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Monthly Archives: June 2009

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Media Digest 8/30/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 30, 2009 at 3:03 am

Reuters:   Cybercrime is spreading fast on Facebook. Reuters:   GM will seek to sell most of its assets to a new company. Reuters:    Madoff got 150 years in prison. Reuters:   AIG (AIG) ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 6/30/2009

Posted: June 30, 2009 at 2:23 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose 1.8% to 9,956. The Hang Seng was up .3% to 18,588. The Shanghai Composite fell .5% to 2,959. At the open in ...
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Madoff: Billy The Kid In A Savile Row Suit

Posted: June 29, 2009 at 8:38 pm

Psychologists and psychiatrists around the world gathered for drinks and conversation tonight in their local coffee houses as Bernie Madoff boarded the bus to prison. The world will wait for ...
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Apollo Now Over $1 Billion in Quarterly Revenues (APOL)

Posted: June 29, 2009 at 3:17 pm

The online university giant Apollo Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) has just posted its first $1 billion revenue quarter which showed 26% year-over-year growth.  The company's degreed enrollment has now reached ...
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Mid-America Ready To Acquire More Apartment Projects (MAA)

Posted: June 29, 2009 at 2:11 pm

Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. (NYSE: MAA) has a new investment partnership it plans to use for making acquisitions.  The $250 million fund may be a bit misleading on the size, ...
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Last Week’s Russell Boots Are Today’s Winners (FNSR, SANM, SIRI, VG, BBI, MNI, FRE, FNM)

Posted: June 29, 2009 at 12:54 pm

Many knew that the huge Russell rebalance stocks was creating huge selling in the names toward the end of last week.  Yet on no news today we are seeing solid ...
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Online Job Hunting Still No Cure for the Unemployed

Posted: June 29, 2009 at 12:27 pm

This morning came a report from the Conference Board that is the new version of the old "Help Wanted" Index.  There is still a gain in online job postings since ...
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The Economy’s Dilemma: Market To Raise Money Is Still Brutal (GS)(GE)(BRK-A)(BRK-B)(UAUA)(S)(CLWR)(AIG)

Posted: June 29, 2009 at 8:50 am

Analysts were appalled when Goldman Sachs (GS) paid a 10% coupon on a $5 billion investment made by Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A)(BRK-B) in September of last year. He also ...
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Analyst Endorses Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B)

Posted: June 29, 2009 at 7:52 am

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) has picked up a new analyst and new coverage. Very few analysts cover the stock due to its share price and its holding ...
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Analyst Piling Into SolarWinds After Quiet Period (SWI)

Posted: June 29, 2009 at 7:48 am

SolarWinds, Inc. (NYSE: SWI) is indicated up this morning.  The recent IPO's quiet period by analysts has ended and the initiations of new coverage looks positive on the surface. Since ...
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Saving the World Economy From Peter Mandelson

Posted: June 29, 2009 at 7:15 am

John Tamny Whenever politicians see fit to offer up policy solutions to economic problems, a healthy bit of skepticism is in order. Indeed, to paraphrase the great economist Charles Kadlec, ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AA, BBBY, BRK.A, DFS, LYG, SNY, SWI, TRW, ZBRA)

Posted: June 29, 2009 at 6:46 am

These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations of new coverage which we have see from Wall Street this Monday morning: ALCOA (AA) Cut to Underperform at FBR. Bed ...
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Microsoft (MSFT) And Sony (SNE) To Drop Game Prices

Posted: June 29, 2009 at 5:08 am

Sony (SNE) is getting ready drop the price on its PS3 and Microsoft (MSFT) is set to do the same with the Xbox 360. At least that is how "inside ...
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Twitter Becomes An Enemy Of Big Business

Posted: June 29, 2009 at 4:49 am

Twitter has a lot of people posing as someone they are not, a problem that plagues larger social networks MySpace and Facebook. The trend with Twitter is becoming a significant ...
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In A Strange Development, Big Oil Turns To Wind Power

Posted: June 29, 2009 at 4:26 am

Oil exploration and refining companies are natural enemies of alternative energy. Wind power, nuclear power, clean coal, and solar could all undermine the value of crude in world markets. Oil ...
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