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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Fox Business pundit sells sex potion on the side; wife, Meredith Whitney, benefits	Filed under: Products and services, Launches, News Corp'B' (NWS), Entrepreneurs, Media WorldThe New York Times has it all -- a story that mixes wrestling, Fox Business News (FBN), a hawker of sex potions, and bank analyst extraordinaire -- Meredith Whitney. This could well be the best business story of 2008. John C. Layfield is the FBN commentator, former wrestler and hawker of a sex potion. Layfield sells Mamajuana Energy, a berry-flavored liquid that he developed and sells for $4.99 or less. ...	April 20, 2008
Sun shines on Furniture Brands	Filed under: Private equityLately, it's been tough for furniture retailers. After all, Wickes Furniture, owned by private equity operator Sun Capital Partners, recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. So, this might dampen interest in the sector? Perhaps not. Interestingly enough, Sun Capital wants to make a bid for Furniture Brands International (NYSE: FBN). Keep in mind that the fund is the #3 shareholder in the company (a 9.4% equity stake). The offer is a bit vague though as it is a "subs...	February 21, 2008
Jim Cramer's Lightning Round	BullishGlobal Sources Ltd. (GSOL), Baidu.com Inc. (BIDU), China Mobile Ltd. (CHL), Focus Media Holding Limited (FMCN), COMSCORE Inc. (SCOR), Google Inc. (GOOG), eBay Inc. (EBAY), Raytheon Company (RTN), Ciena Corporation (CIEN), Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO), Yum! Brands Inc. (YUM), Guess? Inc. (GES), J. Crew Group Inc. (JCG) and Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL).BearishChina Digital TV Holding Co. Ltd. (STV), Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (CLNE), Furniture Brands International Inc. (FBN), Southwest Airlines Co...	October 17, 2007
Furniture Brands (FBN) Surges After Large Holder Samson Holding Discloses Approach	Shares of Furniture Brands International Inc. (NYSE: FBN) are 29% higher after 14.9% holder Samson Holding Ltd. disclosed that they presented a proposal to the company in July this year with respect to a possible business combination transaction, which the company declined to pursue.The firm noted that Furniture Brands is a major customer of Samson Holding and in a business that is complementary.Samson Holding is the largest Hong Kong-based furniture maker. From the Filing:"The Shares acquired b...	October 01, 2007
News flash! Fox to launch business channel October 15	Filed under: General Electric (GE), News Corp'B' (NWS)DrudgeReport reports that News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) FoxNews will be launching Fox Business Network (FBN) on October 15, 2007. Is this true? If so, what impact will it have on General Electric Co.'s (NYSE: GE) CNBC? I can see that CNBC is already calling itself America's Business Channel in anticipation of FBN's anticipated right-wing cheerleading bias. I am looking forward to the competition. And as a guest of CNBC, I wonder whether it will o...	July 11, 2007
Pre-Market Stock News (May 21, 2007)	(ASD) American Standard is reaffirming guidance.(AT) Alltel agreed to a $27.5 Billion buyout offer, or $71.50 per share.(CATT) Catapult believes it will miss its earnings estimates for the quarter.(CRM) Salesforce.com in talks for another technology integration pact with Google.(CYTC) Cytyc being acquired by Hologic for $46.46 in cash and stock; stock up almost 30%.(DNDN) Dendreon announces presentation of data at American Urological Association annual meeting; stock up 8%.(EAGL) EGL announced t...	May 21, 2007
Pre-Market Research Summary (May 18, 2007)	ADS downgraded at Baird, Bear Stearns, Piper Jaffray.APKT raised to Buy at Canto Fitzgerald.BARE started as Outperform at Wachovia.BNI started as Outperform at Morgan Keegan.CAI raised to Buy at UBS.CAMP cut to Neutral at Oppenheimer.CRZ cut to Sector Perform at RBC.CSX started as Mkt Perform at Morgan Keegan.DCP started as Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.FACE started as Outperform at Wachovia.FLOW started as Outperform at Cathay.FBN cut to Sell at Stifel Nicolaus.GET started as Buy at Citigroup.HWAY st...	May 18, 2007
Analyst downgrades 5-18-07: ADSK, MO, SEPR, THC and VCLK	Filed under: Before the bell, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Bad news, Altria Group (MO)MOST NOTEWORTHY: Tenet Healthcare Corp (THC), Furniture Brands International, Inc (FBN), Sepracor Inc (SEPR), ValueClick, Inc (VCLK) and Altria Group, Inc (MO) were today's noteworthy downgrades: Bear Stearns downgraded shares of Tenet Healthcare (NYSE: THC) to Underperform from Peer Peform citing difficulties in California and weak margins. Stifel downgraded Furniture Brands (NYSE: FBN) to Se...	May 18, 2007
The 52-Week Low Club	Furniture Brands (FBN) April sales slump. Down to $14.40 from 52-week high of $24.60. Distributed Energy (DESC) Electric power system company misses numbers. More painful that having a tooth out. Shares drop 44% in one day. New 52-week low is $.55 compared to 52-week high of $6.85. Fuwei Films (FFHL), a Chinese maker of plastic films, posts poor earnings. Drops to $7.10 from 52-week high of $18.43. Actions Semiconductor (ACTS) Chinese fabless chip company had drop in first quarter...	May 11, 2007
Pre-Market Stock News (May 3, 2007)	(AIZ) Assurant $1.42 EPS vs $1.20e.(AMD) Adanced Micro Devices holds a shareholder meeting today.(APKT) Acme Packet $0.08 EPS vs $0.07e.(BARE) Bare Escentuals $0.22 EPS vs $0.19e.(CAI) CACI International $0.59 EPS vs $0.59e.(CBS) CBS $0.33 EPS vs $0.32e.(CCUR) Concur Tech $0.12 EPS vs $0.07e.(CEGE) Cell Genesys released tentative Phase I Alzheimer’s results for its #110 molecule as safe and positive.(CELG) Celgene $0.20 EPS vs $0.21e; Fiscal Guidance $1.00 vs $1.04e; stock down 5%.(CGV) CGG Ve...	May 03, 2007

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