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Daily Archives: October 23, 2008

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Alan Greenspan: The Federal Reserve In Exile

Posted: October 23, 2008 at 7:28 pm

Liars and thieves have always been popular figures in America. Is there another country where  Billy the Kid and John Dillinger would be more well-known and highly regarded by the ...
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EMS Earnings War: Flextronics Vs. Celestica (FLEX, CLS)

Posted: October 23, 2008 at 4:13 pm

After today's close, we got to see earnings from two key electronics manufacturing services firms.  Flextronics International Ltd. (NASDAQ: FLEX) and Celestica Inc. (NYSE: CLS) both look cautious on the ...
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Juniper Networks, Impressive Growth Under the Circumstances (JNPR)

Posted: October 23, 2008 at 3:35 pm

Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR) has posted earnings and shares are rising in after-hours trading.  The networking equipment operator said that net revenue for the third quarter rose 29% to ...
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Microsoft Earnings, When Less Is More (MSFT)

Posted: October 23, 2008 at 3:18 pm

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has reported earnings and the management of expectations here is probably about as fair as any investor in today's climate could hope for.  The software giant ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (CHB)(BDC)(LVS)(DHI)(PHM)(LVLT)(CDNS)

Posted: October 23, 2008 at 2:51 pm

Champion Enterprises (CHB) Moody's downgrade. Drops to $1.80 from 52-week high of $13.30.Belden (BDC) Net income falls and forecast drops. Falls to $13.48 from 52-week high of $59.48.Las Vegas Sands ...
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Can SIRIUS Avoid OTC or Pink Sheets? (SIRI)

Posted: October 23, 2008 at 2:35 pm

This is a bear market and a recession, yet it still feels like Winston Churchill calling the actions of Russia as "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma."  ...
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Adjusting Expectations On Microsoft Earnings (MSFT)

Posted: October 23, 2008 at 12:25 pm

Software giant Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is set to report earnings after today's close.  First Call has estimates pegged at $0.47 EPS and $14.78 billion in revenues.  As with most ...
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Solar Paradise Woes: Order Cuts, Sooner Than Expected (DUK, FSLR, SPWRA, STP, ESLR, LDK)

Posted: October 23, 2008 at 11:21 am

There has been quite a bit of data calling for a supply glut in 2009 with oversupply patterns existing in 2010 and beyond.  This seems counterintuitive if you consider the ...
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Raytheon Files To Raise Up To $3 Billion (RTN)

Posted: October 23, 2008 at 10:36 am

Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has just filed an open shelf registration statement with the SEC to sell up to $3 billion in any combination of securities in the form of ...
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Has National Oilwell Varco Bottomed? (NOV)

Posted: October 23, 2008 at 10:14 am

National Oilwell Varco, Incorporated (NYSE: NOV) reported earnings this morning, and if you have followed stocks in the oil patch you are quite aware that the company has been far ...
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The Death Of The New York Times (NYT)

Posted: October 23, 2008 at 10:01 am

It is astonishing, but even the online revenue at the newspaper operations of The New York Times Company (NYT) has stopped growing rapidly. It is almost certain that the newspaper ...
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Greenspan: Predictions from the Crypt

Posted: October 23, 2008 at 9:11 am

If you have had a hard time swallowing the direct plain English of the modern Federal Reserve heads, help is on the way.  Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is ...
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The False Death of Trickle-Down Economics

Posted: October 23, 2008 at 9:08 am

By John Tamny  RealClearMarketsIt's fashionable in certain economic circles to mock the notion of trickle-down economics, the process whereby success enjoyed by the wealthy accrues to those not wealthy. As ...
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Jupitermedia Sends Online Images to Getty Images (JUPM)

Posted: October 23, 2008 at 8:23 am

Jupitermedia Corp. (NASDAQ: JUPM) is seeing a massive surge pre-market, and this may help the company adequately fend off many of its issues.  The company has announced that it has ...
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Level 3 Working On Debt & Free Cash Flow (LVLT)

Posted: October 23, 2008 at 7:44 am

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) has just reported earnings and there is enough to challenge the bulls and bears alike.   The wholesale dataline carrier posted earnings at -$0.08 EPS ...
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