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Monthly Archives: January 2009

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Satyam Tries To Save Itself (SAY)

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 9:57 am

Satyam Computer Services Limited (NYSE: SAY) has become the Enron of India.  The troubles over its book-cooking are widely known, and there is very little tangible data about the real ...
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Harley’s Roadkill Earnings (HOG)

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 9:28 am

Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE: HOG) is looking about as ugly as you could expect.  The motorcycle manufacturer posted dismal earnings, announced a factory mothballing, and announced layoffs.  This doesn't just throw ...
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Citi Initiates Coverage on MasterCard (MA) with a Sell; Prefers Visa (V) Over American Express (AXP)

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 9:25 am

Citi initiates coverage on MasterCard (NYSE: MA) with a Sell and initiates coverage on Visa (NYSE: V) with a Hold, citing decelerating consumer spending due to the global recession.Citi analyst ...
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Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (BBT, EXPD, FLR, JEC, JCG, NOK, SIAL, VMED)

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 7:55 am

These are some of the top upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street analysts this Friday morning:BB&T (BBT) Raised to Market Perform at KBW.Expeditors International (EXPD) ...
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Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ABH, AMFI, CME, LPX, MA, MSCC, NOK, V)

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 7:52 am

These are some of the top downgrades and negative research calls we have seen from Wall Street analysts this Friday morning:AbitibiBowater (ABH) Cut to Underperform at Raymond James.Amcore Financial (AMFI) ...
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GE (GE): It Would Be Hard To Be More Disappointed

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 6:57 am

The market has been pushing down GE (GE) expectations for weeks. It has taken the stock to a multi-year low and left investors thinking that the big conglomerate would be ...
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Fiat And Chrysler: The Hunter Loses It Way

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 6:38 am

The idea that Fiat would buy 35% of Chrysler at least made a modest amount of sense. It would give Fiat an outlet to sell its small cars in the ...
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Pfizer (PFE) And Wyeth (WYE): A Merger As A Way To Fire People

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 6:22 am

Companies, even really big ones with hundreds of thousands of employees, can only fire so many people. At some point the core functions like accounting and marketing need enough personnel ...
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The U.K.’s GDP Shrinks The Most Since 1980

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 6:19 am

Data released from the U.K. shows the economy there has not been in as bad shape since Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister showing the recession is biting there harder than ...
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Google (GOOG): It’s The Current Quarter That Counts

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 6:00 am

Google's (GOOG) fourth quarter was better than expected. Revenue was up 18% and operating income rose 33%. The search company is starting to control costs better. The overall figures were ...
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Why Earnings Don’t Matter (IBM)(GOOG)(MSFT)

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 5:39 am

In a relatively stable economy, quarterly earnings releases and public company forecasts can be useful guides to Wall St. Corporations can actually look out a three to six months and ...
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Media Digest 1/23/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 3:54 am

According to Reuters, Samsung had its first ever quarterly loss.Reuters reports that Pfizer (PFE) is in takeover talks with Wyeth (WYE), a deal that would be worth $60 billion.Reuters reports ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 1/23/2009

Posted: January 23, 2009 at 3:22 am

Markets in Asia were sharply lower.The Nikke fell 3.8% to 7,745.THe Hang Seng was of ..4% to 12,603.The Shanghia Compoite dropped .7% t0 1,991.In Europe, at the open, the FTSE ...
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Regional Banks Already Registering TARP Shares & Warrants (HMNF, MFSF, STL, CJBK, GRNB, PVSA, FISI, TSBK, IBOC)

Posted: January 22, 2009 at 5:26 pm

We have perused many SEC filings over the years, but it seems that the flood gates are starting to open where regional banks and smaller banks are filing with the ...
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AMD’s Bataan Death March (AMD)

Posted: January 22, 2009 at 4:37 pm

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) just posted earnings, or at least its results.  It is as far from earnings as ever, and it is also seeing steep declines like ...
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