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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Cramer’s Carl Icahn Stock Plays	Cramer thinks it’s time for investors to consider buying Motorola (MOT) and Yahoo! (YHOO) off the idea that activist investor Carl Icahn can turn both of these troubled companies around. Cramer explained that he heard Icahn speak at a high-level meeting last week, and he outlined his strategy to unlock value from both firms. Ichan plans to break-up Motorola into three divisions and get his people appointed to the board of directors. Turning to Yahoo!, Cramer said Icahn will do everything p...	June 09, 2008
HOLDRs: Do They Have A Hold On You?	HOLDRs, or Holding Company Depositary Receipts, are one of the most popularly traded exchange traded funds (ETFs) on the American Stock Exchange on any given day. However, the HOLDRs are not technically ETFs. They simply resemble them. Instead, HOLDRs are grantor trusts, which are treated and managed differently. We recently explained some of the differences between ETFs and HOLDRs, and ETF Guide gives a little more insight. Instead of an expense ratio, they charge a small custody fee that...	May 21, 2008
Red Hat sees some green	Filed under: Earnings reports, Forecasts, Oracle Corp (ORCL), Red Hat Inc (RHT)There's much concern in the information technology (IT) world. Might companies cut back on spending in light of the slowing economy? Well, as for Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the environment seems to be OK. For example, in Q4, the company posted a 27% increase in revenues to $141.5 million. What's more, bookings are bulging (above $200 million). While RedHat has a strong business with its Linux offerings, the company is al...	March 30, 2008
Monday's Uprades and Downgrades	UpgradesKongZhong (KONG)- Susquehanna Financial Negative » Neutral AbitibiBowater (ABH)- DA Davidson Underperform » NeutralPublic Storage (PSA)- Deutsche Securities Hold » Buy Canadian Natrl Res (CNQ)- BMO Capital Markets Market Perform » Outperform Omnicare (OCR)- Bear Stearns Outperform » Peer Perform Novartis AG (NVS)- HSBC Securities Neutral » Underweight GrafTech Intl (GTI)- Oppenheimer Outperform » Perform American Intl (AIG)- Keefe Bruyette Outperform...	March 03, 2008
Analyst downgrades: NVS, AIG, DEO and BEAS	Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Diageo plc (DEO), Novartis AG ADS (NVS), Amer Intl Group (AIG)MOST NOTEWORTHY: Novartis, AIG, Diageo, and BEA Systems were today's noteworthy downgrades: HSBC downgraded Novartis (NYSE: NVS) to Underweight from Neutral, as they believe the company's mid-single digit pharma sales growth is not sustainable. AIG (NYSE: AIG) was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform by Keefe Bruyette due to their concerns about the co...	February 29, 2008
Thursday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UpgradesMarsh McLennan (MMC)= Credit Suisse Neutral » Outperform Smith Intl (SII)= Citigroup Hold » Buy Washington Mutual (WM)= Fox Pitt In Line » Outperform Marsh McLennan (MMC)= Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Buy CyberSource (CYBS)= Wedbush Morgan Buy » Strong Buy Callidus Software (CALD)= Northland Securities Market Perform » Outperform Northern Dynasty Minerals (NAK)= BMO Capital Markets Market Perform » Outperform HF Financial Corporation (HFFC)= FTN Midwest Neutral �...	January 31, 2008
Analyst upgrades: Canadian Solar, Qimonda, Eagle Test Systems	Filed under: Analyst upgrades and downgradesMOST NOTEWORTHY: Canadian Solar, Qimonda and Eagle Test Systems were today's noteworthy upgrades: Oppenheimer upgraded shares of Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ) to Outperform from Perform after channel checks indicated the company's internal cell ramp is proceeding on plan. They are more positive on shares following the recent pullback. Qimonda (NYSE: QI) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS, as they expect the DRAM supply/demand to balan...	January 30, 2008
MOT: Oracle’s Buyout of BEA Systems is Positive for… Motorola?	The following is a reprint of my January 18, 2007 RealMoney column. Oracle’s (ORCL - Annual Report) agreement to meet BEA Systems (BEAS) half-way on price was hailed by InfoWeek as making Oracle a middleware powerhouse. “Among other things, BEA will add to Oracle its WebLogic and AquaLogic SOA and BPM tools, as well as its Tuxedo transaction processing monitoring software. BEA’s Java Virtual Machine technology also could push Oracle deeper into the hot market for virtualization softwar...	January 25, 2008
Analyst upgrades: Biogen Idec, Western Union, Tibco	Filed under: Analyst upgrades and downgrades, eBay (EBAY), Boston Scientific (BSX)MOST NOTEWORTHY: Biogen Idec, Western Union and Tibco were today's noteworthy upgrades: Banc of America upgraded shares of Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) to Buy from Neutral as they believe the company's three year growth strategy and the approval of Tysabri for the treatment of Crohn's disease will support a higher valuation. Oppenheimer upgraded Western Union (NYSE: WU) to Outperform from Perform, citing...	January 17, 2008
Fast Money	Word On The StreetRecession concerns helped push the S&P 500 to 14-month lows on Wednesday. The Dow finished down 34 points and the NASDAQ closed down 23 points. Karen Finerman thinks the selloff is getting over done and she disclosed she bought Tesoro Corporation (TSO) Wednesday. She also disclosed she bought options for the Morgan Stanley Retail Index that expire Friday. Finerman th...	January 16, 2008

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