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Hewlett-Packard Shares Up as CEO Out


Hewlett-Packard, an international leader in technology solutions for consumers, businesses, and institutions, ousted its chairman and chief executive officer, Carly Fiorina today. The release marks the end of a rocky six-year tenure for the high-profile female executive, whose term as CEO is most well-known for her unsuccessful acquisition of Compaq Computer. Shares jumped after the release of the news.

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About a month ago Hewlett-Packard’s board announced that it would be relieving Fiorina of some of her day-to-day duties, transferring them to other members of the board. Some believed that this would spare the controversial executive from being fired, but the differences in opinions about operation and performance strategies between the board members and her were to large to overcome. “While I regret the board and I have differences about how to execute H-P's strategy, I respect their decision," said Fiorina. The company has said that it will begin looking for a new CEO immediately, and Robert P. Wayman, the current chief financial officer, will take over in the interim.

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While the stock price jumped immediately on the news, it is difficult to determine what the effects will be in long term. While Fiorina was able to make the Compaq deal happen, she did not possess the operational prowess to make it successful. Her run was not all bad as she was instrumental in getting the company to release its version of the Apple IPOD, and stringing together positive earnings at the beginning of 2004."She's been a controversial figure, and many investors have felt that she has not set forth with sufficient credibility a path for sustainable trajectory for the company," CIBC World Markets analyst, Ali Irani said. "The long-term implications of this move depend entirely on who the new replacement CEO will be."

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In addition to who Hewlett-Packard chooses to hire as their new CEO, the company is also trying to determine whether or not to separate its successful printer operations from its less successful personal computer sector. Some analysts are saying the real problem is determining a strategy for H-P to remain with leaders, IBM and Dell. While it is impossible to determine what the long-term effects will be on the stock price, Hewlett-Packard definitely has some major decisions ahead and should be a interesting stock to watch.

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    Weeks after a move to raise listing fees on its auction site created an uproar, eBay offered an olive branch to sellers in the form of lowering some fees and improving customer service. But if the moves patch up some of the damage done to its customers, some worry that it may come at the expense of operating margins. (source: The Street) Full Story

    PNC Financial Services Group Inc.'s $779 million deal for embattled Riggs Bank has fallen apart, Riggs parent company said Monday, and Riggs is suing the regional bank for damages. Riggs National Corp. said its board has rejected a reduced merger bid of $19.32 a share from Pittsburgh-based PNC that was made after Riggs pleaded guilty to violations of a law to prevent money laundering. The original cash-and-stock deal was valued at $24.25 a share. (source: Yahoo) Full Story

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    Shares of Pfizer Inc., the world's largest drug maker, rose more than 2 percent on today ahead of an upcoming U.S. Food and Drug Administration meeting to review the risks and benefits of painkillers, including the company's own Celebrex. A panel of academic scientists are to meet to advise the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the safety of Cox-2 inhibitors such as Celebrex, Bextra and the withdrawn Vioxx. They will also discuss the safety of older anti-inflammatory medicines such as Aleve and Motrin. The FDA has allotted three days for the work, a clear sign of controversy.

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    Despite a dip on Thursday, the markets kept up the good work from the previous week to rise every other day of the week and post a healthy gain… despite there being numerous earnings reports, the focus was on other events, among them the Iraqi elections, Fed policy, and economic reports… among the earnings reports, Amazon perhaps had the greatest impact, its earnings falling below expectations though its revenue numbers were better than expected… however, Google performed better than even the most bullish analyst had expected… on Wednesday, the Fed raised the fed funds target by another quarter point, as expected… January nonfarm payrolls increased by 146k, below the 200k consensus; the number, however, is in line with the 3% real GDP growth… More Market News

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    U.S. employers added just 146,000 jobs in January, the government said on Friday in an unexpectedly weak report on the labor market, while a drop in job-seekers pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in more than three years.

