MORNING UPDATE: Man Securities Inc. Issues Alerts for PFE, L, ASML, ARRS, and MHS
February 15 2005 - 10:22AM
PR Newswire (US)
MORNING UPDATE: Man Securities Inc. Issues Alerts for PFE, L, ASML,
ARRS, and MHS CHICAGO, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Man Securities
issues the following Morning Update at 8:30 AM EST with new
PriceWatch Alerts for key stocks. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020214/MANSECLOGO ) Before
the open... PriceWatch Alerts for PFE, L, ASML, ARRS, and MHS,
Market Overview, Today's Economic Calendar, and the Quote Of The
Day. QUOTE OF THE DAY "The Fed is totally committed to price
stability." -- Janet Yellen, President, San Francisco Federal
Reserve Bank. New PriceWatch Alerts for PFE, L, ASML, ARRS, and MHS
PRICEWATCH ALERTS - HIGH RETURN COVERED CALL OPTIONS -- Pfizer Inc.
(NYSE:PFE) Last Price 25.48 - JUN 25.00 CALL OPTION@ $1.75 ->
5.4 % Return assigned* -- Liberty Media (NYSE:L) Last Price 10.27 -
JUL 10.00 CALL OPTION@ $0.70 -> 4.5 % Return assigned* -- ASM
Lithography Holding N.V. (NASDAQ:ASML) Last Price 17.78 - APR 17.50
CALL OPTION@ $1.10 -> 4.9 % Return assigned* -- Arris Group Inc.
(NASDAQ:ARRS) Last Price 6.85 - AUG 5.00 CALL OPTION@ $2.20 ->
7.5 % Return assigned* -- Medco Health Solutions Inc. (NYSE:MHS)
Last Price 43.80 - JUL 40.00 CALL OPTION@ $5.70 -> 5.0 % Return
assigned* * To learn more about how to use these alerts and for our
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options shown are examples only. These are not recommendations to
buy or sell any security. NEWS LEADERS AND LAGGARDS So far today,
Nortel Networks Corp., Alcatel, and Agilent Technologies, Inc. lead
the list of companies with the most news stories while Vasco Data
Security International and Molex Inc. are showing a spike in news.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Medco Health Solutions Inc.,
and Apple Computer Inc. have the highest srtIndex scores to top the
list of companies with positive news while Qwest Communications
International Inc. and Concord Camera Corp. lead the list of
companies with negative news reports. Flextronics International
Ltd. has popped up with a high positive news sraIndex score. For
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Overseas markets are doing well, as 12 of the 15 markets that we
track are currently higher with the cumulative average return
standing at plus 0.254 percent. European markets are doing well
this morning thanks to some good economic data from Germany and
solid earnings out of Sweden. At 8:30 a.m. today, January retail
sales are expected to come in at minus 0.4 percent. Excluding
autos, it should hit plus 0.4 percent from plus 0.3 percent last
period. Also at 8:30 a.m., the Empire State Manufacturing Index is
expected to jump three points to 23. Then at 10:00 a.m., December
Business Inventories should increase by 0.2 percent, below last
period's 1.0 percent. In terms of earnings, Applied Material and
Reynolds American are the largest names reporting. Be prepared for
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OPPORTUNITIES The strong trend of mergers and acquisitions from
2004 is continuing into 2005, with frequent significant deals.
Monday saw America's largest phone company -- Verizon
Communications agree to buy MCI for US$6.75 billion. The decision
is interesting, given that fellow telecom company Qwest
Communications tabled a US$7.3 billion bid for MCI. But it appears
Qwest's somewhat unpredictable financial status deterred the MCI
board. The executives decided to accept Verizon's lower offer
because the company is in a much stronger financial position than
Qwest (market cap of US$100 billion versus US$8 billion and 2004
sales of US$71 billion versus US$14 billion). Qwest famously had
many financial problems several years ago, and its debt is still
rated at junk bond status. But MCI has endured plenty of problems
itself. In the corporate scandal-ridden days of July 2002 when the
company was more famously known as WorldCom, it filed the biggest
bankruptcy case in American history following US$11 billion worth
of accounting irregularities. Former CEO Bernard Ebbers is
currently on trial for securities fraud. MCI is craving stability
and solid growth opportunities and has been a potential buyout
candidate ever since emerging from bankruptcy protection in April
2004. It has US$6 billion worth of debt, but also US$5.6 billion in
cash. However, there could be boardroom changes, as MCI's current
CEO, Michael Capellas, could take over from recently-deposed Carly
Fiorina as CEO of Hewlett-Packard. The deal allows Verizon to
assume MCI's broad business subscriber base and Internet business,
and is an immediate response to SBC Communications' recent
acquisition of AT&T. Meanwhile, MCI gains a financially solid
partner and provides value for its shareholders. The company will
pay a special US$4.50 per share dividend. Although it will take
about a year to ratify the agreement, it is expected to save both
companies a combined US$1 billion by the third year. But the buyout
will also result in 7,000 job losses -- 2.6% of the combined
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TODAY'S ECONOMIC CALENDAR 7:45 a.m.: ICSC-UBS Store Sales Index
(last plus 2.2 percent) 8:30 a.m.: Retail & Food Sales (last
plus 1.2 percent) 8:30 a.m.: Retail & Food Sales, Ex-Autos
(last plus 0.3 percent) 8:30 a.m.: Empire State Mfg Index (last
20.1) 8:55 a.m.: Redbook Retail Sales Index (last plus 0.6 percent)
9:00 a.m.: Treasury Intl Capital Flows (last $81 billion) 10:00
a.m.: Business Inventories (last plus 1.0 percent) 1:00 p.m.: NAHB
Housing Index (last 70) 6:30 p.m.: ABC/Washington Post Consumer
Confidence Index (last minus 10) Man Securities Inc. is one of the
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