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Goldman Takes BofA to Top Rating, Doubles Target (BAC, GS)

Posted: May 18, 2009 at 7:58 am

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is getting a rather strong bid in early trading this morning.  Goldman Sachs raised its rating on the largest bank by deposits to the ...
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The Long, Hard Road To ‘Excessive’ Pay

Posted: May 18, 2009 at 7:14 am

John Tamny of RealClearMarkets   Big businesses start small.   Recently, The Wall Street Journal ran a relatively small article in its Marketplace section that many likely missed. The headline ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (EAT, DAI, ENR, HS, LEN, LNC, MGM, RTP)

Posted: May 18, 2009 at 6:54 am

These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades we have seen from Wall Street early this Monday morning: Brinker International (EAT) Raised to Overweight at Barclays. Daimler (DAI) Raised ...
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Top Analyst Downgrades (AYE, AU, BJS, CEO, SLB, WX)

Posted: May 18, 2009 at 6:49 am

These are some of the general analyst downgrades we have seen this Monday morning from Wall Street: Allegheny Energy (AYE) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Anglogold (AU) Cut to ...
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Analysts Changing Semiconductor Ratings (ALTR, AMCC, ASML, BRCM, LSCC, MRVL, WFR, MU, PMCS, STM, XLNX)

Posted: May 18, 2009 at 6:45 am

We have seen many semiconductor and circuit calls this morning with upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street analysts.  Here are some of these upgrades and downgrades: Altera (ALTR) Cut to ...
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The Continuing Fall Of Wall St. Research

Posted: May 18, 2009 at 5:20 am

After stock research was discredited seven or eight years ago because analysts had relationships with the companies that they covered that were considered tainted, Wall St. when though a purging ...
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Wal-Mart (WMT) Vs. Amazon (AMZN): Throwing Bricks At E-Commerce

Posted: May 18, 2009 at 5:03 am

It is the classic face-off between the king of bricks-and-mortar and the ruler of the e-commerce world. Wal-Mart (WMT) is about to up its bet on consumer electronics, a highly ...
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UBS (UBS) Sees It Top Talent Leaving

Posted: May 18, 2009 at 4:45 am

The federal government's theory seems to be that capping the pay of the most talented people on Wall St. will not cause them to march out the doors to better ...
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Graduation Day 2009

Posted: May 18, 2009 at 4:28 am

This weekend was the peak of the college graduation season. Colleges invite well-known people to travel all over America to give a 15 minute commencement address in exchange for an ...
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The Environment And The Recession: Why Al Gore Cannot Get Himself Arrested

Posted: May 18, 2009 at 4:11 am

Al Gore was able to get most people to forget the money he took from the tobacco industry and Buddhist monks by winning both the Nobel Prize and an Oscar ...
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Media Digest 5/18/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTime, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 18, 2009 at 2:54 am

Reuters:   Small businesses are having trouble finding financing. Reuters:   VW has stopped tie-up talks with Porsche. Reuters:   The US budget chief says there are signs the economic free fall is ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 5/17/2008

Posted: May 18, 2009 at 2:19 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei  fell 2.4% to 9,039. The Hang Send was up up a fraction to 16,798. The Shanghai Composite was up.3% to 2,653. At the ...
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Winning Stocks on a Down Week (ADY, BCRX, DDRX, DGI, FAZ, LORL, RHT, WX)

Posted: May 16, 2009 at 8:10 am

This was a week of profit taking and a probable realization that a move of 30% and more from the lows in March was probably a bit much in the ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Q1-2009 Holdings A to F (BRK-A, AXP, BAC, BNI, KMX, KO, CMCSA, CDCO, COP, CEG, COST, ETN)

Posted: May 15, 2009 at 4:06 pm

We have just gotten the Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(BRK-B) holdings for the end of Q1-2009.  The cut off date here was March 31, 2009 and there ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Disclose Holdings G to O (BRK-A, GCI, GE, GSK, HD, IR, IRM, JNJ, KFT, LOW, MTB, MCO, NLC, NKE, NSC, NRG)

Posted: May 15, 2009 at 4:04 pm

The first quarter of 2009 Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(BRK-B) holdings are now out for the cut off date here of March 31, 2009.  There are some ...
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