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Daily Archives: April 22, 2009

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McDonald’s (MCD): Still Bullett-Proof

Posted: April 22, 2009 at 7:44 am

There is not much to say about McDonald's (MCD) other than to state that it is clearly recession-proof and has the best management in its industry. Global comparable sales increased ...
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Heads and Tails at Wells Fargo on Earnings (WFC)

Posted: April 22, 2009 at 7:30 am

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) has posted its earnings this morning.  The bank gave a net income figure of $3.05 billion, with a net income applicable to common shares ...
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A Hard Quarter For AT&T (T): Landline Drop Races Cellular Increase

Posted: April 22, 2009 at 7:10 am

AT&T (T) earnings were within the range of Wall St. forecasts. That is not saying much. The results were modest and pushed the stock up about 3%. AT&T’s first quarter ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (ANDE, CAT, CELG, CLX, DNDN)

Posted: April 22, 2009 at 6:51 am

It is actually looking pretty thin out there in the land of analyst upgrades.  These are the few upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street this ...
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Top Analyst Downgrades (AKS, AFL, CMA, DT, FDX, HAL, FITB, KEY, HOT)

Posted: April 22, 2009 at 6:45 am

These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and negative calls we have seen from Wall Street firms with about two hours until the market open this Wednesday morning: ...
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As China’s Mobile Markets Slow, Handset Companies Face More Problems

Posted: April 22, 2009 at 5:20 am

The recent earnings numbers from China's big telecom firms illuminated more than their profitability. One of the assumptions about the health of the global handset makers and companies that build ...
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Japan’s Trade Deficit Problems: A Signal About Global Recovery

Posted: April 22, 2009 at 4:54 am

Japanese government officials say that they may be seeing a slowing in the bad trend for the nation's imports and exports. That does not mean much. The March figures were ...
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AMD (AMD): No PC Bottom In Sight

Posted: April 22, 2009 at 4:43 am

Intel (INTC) sees a bottom to the falling demand for PCs. Smaller competitor AMD (AMD) does not. During the Intel earnings conference call, the company's CEO said that PC sales ...
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GM (GM) Finally Looks In The Mirror

Posted: April 22, 2009 at 4:28 am

For all of the restructuring work that GM (GM) has done, all the layoffs, and negotiations with the UAW and creditors, it has never admitted that the domestic car market ...
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The Treasury Secretary Thumbs His Nose At Congress

Posted: April 22, 2009 at 4:12 am

Tim Geithner, the Secretary of the Treasury, spent some of the early parts of his career being attacked by Congress. Legislators were not happy that he could not come up ...
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The End Of “New Media” (YHOO)(NYT)(GOOG)

Posted: April 22, 2009 at 4:00 am

Both Yahoo! (YHOO) and The New York Times Company (NYT) reported earnings for the first quarter and there was noticeable synchronicity between them. Yahoo!’s revenue dropped 13% to $1.58 billion ...
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Media Digest 4/22/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 22, 2009 at 2:41 am

According to Reuters, Yahoo!'s (YHOO) profit dropped 80% and it will cut 5% of staff. Reuters reports that Chrysler bondholders offered to swap some debt for equity. Reuters reports that ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 4/22/2009

Posted: April 22, 2009 at 2:06 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei was up .2% to 8,727. The Hang Seng was down 1.7% to 15,027. The Shanghai Composite was down 2.9% to 2,461. At the ...
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