    The gain in nonfarm payrolls in January came in below expectations for 190,000 new jobs, but was enough to return the nation's employment to where it was before the 2001 recession began. It also erased the jobs lost during President Bush's first term… (Source: Reuters) Full Story

    The Federal Reserve increased a pivotal short-term interest rate that banks use to determine rates for many loans by a quarter-point Wednesday to 2.5 percent. The rate hike -- the sixth since June -- came at the conclusion of a two-day Fed meeting and was widely expected on Wall Street. The Fed's Open Market Committee added in a statement that it plans to maintain a "measured" stance towards boosting rates, which market observers interpret to mean that the Fed is likely to keep raising rates at quarter-point increments as opposed to taking more drastic action to combat inflation. (source: CNN/Money) Full Story

    Growth in U.S. factory output eased in January as companies received fewer orders, although managers showed a renewed willingness to hire. As manufacturers kicked off the new year, the Institute for Supply Management said its index of national manufacturing activity slipped to 56.4 in January from 57.3 in December, below forecasts for a dip to 57.0. "The manufacturing sector hit a bump in the road," said Anthony Chan, senior economist at JPMorgan Fleming Asset Management. (source: ABC News) Full Story

    The pace of U.S. worker productivity growth slowed at the end of 2004 and new claims for jobless aid dipped last week, according to reports raising both job-growth hopes and inflation concerns. Separate reports on Thursday tempered the optimism as growth in the huge U.S. services sector cooled a bit last month while factory orders rose a mere 0.3 percent in December. (Source: Reuters) Full Story

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    Every industry has its golden age. The makers of packaged consumer goods—quilted paper towels, tinned baked beans and other household essentials—enjoyed theirs around the middle of the 20th century. In the 1950s and 1960s, companies such as General Mills, Unilever and Procter & Gamble were delighting their customers with one innovative new product after another, from fluoride-enhanced toothpastes to fragrant fabric softeners and disposable nappies. But the industry's youthful vigour has ebbed away. Mr Clean, the bald, rugged sailor who fronts a line of domestic-cleaning products for P&G, turns 47 this year. (The chap has had a rejuvenating name change, however: he used to be called Mr Veritably Clean.)… (Source: The Economist) Full Story

    Eastman Kodak said Monday it would buy printing technology firm Creo, a printing technology firm for about $980 million in cash to support its strategy to push more aggressively into commercial printing. Kodak, which has been undertaking a challenging transition to digital products as it shifts focus from its flagging traditional film business, will pay $16.50 a share for Creo, whose systems manage images and convert computer files into plates used to print books, magazines and other products. (source: USA Today) Full Story

    Oil powerhouse ExxonMobil (XOM:NYSE - news - research) keeps shattering its own records. The world's leading super major on Monday barreled past Wall Street expectations with quarterly operating profits of $8.42 billion -- up 90% from a year ago and the highest ever in the history of the company. Fourth-quarter earnings of $1.30 a share came in well above the $1.07 consensus estimate. For the full year, high energy prices helped push earnings up 52% to a record $25.3 billion. (source: The Street) Full Story

    SBC Communications Inc. Tuesday said it expects to cut around 10,200 jobs as a result of its $16 billion acquisition of AT&T Corp.

    The company said in a slide presentation prepared for an analyst meeting Tuesday that 5,125 jobs will be cut as a result of network efficiencies. Another 1,700 will be trimmed from the combined sales department and 3,400 jobs will be cut from business operations.
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    This, then, is a tricky problem for those hoping to build future generations of computer chips that are vastly more powerful than today's. (The slow speed of electrical signals means that smaller components make for faster computers.) So the search has been on for… (Source: The Economist) Full Story

    Google’s Internet-leading search engine fueled a sevenfold increase in fourth-quarter profits to soar past analyst expectations. The Mountain View-based company said Tuesday that it earned $204.1 million, or 71 cents per share, during the final three months of 2004. That compared to net income of $27.3 million, or 10 cents per share, at the same time in 2003. (source: MSNBC News) Full Story

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    Time Warner Inc., the world's largest media company, reported Friday that its earnings nearly doubled in the fourth quarter without the losses from its former music division in the year-ago period and on higher results from cable TV, publishing and other businesses. Time Warner -- whose vast stable of media brands includes HBO, Warner Bros., CNN and People magazine -- posted net earnings of $1.13 billion, or 24 cents per share, compared with $639 million, or 14 cents per share, in the same period a year ago. Revenues rose 1.9 percent to $11.11 billion from $10.90 billion in the same period a year earlier. (Source: Yahoo.com) Full Story

