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Monthly Archives: May 2009

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A New Call For Brocade To Hit New Highs (BRCD)

Posted: May 22, 2009 at 8:28 am

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD) is the beneficiary of a research call this morning from Broadpoint AmTech.  Many research calls are not very aggressive and many are very reactive ...
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Suntech Deep Discount Offering, Not As Bad As It Sounds (STP)

Posted: May 22, 2009 at 8:18 am

Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE:STP) has priced its follow-on offering of 20 million ADSs at $12.50/ADS. The underwriters have an over-allotment option on an additional 3 million ADSs. (more...) ...
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Yingli & LDK, Solar Earnings in the Shade (LDK, YGE, TAN)

Posted: May 22, 2009 at 7:49 am

LDK Solar Co. Ltd. (NYSE:LDK) makes multicrystalline wafers used to manufacture PV solar cells and Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE:YGE) is an integrated maker of PV solar products. ...
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DryShips Market Cap Changes After ATM Offering Completed (DRYS)

Posted: May 22, 2009 at 7:38 am

DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) is seeing a surge of interest this morning after the company said it had completed its “ATM” financing of some $475 million in gross proceeds.  Merrill ...
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Revisiting Sears, Salvation Is Near (SHLD)

Posted: May 22, 2009 at 7:24 am

Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) is trading up sharply this morning after the retailer and part-time hedge fund managed to post positive earnings after the close on Thursday.  This is ...
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Analysts Fight Over Anglo American (AAUK)

Posted: May 22, 2009 at 6:50 am

Anglo American plc (NASDAQ: AAUK) is seeing exact opposite calls on the positives and negatives this morning.  We have seen the stock's rating raised to the revered "Conviction Buy List" ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ATHN, ARUN, FAS, CVLT, DEO, NE, RDC, ZUMZ)

Posted: May 22, 2009 at 6:40 am

These are some of the top pre-market analyst calls from Wall Street we have seen early this Friday morning: Athenahealth (ATHN) Cut to Sell at UBS. Aruba Networks (ARUN) Raised ...
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Acer Is Next Threat To Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) And Dell (DELL)

Posted: May 22, 2009 at 5:17 am

Dell (DELL) and HP (HPQ) already face a PC market which has been weakened by falling consumer and business spending. They have been flanked at the high end of the ...
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As Facebook Heads To 300 Million Users, News Corp’s (NWS) MySpace Faces Trouble

Posted: May 22, 2009 at 5:00 am

When Rupert Murdoch's News Corp (NWS) bought MySpace for $580 million, Wall St. viewed it as a brilliant move. Murdoch got one of the fastest-growing properties on the Internet and ...
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British Airways Sees No Recovery On The Horizon, Higher Fuel Costs

Posted: May 22, 2009 at 4:37 am

British Airways posted a deficit for its most recent fiscal year. The company lost $595 million. Part of that was because fuel costs rose 45% to more than $4 billion. Fuel ...
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US Government Front-Runs A GM (GM) Bankruptcy

Posted: May 22, 2009 at 4:19 am

Now that GM (GM) has a reasonable deal in place with the UAW, the federal government is preparing the car company for a Chapter 11 filing which may come ahead ...
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AIG (AIG): Driving The Best People Out Of Public Service

Posted: May 22, 2009 at 3:53 am

Ed Liddy, the former head of Allstate who joined AIG (AIG) as chairman and chief executive officer in September quit today. He said he would stay on until the company ...
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The US Government Makes A Commitment It Can’t Keep

Posted: May 22, 2009 at 3:43 am

Shortly after S&P put the sovereign debt of the United Kingdom on credit watch, downgrading its outlook from “stable” to “negative”, Treasury Secretary Geithner said the Administration was committed to ...
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Media Digest 5/22/2003 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 22, 2009 at 2:58 am

Reuters:   Chrysler is already seeing positive effects from bankruptcy. Reuters:   The US is working with GM (GM) on a Chapter 11 filing as the June1 deadline looms. Reuters:   Pimco's Gross ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 5/22/2009

Posted: May 22, 2009 at 2:22 am

Market in Asia were mostly lower. The Nikkei fell .4% to 9,226. The Hang Seng was down 1.4% to 16,967. The Shanghai Composite fell .5% to 2,598. At the open ...
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