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Monthly Archives: June 2009

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Media Digest 6/17/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 3:07 am

Reuters:   Obama proposed sweeping reform for financial industry. Reuters:    A number of large banks repaid TARP. (JPM)(GS)(BBT)(COP)(STT)(AXP)(USB) Reuters:   Consumer prices show inflation is in check. Reuters:   China could still be ...
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Asia Market And Europe Open 6/18/2008

Posted: June 18, 2009 at 2:29 am

Markets in Asia were mixed The Nikkei fell 1.4% to 9,704. Honda (HMC) dropped due to the dollar. HSBC (HBC) and other banks were down. The Hang Seng was off ...
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How Much Does iPhone App Really Add To SIRIUS XM’s Business? (SIRI, AAPL)

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 7:47 pm

SIRIUS XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) subscribers are only hours away from the launch that will allow the satellite radio monopoly subscribers to access content via the iPhone from Apple Inc. ...
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The Biotech Industry Prepares For A Wave Of Consolidation

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 6:36 pm

Underscoring just how much big pharma will depend on biotech acquisitions for future revenue, an analysis published by Evaluate Pharma today suggests half of the top 100 drugs worldwide ...
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Cramer’s Obama Healthcare Winner: WellPoint (WLP, CI, UNH, AET)

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 5:28 pm

Jim Cramer came out with a healthcare maintenance  stock tonight on CNBC's MAD MONEY which he thinks will survive and perhaps thrive under the Obama healthcare plan.  His pick in ...
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Chart Alert: Wal-Mart (WMT, TGT, COST)

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 3:40 pm

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is supposed to be the retail winner in a depression or recession as more and more consumers are forced to shop at the world's largest ...
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Two Quests Hit By One Going Concern (QELP, QRCP)

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 3:06 pm

Quest Energy Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: QELP) got hit hard on fairly innocent trading volume today.  The partnership was formed by Quest Resource Corporation (NASDAQ: QRCP) to acquire, exploit and develop ...
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Some Signs Of Life In Biotech Funding Field

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 11:57 am

If you're a CEO of a small biotech company, raising money isn't necessarily getting easier, but there are a few signs that money could be starting to loosen up ...
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Potash and Fertilizer Stocks Skunked By News From Germany (POT, MOS, MON, AGU, CF, IPI, MOO, SYT)

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 11:45 am

If you thought European stock news from companies doesn't matter, this morning is proof against that notion.  A German company called K+S warned of weak potash demand and announced price ...
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S&P Looking For More Bank Losses (WFC, CMA, USB, BBT, RF, COF, FITB, HBAN, SNV, WTNY, FAS)

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 11:40 am

Standard & Poor's may still have at least some relevance in its debt ratings.  This morning we saw a wave of downgrades at banks by the debt ratings agency on ...
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Bing Continues Taking Share (MSFT, GOOG, YHOO)

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 10:07 am

comScore has released a new round of data showing that Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is still stealing from the boys over at Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and other search leaders.  ...
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No Buyout At The End Of The Rainbow For Palm (PALM)

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 9:56 am

Contrary to the growing optimism for a takeout, Palm (PALM) is a company with little revenue, huge losses, a messy financing situation, and an expensive stock that would appear to ...
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Blast From The Past: Online Groceries & IPO? (OPEN, PG, AMZN)

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 8:25 am

Does the Webvan IPO seem like a million years ago?  Or what about Peapod?  We may get an IPO from a similar company in the U.K. called Ocado, an online ...
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Between Patents And The FDA, Big Tobacco Smokes (MO)(RIA)(STSI)

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 7:45 am

Big tobacco got over yet another big news hurdle yesterday after a U.S. District Court sided with Reynolds American (RAI) in its long-running patent tussle with Star Scientific (STSI), this on ...
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Is That Inflation In Your Pocket, Or Are You Just Happy?

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 7:35 am

We saw tame inflation on the wholesale level yesterday, We have a mere +0.1% on both the headline CPI and on the Core CPI this morning.  Dow Jones had CPI ...
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