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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Off To NYC so a Morning linkfest Instead	Not for a lack of ideas, let’s see what the blogosphere has fpr you: 1. Jim Cramer is building a wind play (his mouth and ass have been stapled shut and he is being force fed beans) - go watch the video . 2. A broken, but interesting ‘China is getting Fatter, Fatser than us ‘ Play - MEND (sent in from a friend in the business that sells their product overseas. 3. Always lots of good new ideas coming from Jeff on StockTwits. 4. The Stock Jockey has been one of my favorite f...	June 24, 2008
Analyst initiations: WX, AAPL and DNA	Filed under: Analyst reports, Genentech Inc (DNA), Analyst initiationsMOST NOTEWORTHY: WuXi Pharma, Apple and Genentech were today's noteworthy initiations: Global Hunter expects WuXi Pharma (NYSE:WX) to remain under pressure in the near-term due to gross margin constraints and dilution risk from the AppTec acquisition. The firm finds the stock fairly valued at current levels and initiated shares with a Neutral rating. ThinkPanmure assumed Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) with a Buy rating and ...	June 19, 2008
Baby Teeth, Stem Cells, and Stocks	What do baby teeth, stem cells and stocks have in common? The National Institute of Health has discovered that strong stem cells can be found in baby teeth, and there are stocks of several companies involved in stem cell research. Last month, a dental practice management company in Houston announced that they will offer a service of storing stem cells from baby teeth. Extensive research is being done to utilize stem cells for gene therapy and the treatment of multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s di...	June 18, 2008
Cease And Desist: California Tries to Unravel 23andMe’s Genetic Testing	California’s Department of Public Health has issued cease and desist letters to 13 genetic testing startups - most notably 23andMe, which Michael tried out earlier this year. The C&D’s are mandating that the labs demonstrate that they have been certified by both the state and federal government, and, perhaps more importantly, that all genetic tests were ordered by a patient’s doctor, which is required by state law. 23andMe is going to have a little trouble with that one ...	June 17, 2008
Youniverse Sort of Launches a Dating Site	Youniverse, a web portal that uses images rather than words to structure quizzes and profiles, has launched a new dating site. At least, that’s what they told us - instead it appears that the site has merely released a dating quiz for now, with plans to upgrade it in the future. Youniverse has a somewhat confusing history. It initially launched in 2006 as Imagini, which offered personality quizzes that used image-based questions. After raising funding, the site shifted gears, launching...	June 05, 2008
HP steals key Sun Microsystems sales exec	Filed under: Management, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Sun Microsystems (JAVA)Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) has just stolen a key global sales head from competitor Sun Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA). Don Grantham has joined HP as chief sales officer after resigning recently from Sun. Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz indicated that Grantham went to HP to help that company secure a Sun Solaris license before HP's acquisition of EDS Corp. (NYSE: EDS) was completed. Schwartz was seen grinding his teeth shortl...	June 04, 2008
Will changes at eBay hurt the business model?	Filed under: Products and services, eBay (EBAY), Amazon.com (AMZN)Do you like auctions? Personally, I don't. Sure, the stock market is essentially an auction, but it's an auction without a lot of noise (at least on my end). Anyway, this brings me to a BusinessWeek piece on eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) and its evolution. It looks like auctions are no more fit to survive than the dinosaurs were. Research overwhelmingly shows that users of the most famous online auction destination in the world would rather...	June 03, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WORD VIDEO HERE Subprime Slime KeyCorp (KEY) fell 12% Wednesday after the announced it underestimated its exposure to subprime loans. Is the subprime slime spreading into regional banks? Finerman thinks that is the case. She explained that regional banks were priced out of the single family mortgage business by Countrywide, so they started opening up construction lending, which turned out to be a bad idea. Finerman pointed out it might be to early to start shorting the banks t...	May 28, 2008
Biotech expert's top contrary bets	Wall Street was disappointed at recent earnings reports from Genentech (NYSE: DNA) and Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD). In his ChangeWave Biotech Investor, biotechnology sector specialist Michael Shulman sees long-term opportunities. "Genentech is one of the greatest companies in the world -- easily the best cancer company on the planet. Analysts did not like Genentech's earnings numbers, in part because of overall revenue growth, which was quite sluggish. "However, profit growth was up 14%, k...	May 21, 2008
Five stocks to love from CNNMoney	Filed under: Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), International Business Machines (IBM), Electronic Data Systems (EDS), Genentech Inc (DNA)It has been a rocky year for Wall Street, but even amid the uncertain market conditions there are some companies that are playing with a lot of cash. In addition, they know how to wisely use their funds, which makes them strong enough to beat any challenge.One important factor that determines the stability of a company is its corporate cash flow. CNNMoney is looking at sto...	May 19, 2008

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