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Daily Archives: April 3, 2009

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First Solar Sees Less Dilution For Acquisition (FSLR)

Posted: April 3, 2009 at 11:17 am

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) has completed its acquisition of OptiSolar’s photovoltaic project pipeline.  The company said that it expects to construct the solar power plants developed under the pipeline ...
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The Anatomy of a Web Advertising Scam

Posted: April 3, 2009 at 11:03 am

Investigating the people behind those sketchy flat-stomach ads. By Chadwick Matlin for The Big Money The Internet wants me to have a flat stomach—and it wants me to have it ...
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Less Natural Gas Drilling, More LNG Imports? (BHI, LNG, BP, CHK, XTO)

Posted: April 3, 2009 at 10:36 am

We've been closely tracking the weekly rig counts published by Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE:BHI) for a while now. Drilling for oil has slowed significantly in the US, and drilling for ...
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Legalized Medical Marijuana Company Now Public Stock, Really (CVIV)

Posted: April 3, 2009 at 8:50 am

If you thought that the legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes was a controversial, imagine how controversial it would be if a company was public in the sector of legalized marijuana.  ...
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Apple (AAPL) Without Jobs Now Seeing A Six-Month High

Posted: April 3, 2009 at 8:22 am

Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) today is hitting levels not seen since October. Apple today crossed the $114 level and is up over 33% for 2009. Apple's stock sold off in ...
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NRG is the Company of ‘No’ (NRG, EXC, RRI)

Posted: April 3, 2009 at 8:17 am

NRG Energy Inc. (NYSE:NRG) has sent a long letter to shareholders counseling them not to vote for the new slate of directors being proposed by Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC).  NRG notes ...
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Kimco’s Huge Stock Offering (KIM)

Posted: April 3, 2009 at 8:04 am

Kimco Realty Corporation (NYSE: KIM) has priced its huge secondary offering of common stock.  The size was a lofty 91,500,000 shares at a price of $7.10 per share.  Shares closed ...
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Double-Digit Unemployment, Now ‘When’ Rather Than ‘If’

Posted: April 3, 2009 at 7:41 am

Unemployment is said to be a lagging indicator.  Even if we had not been calling for higher rates than this for quite some time, the data on employment is bad ...
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Top Analyst Downgrades (AKAM, BMY, KMX, ESLR, GOL, HGSI, MON, SCHN, TDC, UA, DIS, WFMI)

Posted: April 3, 2009 at 7:04 am

These are the top pre-market analyst downgrades and negative research calls we have seen from Wall Street early this Friday morning: Akamai Tech (AKAM) Cut to Hold at Citigroup. Bristol-Myers ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (STD, DVN, ELN, RIMM, TJX, VOD)

Posted: April 3, 2009 at 6:55 am

These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen early this Friday morning: Banco Santander (STD) Raised to Outperform at KBW. Devon Energy ...
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Letting Banks Use TARP Money To Make Profits On Other Banks

Posted: April 3, 2009 at 4:41 am

A lot of people and members of Congress are upset that banks that took TARP money may buy toxic assets from other banks. There does not seem to be any ...
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Can The Weak Stocks Catch Up Now? (MSFT)(HPQ)(CSCO)(INTC)(SHLD)(JWN)(TGT)(XOM)(BP)(COP)

Posted: April 3, 2009 at 4:23 am

The person who first said that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link has never lifted a V8 out of a Ford Mustang. But, the analogy works ...
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Reconsidering Apple (AAPL)

Posted: April 3, 2009 at 4:13 am

For a company which may have the most well-regarded premium brand in the world, Apple’s stock has been certainly been buffeted by unsatisfied investors. The shares have recovered some since ...
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The 24/7 Wall Street-Channel Checkers Look At GameStop (GME)

Posted: April 3, 2009 at 4:04 am

As part of The 24/7 Wall St--The Channel Checkers survey series, 0ver the past week, The Channel Checkers surveyed 24 GameStop (GME) and EB Games (same parent company) stores across the ...
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Weekly AAPL Headline Roundup: April 3

Posted: April 3, 2009 at 3:59 am

The iPhone dominates this week’s top stories, aggregated from 24/7 Wall St. partner Apple Investor News: •  Two new iPhone models coming? Lazard Capital Markets analyst Daniel Amir tells CNET ...
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