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Monthly Archives: March 2009

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Intel (INTC) May Finally Bury AMD (AMD) For Good

Posted: March 17, 2009 at 5:21 am

Intel (INTC) has been trying to get rid of its smaller competitor, AMD (AMD), for years. It may have even gone too far according to antitrust regulators in Europe. But, ...
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More Plans From Starbucks (SBUX) To Fix It Broken Business

Posted: March 17, 2009 at 5:06 am

Starbucks (SBUX) seems hell bent on cutting its way to profitability. It may work, but it is also possible that the economy has gone through such an upheaval that the ...
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GM (GM) Plans To Get Government Aid, Cut Car Prices, And Lose More Money

Posted: March 17, 2009 at 4:46 am

The Administration appears to be ready to give GM (GM) and Chrysler more money. According to The Detroit Free Press,  the car companies are about to get further aid in the ...
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Transportation Stocks Set To Double (CAL, ITWO, KSU, OSG, R)

Posted: March 17, 2009 at 4:45 am

Over the past week 24/7 Wall St. has picked several stocks from major sectors that are likely to double off of their lows.  This group focuses on the transportation sector ...
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The Idiot’s Parade Down Wall St.

Posted: March 17, 2009 at 4:27 am

It looks like "All Fools Day" will come early on Wall St. this year. Several banks are going to try to raise the base salaries of key employees to dodge ...
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Ten Stocks That Should Double (GE)(GCI)(AAPL)(YHOO)(MSFT)(COP)(XOM)(CVX)(BP)(TSCM)(CBS)(SONC)(M)(C)

Posted: March 17, 2009 at 4:00 am

Now that final numbers from 2008 have been filed for most large US companies, 24/7 Wall St. is picking several stocks that are likely to double off of their lows, ...
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Media Digest 3/17/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 17, 2009 at 2:54 am

According to Reuters, Obama faces backlash due to AIG (AIG) compensation issues which could set bank his efforts to salvage the financial system. Reuters reports that Lehman will put two ...
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Asia Markets 3/17/2009

Posted: March 17, 2009 at 2:19 am

Markets in Asia were higher The Nikkei rose 3.2% to 7,949. The Hang Seng was up 1.3% to 13,129. The Shanghai Composite rose 3% to 2,218. Data from Reuters. Douglas ...
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Energy Conversion Devices Stumbles Again, Again (ENER)

Posted: March 16, 2009 at 3:22 pm

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENER) has made an announcement after the close that really is nothing better than an old fashioned earnings warning.  The company also is lowering production ...
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The 52-Week Low Club

Posted: March 16, 2009 at 3:16 pm

4 Kids Entertainment (KDE) Big Q4 loss. Drops to $1.01 from 52-week high of $25.30. Nanogen (NGEN) Delisting notice. Drops to $.07 from 52-week high of $.59. Data Domain (DDUP) ...
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Home Builders Hope Vs. Reality

Posted: March 16, 2009 at 12:18 pm

The latest National Association of Home Builders' survey shows that confidence is unchanged from last month. This is the second month in a row that the level has remained at ...
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One Percent Of All The People On Wall St. Make Ninety-Nine Percent Of All The Profits

Posted: March 16, 2009 at 11:49 am

President Obama has asked Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to look at compensation being paid to AIG (AIG) employees for work done in 2008 and to pursue "every legal avenue to block ...
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Cisco’s Unified Computing: Many Risks, Questionable Rewards (CSCO, VMW, EMC, BMC, MSFT, RHT, ACN)

Posted: March 16, 2009 at 10:44 am

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) came out with its big technology platform announcement, as prior reports had hinted at.  This includes announcements for services and products involving Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: ...
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Enbridge Exits Colombia (ENB, EC)

Posted: March 16, 2009 at 9:54 am

Canadian pipeline company Enbridge Inc. (NYSE: ENB) has agreed to sell its 24.7% equity stake in Colombia's Ocensa pipeline to the country's national oil company, Ecopetrol S.A. (NYSE: EC). The ...
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Name Change on New Oil Price Assessment

Posted: March 16, 2009 at 9:50 am

Today is the first day of reporting for the new crude oil price assessment announced earlier this month by Platts. The new marker has already had its name changed from ...
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