There is nothing concrete for the moment," Hayek said At 1002 GMT, shares in the group were trading 53 percent higher at 28270 Swiss francs, easily outperforming a near flat DJ Stoxx European personal and household goods index and a 21 percent rise in rival Richemont's shares "I like the stock the management turn every penny, the company has a dominant position in the watch industry and an excellent position in China," said Kepler Capital Markets analyst Jon Cox "The company always does an excellent job in managing costs and if it can keep hold of a lot of them in 2010 it bodes very very well for the group as watch sales rebound," Cox said   read full story

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Europe [STXNEWS/EU] Real time Equity News [E] [GB/EQUITY] UK [STXNEWS/UK] Stocks on the move [HOT RTRS] UK smallcaps [STX/UKSC] UK smallcaps news [GB/SMALL] 10:56GMT 09Feb2009 Patsystems up on strong FY, outlook Shares in Patsystems Plc ( PTSL ) rise 67 percent after the provider of trading systems software posts robust 2009 results despite the collapse of major client Lehman and says the current year has begun with a strong sales pipeline "PatSystems has many of the attributes we like to see in software companies , a recurring revenue model, a top quality customer list, a strong balance sheet with good cash generation, and a range of cyclical and structural growth opportunities over the next 24 months," Numis Securities analyst David Toms says in a note   read full story

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Paychex Faces Threat From Intuit; ADP Continues SaaS Roll up Payroll giant ADP (NASDAQ:ADP) started off the year with a SaaS acquisition, DO2. This is its second SaaS acquisition within three months, the previous one being HRinterax Its rival Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX), on the other hand, has yet to make any acquisition   read full story

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Stocks discussed on the in depth session of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, . Philadelphia Semiconductor Index ( SOX ), Intel ( INTC ), Xilinx ( XLNX ), Marvell Technology Group ( MRVL ), Cypress Semiconductor ( CY ), Broadcom ( BRCM ), Avnet ( AVT ), Altera ( ALTR ), Texas Instruments ( TXN ), Cisco Systems ( CSCO ) Cramer says investors have to change the way they think about semiconductors Until recently, these stocks have been considered to be cyclical stocks, dependent on outside factors such as the health of global economies However, Cramer believes semis are a secular story and are more stable than The Street thinks   read full story

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Stocks discussed on the in depth session of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, . Philadelphia Semiconductor Index ( SOX ), Intel ( INTC ), Xilinx ( XLNX ), Marvell Technology Group ( MRVL ), Cypress Semiconductor ( CY ), Broadcom ( BRCM ), Avnet ( AVT ), Altera ( ALTR ), Texas Instruments ( TXN ), Cisco Systems ( CSCO ) Cramer says investors have to change the way they think about semiconductors Until recently, these stocks have been considered to be cyclical stocks, dependent on outside factors such as the health of global economies However, Cramer believes semis are a secular story and are more stable than The Street thinks   read full story

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Consorteum Holdings, Inc ( OTCBB:CSRH ) announces today that the Company has signed a management agreement with UK based Blue Sea Manning Ltd to provide integrated payroll and multi currency settlement solutions. Currently, Blue Sea Manning receives wire transfers for invoice payments in numerous foreign currencies from all over the world Consorteum's custom tailored solution will manage all incoming global payment tenders, currency conversion functionality and administrative tools for payroll settlement to staff members in their preferred currency; directly into a bank account or onto a payroll card   read full story

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Stocks discussed on the in depth session of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, . Philadelphia Semiconductor Index ( SOX ), Intel ( INTC ), Xilinx ( XLNX ), Marvell Technology Group ( MRVL ), Cypress Semiconductor ( CY ), Broadcom ( BRCM ), Avnet ( AVT ), Altera ( ALTR ), Texas Instruments ( TXN ), Cisco Systems ( CSCO ) Cramer says investors have to change the way they think about semiconductors Until recently, these stocks have been considered to be cyclical stocks, dependent on outside factors such as the health of global economies However, Cramer believes semis are a secular story and are more stable than The Street thinks   read full story

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Merrill Lynch analyst Micha Goldberg says that Bank Hapoalim remains his preferred bank in Israel, as it will benefit from higher interest rates and gain higher yields from its assets portfolio   read full story

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On that note, a nice but fleeting 500% run off the 200 SMA to a near test of 50 SMA resistance in the likes of Foster Wheeler ( FWLT ) may have proved opportunistic for a few bulls, particularly if they winded up using legged short stock as a hedge In the here and now and prices once more significantly lower but a couple levels of Fib support down to the 24 area on the weekly chart, I'm keeping the name posted, as the belief is that in a mad money environment that demands patience and less "Buy, Buy, Buy!" type actions on a daily basis, FWLT is about as good as it gets Finally, from the Bears Radar, both Texas ( TXN ) and the SP 500 ( SPY ) are being removed   read full story

