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Monthly Archives: June 2009

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Will All Of The Top Management On Wall St. Work For $1 A Year?

Posted: June 8, 2009 at 5:19 am

The Administration is looking at further pay caps for executives on Wall St. and the auto industry. The reasoning is that if a company takes government money, the government should ...
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Microsoft (MSFT) May Offer Huge Price Cut For Windows 7 Pressuring Margins

Posted: June 8, 2009 at 5:04 am

Microsoft (MSFT) may price Windows 7 as low as $100 to offset the effects of the recession on PC operating system sales and the public's rejection of Vista, the current ...
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Oil Will Rise Much Further Says Industry CEO

Posted: June 8, 2009 at 4:42 am

Shell is the largest oil company in Europe and one of the biggest in the world. Its assessment of the industry and the direction of the price of oil is probably ...
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The New Case For Airline Bankruptcies: $9 Billion Annual Loss

Posted: June 8, 2009 at 4:26 am

The International Air Transport Association has doubled its estimates for global airline industry losses compared to its figure of three months ago. That presages another round of carrier bankruptcies similar to ...
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The Failure Of The Web 1.0 Giants And The Case That Facebook and MySpace Could Be Worthless

Posted: June 8, 2009 at 3:53 am

Facebook recently took in a new $200 million investment which puts the value of the company at $10 billion. That is down from a $15 billion valuation based on an ...
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Fixing Housing Prices By Encouraging A Free Fall

Posted: June 8, 2009 at 3:46 am

There are a number of market reasons that housing could continue to fall over the next two or three years. Robert J. Shiller of Yale makes the point, writing in ...
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Media Digest 6/8/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 8, 2009 at 3:00 am

Reuters:   3D is bringing a new dimension to the computer world. Reuters:   The Supreme Court was asked to block Chrysler sale. Reuters:   China bankers called for US sales of yuan ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 6/8/2009

Posted: June 8, 2009 at 2:25 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei was higher by 1% to 9,866. The Hang Seng fell 1.4% to 18,420. The Shanghai Composite was up .6% to 2,768. At the ...
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360-Degree Long & Short Value Review of Hansen (HANS, KO)

Posted: June 7, 2009 at 10:17 am

Hansen Natural Corp. (NASDAQ: HANS) was one of the most unusual stealth blow-ups of Friday.  If you were not paying attention to the comments from the annual shareholder meeting then ...
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Sony (SNE) Will Have To Sell Its Studio Business, Could Get $6 Billion

Posted: June 7, 2009 at 9:18 am

Sony (SNE) is in trouble, and it is very deep trouble. For the fiscal year ending March 31, the conglomerate lost more than $1 billion on $79 billion in revenue. ...
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Economy Worries, Hard Realities

Posted: June 7, 2009 at 8:20 am

I am worried.  This is not an unusual state for me, as friends and colleagues will agree.  Often, my worries can be assuaged by thoughtful preparation or action.  The worries ...
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Could US Debt Reach 100% Of GDP?

Posted: June 7, 2009 at 6:44 am

Bill Gross, the chief investment officer of bond management firm Pimco, makes the case in a letter to investors that the US national debt could easily reach 100% of GDP, ...
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The Unusual Suspects (X, BRK-A, BNI, NFLD, INTC, WIND, AAPL, PALM, NVAX)

Posted: June 7, 2009 at 6:31 am

There were several unusual occurrences at the end of the week and some we saw over the weekend screenings for items missed during the week.  These will also be among ...
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Palm Pre, Short Supply, Sell-Outs Not All Instant (PALM, S, AAPL, RIMM, BBY)

Posted: June 6, 2009 at 12:40 pm

Saturday morning marked the awaited launch of the Pre smartphone from Palm Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) under an exclusivity carrier pact with Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S).  We think this will offer ...
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Bank Of America (BAC) Makes The Government Happy, Adds New Directors

Posted: June 5, 2009 at 5:01 pm

In a sign that the federal government is the puppet master of several of America's largest banks, Bank of America (BAC) has appointed four new directors with extensive bank management ...
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