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Overstock.com continues an unprecedented run of loopy press releases	Filed under: Law, ScandalsOverstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK), the world's largest supplier of goofy and downright bizarre press releases, has issued a new gem for our amusement/amazement. According to one issued this morning, "on December 27, 2007, the California First District Court of Appeal summarily denied an Application for a Writ of Mandate sought by defendant prime brokers in the case of Overstock.com, Inc., et al. v. Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated, et al., pending in the Superior Cour...	January 23, 2008
Abbott Labs swings to profit; WellPoint meets estimates	Filed under: Earnings reports, Abbott Laboratories (ABT)Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) announced that it swung to a profit in the fourth quarter from year-earlier results that were reduced by charges for acquisition costs. Abbott's drugs Humira, Depakote, TriCor, and Kaletra all posted double-digit sales gains. For the quarter ending December 31, Abbott earned $1.2 billion, or 77 cents per share, compared with a loss of $476.2 million, or 31 cents per share, in the same period a year ago. Rev...	January 23, 2008
Global rally hits wall in Europe (SI) (BHP)	Filed under: International markets, BHP Billiton Ltd ADR (BHP)The big run-up in shares is Asia did not make it over to Europe. Concerns sbout the global economy still appear to be to great. At 5 AM New York time, The FTSE was off .9% to 5,688. Commodity proxy and miner BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) was off 3.7%, GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) was off 2.1%, so Big Pharma did not appear to be making a comeback. In Germany, the DAXX fell off 1.7% to 6,658. Multi-national Siemens (NYSE:SI) held its own, dow...	January 22, 2008
The 2008 Global Market Losses	The global markets have suffered significant losses since the beginning of the year, as investors, concerned about the pace of worldwide economic activity amid a slowing in the U.S., have taken a more jaundiced view of equity values in global markets, both developed and emerging. The losses are widespread — headed into today, since the beginning of the year, the MSCI Barra World Index (ex-U.S.) was off by 14%. Birinyi Associates took a look at some of the largest losses in terms of market...	January 22, 2008
52 Week Low's 1/22	(WYN) Wyndham Worldwide Corp = $20.03(WYE ) Wyeth =$42.29 (WPZ ) Williams Partners LP= $96.80 (TLGD) Tollgrade Communicati ..=$. 6.74 (TLF ) Tandy Leather Factory Inc =$ 2.60 (SYMC) Symantec Corp =$14.98 (SWWC) Southwest Water Company =$11.00 (SWHC ) Smith & Wesson Hldg Corp =$4.18 (SLE ) Sara Lee Corporation =$14.06 (SJM ) Smucker J M Co =$44.52 (RHT ) Red Hat Inc =$17.65 (RFMD) Rf Microdevices Inc=$ 3.18 (REP ) Repsol, S.A. =$29.93 (PFE ) Pfizer Inc =$22.12(NYT ...	January 22, 2008
Tuesday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UPGRADESSprint Nextel (S)= Pali Research Sell » Neutral Arch Chemicals (ARJ)= Wedbush Morgan Hold » BuyAdvanced Micro (AMD)= AmTech Research Hold » Buy Perini (PCR)= BMO Capital Markets Market Perform » Outperform BB&T Corp (BBT)= Keefe Bruyette Underperform » Mkt Perform Columbus McKinnon (CMCO)= Rodman & Renshaw Mkt Perform » Mkt Outperform LaserCard (LCRD)= Stanford Research Sell » Hold Fluor (FLR)= Stanford Research Sell » Hold KC Southern (KSU)= BM...	January 21, 2008
ETFs Not Immune From Further World Market Declines	ETF investors brace themselves for more pain this week. World stocks plummeted Monday as fears gripped investors that a deteriorating U.S. economy would drag others down with it. Toby Anderson from the Associated Press Reports: The U.K. benchmark FTSE-100 dropped 4.7 percent to 5,625.20; France's CAC-40 Index plunged 5.9 percent to 4,793.39, while Germany's blue-chip DAX 30 slumped 6.74 percent to 6,821.42. In Asia, India's benchmark stock index tumbled 7.4 percent, while Hong Kong's blue-ch...	January 21, 2008
Oil falls to $88 on Asia/Europe sell-off, global slowdown concerns	Filed under: International markets, Bad news, China, Commodities, OilOil fell $2.01 to $88.56 per barrel Monday in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange - - pushed lower by a major sell-off in stock markets in Europe and Asia, amid increased concern that a weak U.S. economy will prompt a global economic slowdown. Oil is down more than 11% since briefly trading above $100 at $100.09 on January 3, 2008. Oil hit an all-time high, in inflation-adjusted terms, of $102.80 per barrel i...	January 21, 2008
UN: Pulling the Lever for Unilever	The following is a reprint of my January 14, 2008 RealMoney column. Unilever (UN) is one of the leading providers of consumer staples worldwide. Some of its brands include Lipton, Breyers, Hellmann’s, and Slim-Fast in foods, and Dove, Close-up, Snuggle and Surf in household and personal products. In other words, the type of products that should be relatively immune if consumer spending turns down. Unilever’s corporate structure can be difficult for many investors to understand. Since 1930,...	January 21, 2008
Worldwide stock markets decline	Filed under: Major movement, International markets, ChinaAs bad news mounts and fears grow about the impending recession, stock markets dropped around the world in Monday trading. Adding to the woes, analysts expect that the Bank of China may have to write off at least 25% of its $8 billion [subscription required] mortgage securities holdings in the U.S. Prior to these reports, the bank had only admitted to the need for a $322 million provision for losses, according to today's Wall Street Journa...	January 21, 2008

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