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Monthly Archives: April 2009

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Baidu Floats Past Targets (BIDU)

Posted: April 27, 2009 at 4:23 pm

Chinese online search leader Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) has reported its quarterly earnings.  Its earnings came in at $0.76 net EPS and posted $0.86 non-GAAP EPS on $118.6 million in ...
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SunPower Raising Cash (SPWRA, SPWRB)

Posted: April 27, 2009 at 4:02 pm

SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWRA; SPWRB) intends to offer 9,000,000 shares of its class A common stock and $175 million worth of senior convertible debentures due 2014 in registered public offerings.   ...
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Northern Trust Raising Cash To Pay Off TARP (NTRS)

Posted: April 27, 2009 at 3:38 pm

Northern Trust Corporation (NASDAQ: NTRS) is selling some $750 million worth of common stock in a public secondary offering.  Simultaneously, the bank intends to offer some $500 million in principal ...
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Flu Stock Index Continues Move Up (BRCX)(PURE)(NVAX)

Posted: April 27, 2009 at 2:30 pm

The Tickerspy index of swine flu and bird flu stocks is up 21% as the market nears its close. The index is being pushed higher by share in Biocryst Pharma ...
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Eleven Of Twenty-Five Largest US Newpapers Lost More Than 10% Of Circulation

Posted: April 27, 2009 at 12:36 pm

At one point, three or four years ago, for a major metropolitan newspaper to lose 4% or 5% of it daily circulation would have been considered bad news. For the ...
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FDIC’s Sheila Bair Calls Liquidity Crisis Over

Posted: April 27, 2009 at 12:06 pm

FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair has been speaking today at a luncheon at the Economic Club of New York today.  While there were many more things noted, there are two standout ...
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Dendreon’s 24-Hour Countdown With Options (DNDN)

Posted: April 27, 2009 at 11:30 am

Using stock options in Dendreon Corp. (NASDAQ: DNDN) shows that the expectations of major price moves  have not let up, and the company's stock is trading up yet again ahead ...
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The Life and Death of the Social Network

Posted: April 27, 2009 at 11:18 am

The glory days are over By Chadwick Matlin  of The Big Money There has been a death in social networking's social network. Last week, News Corp. (NWSA), MySpace's owner, pushed ...
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Is GM (GM) Worth $130 Billion?

Posted: April 27, 2009 at 9:51 am

On news that GM (GM) has put together a new and very aggressive restructuring program, its shares are higher by 22% to $2.07, which gives the company a market cap ...
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Will Gold Get the Flu? (GLD, GDX, IAU)

Posted: April 27, 2009 at 8:57 am

Gold is not being used by industry right now and demand for jewelry remains highly unexciting, but many traders are still using the shiny metal stuff for the ultimate flight ...
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Trouble Continues in Oilfield Services (SII, HAL, WFT, SLB)

Posted: April 27, 2009 at 8:38 am

Well drilling and completion services just aren't paying off for anyone this reporting season. Smith International Inc. (NYSE:SII) reported diluted EPS of $0.44 on revenues $2.41 billion. After deleting a ...
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Pipeline to Profits is Clogged (EPD, KMP, PAA, BSR)

Posted: April 27, 2009 at 8:16 am

Enterprise Products Partners LP (NYSE:EPD) reported first quarter earnings of $237.3 million (earnings per unit of $0.41) on revenues of $3.42 billion. In the first quarter of 2008, the company ...
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Airlines Hit By UBS & Swine Flu (CAL, AMR, LCC, UAUA, XJT, CPA)

Posted: April 27, 2009 at 8:12 am

Airlines are getting hit hard this morning before the open on two issues: swine flu and an analyst downgrade.  UBS has downgraded the US legacy airline sector in a broad ...
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GM (GM) Shares Jump On Plans To Hammer Bondholders

Posted: April 27, 2009 at 7:35 am

GM (GM) has decided to go for all or nothing with its bondholders. They can swap their debt of stock, under unfavorable terms, or take their chances in bankruptcy court. ...
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Crocs Tries To Lure Athletes; New Line, Same Look (CROX)

Posted: April 27, 2009 at 7:27 am

Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) is one of the brands that has come at-risk over its future.  The company is also flying under the "going concern" flag from auditors.  And now ...
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