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Monthly Archives: February 2009

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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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GM (GM): The Silver Lining Is Global Market Share

Posted: February 26, 2009 at 7:27 am

GM (GM) posted a loss of $9.65 a share  for Q4 2008 compared to analyst forecasts of a $7.40 loss. Under most circumstances, that would be terribly bad news. For ...
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Early Bird Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CBY, CNP, DLTR, PHG, SFD, AGU, AIB, AAUK, IRE, CETV)

Posted: February 26, 2009 at 7:10 am

These are the early bird analyst calls with upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street this morning with about two and a half hours until the market opens: Cadbury (CBY) Raised ...
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Cheering Otherwise Bad News At Sears (SHLD)

Posted: February 26, 2009 at 6:44 am

Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) beat earnings on the surface, but this is before huge charges.  The retail giant of Sears and KMart posted $2.94 EPS vs. $2.68 estimates, but ...
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Warning People About Prescription Drugs

Posted: February 26, 2009 at 6:22 am

For years, Americans have assumed that the FDA was set up to test drugs. If a treatment was not effective or was too dangerous for patients, it never made it to ...
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Letting The Government Own More Of AIG (AIG)

Posted: February 26, 2009 at 6:05 am

It seems like a devilishly clever plan. The US government already owns 80% of AIG (AIG). Why not break the company into pieces and let taxpayers own larger chunks of the ...
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