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Monthly Archives: June 2009

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Baird Unexcited About Green and Less-Dirty Energy (FSLR, ENOC, MXWL, ITRI, SPWRA, ORA, CCC)

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 6:57 am

Robert W. Baird has started several of the green or less-dirty energy players and water-plays in new coverage this morning.  Most of these are very unexciting ratings with a "Neutral" ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (APA, BIDU, BHP, STD, BK, CENT, IVZ, QCOM, SVNT, STT, TXN)

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 6:39 am

These are the top analyst upgrades and positive research calls from Wall Street we have seen early this Wednesday morning with more than two hours until the market opens: Apache ...
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Surprise: The Weakest Companies Are Leading the Rally

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 6:34 am

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke believes the green shoots of economic recovery are sprouting, and the market seems to agree: The S&P 500 is up 36 percent since March. But ...
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China Pushes Its Businesses To “Buy China”

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 5:13 am

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Starbucks (SBUX): Another Quick Fix That Is No Fix

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 4:52 am

The latest mad plan by Howard Schulz and his executive team to fix Starbucks (SBUX) is to have stores grind beans each time they make a new pot of coffee. ...
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Auto Suppliers: Fixing Car Companies While Breaking The System

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 4:40 am

The novel approach that the federal government is taking to fixing the American car industry is that it will bail out the manufacturers while letting their suppliers fail. Car parts ...
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The Instantaneous Collapse Of Social Network Values

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 4:28 am

The valuations of large social networks such as MySpace (NWS), Facebook, and Twitter is that a visitor has the same value as a visitor to Yahoo! (YHOO), AOL, or Ask.com ...
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The Regulation Of Financial Markets To Improve Consumer Protection

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 4:07 am

Pause and consider for a moment the fact that no amount of regulation of financial markets can squeeze the effects of stupidity out of the system. The Administration plans a ...
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Media Digest 6/17/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 3:08 am

Reuters: The US faces a long period of economic stagnation. Reuters:   Obama will release plans for a financial market overhaul. Reuters:   The White House will not help California fix its ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 6/17/2008

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 2:23 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose .9% to 9,841. The Hang Seng was up .5% to 18,251. The Shanghai Composite rose 1.2% to 2,810. At the the open ...
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24/7 Wall St. Launches Apple Financial News Site (AAPL)

Posted: June 16, 2009 at 5:13 pm

24/7 Wall St. is pleased to announce the launch of the public beta version of  AppleFinancialNews.com (AAPL), the first in a seriesof websites with news and opinion about America's premier companies gathered from ...
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New Fox Business Invitation To Interview 24/7 Wall St.

Posted: June 16, 2009 at 4:16 pm

Mr. MacIntyre:   We’re looking to discuss the viability of online newspapers tomorrow on our morning show “Money for Breakfast” with Alexis Glick at 0750 AM ET. Any chance you ...
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Crocs Closer To Raising Cash (CROX)

Posted: June 16, 2009 at 4:11 pm

CROCS Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) may be closer to a capital raise if an amended filing from tonight clears the bar to allow it to sell securities.  It was just May ...
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Adobe Follows So-So Reception Trends (ADBE)

Posted: June 16, 2009 at 3:11 pm

Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) has just posted earnings.  The Flash and Acrobat software king has posted $0.35 non-GAAP EPS and $704.7 million in revenue.  Thomson Reuters had estimates at ...
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Huawei Wants More Video Router Business (CSCO, JNPR, COMS)

Posted: June 16, 2009 at 1:32 pm

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. is one of the inaccessible companies to invest in for Americans.  Yet it runs head to head against Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) and other router ...
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