Daily Archives: May 14, 2009

TARP Approved For Insurance Money: More Cash From The Taxpayer’s Pocket (LNC)(PRU)(HIG)(PFG)

Posted: May 14, 2009 at 6:38 pm

The Washington Post is reporting that the Treasury Department has granted approval for insurance companies to have access to TARP funds. It is not clear what that will do to ...
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Cramer Totally Changes His Stance On Yahoo! (YHOO, GOOG, ADSK, MSFT)

Posted: May 14, 2009 at 5:49 pm

If you can believe it, Jim Cramer came on CNBC's nightly MAD MONEY and changed his tune on Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO). Cramer has been anti-Yahoo! for longer than memory ...
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Previewing 2009 ASCO Abstracts (ABII, ALTH, ARQL, CLDX, CTIC, CGRB, LLY, EXEL, GHDX, GSK, IMGN, MEDX, MDVN, OGXI, OSIP, PPHM, PFE, SNTA, ZIOP)

Posted: May 14, 2009 at 4:56 pm

We are just about to get the first round of abstracts from companies presenting data at this year's American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting for 2009. At BioHealthInvestor.com we compiled ...
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Craziest Market Call Yet: 1,000 DJIA (DIA)

Posted: May 14, 2009 at 4:18 pm

John Browne of Euro Pacific Capital made perhaps one of the ballsiest market calls or one of the craziest market calls yet in the entire bear market or in most ...
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McDonald’s CEO Nets Millions In Options Gain (MCD)

Posted: May 14, 2009 at 3:28 pm

McDonald's Corp. (NYSE: MCD) had a substantial insider sale today that may catch some eyes. Chief Executive Officer Jim Skinner unloaded some 150,000 shares via exercised stock options. Insider sales ...
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Wal-Mart’s (WMT) Own Dollar Menu

Posted: May 14, 2009 at 2:34 pm

McDonald's (MCD) did so well with its dollar menu that Wal-Mart (WMT) decided it will have one, too. The difference is that the Wal-Mart version will be merchandise and not ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Keep Unloading Constellation Energy (CEG, BRK-A, BRK-B)

Posted: May 14, 2009 at 11:37 am

Warren Buffett isn't hanging on to his relatively new shares of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE: CEG). Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B), via MidAmerican Energy, had been a ...
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Can Systemax Make Shinola from Circuit City? (SYX)

Posted: May 14, 2009 at 10:10 am

Systemax Inc. (NYSE: SYX) is a lesser-known company for many investors, but that may change after developments from yesterday. Multiple reports showed that the company won the auction for the ...
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Defending Cheerios, Cereal of Liberty

Posted: May 14, 2009 at 10:07 am

An FDA action has conservatives crying over spilled milk. By Dan Mitchell of The Big Money Disputes over food-label claims are always political. But the current, insane iteration of the ...
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Pepsi Deal Twist, Pepsi Bottling Group Makes Its Own Acquisition (PEP, PBG, PAS)

Posted: May 14, 2009 at 9:21 am

There is a new twist in the Pepsico, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) 'hopeful' acquisition of Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. (NYSE: PBG). Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. has decided to make an acquisition ...
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Mosaic’s BMO Ag Conference Presentation Summary (MOS)

Posted: May 14, 2009 at 8:43 am

Fertilizer maker, The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS), outlined its strategy for the coming months at the BMO Capital Markets 2009 Agricultural, Protein & Fertilizer Conference today. We decided to prepare ...
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Rambus Scores (RMBS)

Posted: May 14, 2009 at 8:14 am

Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS) is seeing a surge in trading this morning. The chip process designer announced that the FTC issued an order dismissing the remainder of its case against Rambus ...
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Wholesale Inflation Still Running Tame

Posted: May 14, 2009 at 7:38 am

The Labor Department has released the April Producer Price Index, otherwise known as the wholesale inflation number. The nominal PPI came in at +0.3% and the the core PPI on ...
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More Weekly Data Pointing To Double Digit Unemployment

Posted: May 14, 2009 at 7:38 am

The Labor Department has released its weekly jobless claims. It seems that the contraction in weekly claims is not running in a straight line. This week's report came in at ...
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Host Of Companies Win In Strong DigitalGlobe IPO (DGI, MS, OZM, ORB, GEOY)

Posted: May 14, 2009 at 7:23 am

DigitalGlobe is set to open for trading this morning in another highly anticipated initial public offering. The satellite imagery company will trade on the NYSE with the ticker "DGI." The ...
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