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Daily Archives: December 9, 2008

Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADSK, CVA, SFD, MMM, ATU, BLK, CBEY, ITW, RFMD, ROP, UPS)

Posted: December 9, 2008 at 7:40 am

These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and downgrades we are seeing this Tuesday morning:AutoDesk (ADSK) Started as Buy at KeyBanc.Covanta (CVA) Started as Buy at Jefferies.Smithfield Foods ...
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Washington Post Investigation: Fannie And Freddie Knew Of Dangers

Posted: December 9, 2008 at 7:31 am

The Washington Post once again did what it does so well. It uncovered some nasty documents, in this case about Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE)."Internal Freddie Mac documents ...
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Cutting Wall St. Bonuses Doesn’t Work (MS)(MER)

Posted: December 9, 2008 at 6:19 am

John Thain of Merrill Lynch (MER) and John Mack of Morgan Stanley (MS) looked like men in hostage video tapes with guns held to their heads as they were forced ...
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Suppliers: The Other Catastrophe In The Auto Sector

Posted: December 9, 2008 at 6:02 am

If the federal government puts $15 billion into the car companies, it will have made a start at fixing The Big Three. It may take another $100 billion to finish ...
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No Fixing The Housing Crisis While People Feel Poor

Posted: December 9, 2008 at 5:45 am

The theory about the economy, which probably has the benefit of being true, is that while the housing market is broken, the rest of the country's financial problems will remain ...
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Sony’s (SNE) Revival Fails (AAPL)(MSFT)

Posted: December 9, 2008 at 5:29 am

Once people stopped buying the Walkmen and PlayStations and the consumers' attention moved to the Apple (AAPL) iPod and Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox, Sony may have gone beyond its prime to ...
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Media Digest 12/9/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 9, 2008 at 3:46 am

According to Reuters, The Tribune Company filed for Chapter 11.Reuters reports that Congress and The White House are close to a bill that would give Detroit modest loans.Reuters reports that ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 12/9/2008

Posted: December 9, 2008 at 3:16 am

Markets in Asia were mixed.The Nikkei rose .8% to 8,396. Honda (HMC) rose slightly. Nintendo was up on news of strong sales.The Hang Seng fell 2.2% to 14,718. The Shanghai ...
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