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Monthly Archives: June 2009

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Giving Away Vegas To Get Traffic in Vegas (WYNN, LVS, MGM)

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 10:40 am

If you have ever stayed at the Wynn resort or the even newer Encore in Las Vegas, you will know that calling either a high-end resort and casino destination may ...
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Big Holder Chasing STAAR Surgical (STAA)

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 9:47 am

STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ: STAA) has been on a roaring run of late.  In mid-May this stock was under $1.00.  After news of the company getting a nod for its ...
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R-I-M Expected Earnings Reaction Climbing (RIMM, AAPL, NOK, PALM)

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 8:56 am

Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is set to report earnings after the close of trading today.  This will be a key report that can impact rivals such as Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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SLM & DOE, Salvation Of A New Tune (SLM)

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 8:28 am

Sallie Mae, or SLM Corp., (NYSE: SLM) is soaring this morning.  In fact, it looks like the stock was briefly trading above $9.00 for the first time since it became ...
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Green Shoots In Weekly Jobs Data, Sort Of

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 8:09 am

There have been hopes, over and over, that the jobs data would get better.  Or at least less-bad as we have been discussing for about 3 or 4 months when ...
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Blackstone Heading Deeper Into China (BX)

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 7:57 am

Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) looks like it is going to get a much stronger foothold in China.  A report from Reuters has the private equity giant in talks with ...
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Is There An Oil Story Behind the Iranian Elections?

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 7:27 am

By John Tamny of RealClearMarkets   Writing about last week's presidential election in Iran, the Wall Street Journal's Bret Stephens observed that the plebiscite was "so transparently rigged that the ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (ANF, KOF, HTZ, HEW, ING, LNC, VZ)

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 6:41 am

These are the top analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street this Thursday morning with about two hours until the market opens: Abercombie & Fitch ...
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Top Analyst Downgrades (T, ADP, GNTX, HAR, JCI, PAYX, YRCW)

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 6:38 am

These are the top pre-market analyst downgrades or cautious research calls we have seen from Wall Street this Thursday morning with about two hours until the market opens: AT&T (T) ...
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S&P Says US Debt Is Still “AAA”

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 5:21 am

S&P says it does not like the huge rise in US government indebtedness. But, it clearly thinks the Treasury can make its debt service and eventually pay those hundreds of ...
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Bank Of American (BAC) Still Making Millionaires Out Of Employees

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 5:03 am

Bank of America's (BAC) addiction to giving its senior employees huge bonuses has not ended. These used to be based on "performance." A banker who created toxic asset products that ...
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China’s Growth Roars Back?

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 4:43 am

A number of economists believe that GDP growth in China is a mirage. The nation's $585 billion stimulus package is allowing factories to produce at levels that they could not ...
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US Weapons To Fight The Trade Gap

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 4:28 am

The United States needs to find ways to cut its trade gap by raising exports. Rising exports tend to mean more manufacturing in the US.  Manufacturing increases tend to create jobs. According ...
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The Housing “Recovery” Comes To An End

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 4:05 am

The Mortgage Bankers Association Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for last week is grim reading. Interest rates in the US are rising, some believe due to the need for the Treasury ...
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The Fail-Safe Financial Market Regulation Plan

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 3:56 am

Facing the blank sheet of paper that will eventually be the chronicle of his life in government and the success or failure of the Administration’s programs to radically overhaul ...
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