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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
The week in preview: High expectations for oil and energy	Filed under: Earnings reports, Forecasts, Economic dataSo the earnings crunch continues, and here's a look at some companies scheduled to report results this week that are anticipated to be big winners and losers in terms of earnings growth. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial expect the following to report strong earnings growth when compared to the same period of the previous year. Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA): $4.10 EPS (+53.9%) on revenue of $3.8 billion (+54.6%) EOG Resources I...	July 27, 2008
Tuesday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UpgradesCBRL Group (CBRL)- Avondale Mkt Perform » Mkt Outperform Hanesbrands (HBI)- CL King Neutral » Strong Buy Met-Pro Corp (MPR)- Brean Murray Hold » Buy ASM Intl NV (ASMI)- Jefferies & Co Underperform » Hold Novo-Nordisk A/S (NVO)- HSBC Securities Underweight » Neutral Webster Financial (WBS)- Keefe Bruyette Mkt Perform » Outperform Eaton (ETN)- JP Morgan Neutral » Overweight Macrovision (MVSN)- Piper Jaffray Neutral » BuyDowngradesNokia (NOK)- AmTec...	June 10, 2008
Analyst downgrades: SPRD, AMLN and NWK	Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgradesMOST NOTEWORTHY: Spreadtrum, Amylin Pharma and Network Equipment were today's noteworthy downgrades: Roth Capital downgraded Spreadtrum (NASDAQ: SPRD) to Hold from Buy and said recent checks at several Chinese handset companies indicate shipments have been weak since mid April due to sluggish demand and weak macro conditions. The firm does not expect SPRD to meet its Q2 revenue guidance and has lowered estimates and its rating....	June 09, 2008
Jim Cramer's Lightning Round & Sudden Death	Lightning RoundBullishDuPont (DD), Dow Chemical (DOW), Marathon Oil (MRO), Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI), World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Eaton (ETN), Parker Hannifin (PH) and ONEOK Partners (OKS).BearishMethanex (MEOH), Synaptics (SYNA), Dolan Media (DM), Tesoro (TSO), Akamai Technologies (AKAM) and Spartan Motors (SPAR).Sudden DeathCramer was bullish on Murphy Oil (MUR) and bearish on VeriFone (PAY)....	May 07, 2008
Monday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UpgradesCIGNA (CI)- FTN Midwest Neutral » Buy Town Sports Intl (CLUB )- William Blair Mkt Perform » Outperform MedAssets (MDAS)- Piper Jaffray Neutral » Buy CBL & Assoc (CBL)- Deutsche Securities Hold » Buy Patterson-UTI (PTEN)- Credit Suisse Underperform » Neutral Nordstrom (JWN)- Credit Suisse Neutral » Outperform Helmerich & Payne (HP)- CapitalOne southcoast Neutral » Add Duke Realty (DRE)- Wachovia Mkt Perform » Outperform Duke Realty (DRE)- Deutsch...	May 04, 2008
Monday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UpgradesBasic Energy Services (BAS)- CapitalOne southcoast Neutral » Add Key Energy (KEG)- CapitalOne southcoast Neutral » Add Autodesk (ADSK)- Kaufman Bros Hold » Buy Zions Bancorp (ZION)- Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Buy Orbitz (OWW)- Credit Suisse Neutral » Outperform Lukoil (LUKOY)- UBS Neutral » Buy Barrick Gold (ABX)- HSBC Securities Neutral » Overweight Newmont Mining (NEM)- HSBC Securities Underweight » Neutral DaVita (DVA)- UBS Neutral » Buy HJ Heinz...	March 31, 2008
Analyst upgrades 5-18-07: INTC, NYX, PCLN and VZ	Filed under: Before the bell, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Good news, Intel (INTC), NYSE Group (NYX), Verizon Communications (VZ)MOST NOTEWORTHY: Today's more noteworthy upgrades include Verizon Communications Inc (VZ), Priceline.com Inc (PCLN) Intel Corp (INTC), NYSE Euronext (NYX) and Top Tankers Inc (TOPT): Citigroup upgraded Verizon Commuications (NYSE: VZ) to Buy from Sell and raised their target to $48 from $33 as the firm believes earnings-per-share growth will override cap ex c...	May 18, 2007
Murphy USA plans to buy land from Wal-Mart	Filed under: Deals, Wal-Mart (WMT), OilThe actual land where all those Murphy USA gas stations in the parking lots of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) Supercenters may now be owned by Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE: MUR) instead of Wal-Mart if the oil company gets its way. Murphy USA wants to buy those parcels of land from Wal-Mart for up to a reported $315 million over the course of 2007 to 2008, according to the oil company.Is Wal-Mart selling the smaller gas station-type parcels for a nice inf...	May 09, 2007
Pre-Market Stock News (APR 12, 2007)	(AEOS) American Eagle Outfitters raised guidance after stronger sales.(AMAG) Advanced Magnetics said phase III in iron replacements showed very positive results and shares rose 7%.(CKFR) CheckFree confirmed that it did have discussions with one of its key customers that was considering in-sourcing the functions.(CPWM) Cost Plus is rescheduling earnings due to possible restatements.(CTIC) Cell Therapeutics sold $37.2 million in convertible preferred shares.(EZPW) EzCorp is acquiring 15 pawn shops...	April 12, 2007
StreetInsider.com After-Hours Movers 04/111	NovaStar Financial, Inc. (NYSE: NFI) 14.9% HIGHER; received a commitment for an additional financing facility in an amount up to $100 million arranged by Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC. NovaStar also announced today that it has initiated a formal process to explore a range of strategic alternatives, including without limitation a potential sale or other change of control transactions. The Company has retained Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. to act as its financial advisor in this process. Adva...	April 12, 2007

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