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Monthly Archives: March 2009

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Osiris Crushed on Crohn’s Trial Design Flaw (OSIR)

Posted: March 27, 2009 at 8:17 am

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIR) is seeing its stock getting pounded this morning.  The company announced that it was ending enrollment at 210 patients in its Phase III trial evaluating ...
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Is China’s Solar Industry Following the Ethanol Path? (YGE, SOLF)

Posted: March 27, 2009 at 8:03 am

The government of China's announcement that it would subsidize solar projects that exceed 50 kilowatts gave China's solar industry a big boost. Still,the more that government piles into the solar ...
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Personal Income & Spending: Consumer Inversion Continues

Posted: March 27, 2009 at 7:41 am

February's personal income and spending is not looking like any major recession cuts are keeping households from buying needed goods, but if the math is right then they are spending ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMGN, COP, DD, GENZ, GS, MON, MOS, BBY, PBR, VMW)

Posted: March 27, 2009 at 6:59 am

These are ten of the top impact research calls with upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street early this Friday morning: Amgen (AMGN) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan. ConocoPhillips (COP) Raised ...
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Key Solar Stocks Hit By Downgrades (FSLR, STP, TSL)

Posted: March 27, 2009 at 6:40 am

After the huge run up in solar stocks on Thursday, there are actually several key downgrades this morning.  These are the main ones we have seen so far: First Solar ...
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A Lucid Moment At GM (GM)

Posted: March 27, 2009 at 5:23 am

GM (GM) management has finally begun to wise up. Even if the government gives it every dime that it asks for and the Administration can bring the UAW and the ...
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The Bull Market About To Take A Rest (AAPL)(GS)(GM)

Posted: March 27, 2009 at 5:05 am

A great deal has been made about the Nasdaq going from being down 25% for the year to being up for 2009. The furious rally might continue, but it probably ...
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Pushing Mortgage Rates To Zero Won’t Help Housing

Posted: March 27, 2009 at 4:44 am

No one can remember mortgage rates as low as they are now. The thirty-year rate is at 4.85%. Mortgage rates could go to zero and it would probably not help ...
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Weekly AAPL Headline Roundup: March 27

Posted: March 27, 2009 at 4:32 am

AAPL nearing $110 is the headline, but there are other stories worth noting this week, aggregated from 24/7 Wall St. partner Apple Investor News: • Analyst comment of week: Majestic ...
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Blaming Newspaper Management For Newspaper Problems

Posted: March 27, 2009 at 4:14 am

The New York Times (NYT)  and Washington Post (WPO) both said that they would have to cut jobs and salaries. The falling revenue in the print advertising business is overtaking ...
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Regulating The Cobblestones On Wall St.

Posted: March 27, 2009 at 4:03 am

There is nothing wrong with regulatory agencies and regulations for that matter.  It is what keeps four-year-olds from becoming airline pilots and orangutans from being airline mechanics. The theory behind ...
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Media Digest 3/27/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomerg

Posted: March 27, 2009 at 3:07 am

According to Reuters, the Obama financial reforms face a bumpy road. Reuters reports that the NY State Attorney General has subpoenaed AIG (AIG) over its CDS contracts. Reuters reports that ...
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Asia Markets 3/27/2009

Posted: March 27, 2009 at 2:24 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei fell .1% to 8,630. The Hange Seng was down .6% to 14,021. The Shanghai Composite rose .5% to 2,374. Data from Reuters Douglas ...
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Apple (AAPL) May Up iTunes Pricing

Posted: March 26, 2009 at 1:36 pm

Apple's (AAPL) position in the digital music business is so strong that it may decide to raise it pricing in the middle of a recession. According to the LA Times, "The ...
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And Suddenly, Solar Back To Bonkers (FSLR, LDK, SPWRA, TAN, SOLR, STP)

Posted: March 26, 2009 at 12:34 pm

The sudden strength in the stock market and the rise in the price of oil is suddenly making the key solar sector stocks rise.   Solar shares also appear to ...
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