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The 24/7 Wall St.-Channel Checkers Survey: Apple (AAPL) Sales Soft In February

Posted: February 23, 2009 at 2:04 pm

According to the 24/7 Wall St.-Channel Checkers Survey, Apple (AAPL) iPod and Mac sales remained soft in February. The current check was finished two days ago. Based on data from ...
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When Stockpiling Gold Becomes Hoarding Gold (STT, GLD)

Posted: February 23, 2009 at 11:20 am

An affiliate of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) reported this morning that its ETF SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD) has amassed more than $30 billion in assets. That makes the ...
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Ford (F) Agreement With UAW Pressures GM (F)

Posted: February 23, 2009 at 10:56 am

Ford (F) has come to an agreement with the UAW which will cut the car company's costs enough so that it can afford to pass on taking any money from ...
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What About Hydrocarbons In Stimulus Package?

Posted: February 23, 2009 at 10:34 am

The $797 billion economic stimulus bill signed by the president last week includes about $8 billion to $9 billion in federal money to push research and development on clean energy. ...
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Odd Merger: Middle East & Chemicals, Redux (NCX, ROH, DOW)

Posted: February 23, 2009 at 10:22 am

Nova Chemicals Corp. (NYSE: NCX) is the largest percentage winner on the NYSE today.  It is up about 300%.  Yep 300...  The company is being acquired in a deal involving ...
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Beacon Power Gets a Grid Connection (BCON, AEP, NGG)

Posted: February 23, 2009 at 9:56 am

In a deal that is more valuable for demonstration purposes than for real income, Beacon Power Corporation (NASDAQ:BCON) will install a 1-megawatt flywheel-based frequency regulation facility at an American Electric ...
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Looking For “Value” In Blue Nile (NILE)

Posted: February 23, 2009 at 9:51 am

Blue Nile Inc. (NASDAQ: NILE) has been battered during the recession.  While its woes may be far from over, it seems that at least one analyst is trying to call ...
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Deutsche Bank Slashes Price Target On General Electric (GE); Valuing GE Capital at Zero, Sees Further Equity Injections

Posted: February 23, 2009 at 9:23 am

Deutsche Bank cut its price target on General Electric (NYSE: GE) from $17 to $12, saying it is prudent to value GE Capital at zero.  The firm sees a modest ...
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Analysts Up & Down The Oil Patch (BP, COP, XOM, RDS.A, STO, TOT)

Posted: February 23, 2009 at 9:14 am

We have actually seen a lot of analyst calls in the oil patch this morning.  Some are conflicting against each other as you will see. BP plc (NYSE: BP) Started ...
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Garmin’s Compass (GRMN)

Posted: February 23, 2009 at 8:42 am

Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) is the GPS device market's dominant player, at least here in the U.S.  Yet the stock and the company have been in trouble for some time.  ...
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Japan’s Two Lost Decades Offer Lessons for Modern U.S.

Posted: February 23, 2009 at 8:11 am

John Tamny, RealClearMarkets After hitting an all-time high of 39,000 in 1989, Japan's Nikkei average has mostly fallen since. At present, it sits at 7,969, an ugly drop of 79% ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (T, DRYS, XOM, ITT, MOT, VZ, HBAN, RF, WMB, ZION)

Posted: February 23, 2009 at 7:29 am

These are ten of the top analyst upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street this Monday morning with more than two hours until the market opens: AT&T (T) Raised to Buy ...
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Cutting The Deficit While Stimulating The Economy?

Posted: February 23, 2009 at 6:33 am

It is a noble idea, but it probably will not work. The President aims to cut the deficit in half by 2013. To accomplish this, he plans to take out of the ...
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Getting A Trojan Horse Inside The Banks

Posted: February 23, 2009 at 6:05 am

The federal government gets extra points for being devious. It plans to begin to take over large banks by giving them money and using the capital they have already invested ...
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The Twenty Five Most Valuable Blogs

Posted: February 23, 2009 at 5:32 am

It is extremely difficult to put accurate financial values on blogs. Almost all of them are private companies.  Some do raise VC money and those sums can be used as ...
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