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Monthly Archives: July 2009

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Which Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Stocks Bounced The Most? (BRK-A, BAC, WFC, KMX, GE, GCI, IR, USG)

Posted: July 31, 2009 at 3:19 pm

We recently gave a list of companies which we thought Warren Buffett might want to consider selling or lightening up on after Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) disclosed that it ...
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Government Bails Itself Out At GM: Cash For Clunkers Gets $2 Billion

Posted: July 31, 2009 at 2:00 pm

The $1 billion "Cash for Clunkers" program was an ideal way for the government to protect its $50 billion investment in GM by stimulating domestic car sales as the industry ...
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Microsoft Analyst Day: As The King Was Looking Down, Google Plays Jester

Posted: July 31, 2009 at 12:15 pm

Microsoft Corp's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Steve Ballmer inks a deal with Yahoo, the software giant's biggest in years, and all of a sudden he's invincible. He sure made it sound ...
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Is Carl Icahn Stealing XO? (XOHO, IEP)

Posted: July 31, 2009 at 11:29 am

XO Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: XOHO) is not a usual company we'd cover because of the size and because of the Bulletin Board status.  But this week we have been getting ...
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A Buy and Sell Case For Motorola (MOT)

Posted: July 31, 2009 at 10:24 am

Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) has been a troubled handset and communications and networking equipment provider for what is becoming longer than memory cares to record.  Its restructuring plans have never ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (ARIA, ANDS, SYNA, NVTL, ABAX, FSLR, ESLR, AVII)

Posted: July 31, 2009 at 8:58 am

The following are some of the top stocks to watch for active trading today based on pre-market and after-hours volume activity. There are links through to more detailed coverage and ...
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Q2 GDP Masks The Real Woes

Posted: July 31, 2009 at 8:42 am

We already knew GDP was coming out and that it was going to be bad.  At least it was not an echo of the -5.5% GDP drop seen in Q1.  ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ARIA, RATE, IRM, ISLN, MOT, OMX, RTP, SYNA, VSEA, DIS)

Posted: July 31, 2009 at 8:07 am

These are ten of the top pre-market analyst calls with upgrads and downgrades that we have seen from Wall Street early this Friday morning: Ariad pharmaceuticals (ARIA) Cut to Sell ...
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What If Swine Flu Cases Have Peaked?

Posted: July 31, 2009 at 6:08 am

It is an audacious statement, but Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer of the UK, believes that swine flu cases may have peaked at about 110,000. He sees evidence that ...
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Deflation Emerges With Force

Posted: July 31, 2009 at 5:51 am

The Fed has stated that it is not worried that low interest rates and an economic recovery will cause inflation. Adjustments in economic policy and control of the money supply ...
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“Christmas In July” May Kill Retail Jobs In The Fall

Posted: July 31, 2009 at 5:29 am

The Wall Street Journal reports that a number of retailers are running "Christmas In July" sales. They may help store chains that are low on money, but they probably just ...
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“Cash For Clunkers” An Artificial Program Shields Auto Industry

Posted: July 31, 2009 at 5:11 am

Ford (F) makes better cars than it did last year, or at least there is better demand for them. The "cash for clunkers" program put together by the US government ...
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The Government’s Fight To Make Rich Bankers Poor

Posted: July 31, 2009 at 4:46 am

Andrew Cuomo, who is running for governor of New York State without having announced it, is denouncing Wall St. because of its big pay packages while in his current role ...
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24/7 Wall St. TV: Sony–No Hit Products Since The Stone Age

Posted: July 31, 2009 at 4:37 am

Sony has been skewered for its lack of innovation for the last half decade. Its last big consumer electronics hit was the Walkman which went on sale in June 1979. ...
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Media Digest 7/31/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 31, 2009 at 3:56 am

Reuters:   Banks paid out billions of dollars in bonuses last year while losing money. Reuters:   The US closed  its car "clunkers" program just as it began as funds ran out. ...
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