    Tobacco shares rose Friday after an appeals court in Washington reportedly said U.S. law doesn't support a huge profit disgorgement in the government's racketeering case against cigarette makers. The $280 billion penalty sought by the Justice Department was ruled inappropriate by the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia . The Justice Department was trying to bring its case to trial under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Prosecutors argue major tobacco companies systematically lied about the dangers of smoking, and wanted $280 billion profits returned. (Source: TheStreet.com) Full Story

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    The big just keep getting bigger in telecom. Sprint is buying Nextel. SBC is scooping up AT&T. And now Verizon and Qwest are said to be looking at MCI. At this pace, it seems like there will be just one major nationwide telecom carrier left standing by the end of 2006. Or will there? Despite all the consolidation among the big brand name companies in the sector, there are still plenty of tiny telecoms out there. Clearly, the telecom industry was ripe for consolidation. There are too many carriers and the intense competition has created a pricing environment that, while great for consumers, is disastrous for the financial health of the telecom companies. (Source: CNNMoney.com) Full Story

    Every night, millions of cashed checks fly around the country, headed for their home bank. Starting Thursday, technology will begin grounding many of those flights. And it may ground some consumers, too — those who try to sneak an extra day or two of "float" out of their checking accounts. A new era in banking has begun as the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, commonly known as Check 21, takes effect. Banks will slowly get away from the business of flying checks around the country each night. Instead, checks will be cleared electronically, and often destroyed when they are cashed. (Source: MSNBC.com) Full Story

    Growth is steady, employment continues to rise and money is still cheap despite the Fed's rate hike on Feb. 2. So why does it still feel like Punxsutawney Phil was analyzing the U.S. economy when he saw his shadow yesterday morning? It'd be tough for the U.S. economic climate not to feel chilly compared with the hothouse growth of, say, January 1999. (Source: Forbes.com) Full Story

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    Amazon.com (AMZN)CSFBNeutral
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    Oil futures fell Thursday as traders focused on rising temperatures in the U.S. Northeast and after the U.S. government reported a smaller-than-expected decline in natural gas inventories.Light sweet crude for March delivery fell 24 cents to $46.45 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, where natural gas futures dropped 22.7 cents to $6.149 per 1,000 cubic feet. Heating oil fell 2.05 cents to $1.2765 per gallon and gasoline declined 2.51 to $1.2684 per gallon. While down from their late October highs above $55 a barrel, oil futures remain about 36 percent higher than a year ago. (Source: Yahoo Finance) Full Story

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    For a proud tech-industry leader, the situation couldn't have gotten much worse than what IBM faced in the summer of 2003. Its semiconductor unit, which had bet on a strategy of manufacturing all kinds of chips for all comers, had lost $1.2 billion over the previous 18 months. Big Blue was also spending billions to upgrade its chip plants -- and getting thrashed by Asian rivals that were manufacturing at much higher volumes and offering bargain-basement prices. It was a full-blown crisis. "We were in danger of being marginalized," recalls William M. Zeitler, senior vice-president in charge of IBM's systems and technology group. (source: BusinessWeek) Full Story

    The numbers the Labor Department reports for January could be as confusing as they are encouraging. Part of the problem is the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics will use the January report to restate payroll numbers for much of last year. Economists generally believe that some of the weaker job growth numbers reported during the course of the year could get a lift from this revision. "We're likely to see large upward revision to earlier data, so it'll be harder for January to show a big gain," said Mark Vitner, economist with Wachovia Securities. (source: CNN/Money) Full Story

    Starwood Hotels & Resorts shares rose after the hotel company beat fourth-quarter earnings expectations and offered a bullish 2005 forecast. Starwood announced net income of $100 million, or 46 cents a share, up 14.9% from the $87 million, or 42 cents a share, it earned a year earlier. Business was strong throughout Starwood's hotels, and room rates rose significantly in a sign the cyclical hotel recovery is barreling along. (source: The Street) Full Story