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After Pepsi , Tasti D Lite and Metro News dipped their toes, a wave of media brands including Bravo TV, HBO, Warner Brothers, Zagat and the History Channel are now testing the waters, experimenting with the platform in new and interesting ways These new deals represent an entertainment trifecta for Foursquare network TV, cable TV and movie studios Last week Bravo announced integration for select shows   read full story

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Singapore Airlines Ltd, All Nippon Airways Co and Continental Airlines Inc have also postponed the introduction of new planes because of the late arrival of Koito seats "There is a risk that the investigation scope will widen and the issue will drag on," said Yuichiro Isayama, a Tokyo based analyst at Goldman Sachs Group Inc Yokohama, Japan based Koito fell by its 80 yen daily limit to 159 yen in Tokyo It was the biggest percentage decline since the stock began trading in March 1988 Parent Koito Manufacturing Co, a Toyota Motor Corp affiliate, fell 98 percent, the most in more than a year   read full story

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No Otter Tail Corp ( OTTR:NASDAQ ) is a US based company that can be thought of as part utility (roughly two thirds of earnings) and part industrial and manufacturing – with exposure to a variety of sectors OTTR is an example of a cheap stock that happens to be in the Safe Haven Investor portfolio It's trading at a discount of 15 times 2010 earnings (compared to 18 times for the market) and is undervalued on price to sales and price to book value metrics – other common methods to value a company   read full story

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Stocks discussed on the in depth session of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, . Philadelphia Semiconductor Index ( SOX ), Intel ( INTC ), Xilinx ( XLNX ), Marvell Technology Group ( MRVL ), Cypress Semiconductor ( CY ), Broadcom ( BRCM ), Avnet ( AVT ), Altera ( ALTR ), Texas Instruments ( TXN ), Cisco Systems ( CSCO ) Cramer says investors have to change the way they think about semiconductors Until recently, these stocks have been considered to be cyclical stocks, dependent on outside factors such as the health of global economies However, Cramer believes semis are a secular story and are more stable than The Street thinks   read full story

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Triple S Management Corporation (NYSE: GTS), the largest managed care company in Puerto Rico , today announced consolidated revenues of $5169 million and operating income of $342 million for the three months ended , 2009 Net income of $281 million , or $096 per diluted share, includes an after tax net gain of $37 million , or $013 per share, in net realized and unrealized gains on investments and derivatives Fourth Quarter Consolidated Highlights Total consolidated operating revenues increased 112% year over year to $511 8 million;   read full story

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After Pepsi , Tasti D Lite and Metro News dipped their toes, a wave of media brands including Bravo TV, HBO, Warner Brothers, Zagat and the History Channel are now testing the waters, experimenting with the platform in new and interesting ways These new deals represent an entertainment trifecta for Foursquare network TV, cable TV and movie studios Last week Bravo announced integration for select shows   read full story

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The New York Times's editorial board has a bone to pick with the Obama administration over the merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation . President Obama has made a welcome break with the Bush administration's disregard for enforcing antitrust law, The Times says The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission have become more aggressive about questioning mergers and challenging monopolies and anticompetitive behavior   read full story

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Paychex Faces Threat From Intuit; ADP Continues SaaS Roll up Payroll giant ADP (NASDAQ:ADP) started off the year with a SaaS acquisition, DO2. This is its second SaaS acquisition within three months, the previous one being HRinterax Its rival Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX), on the other hand, has yet to make any acquisition   read full story

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Paychex Faces Threat From Intuit; ADP Continues SaaS Roll up Payroll giant ADP (NASDAQ:ADP) started off the year with a SaaS acquisition, DO2. This is its second SaaS acquisition within three months, the previous one being HRinterax Its rival Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX), on the other hand, has yet to make any acquisition   read full story

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Stocks discussed on the in depth session of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, . Philadelphia Semiconductor Index ( SOX ), Intel ( INTC ), Xilinx ( XLNX ), Marvell Technology Group ( MRVL ), Cypress Semiconductor ( CY ), Broadcom ( BRCM ), Avnet ( AVT ), Altera ( ALTR ), Texas Instruments ( TXN ), Cisco Systems ( CSCO ) Cramer says investors have to change the way they think about semiconductors Until recently, these stocks have been considered to be cyclical stocks, dependent on outside factors such as the health of global economies However, Cramer believes semis are a secular story and are more stable than The Street thinks   read full story

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Stocks discussed on the in depth session of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, . Philadelphia Semiconductor Index ( SOX ), Intel ( INTC ), Xilinx ( XLNX ), Marvell Technology Group ( MRVL ), Cypress Semiconductor ( CY ), Broadcom ( BRCM ), Avnet ( AVT ), Altera ( ALTR ), Texas Instruments ( TXN ), Cisco Systems ( CSCO ) Cramer says investors have to change the way they think about semiconductors Until recently, these stocks have been considered to be cyclical stocks, dependent on outside factors such as the health of global economies However, Cramer believes semis are a secular story and are more stable than The Street thinks   read full story

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