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Daily Archives: February 26, 2009

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New Autodesk Earnings Trends: Losses (ADSK)

Posted: February 26, 2009 at 5:24 pm

Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) is trading lower after its earnings, or at least after its losses.  The software and design assistance company did beat expectations with $0.31 EPS as revenue ...
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Is There A Positive Case At Dell? (DELL)

Posted: February 26, 2009 at 4:22 pm

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) has just posted very disappointing earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter, as we expected.  The PC-giant reported $0.18 EPS vs. $0.26 estimates and a 16% drop ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (NNI)(TEG)(PSYS)

Posted: February 26, 2009 at 4:05 pm

Nelnet Inc (NNI) Trouble with Moody's and S&P. Falls to $4.50 from 52-week high of $16.35. Integrys Energy (TEG) Lowers earnings outlook. Drops to $26.26 from 52-week high of $53.92. ...
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FDIC Sells $1.45 Billion In Distressed Assets

Posted: February 26, 2009 at 3:03 pm

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has concluded the sale of $1.45 billion distressed assets. It consisted of performing and non-performing residential and commercial construction loans in distressed markets. The sales ...
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Troubled Banks Jump Almost 50%… In One Quarter

Posted: February 26, 2009 at 2:43 pm

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has released its list of troubled banking institutions.  As you would have guessed, it is far from pretty.  The FDIC has said that as of ...
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Dell Preview: Crouching Tech, Hidden Investor (DELL)

Posted: February 26, 2009 at 2:03 pm

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is set to report earnings after the close of trading today.  The troubled PC giant is expected to post $0.26 EPS on $14.18 billion in revenue.  ...
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Public Relations Battle: Green Energy Vs. Hydrocarbon

Posted: February 26, 2009 at 12:31 pm

Since President Obama's pseudo-state of the union speech earlier this week, green industry players have been singing hallelujahs. For example, a coalition of investors named Ceres (ceres.org) yesterday released a ...
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Yahoo! CFO Out (YHOO)

Posted: February 26, 2009 at 12:09 pm

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) submitted a filing with the SEC that may raise some eyebrows, saying that Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen has resigned. Yahoo! is searching for a new ...
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Williams Issues Private Debt (WMB, STT, GS)

Posted: February 26, 2009 at 11:36 am

The Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE:WMB) announced this morning that it was "initiating a private debt issuance to certain institutional investors." The notes have not been registered with the SEC and ...
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Short Sellers Back Off Buffett & Berkshire Holdings (BRK-A, AXP, BNI, KO, COP, GE, KFT, PG, USB, JNJ, GS, MCO, WFC, WMT)

Posted: February 26, 2009 at 9:48 am

Everyone wants to know what the Oracle of Omaha is up to.  The great Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) stock has proven to be far from immune to the woes ...
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Fed’s Bank Stress Test Doesn’t Account For “Black Swan”

Posted: February 26, 2009 at 9:12 am

Today, the Federal Reserve answered some questions on the bank "stress test", which they say is being conducted, "to determine if the largest U.S. banking organizations have sufficient capital buffers ...
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Jobs & Durables So Bad, A Possible Inflection Point?

Posted: February 26, 2009 at 8:46 am

If you were hoping for any remotely positive economic data this morning, the news is not just a disappointment.  It is really awful. The data on weekly jobless claims is ...
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Cisco Layoffs & Executive Change (CSCO)

Posted: February 26, 2009 at 8:17 am

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) has laid off several hundred workers and named a new Executive Vice President of its Worldwide Operations. (more...) ...
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Aiding the Bottom 10%: A Recipe for Economic Decline

Posted: February 26, 2009 at 8:11 am

By John Tamny  RealClearMarkets It's a rule-of-thumb among many well run U.S. companies that they must routinely make redundant the 5 to 10 percent of their least productive employees. One ...
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Short Sellers Active In Green Energy Stocks (CSIQ, CPST, CLNE, ENER, ESLR, FSLR, FCEL, SOLR, JASO, LDK, SFUN, SPWRA, STP)

Posted: February 26, 2009 at 7:59 am

There were some really large increases in the short interest from alternative energy companies such as Energy Conversion Devices (NASDAQ: ENER), JA Solar Holdings (NASDAQ: JASO), and LDK Solar ...
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