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Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WATCH THE WORD VIDEO HERE Oil at $135: Who Wins And Loses With oil trading over $135 for the time in history certain companies will benefit and some will lose. What is the trade. Seymour said it’s ironic that a company like PetroChina (PTR) will have a tough time with oil at $135. He explained that PTR pumps out refined oil which is subsidized to local dealers. Adami said Morton’s (MRT) and Ruth’s Chris (RUTH) will be hurt because nobody will drive to eat at ...	May 22, 2008
Somebody Greased The Lobbyists: Congress Notices Google/Yahoo Deal	Interesting news coming out of Washington D.C. today around the addition of Google advertisements on Yahoo search result pages. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) (pictured) and Judiciary Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-TX) made a joint statement saying that the deal “further underscore[s] the need for a hearing on the state of competition on the Internet and online advertising.” In February, the House Judiciary Committee announced plans to hold a hearing on t...	April 10, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The StreetWORD VIDEOChina TradeThe Olympics are becoming a bad press event for China as protesters boycott the torch relay over concerns with Tibet. Is it time to sell China stocks before the summer games begin? What is the trade? Seymour explained that stocks in Shanghai and China have already seen huge collapses on the year. He feels the "Olympic trade" is done, but the long-term growth story is still in play. Seymour favors Baidu.com (BIDU), Sohu.com (SOHU), China Mobile (CHL) and Pet...	April 09, 2008
AOL Acquires Bebo for $850M, Opens Door to Younger Demographic	AOL (TWX) announced yesterday that they have acquired social networking service Bebo for $850 million in cash. Bebo has 100 employees operating in offices in the UK, San Francisco and Austin, TX....	March 14, 2008
CrunchBoard This Week	Looking for a job? We’re here to help. Over 40 positions in technology have been posted to CrunchBoard since we wrote about it last week. Your dream job could be in there somewhere. Here’s a sample of those posted: Business Development ManagerMySpace, Beverly Hills CA Software EngineerSugar Inc., San Francisco CA Director of Business DevelopmentHowcast Media, New York City Web Developer for Social PlatformsRockYou, San Mateo CA Java EngineersCBS Interactive, Berkeley CA Front End...	February 29, 2008
Analyst initiations: Cable and Satellite Pay TV industry and FPIC	Filed under: Comcast Cl'A' (CMCSA), Analyst initiations, Time Warner Cable (TWC)MOST NOTEWORTHY: The Cable and Satellite Pay TV industry and FPIC Insurance were today's noteworthy initiations: UBS assumed coverage of The DIRECTV Group Inc (NASDAQ: DTV) and Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) with Buy ratings and Time Warner Cable Inc (NYSE: TWC), Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC) and DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) with Neutral ratings. Suntrust is positive on FPI...	February 08, 2008
Thursday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UPGRADESArris ARRS CIBC Wrld Mkts Sector Perform » Sector Outperform Five Star Quality Care FVE RBC Capital Mkts Sector Perform » Outperform Sonus Networks SONS Piper Jaffray Market Perform » Outperform Lincare LNCR Jefferies & Co Hold » Buy Gentiva Health Svcs GTIV Jefferies & Co Hold » Buy Ternium S.A. TX Deutsche Securities Hold » Buy U.S. Steel X Deutsche Securities Hold » Buy Comp Siderurgica SID Deutsche Securities Hold » Buy Royal KPN KPN Bear Stea...	October 18, 2007
FL Group Wants AMR Corporation (AMR) To Separate Frequent Flyer Program	A large AMR Corporation (NYSE: AMR) shareholder, FL Group, urged the company to immediately consider strategic alternatives that could significantly increase shareholder value. The firm said alternatives include the separation of American Airlines' frequent flyer loyalty program from the main business. The firm said their conservative analysis indicates that the unbundling of AAdvantage could lead to value creation of more than $4 billion.A Copy of the Letter:September 27, 2007An FL Group Annou...	September 27, 2007
Through The Fly's Eyes: Abbott Labs & General Electric	From Kevin Shult of Theflyonthewall.comAbbott can’t get rid of troubled diagnostics unit Abbott Laboratories (ABT) will not sell its primary in-vitro and point of care diagnostics businesses to General Electric (GE) as planned, both companies say, because an agreement on the final terms of the $8.13B proposal could not be met. Despite being approved by regulators in the U.S. and Europe, GE says that it was in both of their best interests to terminate it. The move would have given GE its first...	July 12, 2007
Jim Cramer's Venezuela Winners	Cramerica is not afraid of the big bad Hugo Chavez. Today we were given two speculative plays on Venezuela that could make huge money. Jim thinks the bad news in Venezuela is in the numbers already. The first speculative play is an oil exploration company in Harvest Natural Resources Inc. (HNR). Do not buy after hours due to the risk in this company. The deal that was made by HNR with the country is not as bad as it looks according to Jim with some positive results already. The length of th...	July 06, 2007

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