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    American Power Conversion (APCC)0.270.250.29
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    BMC Software (BMC)0.220.20.19
    Century Telephone (CTL)0.620.60.61
    Comcast (CMCSA)0.190.130.17
    Cray (CRAY)-0.34-0.150.09
    DoubleClick (DCLK)0.080.060.03
    Ecolab (ECL)0.270.280.26
    Equity Office Properties (EOP)0.620.630.45
    Gillette (G)0.410.410.35
    ICOS (ICOS)-0.53-0.5-0.54
    International Paper (IP)0.420.420.23
    j2 Global Communications (JCOM)0.370.340.32
    K-Swiss (KSWS)0.230.210.2
    Lyondell Chemical (LYO)0.330.28-0.41
    Maxtor (MXO)-0.28-0.180.24
    MedImmune (MEDI)0.210.170.32
    Mylan Laboratories (MYL)0.130.180.31
    Penn National Gaming (PENN)0.440.420.32
    PepsiCo (PEP)0.590.580.52
    Public Service Enterprise Grou (PEG)0.480.520.69
    Raytheon (RTN)0.540.460.55
    SEI Investments (SEIC)0.410.40.36
    Sherwin Williams (SHW)0.570.570.48
    Snap On (SNA)0.440.370.37
    Sprint FON Group (FON)0.310.320.39
    Starwood Hotel & Resorts (HOT)0.570.450.42
    Tesoro Petroleum (TSO)0.150.17-0.02
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    Colgate-Palmolive (CL)PrudentialNeutral$56
    Duke Energy (DUK)WachoviaMkt Perform
    Eclipsys (ECLP)Piper JaffrayOutperform$25
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    BMC Software (BMC)Legg MasonHold
    Owens & Minor (OMI)Lehman BrothersUnderweight$27
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    Ashburn, Virginia-based MCI emerged from bankruptcy last April, changing its name from WorldCom in the process. Although it has been looking for a buyer since then, interest in the long-distance carrier intensified after leader and rival AT&T agreed last week to be acquired by SBC Communications. MCI would give Denver-based Qwest, the No. 4 local-phone carrier, access to a global long-distance phone and Internet network spanning 98,000 miles in six continents.

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    MCI and Qwest have both been tainted by scandals in the collapse of the telecom bubble. MCI was forced into bankruptcy in 2002 after an $11b fraud, while Qwest CEO Richard Notebaert agreed in October to pay a $250 million fine to resolve probes by U.S. regulators. Having spent the last three years resolving accounting missteps, it seems a good time for them to talk of getting together.

    In an industry where bottom-line growth is stagnant, a merger may be just what the doctor ordered to squeeze out costs. MCI has already done a commendable job since its bankruptcy days, slashing 18,000 jobs, and cutting down $41b in liabilities to just about $5.7b in debt. Despite its reputation being scarred from the accounting fraud, MCI is still very attractive for its national network infrastructure and roster of corporate clients. Marrying the two companies would ease the price wars, and perhaps continue the recent wave of telecom mergers. With so many potential suitors, MCI could soon be in the middle of a heated bidding war, and promises to be an exciting stock to watch.

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    Markets closed higher for the third straight session as strong earnings reports provided the support.
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    NBC said Tuesday it would broadcast an additional version of the hit reality show "The Apprentice" featuring Martha Stewart as host.

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    Media conglomerate News Corp. on Wednesday said its quarterly profit rose 80 percent, boosted by strong DVD sales of the film "Day After Tomorrow" and advertising sales at its cable networks.

