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Daily Archives: March 9, 2009

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Should You Chase Stem Cell Stocks? (ASTM, CYTX, GERN, NBS, OSIR, STEM, KOOL)

Posted: March 9, 2009 at 7:29 am

We are seeing massive gap-ups this morning in stem cell stocks.  President Obama is signing an executive order which will lift the Bush ban on funding of embryonic stem cell ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMZN, BBY, KO, GENZ, HAL, IPI, RIG, AFL, PBR, VE)

Posted: March 9, 2009 at 6:42 am

These are some of the top pre-market early bird analyst upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street this Monday morning: Amazon.com (AMZN) Raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray. Best Buy (BBY) ...
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Merck’s (MRK) New Merger, Another Way To Save Money

Posted: March 9, 2009 at 5:25 am

Merck (MRK) is merging with Schering-Plough (SGP) in a deal that the companies say is worth $41.1  billion. In reality, Merck is making an acquisition. Its shares will be the ...
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US Wants Other Governments To Come Up With More Cash, Which They May Not Have

Posted: March 9, 2009 at 5:12 am

The US is calling for other nations to put more money into their credit and financial systems to help pull the world out of a deepening recession. One of the ...
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The AIG (AIG) “Save Us Or We Will Destroy You” Card

Posted: March 9, 2009 at 4:53 am

Other companies that need federal bailouts should use the AIG (AIG) approach. It told the the government that if it did not get a large slug of money the global financial system ...
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A Depressing Assessment From The World Bank: The Truth About Global Economic Disparity

Posted: March 9, 2009 at 4:19 am

Economists and public officials need to be optimistic about the economy. It they are too dour, they just encourage the public to think that they should be replaced.  Economists, after ...
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Euthanizing The Fortune 500

Posted: March 9, 2009 at 4:06 am

It is time for the Fortune 500 to go. It should not be published again after this year. The issue will be mailed to the magazine’s subscribers in about a ...
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The Ten Major Newspapers That Will Fold Or Go Digital Next

Posted: March 9, 2009 at 3:58 am

Over the last few weeks, the newspaper industry has entered a new period of decline. The parent of the papers in Philadelphia declared bankruptcy as did the Journal Register chain. ...
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Media Digest 3/9/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 9, 2009 at 2:51 am

According to Reuters, Japanese gloom deepened and the government encouraged more coordination with the US. Reuters reports that AIG (AIG) got billions of dollars from the government that it paid ...
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Asia Markets 3/9/2009

Posted: March 9, 2009 at 2:13 am

Markets is Asia were down. The Nikkei fell 1.2% to 7,086, its lowest level in 24 years. The Hang Seng was down 2.8% to 11,591. The Shanghai Composite was off ...
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