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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
IHOP shows mixed results, some progress with Applebee's	Filed under: Deals, Marketing and advertisingWhen IHOP (NYSE: IHP) agreed acquire Applebee's nine months ago, Applebee's shareholders were none too pleased. Highly respected investor Sardar Biglari vocally opposed the deal, Applebee's director Burton Sack made plans to sue, and shares of IHOP rose more than Applebee's on the announcement -- a very rare occurrence. But now things have changed as the restaurant industry has continued to weaken and shares of IHOP have lost a good chunk of their va...	April 29, 2008
Fast Money	Word on the StreetWORD ON THE STREET VIDEODell Earnings TradeThursday Dell's (DELL) earnings hit the Street. The stock settles back into its lows a year after Michael Dell returns and the panel wonders if things look any better. Jim Goldman from CNBC talked about the overly pessimistic expectations have him thinking a "beat and raise" quarter is coming. It will show inroads being made against PC king Hewlett-Packard (HPQ). A $10 billion buyback was announced in December and Najarian expects ...	February 27, 2008
Option update: IHOP elevated volatility suggests larger price movement	Filed under: OptionsIHOP Corp (NYSE: IHP) is scheduled to release EPS on February 27. IHP franchises and operates 3,300 restaurants under IHOP and the Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar. Raymond James downgraded IHP to Underperform from Outperform. IHP overall option implied volatility of 70 is above its five-week average of 64 according to Track Data, suggesting larger price movement. Option Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.comPermalink \| Email ...	February 06, 2008
Fast Money	Word On The StreetThe stock market put in a solid day Tuesday as investors bid up stocks in hopes the Fed will cut rates tomorrow. The Dow finished up 96 points and the NASDAQ closed up 8 points. Guy Adami explained that the bond markets are looking for 50 basis point rate cut. Karen Finerman thinks the Fed will cut 25 basis points, but the she will be paying attention to the Fed’s language to se...	January 29, 2008
Friday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UPGRADESMSC Software MSCS B. Riley & Co Neutral » Buy EnerNOC ENOC Pacific Growth Equities Neutral » Buy Amdocs DOX JP Morgan Neutral » Overweight BankAtlantic BBX Fox Pitt In Line » Outperform Getty Images GYI Kaufman Bros Sell » Hold U.S. Steel X KeyBanc Capital Mkts Buy » Aggressive BuyMatrix Service Co MTRX KeyBanc Capital Mkts Hold » Buy Southern Copper PCU UBS Neutral » Buy Amerigon ARGN Roth Capital Hold » Buy Macrovision MVSN Jefferies &a...	January 11, 2008
Reuters on International Herald Tribune; Noise, Content or Just Market Share	Reuters Group (RTRSY) soon to be acquired by Thomson Corp (TOC) has displaced Bloomberg LP and will now be providing content to the International Herald Tribune which is also now owned by New York Times (NYT). The deal is interesting because the revenue model calls for Reuters to participate in advertising revenues that the business news section of IHP generates. Before Bloomberg just received a syndication fee and cashed their cheques. Reuters and IHP/NYT all compete with Dow Jones/WSJ and News...	December 10, 2007
Through The Fly's Eyes: IHop Corp & Applebee's	From Kevin Shult of Theflyonthewall.comIHOP Takes on Applebee'sIHOP Corp (IHP), the pancake house we all know and love, has acquired the largest casual-dining restaurant chain, Applebee’s International (APPB), for $2.1 billion, or $25.50 a share, a 4.6% premium to Friday’s closing price.A sale was long in the works for Applebee’s shareholders. The company put itself on the block after investor Richard C. Breeden, a former SEC Chairman, campaigned for board seats in February. Applebee’s h...	July 16, 2007
Market Rumors 06/13	Market Rumors: Applebee's (Nasdaq: APPB): Earlier today rumors surfaced a deal for the company was close. Later in the session Bloomberg reported that IHOP Corp. (NYSE: IHP) submitted a bid for the company. ZOLL Medical Corp. (Nasdaq: ZOLL): Takeover chatter eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY): An analyst believes eBay has temporarily stopped buying AdWords at Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) in a retaliatory response to a Google Checkout party. Avalonbay Communities Inc. (NYSE: AVB): Resurfaced chatter the ...	June 13, 2007
Small Cap Technicals	We recently filtered through the 600 stocks of the S&P Smallcap 600 Index to find ones that are trading near the bottom of an upward channel. We found twelve stocks that fit our search criteria: ATR, BRKS, CCMP, DNEX, IHP, IFSIA, HLEX, MKSI, MOG/A, NWK, VSEA and WCN. Their six-month price charts are shown below. ...	May 29, 2007
Analyst initiations 4-30-07: BGFV, CVS, IGT, IHP and RATE	Filed under: Before the bell, CVS Corp (CVS), Analyst initiationsMOST NOTEWORTHY: Today's more noteworthy initiations included International Game Technology (IGT), Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp (BGFV), CVS/Caremark Corp (CVS) and IHOP Corp (IHOP): Jefferies assumed coverage of International Game Tech (NYSE: IGT) with a Buy rating and $47 target citing an attractive risk/reward. Big 5 Sporting Goods (NASDAQ: BGFV) was started with a Sector Performer rating and $33 target at CIBC, expecti...	April 30, 2007

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