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Daily Archives: May 12, 2009

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The Ten Biggest Tech Failures Of The Last Decade

Posted: May 12, 2009 at 8:46 pm

Several of the best-funded and most-publicized tech launches of the last ten years have ended in failure. Many large technology companies which had significant market share and product advantages in ...
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Live Intel Coverage: Forget Bottoming, Actually More Improvements (INTC, TSM, AMD)

Posted: May 12, 2009 at 5:37 pm

Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) had already given the indications that the tech market was bottoming out.  At today's investor meeting, CEO Paul Otellini, said hat he believes conditions seem to ...
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Trouble For Yahoo! (YHOO): Google (GOOG) Gets Better

Posted: May 12, 2009 at 4:30 pm

Yahoo! (YHOO) is running out of time in its attempts to remain a relevant part of the global search industry both on PCs and mobile devices. Recent Hitwise data shows ...
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Medicare Shoots Down Virtual Colonoscopy Reimbursement (GE, SI)

Posted: May 12, 2009 at 4:26 pm

Today was a big day for the world of colonoscopies and the battle in detecting colon cancer and polyps.  The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a final decision ...
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Applied Materials, Atrocious Is Good Enough

Posted: May 12, 2009 at 3:32 pm

Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) gave nothing short of a crummy earnings report.  It was actually a loss report.  The chip equipment company posted a non-GAAP loss of $136 million, ...
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Are Goldman Sachs & Morgan Stanley Worth 50% More? (GS, MS)

Posted: May 12, 2009 at 12:21 pm

Research analysts often make timely calls, and sometimes they make rash calls.  If Dick Bove of Rochdale is accurate, then both the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) and Morgan ...
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A Movement For Even More Ethanol Use

Posted: May 12, 2009 at 12:06 pm

The US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed increasing the maximum amount of ethanol blended in gasoline from 10% (E10) to 15% (E15). An ethanol industry group called Growth Energy and ...
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FDA Attacks Cheerios Over Claims as a Drug (GIS)

Posted: May 12, 2009 at 9:54 am

General Mills, Inc. (NYSE: GIS) maybe facing the same types of battles many supplement and diet product companies have seen  with the FDA over advertising claims.  The good news is ...
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GM Insider Sales Put Stock Into 1930′s Levels (GM)

Posted: May 12, 2009 at 9:27 am

Forget about 52-week lows.  General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM) is trading at what looks to be the lowest levels since April or May of 1933.  There has not been fresh ...
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Pacific Ethanol, Another Ethanol Play Near Bankruptcy (PEIX)

Posted: May 12, 2009 at 9:03 am

Pacific Ethanol Inc. (PEIX) is still alive.  That is more than many ethanol companies can say.  The question is how long it can manage to survive.  After the open this ...
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Geothermal Could Be on the Way Up, along with Hybrid Hummers (RZ, ORA, HTM)

Posted: May 12, 2009 at 8:47 am

Raser Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:RZ) reported no revenue for the first quarter of 2009. But it also reported no cost of sales. The company's total loss was $6.67 million, EPS of ...
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As Oil Prices Get Ugly, Trade Deficit Grows

Posted: May 12, 2009 at 8:38 am

The US trade deficit rose in March, and the price of oil was a significant contributor. Since oil is up substantially since then, figures for April and May should be ...
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Zoltek Stumbles As Prospects Remain (ZOLT)

Posted: May 12, 2009 at 8:27 am

Zoltek Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZOLT) posted some disappointing numbers last night and it is being reflected in the shares this morning.  So much for wind power staying up there as ...
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Coal Fields Merger Creates Big Player (ANR, FCL, CLF, KOL)

Posted: May 12, 2009 at 7:46 am

Today's announcement of a merger between Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE: ANR) and Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: FCL) creates the third-largest coal producer in the US. The all-stock deal ...
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The Mythology Surrounding the Corporate Tax Rate

Posted: May 12, 2009 at 7:14 am

By John Tamny of RealClearMoney While there's seemingly a bipartisan view that the U.S. corporate tax rate should be lowered, the mythology about this same levy is impressive even by ...
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