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GT Solar IPO Timing: Genius or Insanity? (SOLR)

Posted: July 24, 2008 at 8:47 am

The IPO market might be dead of late, but we did get an IPO pricing for trading this morning.  GT Solar International Inc. (NASDAQ: SOLR) did raise approximately $500 million ...
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First Solar Commits to PV McFactory for Sempra in Nevada (FSLR, SRE)

Posted: July 24, 2008 at 8:12 am

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) announced that the company will construct a 10 megawatt photovoltaic (PV) power plant for Sempra Generation near Boulder City, Nevada.  Sempra Generation is a unit ...
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Sirius & XM Confirm FCC Discussions, With Caveats (XMSR, SIRI)

Posted: July 24, 2008 at 7:37 am

XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: XMSR) and SIRIUS Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) have come out with a release confirming that the companies are in discussions with the Enforcement Bureau ...
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GE Makes a Health Care Acquisition (GE, VITL)

Posted: July 24, 2008 at 7:02 am

Vital Signs Inc. (NASDAQ: VITL) is going to gap way up this morning. The company is being acquired by General Electric Co. for $860 million in cash, which comes to ...
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Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (APD, C, HBAN, MEOH, WFR, PPDI, SANM, SPG, WBS)

Posted: July 24, 2008 at 6:38 am

These are some of the top pre-market analyst Upgrades and positive calls we are seeing this Thursday Morning:Air Products (APD) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.Citigroup (C’) raised to Equal Weight ...
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Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ADP, T, BA, CTL, CMG, CTXS, COST, MCD, SWIR, TCB, TJX)

Posted: July 24, 2008 at 6:36 am

These are some of the top pre-market analyst Downgrades and negative calls we are seeing this Thursday Morning:Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.AT&T (T) Cut ...
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Ford (F): All The Good News Overseas

Posted: July 24, 2008 at 6:30 am

The headlines about Ford's (F) second quarter will all be about its $7.8 billion loss. Most of that red ink is for asset impairments and does not directly address how ...
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Oil In The Land Of The Arora Borealis

Posted: July 24, 2008 at 5:40 am

After four years of poking around in the Arctic Circle, the U.S. Geological Survey found that about 20% of the world's untapped oil is there beneath the ice. Of course, ...
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The Biggest IP Battle On Earth Reaches A Truce (QCOM)(NOK)

Posted: July 24, 2008 at 5:19 am

Wall St. cannot underestimate the extent to which the intellectual property battle between Nokia (NOK) and Qualcomm (QCOM) has created a log-jam that has held back advances in the world ...
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Microsoft’s (MSFT) Internet Gladiator Leaves The Arena As The Company Fights On

Posted: July 24, 2008 at 4:47 am

At most companies, if the head of a major division which has been under pressure leaves the firm, it is considered bad news. Microsoft (MSFT) is probably an exception. (more...) ...
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The Fed “Beige Book”: Bedtime Reading For The Demented And Depressed

Posted: July 24, 2008 at 4:30 am

The Federal Reserve's most recent "beige book" is enough to frighten even the hearty and the brave. It may be one of the most pessimistic assessments of the economy to ...
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Media Digest 7/24/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 24, 2008 at 2:43 am

According to Reuters, Amazon (AMZN) earnings beat Wall St. forecasts.Reuters reports that Ford (F) wil keep its small pick-up plant open for two years. (more...) ...
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Asia Markets 5/24/2008 (LFC)(CN)(HMC)

Posted: July 24, 2008 at 2:16 am

Markets in Asia were mostly higherThe Nikkei rose 2.1% to 13,603. Honda (HMC) rose 3.8% to 3840. KDDI rose 5.6% to 619000. The Hang Seng rose .8% to 23,326. China ...
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