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Daily Archives: April 15, 2009

Twelve Major Brands That Will Disappear

Posted: April 15, 2009 at 8:39 pm

A number of well-known brands disappeared in the last year in large part due to economic forces. Many of them were in the retail industry, led by Circuit City. ATA ...
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Duke Realty Joins Wave Of REITs Raising Cash (DRE)

Posted: April 15, 2009 at 3:19 pm

Duke Realty Corporation (NYSE: DRE) has joined in with other REIT operations in announcing the sale of common stock in order to pay down debt.  The company plans to sell ...
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Game-Changer For Premier Exhibitions (PRXI)

Posted: April 15, 2009 at 2:15 pm

Shares of Premier Exhibitions Inc. (NASDAQ: PRXI) have been higher all day on word that G. Michael Harris' company WLM, Inc. has made two offers that total $40 million on ...
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Some Relief In Homebuilder Data (XHB)

Posted: April 15, 2009 at 12:22 pm

The National Association of Home Builders monthly index for this month took a huge leap from 9 to 14 to get the index out of single digit territory and at ...
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Does GM Have A Real Buyer For Saturn? (GM)

Posted: April 15, 2009 at 11:45 am

General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM) may have an answer as to what could happen with that Saturn unit.  Just be sure you stress the "may" in this thought.  A press ...
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Who Deserves Your Tax Dollars?

Posted: April 15, 2009 at 11:07 am

By Gabriel Beltrone  of The Big Money In honor of tax day and in keeping with the spirit of the times, The Big Money is offering you a chance to ...
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Heads & Tails Review For Bridgepoint IPO (BPI)

Posted: April 15, 2009 at 10:12 am

Bridgepoint Education (NYSE: BPI) was a quasi-stealth initial public offering when you consider how few IPO's we have seen over the last 8-month period.  As it was publicized less and ...
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Dropping Oil Inventories Knocking ETF’s (USO, OIH)

Posted: April 15, 2009 at 9:51 am

We have just seen another build in crude oil inventories according to the Department of Energy data.  The build is not in finished products, but the increase in crude oil ...
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Fertilizer Merger Wars Heating Up (TRA, CF, AGU, MOO)

Posted: April 15, 2009 at 9:23 am

The president and CEO of Terra Industries Inc. (NYSE:TRA) has apparently purchased 100 shares of stock in CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) and requested CF to provide him with a ...
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Rio Tinto Talking Down 2009 (RTP)

Posted: April 15, 2009 at 8:56 am

The slumping global economy has cut demand for steel, and lower demand for steel has cut demand for iron ore. The CEO of Rio Tinto plc (NYSE:RTP) put some numbers ...
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Finnish Trade Backs Royal Caribbean Cruiseliner Loan (RCL)

Posted: April 15, 2009 at 8:50 am

If you think it is hard to get a personal unsecured loan right now, imagine the difficulty in getting a loan for a giant cruise liner in the midst of ...
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First Solar Shines Brighter in Nevada (FSLR, SRE)

Posted: April 15, 2009 at 8:38 am

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) has signed a deal with a division of Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) to build a 48-megawatt photovoltaic power plant that expands an existing 10-megawatt plant near Boulder ...
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Starbucks Gets Unwanted Sell Rating (SBUX, MCD)

Posted: April 15, 2009 at 8:22 am

Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) has performed rather well in the most recent 5-week stock market rally.  After all, shares hit a low of $7.06 last November and challenged the $8.00 ...
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Peabody Tanking Coal (BTU, KOL)

Posted: April 15, 2009 at 8:05 am

For the first quarter of 2009, Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE:BTU) has reported EPS of $0.63 on revenue of $1.46 billion from 59.6 million tons of coal sold. Analysts estimates averaged ...
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CPI: Businesses Not Passing Savings Down To Consumers?

Posted: April 15, 2009 at 7:36 am

The reading on inflation from the Labor Department on Consumer Price Index is out.  The CPI for March came out at -0.1% for nominal CPI and +0.2% on the core ...
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