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Daily Archives: November 3, 2008

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Nicor: Shares Could Head South Today (GAS)

Posted: November 3, 2008 at 8:59 am

This is a story about that rare thing these days: a company with a stock price higher today than it was a year ago. Unfortunately, that may change following today's ...
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Early Bird Analyst Upgrades (ACOR, BIIB, BKC, CHRT, OSG, SLB, TSO, WMT)

Posted: November 3, 2008 at 7:38 am

These are some of the top pre-market upgrades from analysts which we have seen in the early hours this Monday morning:Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR) Raised to Outperform at Baird.Biogen Idec (BIIB) ...
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Early Bird Analyst Downgrades (B, CCL, CTCM, DO, ESS, HAL, HMY, IP, ODFL, PKG)

Posted: November 3, 2008 at 7:32 am

These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades we have seen with more than two hours to the open this Monday morning:Barnes Group (B) Cut to Neutral at Baird.Carnival ...
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China’s Dream Machine Loses It Mojo

Posted: November 3, 2008 at 6:45 am

The final shoe to fall in the global recession is China. It is a large enough supplier of goods to the entire civilized world and much of the world which ...
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Commodities, Stagflation, And Recession

Posted: November 3, 2008 at 6:15 am

If memory serves, commodities prices were too expensive at mid-year. Corn was too high for ethanol companies to make money. One of the largest, Verasun (VSE), just went bankrupt. Oil ...
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The Brilliance Of The JP Morgan (JPM) Mortgage Salvation Plan

Posted: November 3, 2008 at 5:54 am

Congress does not like the way that most bailout money is going to banks. It wants to see the little guy with the underwater mortgage and stagnant income get some ...
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The Bailout Gets Too Big

Posted: November 3, 2008 at 5:28 am

The Treasury may have to hire circus clowns and insurance salesmen to keep track of all the US banks it is bailing out. Now that the really large money center ...
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Media Digest 11/3/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 3, 2008 at 3:53 am

According to Reuters, South Korea launched a major economic stimulus package.Reuters reports that nearly 1,800 publicly held institutions could apply for U.S. government investments.Reuters reports that HBOS took an $8.5 ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 11/3/2008

Posted: November 3, 2008 at 3:17 am

Japan was closed for a holiday. Most other Asia markets were higher.The Hang Seng was up 2.7% to 14,344. The Shanghai Composite was off .5% to 1,718.The FTSE rose 1.1% ...
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