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Monthly Archives: July 2009

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The Remarkable Resurrection Of Hedge Funds

Posted: July 21, 2009 at 6:07 pm

The recovery has really begun to lift all ships when the hedge fund industry can claim that it has risen almost instantly from the death that it suffered in ...
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Should AIG Be Keeping Terms of Deals Secret?

Posted: July 21, 2009 at 5:55 pm

by Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - July 21, 2009 Last week we reported that while AIG has sold — or agreed to sell — a dozen subsidiaries as part of its ...
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Will China Subsidies Save Solar Stocks? (LDK, STP, TSL, CSUN, JASO, FSLR, WFR, SPWRA, ENER, SOLR, CSIQ)

Posted: July 21, 2009 at 5:09 pm

If you saw how solar power stocks ran up today, you might think it was tied to higher energy prices from last week.  But the news that that ran shares ...
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Apple’s (AAPL) Results Remarkable, Again

Posted: July 21, 2009 at 3:51 pm

Wall St. expected Apple (AAPL) to earn $1.17 a share. It made $1.35. Wall St. expected $8.2 billion in revenue. Apple's sales hit $8.34 billion. Wall St. was concerned that ...
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AMD Visits Dullsville (AMD, INTC)

Posted: July 21, 2009 at 3:47 pm

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) is getting drilled on earnings.  The easy comparison is that the Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) strength is coming at the expense of AMD.  The ...
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Yahoo! Mum on Deal in Earnings (YHOO, MSFT)

Posted: July 21, 2009 at 3:27 pm

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) has posted its earnings of $0.10 non-GAAP EPS and $1.136 in ex-TAC revenues.  Thomson Reuters had estimates at $0.08 EPS and $1.14 billion in revenues. Guidance ...
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Starbucks Earning Bucks (SBUX)

Posted: July 21, 2009 at 3:14 pm

Coffee retail giant Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) has just reported earnings of $0.24 non-GAAP EPS and $2.4 billion in revenues.  Thomson Reuters had estimates at $0.19 EPS and $2.38 billion ...
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Apple Has To Blow Numbers Out (AAPL, RIMM, PALM)

Posted: July 21, 2009 at 1:13 pm

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is set to report earnings after the closing bell today.  As always, this is one of the tech market's biggest events, but there is a problem... ...
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What McKinsey Will Tell Conde Nast

Posted: July 21, 2009 at 11:04 am

Embattled publishing company Conde Nast has hired McKinsey & Co. to help the publisher look at its options as its advertising revenue shrinks at a alarming rates. According to MediaPost the goal ...
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ETF/ETN Conundrum: Size Limits, Roll Dates, Future Trading (UNG, USO)

Posted: July 21, 2009 at 10:51 am

We have noted how CFTC inquiries and reviews into whether or not the size of certain speculative instruments in commodities markets, including ETF and ETN instruments, is likely to be ...
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Predicting The Value Of The World’s Most Valuable Brands For 2009

Posted: July 21, 2009 at 10:14 am

Once a year, Interbrand publishes a list of the "Best Global Brands". The 2008 list was released last September. The next list will probably be out in about two months. ...
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Secondary Offerings Come Back Fast (CEDC, HGG, EWBC, BMS, INTC, STSA, CVBF, RT)

Posted: July 21, 2009 at 8:30 am

Now that markets are back up, we are starting to see many syndicate offerings come in.  That is not a huge surprise, but the volume of companies is rather strong.  ...
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Sybase Mixed, But Good Enough (SY)

Posted: July 21, 2009 at 8:10 am

Sybase, Inc. (NYSE:SY) has chalked up a win in its earnings report by the looks of it.  The company posted non-GAAP earnings of $0.56 EPS on roughly a 2% decline ...
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Once Again, Paulson Misses the Point

Posted: July 21, 2009 at 7:42 am

By John Tamny of RealClearMarkets In testimony before Congress last week, former Treasury secretary Henry Paulson said he was "proud to have been among the many public servants" who came ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (ALKS, LLY, SNY, MRK, SPPI, LXK, BSX, JDAS, IDIX, PKG, CVBF, WERN)

Posted: July 21, 2009 at 7:40 am

These are some of this morning's 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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