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Report Future iPhone To Be Powered By Intel’s Atom Chip	The next generation of the Apple (AAPL) iPhone - by which I mean, not the 3G iPhone due on July 11, but the version after that - will be powered by a version of Intel’s (INTC) new Atom family of low-cost, low-power processors, according to JoAnne Feeney, an analyst with FTN Midwest. In a research note this morning, she writes that the Atom-powered iPhone may arrive sometime in 2009 or 2010. Feeney says that the Atom development program is “well ahead of schedule.” She notes th...	June 26, 2008
Nvidia: Morgan Stanley Ups Rating On Valuation	Nvidia (NVDA) shares have gotten a lift today from Morgan Stanley analyst Mark Lipacis, who raised his rating on the stock to Equal Weight from Underweight. Lipacis notes that the stock is down 50% since October, and is now pricing in concerns around a reversal of market share the company gained from rival ATI while it was in the process of being acquired by Advance Micro Devices (AMD). Lipacis does think that EPS estimates are too high; he sees $1.34 for the January 2009 fiscal year, and $1.37...	June 24, 2008
AMD LEAP Option Alert (AMD)	Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) is at it again in unusual call option activity, but the most interesting part of the trading seen earlier this afternoon is that these were in the LEAPS all the way out to the Jan-2010 $10.00 CALLS…. We have seen 20,798 of the JAN10 $10.00 CALL options contracts trade hands. The open interest before today was listed only as 28,111 contracts. As a reminder…. 20,000 options contracts equal 2 million shares fully leveraged. AMD has seen 29 m...	June 24, 2008
Nvidia Snips Mid-Range GPU Prices; Pac Crest Cuts Target	Nvidia (NVDA) is cutting price in mid-range graphics processors to counter the introduction of new GPUs from rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), according to DigiTimes. The piece by DigiTimes asserts that Nvidia will cut the price of its 9800 GTX chip to $199 from $299, and will launch its new GeForce 9800 GTX Plus for $229. The story notes that AMD is launching its ATI Radeon HD 4850 GPU priced at $199. Meanwhile, Pacific Crest analyst Michael McConnell today cut his price target on NVDA to $24...	June 23, 2008
Closing Bell: Mixed markets for a summer Monday	Filed under: Advanced Micro Dev (AMD), Circuit City Stores (CC)Today felt like a traditional summer Monday with plenty of market winners and losers and the general sense that it was a wash day. So the Saudis agreed to boost production, but oil still rose to near $137/barrel today in a move that is becoming all too familiar. The markets are getting ready for the two-days before the FOMC announcement on the rate decision, so you can expect the talking heads to come out of the woodwork ahead of thi...	June 23, 2008
OPTIONS VOLUME SPIKE: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)	Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) was not on the options most active list late in the morning. But a 12:00 AM EST review showed that there had been some 9,044 contracts traded in the JUL08 $7.00 CALL OPTIONS. The Open interest before today was 35,429 contracts. Since then there has been more activity in just the last few minutes. At 12:11 PM EST we have now seen a total of over 19,700 of those JUL08 $7.00 CALLS trade hands. The stock is down 5% at $6.65. There have been rumors that th...	June 23, 2008
Is Advanced Micro Devices Raising More Cash? (AMD)	Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) is far from having its woes behind it. Shares have slid from over $7.80 just two days ago down to $7.25 shortly after... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...	June 19, 2008
Stock picks under $10, 10 worst managed companies & historic site foreclosures	Filed under: Yahoo! (YHOO), Apple Inc (AAPL), Pfizer (PFE), Starbucks (SBUX), Ford Motor (F), Motorola (MOT), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Sprint Nextel Corp (S), Advanced Micro Dev (AMD), Money and Finance Today, Boston Scientific (BSX), Circuit City Stores (CC), CIT Group (CIT), Kellogg Co (K), Sears Holdings (SHLD), FedEx Corp (FDX), Morgan Stanley (MS), Amer Intl Group (AIG), Sun Microsystems (JAVA), Liz Claiborne (LIZ)In the News: · Morgan Stanley 2Q Profit Plunges 57% · FedEx...	June 18, 2008
Nvidia: FTN Midwest Downgrades To Sell; Stock Slides	Nvidia (NVDA) shares are under pressure this morning after FTN Midwest analyst JoAnne Feeney cut her rating on the stock to Sell from Neutral. She set a target price of $19, which would be down 20% from yesterday’s close. She cited three reasons for the downgrade: Inventory build up. She says that “NVDA’s channel inventory build-up is getting worse, not beter.” Increasing competitive pressure from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). She thinks the company will be forced to cut...	June 10, 2008
AMD Shares Spike: Asset Light Strategy Coming Soon?	Is a turnaround on the horizon at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)? Certainly, something is going on with the stock today. One factor: a research note this morning from Lehman’s Tim Luke and his colleagues at the firm’s convertible bond research group musing on the company’s eagerly anticipated adoption of an “asset light” scenario. Luke writes that AMD remains committed to unveiling plans by the end of calendar 2008 to reduce the high level of capital investment requir...	June 05, 2008

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