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Daily Archives: May 19, 2009

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (WTR, DL, EHTH, GYMB, MEOH, SHW, STT)

Posted: May 19, 2009 at 6:52 am

It is looking pretty thin in new great research calls from Wall Street today.  Here are the top analyst calls seen as of 7:30 AM EST this Tuesday morning: Aqua ...
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Despite Economic Concerns, Oil Keeps Rising

Posted: May 19, 2009 at 5:21 am

Oil is back up to $60 and it does not show any signs of retreating. Most experts say that crude prices cannot hold their gains. The economy is too weak ...
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Google’s (GOOG) “Big Brother” Act: Screen Employee Behavior, And It Could Be The Company’s Next Blockbuster Product

Posted: May 19, 2009 at 5:09 am

Google (GOOG) wants to know which of its employees will quit. That is natural since a number of its senior staff have left for positions at other online companies. For ...
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Starbucks (SBUX) To Twitter For Dollars

Posted: May 19, 2009 at 4:58 am

Starbucks (SBUX) will try to revive its flagging fortunes with an assault on Web 2.0. Sales at the coffee chain have been falling, to some extent because it charges $5 ...
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Will The Government Reject TARP Payments From Goldman And Morgan Stanley

Posted: May 19, 2009 at 4:38 am

It is no secret that several large banks want to pay back the TARP money that they took from the government in some cases against their will. Goldman Sachs (GS), ...
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Twitter Uber Alles: Business Applications From The Web’s New Phenom

Posted: May 19, 2009 at 4:25 am

Twitter, the short texting web success, adds millions of new users every month. No one has been able to figure out how to make money on the service, at least ...
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GE (GE) Gets Its Pride Back, But Not Its Stock Price

Posted: May 19, 2009 at 4:01 am

GE’s financial business was supposed to be worth zero, or worse.  Deutsche Bank analysts said it had a negative valuation of $50 billion. Some publicity-seeking stock commentators said the entire ...
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GM And Chrysler: The Revenge Of The Car Dealers

Posted: May 19, 2009 at 3:08 am

Chrysler and GM will force 2,000 car dealerships to close.  This event has elicited a great many opinions from industry experts.  The consensus is that the most damage to the ...
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Media Digest 5/19/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 19, 2009 at 2:53 am

Reuters:   Twitter will release business tools in an attempt to make money. Reuters:   A GM (GM) bankruptcy is seen as nearly inevitable. Reuters:   American Express (AXP) will cut 4,000 jobs. ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 5/19/2009

Posted: May 19, 2009 at 2:19 am

Markets in Asia were higher. The Nikkei was up 2.8% to 9,290. The Hang Seng rose 2.4% to 17,424. The Shanghai Composite was up .9% to 2,677. At the open ...
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