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Daily Archives: October 7, 2008

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Royale Discovery Lights Up Interest (ROYL)

Posted: October 7, 2008 at 7:26 am

Royale Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: ROYL) has announced that it discovered natural gas in its Andrus Island East well in the Sacramento Basin of California which was drilled as part of ...
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Fixing AMD (AMD) By Breaking it

Posted: October 7, 2008 at 6:54 am

Hector Ruiz, former CEO and current chairman of AMD (AMD), was undoubtedly the worst big company chief of the last decade. What he could not ruin with his modest intelligence ...
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Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (FCX, INCY, JEF, LPX, TU, WBS)

Posted: October 7, 2008 at 6:40 am

Below are some of the top early bird analyst upgrades we have seen early this morning with more than two hours to the open: Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) Raised to Outperform at ...
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Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AAV, AMLN, CEPH, TV, VE)

Posted: October 7, 2008 at 6:38 am

Below are some of the top early bird analyst downgrades we have seen early this morning with more than two hours to the open: Advantage Energy (AAV) Cut to Sector ...
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Goldman Sachs Cuts Solar Stock Benchmarks (FSLR, SPWRA, CSIQ, LDK))

Posted: October 7, 2008 at 6:27 am

Two key solar stocks are being hit hard in early indications.  First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) and SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWRA) have both been downgraded to "Sell" from the prior ...
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Consumer Walked Out On Economy In September (MA)

Posted: October 7, 2008 at 6:01 am

Economists thought the consumer was heading toward the exits. Actually, based on new data, he left the building. According to Reuters, the Mastercard Advisors service reported that "Overall September apparel ...
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Big Oil Can Dodge Anything

Posted: October 7, 2008 at 5:14 am

The latest theory about Big Oil is that it will be brought down by falling oil prices. Shares in companies such as Exxon (XOM) and BP (BP) will be battered ...
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The Fed Movest To Bailout The Local Convenience Store

Posted: October 7, 2008 at 4:56 am

The Fed is not done proposing, and perhaps implementing, radical plans to save the economy. The latest installment in the agency's heroics is a program for to buy commercial paper ...
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Jobs: All That Is Left To Save The Economy

Posted: October 7, 2008 at 4:40 am

Yesterday, a poll by CNN/Opinion Research Corp showed that six out of ten Americans believe that the US economy will sink into a depression. The people who conducted the survey ...
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Media Digest 10/7/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 7, 2008 at 2:53 am

According to Reuters, Bank of America (BAC) reported weak earnings and cut its dividend.Reuters reports that Wells Fargo (WFC) and Citigroup (C) agreed to drop litigation for now and negotiate ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 10/7/2008 (TM)(HMC)

Posted: October 7, 2008 at 2:21 am

Markets in Asia were mixed and Europe opened higher.The Nikkei fell 3% to 10,156. Canon, a major exporter, fell. Honda (HMC) and Toyota (TM) were both down about 5%.Hong Kong ...
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