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Daily Archives: December 3, 2008

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Goldman Sachs & Online Bank, A Silly Notion (GS, ETFC)

Posted: December 3, 2008 at 8:32 am

If you haven't heard of a creative and backward way of trying to rapidly acquire assets, you can look to Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) this morning.  The WSJ is ...
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Early Bird Analyst Downgrades (CEDC, IFX, OVTI, PALM, SNDA)

Posted: December 3, 2008 at 7:07 am

These are some of the early bird analyst downgrades and negative calls we have seen early this Wednesday morning:Central European Distribution (CEDC) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.Infineon (IFX) Cut to ...
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Early Bird Analyst Upgrades (ACAP, BK, BBBY, BHP, GENZ, RTP, UBS)

Posted: December 3, 2008 at 7:03 am

These are some of the early positive analyst calls and analyst upgrades we are seeing this Wednesday morning:American Physicians (ACAP) Started as Buy at SunTrust Robinson.Bank Of NY Mellon (BK) ...
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Is Google (GOOG) The Last Man Standing?

Posted: December 3, 2008 at 6:25 am

Analysts are of two minds about Google (GOOG). The first is that because it is the most efficient way for companies to reach customers that it will not be hurt ...
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Retail Sales Imploded In November (MA)

Posted: December 3, 2008 at 6:02 am

Mastercard (MA) has a unit which tracks retail sales. The numbers that it posted for November are almost too horrible to believe.According to The Wall Street Journal, new data from ...
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How The Bailout Money Is Spent: It Was Your Day To Watch Paulson

Posted: December 3, 2008 at 5:55 am

The wonderful and extraordinary thing about big federal spending programs is that the government does not have enough people to keep track of how the money is used. Grifters are ...
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Detroit’s Unusually Fuzzy Logic (GM)(TM)(F)

Posted: December 3, 2008 at 5:37 am

The Big Three restructuring plans submitted to Congress make good bedtime reading. The programs are full of assumptions which, taken as a whole, indicate that the entire US car industry ...
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RIM (RIMM) Warning Bad For Apple (AAPL)

Posted: December 3, 2008 at 5:17 am

RIM (RIMM) warned it would not make its numbers for the current quarter. Some of that is due to the value of the dollar. The balance is because a weak ...
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Media Digest 12/3/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 3, 2008 at 3:48 am

According to Reuters, a bailout of US car companies gained support in Congress as GM (GM) and Chrysler said they needed money immediately to stay in business.Reuters reports that Merrill ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 12/3/2008

Posted: December 3, 2008 at 3:14 am

Markets in Asia rose.The Nikkei was up 1,8% to 8,004. The Hang Seng rose 1.9% to 13,654.The Shanghai Composite was up 4% to 1,965.At the open, the FTSE was off ...
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