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Monthly Archives: May 2009

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Evermore Shares at Evergreen Solar (ESLR)

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 7:57 am

Solar panel maker Evergreen Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESLR) has begun a secondary offering of common stock to raise $60 million.  The company plans to offer the underwriter, Piper Jaffray & Co., ...
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SolarWinds IPO Debuts With Strength (SWI)

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 7:31 am

SolarWinds, Inc. (NYSE: SWI) is set to debut in an initial public offering this Wednesday morning.  We got a premium pricing at $12.50 for 12.11 million shares, which is higher ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (ADI, IRE, COST, NOK, PG, PLD, RDS-A, SOLF, TSN)

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 6:39 am

These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street early this Wednesday morning: Analog Devices (ADI) Raised to Buy at ...
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Cellphone Sales Down, But Not For Apple (AAPL)

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 6:39 am

Cellphone sales dropped worldwide in the first quarter, but concerns that Apple (AAPL) iPhone sales may have been hurt appear to be overblown. According to IT research firm Gartner, cellphone ...
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NetFlix (NFLX) Flanks Its Competition Again

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 5:10 am

NetFlix (NFLX) is making another move to keep it ahead of rivals including Amazon (AMZN) and Blockbusters. It will adding its video-on-demand service to the Microsoft (MSFT) Window Media software. ...
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Intel (INTC) Intends To Bite The Hand That Feeds It

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 4:58 am

Intel (INTC) plans to introduce a PC operating systems for low-end machines. The software is based on Linux, an open source platform that allows developers to create products that are ...
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Vulture Investors May Be The Key To Arresting Falling Home Prices

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 4:42 am

The housing market and housing starts are still facing deep and intractable problems. Mortgage rates may be low, but bank standards for home loans are higher. No financial firm wants ...
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Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) Forecast Goes Beyond PCs And Printers

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 4:26 am

The market was disappointed by Hewlett-Packard's (HPQ) forecast for the next quarter. The technology company's results for the past quarter were in line with Wall St. estimates. Analysts look to ...
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Congress And Credit Cards: The Death Of Privacy, The Sunset Of Lying

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 4:01 am

The development and growth of technology has had some unexpected and unpleasant side effects. One is the death of privacy. People with cell phones snap pictures and take videos of ...
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Media Digest 5/20/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 2:56 am

Reuters:   The Treasury is keeping banks guessing about when they can repay TARP funds. Reuters:   Bank of America (BAC) has raised more than $13 billion in share sales. Reuters:   Hewlett-Packard's ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 5/20/2009

Posted: May 20, 2009 at 2:19 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose .6% to 9,344. The Hang Seng fell .9% to 17,388. The Shanghai Composite fell .9% to 2,651. At the open in Europe, ...
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What Will The World Do With More Search Engines? (MSFT)(GOOG)(YHOO)

Posted: May 19, 2009 at 6:33 pm

Microsoft says it will introduce its new search engine within the next few days. The world’s largest software company has called the project “Kumo." It may change that name before ...
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Does Reg. FD Exist Anymore? (BAC)

Posted: May 19, 2009 at 6:11 pm

There is an interesting question that we would like to pose after hearing about an 800 million share or 825 million share secondary coming from Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: ...
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Saving Hollywood

Posted: May 19, 2009 at 5:53 pm

Even with Pirate Bay convicted, the studios need to figure out a digital strategy. By Chris Thompson of The Big Money Last month, four men who run the Pirate Bay, ...
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H-P Earnings Tone, No Major Jump Over Tech Peers (HPQ)

Posted: May 19, 2009 at 3:23 pm

The key earnings report from Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) is now out, and it appears that the company is seeing the same trends as other technology giants.  A firm recovery ...
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