also shows compelling net income growth.
However, the company's stock has declined by 2.71% in the last 12 months. Looking ahead, other than the push and pull of the broad market, TheStreet.com Ratings does not see anything in the company's numbers that will reverse the decline. Moreover, despite the decline, the stock is selling for more than most others in its industry. Sun Microsystems had been rated a buy since September 2007.
Genworth Financial (GNW - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) sells insurance and investment-related products and services through three segments: protection, retirement income and investments, and mortgage insurance. It has been downgraded to a hold from a buy.
The company's revenue grew by 9.9% in the third quarter compared with the same period last year, yet this trailed the industry average of 18.1%. Its earnings improved by 20.6% to 76 cents per share during the same timeframe, continuing a pattern of positive EPS growth over the past two years. Genworth's debt-to-equity ratio of 0.58 is higher than that of the industry average.
Its stock has declined 21.22% in the past 12 months, and while the price drop could be one of the factors that may help make the stock attractive down the road, right now TheStreet.com Ratings believes it is too soon to buy. Genworth had been rated a buy since November 2006.
Electronic Data Systems (EDS - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) offers infrastructure services such as hosting, workplace, storage, security and privacy, and communications. It has been downgraded to a hold from a buy.
The company's third-quarter earnings increased to 42 cents per share compared with 25 cents a share during the same period last year. This continued a pattern of positive EPS growth over the past two years, a trend that should continue. EDS' debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39 is low, but still higher than the industry average. Still, the company's quick ratio of 1.36 is sturdy.
Electronic Data Systems' stock price has dropped by 25.41% in the last 12 months, as investors have failed to pay much attention to the company's earnings improvements. However, right now TheStreet.com Ratings believes it is too soon to buy. Electronic Data Systems had been rated a buy since November 2006.
Itron (ITRI - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) provides meters and meter-reading technology to energy and water providers. It has been downgraded to a hold from a buy. The company's revenue increased by 163.5% in the third quarter compared with the same period last year, and its stock price has grown by 53.37% in the last 12 months.
However, its earnings swung to a loss of 11 cents per share in the third quarter compared with a gain of 35 cents a share in the same period last year, and its return on equity decreased greatly during the same timeframe. Itron had been rated a buy since July 2006.
TheStreet.com Ratings has initiated coverage of Qimonda AG (QI - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), which sells semiconductor memory products in Germany and other parts of Europe, North America and Asia. It has been rated a sell.
The company swung to a loss of $376 million in the fiscal fourth quarter compared with a profit of $199 million in the same period last year. Its gross profit margin is extremely low at 12%, and has decreased significantly from the same period last year. Qimonda's earnings per share swung to a loss of $1.11 from a gain of 62 cents a share in the same period last year. Its revenue fell by 21.2% during in the same timeframe. Qimonda's stock price is down by 40.49% in the last 12 months.
http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/newsanalysis/ratings/10390112.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA
Stock Upgrades, Downgrades
Ticker Company Name Change New Rating Former Rating
API Advanced Photonix Upgrade Hold Sell
CHNL Channell Commercial Downgrade Sell Hold
CMGID CMGI Upgrade Hold Sell
DBLE Double Eagle Petroleum Downgrade Sell Hold
EDS Electronic Data Systems Downgrade Hold Buy
ETH Ethan Allen Interiors Downgrade Hold Buy
GW Grey Wolf Downgrade Hold Buy
GPI Group 1 Automotive Downgrade Hold Buy
HIHO Highway Holdings Downgrade Hold Buy
ITRI Itron Downgrade Hold Buy
LCCI LCC International Downgrade Sell Hold
MLHR Miller (Herman) Downgrade Hold Buy
MPS MPS Group Downgrade Hold Buy
QSC Questcor Pharmaceuticals Upgrade Hold Sell
RIC Richmont Mines Downgrade Hold Buy
JAVAD Sun Microsystems Downgrade Hold Buy
SYS SYS Upgrade Hold Sell
ABXA ABX Air Downgrade Hold Buy
GNW Genworth Financial Downgrade Hold Buy
SHO Sunstone Upgrade Hold Sell
BBG Bill Barrett Downgrade Hold Buy
HERO Hercules Offshore Downgrade Sell Hold
AMCP Amcomp Upgrade Hold Sell
GEOY Geoeye Upgrade Buy Hold
CBF CBRE Realty Finance Initiation Sell n/a
OSIR Osiris Therapeutics Initiation Sell n/a
QI Qimonda AG Initiation Sell n/a
We'll take some side bets the night it prices at what the HOD will be on day 1.
:)
Have a good night, Cats. Hope to catch up with you tomorrow!:)
LOL, yes but you need to look again! He's blended in there, I promise. :)
BOARD GAME- "Where's Serfdom"? (below)
In numbers, on paper it should be extremely volatile off the bat and the best IPO in a long while. IMHO. I was so excited about BX if we can recall (another monster on paper) and the markets flipped out during it's debut. Yikes!! If I didn't know any better, (which I do) I'd push over anybody I could to get a piece of it (VISA). However, we have some time yet. If you don't get in on the primary offering (pre public market) remember to proceed with caution in the first week. These mega monsters get a lot of hype the first few days. We've been waiting for over a year for this. Keep in mind that it is a darn good comapany and overall, any entry should be "good" as it's got no other plans other than major growth over the course of the next few years. As it is, and by the chart in my profile for Visa you can see- that it blows the compition away.
VISA is a leader. MA just laid out the carpet and wore it in a bit for the investors.
Visa (VISA)
Visa (VISA)
keep checking for amended S-1: http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403161/000119312507242653/ds1.htm
The following charts show a comparison of total volume and total transactions relative to our major competitors for the 2006 calendar year:
Employees 5581
Revenues $3,343,000,000
Net Income $723,000,000
P.O. Box 8999
San Francisco, CA
Phone Number (415) 932-2100
http://www.visa.com
UNDERWRITERS
J.P. Morgan
Goldman Sachs
Banc of America
Citi
HSBC Corporation
Merrill Lynch
UBS Investment Bank
Wachovia Securities