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Monthly Archives: April 2009

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Media Digest 4/16/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 16, 2009 at 2:56 am

According to Reuters, Obama vowed to overhaul the tax code. Reuters reports that GM (GM) is working on a plan to cut dealers at an accelerated pace. Reuters writes that ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 4/16/2009

Posted: April 16, 2009 at 2:23 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose 2.9% to 8,996. The Hang Seng was down .3% to 15,619. The Shanghai Composite was down 1.1% to 2,507. At the open ...
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Dell (DELL) Falls Further And Further Behind

Posted: April 16, 2009 at 2:16 am

Dell (DELL) has done a modest amount of what it could do to keep pace with its PC competition. It recently launched a high-end laptop, the Adamo, which mimics the ...
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Trouble In China As GDP Slows

Posted: April 16, 2009 at 1:42 am

The central government put on a brave face and hinted that GDP in China's first quarter might be a bottom, but a look at the role that exports played in ...
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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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