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    Barr Laboratories (BRL)$0.56$0.56$0.54
    Boeing (BA)$0.11n/a$0.50
    Countrywide Financial (CFC)$0.65$0.82$0.91
    CVS (CVS)$0.56$0.55$0.64
    Devon Energy (DVN)$1.31$1.22$0.81
    drugstore.com (DSCM)-$0.06-$0.02-$0.03
    Duke Energy (DUK)$0.24$0.23$0.22
    Equity Residential (EQR)$0.56$0.56$0.33
    Fluor (FLR)$0.57$0.57$0.63
    Fox Entertainment (FOX)$0.44$0.39$0.36
    Harrahs Entertainment (HET)$0.72$0.67$0.50
    J.B. Hunt Transport (JBHT)$0.64$0.59$0.32
    News Corporation (NWS)$0.13$0.18$0.15
    NICE-Systems (NICE)$0.47$0.45$0.42
    Northrop Grumman (NOC)$0.81$0.80$0.56
    Pitney Bowes (PBI)$0.71$0.68$0.66
    Polo Ralph Lauren (RL)$0.72$0.71$0.47
    PP&L Resources (PPL)$0.93$0.92$0.98
    Quest Software (QSFT)$0.23$0.15$0.16
    Rohm and Haas (ROH)$0.61$0.54$0.45
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    BMC Software (BMC)$0.20$0.19
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    Stocks extended yesterday's gains, ahead of tomorrow's FOMC meeting, following decent economic data and better than expected earnings reports. American Express shares rallied on the company's decision to spin off its financial planning business.

    The ISM manufacturing index fell to 56.4 in January, from 57.2 in December, which was roughly in line with economists' forecasts of a decline to 57. The employment component rose to 58.1 in January versus 56.1 in December, ahead of Friday's non-farm payrolls figure.

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    Google’s Internet-leading search engine fueled a sevenfold increase in fourth-quarter profits to soar past analyst expectations. The Mountain View-based company said Tuesday that it earned $204.1 million, or 71 cents per share, during the final three months of 2004. That compared to net income of $27.3 million, or 10 cents per share, at the same time in 2003. (source: MSNBC News) Full Story

    SBC Communications Inc. Tuesday said it expects to cut around 10,200 jobs as a result of its $16 billion acquisition of AT&T Corp.
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    Fox Entertainment (FOX)0.390.36
    Harrahs Entertainment (HET)0.670.5
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    Northrop Grumman (NOC)0.810.56
    Pitney Bowes (PBI)0.670.66
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    PP&L Resources (PPL)0.920.98
    Rohm and Haas (ROH)0.540.45
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    Aeropostale (ARO)Merrill LynchBuy
    American Express (AXP)WachoviaOutperform
    AT&T Corp. (T)Deutsche SecuritiesHold$18
    CenterPoint Energy (CNP)Banc of AmericaBuy
    DaimlerChrysler (DCX)JP MorganOverweight
    Exxon Mobil (XOM)Bear StearnsOutperform
    Inco Ltd. (N)PrudentialOverweight
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    Mcdonalds Corp. (MCD)Piper JaffrayMarket Perform
    McKesson Corp. (MCK)Piper JaffrayMarket Perform
    Mellon Financial (MEL)Merrill LynchNeutral
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    “This spinoff will create two distinct businesses and allow them to capitalize on their respective growth opportunities," Kenneth Chenault, chairman and chief executive of American Express, said in a statement. The financial advisory business provides financial planning and advice, asset management, insurance, annuities and related businesses through a network of more than 12,500 advisors serving more than 2.5 million clients, as well as $410 billion in assets and more than $145 billion of life insurance in force. It generated revenue of about $7 billion and earned about $700 million in 2004. After the spinoff, American Express will consist of a charge and credit card business and a network that processes more than $400 billion in transactions from merchants throughout the world. It will also operate global travel and Travelers Cheque businesses and an international bank. Those businesses delivered approximately $22 billion in revenue and net income of $2.7 billion in 2004. Access live audio of the conference call discussing spin-off plans by clicking here

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    Following the spin-off, American Express plans to raise its return on equity target from 18-20 percent to 28-30 percent. Chenault said American Express will maintain its 48 cents a share annual dividend and payout target of 65%, which includes stock repurchases and dividends. Seeing the financial advisory business as a drag on the company, Wall Street greeted the move by bidding up the company's share price on expectations for a higher returns looking ahead. "It reflects a focus on the higher growth and return card payments businesses versus relatively slow growth, lower return insurance and asset management," Prudential said reiterating its "overweight" rating on American Express. American Express earlier had reported better than expected fourth-quarter earnings that had shot up almost 18% over last year, primarily boosted by balanced growth in the company's charge card and travel services divisions.

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