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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Cramer Bullish On Illinois Tool	“I’m out to change the way people look at stocks,” Jim Cramer told fans of his “Mad Money” TV show Thursday. Cramer was out promoting his new mantra that the usual high-tech companies are old news, and that new-tech manufacturers are the real gems in the market because they are solving the world’s most crucial problems. He said he’s adding Illinois Tool Works (ITW) to his list of new-tech manufacturers. The company makes food packaging equipment that hel...	May 30, 2008
Wall Street Rumors, May 19, 2008	Daily rumors covering the global markets. Subscribe to the update feed here. Microsoft Revives Yahoo Fight, Considers More Limited Deal Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) said it has resumed its effort to team up with Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) — and reopened the door to the possibility of making a new bid for the Internet company. Dairy Co-Op Faces Price-Manipulation Probe Federal regulators are investigating allegations that the nation’s largest dairy cooperative, Dairy Farmers of Am...	May 19, 2008
Jim Cramer's Lightning Round	BullishIllinois Tool Works (ITW), Applied Materials (AMAT), DaVita (DVA) and Kinder Morgan (KMP).BearishBear Stearns (BSC), Taser International (TASR), Conceptus (CPTS), Synchronoss Technologies (SNCR), St. Joe (JOE), Tenet Healthcare (THC) and Garmin (GRMN)....	May 02, 2008
Friday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UpgradesLam Research (LRCX)- AmTech Research Neutral » Buy IBM (IBM)- Canaccord Adams Hold » Buy Swift Energy (SFY)- UBS Neutral » Buy Newfield Expl (NFX)- Friedman Billings Mkt Perform » Outperform Venoco (VQ)- Jefferies & Co Hold » Buy Cepheid (CPHD)- UBS Neutral » Buy Cimarex (XEC)- UBS Neutral » Buy Forest Oil (FST)- UBS Neutral » BuyDowngradeseBay (EBAY)- AmTech Research Buy » Neutral Emulex (ELX)- Caris & Company Above Average » Average Art...	April 18, 2008
Analyst downgrades: PG, HGSI and MT	Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Procter and Gamble (PG), Zoltek Co (ZOLT)MOST NOTEWORTHY: Procter & Gamble, Human Genome and Arcelor Mittal were today's noteworthy downgrades: Deutsche Bank downgraded shares of Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) to Hold from Buy on valuation and their expectation for slowing short-term industry growth, especially in beauty. Citigroup downgraded Human Genome (NASDAQ:HGSI) to Hold from Buy as they believe giving up Sync...	April 17, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The StreetWORD VIDEO HERERecession Says Who?Day in and day out economists beat the recession drum on Wall Street, but many stocks continue to hit 52-week highs. Is the economy really that bad? What is the trade? Adami advised investors to look at early cycle plays like Easton Corp (ETN) and Illinois Tool Works (ITW), which aren't hitting 52-week highs. He said investors shouldn't wait for the recovery in these stocks, instead they should anticipate it and get in early. Seymour told inves...	April 16, 2008
Friday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UpgradesImperial Oil (IMO )- BMO Capital Markets Market Perform » Outperform GSI Group (GSIG)- BMO Capital Markets Underperform » Market Perform Illinois Tool (ITW)- UBS Neutral » Buy Parker-Hannifin (PH)- UBS Sell » Neutral Teck Cominco (TCK)- RBC Capital Mkts Sector Perform » Outperform Nalco (NLC)- Credit Suisse Underperform » Neutral Plexus (PLXS)- Credit Suisse Neutral » Outperform Maxwell Tech (MXWL)- JMP Securities Mkt Underperform » Mkt Perform Sothe...	February 29, 2008
Fast Money	Word On The StreetThe stock market plunged on Thursday as investors now are coming to the realization that the economy is in a recession. The Dow closed down 306 points and the NASDAQ fell 47 points. Jeff Macke thinks Thursday was the begging of fear for the markets. Guy Adami now feels that market is getting close to capitulation. Karen Finerman agreed with Adami. Pete N...	January 18, 2008
ITW Bakes Another One	Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) announced the acquisition of the Baking Equipment Business Peerless Machinery Corp. The transaction is worthy of a press release. But no details have been announced. Price or terms. So what is an investor to do with this tid bit of information. If ITW wants you to believe that their strategy of investing in wholesale food and baking equipment is financially attractive they need to put some cards on the table to back it up. The comment in the press release "The Peer...	January 09, 2008
Top Earnings Next Week Part 2 (July 19-20, 2007)	THURSDAYAdvanced Micro Devices (NYSDAQ:AMD)Ameritrade (NASDAQ:AMTD)Bank of America (NYSE:BAC)Bank of New York (NYSE:BK)Cemex (NYSE:CX/ADR)Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL)Cypress Semi (NYSE:CY)Dow Jones (NYSE:DJ)Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB)First Data (NYSE:FDC)Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD)Google (NASDAQ:GOOG)Harley-Davidson (NYSE:HOG)Honeywelll (NYSE:HON)Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW)International Game Technology (NYSE:IGT)Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)Motorola Inc. (NYSE:MOT)NASDAQ Stock market (NA...	July 13, 2007

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