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Monthly Archives: March 2009

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The “No News” File: GM (GM) May Not Make It

Posted: March 5, 2009 at 6:41 am

GM's (GM) auditors expressed doubt that the car company will remain a "going concern." Accountants often offer these opinions. They don't usually mean much. If GM gets $100 billion from the ...
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Changing The S&P 500 To The S&P 199

Posted: March 5, 2009 at 6:33 am

With the drop in stock prices there are a lot of companies that don't belong in the S&P 500. As a matter of fact, there may not be enough large ...
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Saving The PC Industry By Selling Computers To Farmers

Posted: March 5, 2009 at 6:18 am

Around the world, PC sales are dying. The global recession is causing consumers and businesses to defer purchases until their current machines break down. Their older computers have powerful enough ...
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Leaving Merrill’s Banker Alone To Enjoy Their Money

Posted: March 5, 2009 at 5:58 am

Andrew Cuomo spends most of his time running for the governor's job in New York State. In his spare time he acts as Attorney General and will investigate and prosecute ...
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YouTube Passes 100 Billion Views A Month And No One Cares

Posted: March 5, 2009 at 5:44 am

Google's (GOOG) huge video-sharing site YouTube drew enough people to have 100 billion videos viewed in January. The question is whether anyone in the media world, particularly the internet, TV, ...
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Trading Places: China And The US

Posted: March 5, 2009 at 5:25 am

It would not be fair to compare Mao Zedong to either President Bush or President Obama. Neither has swum the Yangtze River and neither was a rabid communist. Mao created ...
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It Was Inevitable: Ford (F) Can’t Dodge The Financial Bullet

Posted: March 5, 2009 at 5:17 am

There was always a sweet bit of fiction in the notion that Ford (F) was so much better financially than GM (GM) or Chrysler that it could weather the global ...
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Media Digest 3/5/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 5, 2009 at 3:59 am

According to Reuters, Ford (F) will launch a major financial restructuring. Reuters reports that the US is launching a $75 billion plan to help troubled holders of US mortgages. Reuters ...
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Asia Markets And European Open 3/5/2009

Posted: March 5, 2009 at 3:19 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose 2% to 7,433. The Hang Send fell .8% to 12.238. The Shanghai Composite moved up 1% to 2,221. In Europe, at the ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (GE)(C)(SCHW)(MGM)

Posted: March 4, 2009 at 4:10 pm

GE (GE) Panic selling over concerns about balance sheet of financial division. Drops to $5.73 from 52-week high of $38.52. Citigroup (C) Worries about nationalization persist. Down to $1.11 from ...
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Beige Book, Tan Book, Nightmare Journal

Posted: March 4, 2009 at 2:13 pm

The Federal Reserve has issued its latest Beige Book ahead of the next FOMC meeting.  It shows more pain and more suffering ahed, just like the rest of the economic ...
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24/7 Wall St.–Channel Checkers Survey: PS3 Sales Stronger Than Expected

Posted: March 4, 2009 at 1:40 pm

According to the new 24/7 Wall St--Channel Checkers Survey of  30 Game Stop (GME) and EB Games locations, Sony (SNE) PS3 sales are better relative to Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox and Nintendo ...
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KLA-Tencor Follows Chips-To-Solar Move (KLAC, FSLR, WFR, AMAT)

Posted: March 4, 2009 at 9:53 am

As long as silicon chips continue to pack more power into less space, the industry will need improved inspection devices to assist with quality control. Or at least that's what ...
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Panic Selling On GE (GE) With No News Out

Posted: March 4, 2009 at 9:47 am

A very large number of people must think they know something about GE (GE) that is not public. Rumors about the company's financial unit balance sheet have been hurting the ...
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JP Morgan Adds AT&T (T) To Analyst Focus List

Posted: March 4, 2009 at 9:28 am

A little good news for AT&T (T) today. JPMorgan has added the stock to its analyst focus list and rates it "overweight". The firm commented: "We are adding AT&T to ...
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