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Bullish Calls:
FMC Technologies (NYSE: FTI - News): 'It's pulled back a dollar. I like the group. I like FTI'.Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD - News): 'I want to pull the trigger right there! I think that's a great situation!'EMC (NYSE: EMC - News): 'The stock just takes off, and now it seems the stock is at $19.05. I think it goes to $23. It's not too late to pull the trigger on EMC.'TJX (NYSE: TJX - News): 'I think TJX is one you want to own after the quarter.' Costco (COST - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr - Rating), Costco (NasdaqGS: COST - News): 'Can I also point out that Costco was down today, and I think COST is just a classic situation.'Siemens (NYSE: SI - News): 'I'm surprised the stock was down badly... I like that stock. I like the German market. It's the strongest in the world among developed countries... I want to buy some.'Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB - News): 'But SLB, at 17x earnings, is way too cheap.'Conco Philip (NYSE: COP - News): 'I've been buying that one for my charitable trust... I think, down below $80, that's perfect.'Corning (NYSE: GLW - News)First Solar (NasdaqGM: FSLR - News): 'Nice pullback after a really good quarter. With oil staying high, that's the one I want to be in. 'Arris Group (NasdaqGS: ARRS - News): 'That was terrific. I think ARRS is a good place to be. I don't want you to leave it. I want to stick with that.'ABB (NYSE: ABB - News): 'They're the best in that business.'Gentiva Health Services (NasdaqGS: GTIV - News): 'This is the home healthcare story that I like very much.'Sears Holdings (NasdaqGS: SHLD - News): 'I say, you know I'm sticking with Eddie. I own it for my charitable trust... I refuse to quit on it. I refuse to quit, because he's a winner, and he's made me money.'TBS International (NasdaqGM: TBSI - News): 'I like Expeditors in that category. I think that's a better one... 'Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS - News): 'Everybody hates Lloyd Blankfein. They think he's an idiot. They think my alma mater's moronic... I don't know. I'd like to buy the stock here.'
Bearish calls:
Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG - News): 'This stock has finally broken down from that $60 level... I think it's headed lower. I don't want to be there... Sell, sell, sell... I think you should sell it.'Optium (NasdaqGM: OPTM - News): ' ... that has been a tough one.'Evergreen Solar (NasdaqGM: ESLR - News): ' I'm going to have nix that one. Sell, sell, sell!... 'USEC (NYSE: USU - News): 'I don't want to own uranium. I think uranium is too far out in the future.'WCI Communities (NYSE: WCI - News): 'I looked at the balance sheet and I don't like it. Why don't I leave it at that. Sell, sell, sell....'
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Shares of Arris Group (NasdaqGS:ARRS - News) tumbled 9% Monday after the company's bid to acquire Norway's Tandberg Television was trumped by Ericsson (NasdaqGS:ERIC - News), which made a SEK9.8 billion ($1.4 billion) cash offer Tandberg in an effort to position itself to capitalize on the rise of demand for television over the Internet.
Shares of Cytori Therapeutics (NasdaqGM:CYTX - News) slid 6.5% after the company said it's raised roughly $21.5 million through a direct stock offering. The San Diego-based biotechnology company said it's agreed to sell 3.75 million common shares for $5.74 per share. The deal also includes five-year warrants covering the purchase of up to an additional 1.87 million common shares for $6.25 each. Cytori plans to use the funds for clinical trials of its Celution Systems for cardiovascular disease and breast reconstruction post lumpectomy as well as general working capital and other purposes.
Instituform Technologies (NasdaqGS:INSU - News) shares fell 8.9% after the company was downgraded to hold from buy at Stifel Nicolaus.
Moody's Corp. (NYSE:MCO - News) shares slipped 3.1% after the company was downgraded to underperform from neutral at Credit Suisse. The firm also lowered its price target on the stock to $64 from $79, citing concerns about fallout from weakness in the subprime mortgage market.
Novartis (NYSE:NVS - News) shares dipped 2.6% after the Food and Drug Administration said it wants the company to conduct another study about a key diabetes drug. The company said the FDA is seeking further study of Galvus, designed to treat Type 2 diabetes, in specific patient groups with kidney problems.
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Bullish calls:
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT - News): 'You cannot stop defense stocks! ... and the cheapest and the best, right here, right now, is LMT!'L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL - News)Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC - News)Boeing (NYSE: BA - News): 'First of all, after the close, a 17% dividend boost. Is there anything this company doesn't do? ... I think that BA is going to $100. Big orders ... That is one of my favorite companies in the DOW.'NYSE (NYSE: NYX - News): ' No one is championing this stock except for me! I'm all alone, and that makes me like it even more! Could this stock go to $200? Mark my words, I think it will!'DivX (NASDAQ: DIVX - News): 'I think that DIVX goes higher. I like the stock. I'm not dissuaded by the fact that it's near its 52-week high. I think it goes back to $31 before year end.'Disney (NYSE: DIS - News): ' I recommened that stock at $32. It should not have gone down, after it reported that quarter. It is inching its way up to $38.'Coldwater Creek (NASDAQ: CWTR - News): 'Look, I know that people are saying, 'hold it, Cramer.' He blew that CWTR. All I can say is, sometimes stocks get put on sale, when they go from regional-to-national. And, here's what I'm doing (backing up the truck) CWTR.'Arris Group (NASDAQ: ARRS - News): 'Don't, don't give up ... I just wish they hadn't done that convertible deal - they hurt me.'BEA Systems (NASDAQ: BEAS - News): 'We are going to wake up one day, and BEAS is going to be appreciably higher. It has obviously been hurt by the options ugly stick (backdating)... But BEAS should not be punished ... if they don't get the stock up, will be purchased by Oracle.'VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN - News): 'You wait until it goes back to $22 or $23, and then you buy a little more. It's an up stock that's doing really well, that's got a lot of momentum with good earnings power. I say stick with it.'Phelps Dodge (NYSE: PD - News): 'Steve Cohen - one of the best investment managers - has said that that bid that it's gotten is too low. I'm with Steve. This stock should be bought ...There's another 20 points,'Verizon (NYSE: VZ - News): ' VZ is a good, cheap stock with a good dividend.'Yamana Gold (AMEX: AUY - News): 'It remains my favorite gold stock. Two thumbs up, way up.'
Bearish calls:
Brocade Communications (NASDAQ: BRCD - News): I'm worred about BRCD ... I like the long-term story, but ... Don't buy, don't buy. I am not clear about BRCD and cannot recommend it on this very show.'Panacos Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: PANC - News): 'Oh man, now you're talking about dicey ... I cannot bless a company that has no revenues to speak of in the last two quarters and no earnings ... Don't buy, don't buy.'Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD - News): ' I keep thinking that's opportunity knocking, but everytime I do it, I feel like (whipping sound). Here's the problem: they are in a price war - and a price war nobody wins!'Intel (NASDAQ: INTC - News): 'INTC and AMD have thin margins and I don't want to buy them! Don't buy, don't buy.'Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: SUNW - News): 'I think that this is just one of those stocks that was way too high, went down a lot, and is now just trying to find itself - $5-6, $5-6. In other words, stay away.'Hansen Natural (NASDAQ: HANS - News)New York Community Bancorp (NYSE: NYB - News)Toro (NYSE: TTC - News): 'You missed it. It had a big run. I'd rather ring the register. Nice dividend boost though.'
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