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Daily Archives: May 26, 2009

Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, ARBA, AVID, BAC, FSLR, JCG, ERIC, MWW, Q, YGE)

Posted: May 26, 2009 at 6:58 am

These are the top ten analyst research calls from Wall Street's upgrades and downgrades we have seen early this Tuesday morning: Apple (AAPL) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley. Ariba ...
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Microsoft (MSFT) To Spend Tens Of Millions To Promote New Search Engine Called “Bing”

Posted: May 26, 2009 at 5:14 am

Microsoft (MSFT) has come up with a name for its new search engine technology--"Bing". The world's largest software company is prepared to spend as much as $100 million promoting the ...
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The Failure Of The Mortgage Modification System Threatens Housing

Posted: May 26, 2009 at 4:56 am

The theory was simple and elegant. By offering homeowners who could not afford their monthly mortgage costs lower monthly payments, people could be able to stay in their homes. That would ...
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Nokia (NOK) Application Store Faces Apple (AAPL) Dominance

Posted: May 26, 2009 at 4:40 am

Nokia (NOK) is the world's largest handset company. It has been late to the high-end smart-phone market, but it has distribution leverage all over the world because of its 37% ...
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American Companies Selling More $1 Products (AAPL)(KRT)(WMT)(MCD)(SBUX)

Posted: May 26, 2009 at 4:12 am

American companies are increasingly offering products for $1 or less. Some are among the largest firms in the United States such as Wal-Mart (WMT) and McDonald’s (MCD). Other are smaller ...
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Tech Innovation Moves From West To East (HPQ)(AAPL)(DELL)(INTC)(IBM)(MSFT)(CHL)(GOOG)

Posted: May 26, 2009 at 4:05 am

The West, particularly the US, has been able to hang onto its lead in technology innovation for the better part of thirty years while the manufacturing economy was driven by ...
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Summer 2009: The Long Wait For Evidence Of A Recovery

Posted: May 26, 2009 at 3:46 am

Almost every analyst or forecasting group of any substance has offered opinions over the last few weeks, regarding the performance of the economy for the last half of this year.  ...
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Media Digest 5/26/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 26, 2009 at 2:59 am

Reuters:   Bears control the dollar because of concerns about the deficit and heal of the US economy. Reuters:   Crunch time looms for the GM (GM) and Chrysler restructurings. Reuters:   The ...
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Asia Markets 5/26/2009

Posted: May 26, 2009 at 2:22 am

Markets in Asia fell. The Nikkei was down .4% to 9,311. The Hang Seng dropped .4% to 17,648. The Shanghai Composite was down .8% to 2,588. At the open in ...
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