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Monthly Archives: February 2009

This Budget Deficit Is Different, and Dangerous

Posted: February 2, 2009 at 8:04 am

John Tamny  RealClearMarketsSince the U.S. ran its first budget deficit, there have been arguments over the economic implications. The more austere among us have suggested we're living on borrowed money ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (AKAM, BSX, CLX, CVA, ESRX, MCRS, PRXL, PFE, QSII, SGMS)

Posted: February 2, 2009 at 7:48 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades and positive calls we are seeing this Monday morning:Akamai (AKAM) Raised to Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.Boston Scientific (BSX) Raised to Overweight ...
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Top Analyst Downgrades (AVP, CAH, ETR, ETFC, F, IP, ITRI, LAB, NDAQ, NYX, SNDK, WYN)

Posted: February 2, 2009 at 7:45 am

These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and negative calls we have seen on Wall Street this morning:Avon Products (AVP) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.Cardinal Health (CAH) ...
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Toyota (TM) Production Forecasts For 2009 Now Down by Almost Two Million

Posted: February 2, 2009 at 6:28 am

Toyota (TM) has cut its production forecasts for 2009 for the third time. That is hardly good news for Ford (F) and GM (GM) which rely on a balance of ...
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Apple (AAPL) May Still Try To Push Palm (PALM) Under

Posted: February 2, 2009 at 6:21 am

Most experts who follow Apple (AAPL) and the consumer electronics industry do not think that Jobs & Co. will use any of its large group of patents to prevent the ...
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“Bad Bank” May Force Another Look At Accouting Rules

Posted: February 2, 2009 at 6:05 am

Robert Rubin, former Treasury Secretary, head of Goldman Sachs (GS), and recently departed senior board member at Citigroup (C) has been telling anyone who will listen that "mark to market" ...
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China: More Indications Of Recession

Posted: February 2, 2009 at 5:47 am

More figures out of China indicate that factory production is falling quickly and unemployment is rising. Over the weekend, China's premier Wen said he saw some hopeful economic signs in ...
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Typhoid Mary And Finding The Man Who Started The Global Recession

Posted: February 2, 2009 at 5:26 am

Some communicable diseases can be traced back to what medical researchers call "patient zero", the first carrier of an illness and often someone who has no symptoms. One of the ...
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2009 Car Sales: Detroit Can’t Cut Costs Enough

Posted: February 2, 2009 at 5:17 am

As domestic January vehicle figures begin to come in, one of the facts that is going to become clear is that the US market may only only produce ten million ...
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Media Digest 2/2/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 2, 2009 at 4:04 am

According to Reuters, Honda (HMC) sales in the US fell in January.Reuters reports that the premier of China sees hopeful signs in his economy.Reuters reports that hard times make government ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 2/2/2009

Posted: February 2, 2009 at 3:21 am

Stocks in Asia were mixedThe Nikkei fell 1.5% to 7,874. The Hang Seng dropped 3.6% to 12,813.The Shanghai Composite was up 1.1% to 2,012.At the open in Europe, the FTSE ...
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The Companies With Dividends That Won’t Be Cut (MSFT)(MCD)(JNJ)(PG)

Posted: February 1, 2009 at 9:00 pm

S&P has reported that the dividends of companies in its S&P 500 index are being cut at the fastest rate in fifty years. A report by the Associated Press says ...
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In Facebook’s New Revenue Plans, A Way Out For MySpace (NWS)

Posted: February 1, 2009 at 9:18 am

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp (NWS) has hit a rough patch as the recession erodes revenue at a number of his properties including Dow Jones and his other newspapers. The company's ...
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