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Daily Archives: July 8, 2009

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Alcoa Able To Sell Less-Bad As Good (AA)

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 3:30 pm

Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) posted a narrower-than-expected loss of -$0.26 EPS on a non-GAAP basis and -$0.32 EPS from continuing operations.  Revenues were down sharply to $4.24 billion (from $7.62 ...
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Hot Topic: Twilight Can’t Help Forever (HOTT)

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 3:15 pm

Hot Topic, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOTT) is continuing to lose its momentum.  The company had been a huge winner for being tied to the  apparel from the Twilight teen vampire movie.  ...
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Did Amazon.com’s Kindle Already Peak? (AMZN, SNE)

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 2:13 pm

There has been a lot of coverage of the Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) Kindle e-book reader.  But what happens when you hear there has been yet another price cut on the ...
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Cybersecurity: Obama’s Next Big-Ticket Agenda Item

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 12:33 pm

It's taken a back seat to health care, but one of the next big agenda items for President Obama's administration is cybersecurity, a priority that is becoming all the ...
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What Is Macau IPO Really Worth to Las Vegas Sands (LVS, MPEL, WYNN)

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 12:21 pm

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) has been all over the news today on reports that the company may conduct an initial public offering for its Macau assets.  The company ...
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Further Evidence That Alcoa Has Low Correlation To Earnings Season Trends (AA, SPY, XME)

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 11:10 am

Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) is one of the first stocks that kicks off earnings season every quarter.  Today is its actual earnings report after the closing bell.  What is interesting ...
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BioHealth Business Daily (AMGN, NVS, AMLN, LLY, ALKS, NVO, LLY, VICL, SCLN, ARNA)

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 9:47 am

These are some of the top stories affecting key drug and biotech stocks that are covered with more in-depth details and analysis this morning at BioHealthInvestor.com: Amgen Inc’s (Nasdaq: AMGN)’s ...
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Repeat of Oil Inventory Trends (USO, OIL)

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 9:38 am

The weekly oil inventories data came out of the U.S. Department of Energy at 10:30 AM EST this morning.  Crude Oil was already down under $62.00 on global economic worries, ...
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Day Trader Alerts (AMGN, NVS, MSCS, DRYS, ARYX, XNPT, ARNA, BPZ)

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 8:10 am

These are some of the top stocks for day traders and active traders to watch based on pre-market and after-hours volume activity with links to more detailed price and volume ...
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G8 Worries Over Whether Stimulus Money Is Being “Delivered”

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 7:43 am

Most analysis of the stimulus packages put together by France and the huge $585 billion Chinese program to keep its GDP growing showthat the capital is already making its way into ...
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Crazy or Gutsy? The Call for $2 on General Electric (GE)

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 7:35 am

We rarely have time to watch video interviews from around the web early in the morning, but what choice is there when someone is calling for General Electric Co. (NYSE: ...
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Mixed Data on Oil Rig Counts (BHI)

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 7:17 am

Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI) has released its June data for rig counts.  The bad news is that there are still some drops being recorded in rig counts from May, and ...
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Reversal Call in First Solar (FSLR)

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 7:07 am

Shares of First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) are rising this morning for a change.  ThinkEquity raised the rating on the solar leader to a BUY rating from an already somewhat ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (APD, CHTT, CTXS, FCX, PLAB, QCOM, SAP, PCU, STM, HOT)

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 6:16 am

These are the top ten pre-market analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall Street analysts this Wednesday morning with about two and a half hours until the ...
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New Airline Price Wars

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 5:13 am

Airline price wars are back, just when carriers cannot afford them. The price of  jet fuel is up. Passenger traffic is down. Southwest (LUV) is offering fare as low as ...
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