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Monthly Archives: July 2009

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China’s Political Battle to Buy Strategic Interests Around The Globe

Posted: July 6, 2009 at 4:43 am

China is in the midst of something just short of a global buying spree of crude reserves, metal and mining companies, tech concerns, and manufacturing operations. It would be easy ...
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biotech

The Five Growth Biotech Names To Watch Right Now

Posted: July 6, 2009 at 4:27 am

Alnylam (Nasdaq: ALNY) leads a short list of some of the fastest-growing biotech stocks where analyst estimate revisions continue to rise. BioHealth Investor began by analyzing 171 stocks in the ...
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From The UK: A Warning For The Airlines In America

Posted: July 6, 2009 at 4:04 am

British Airways has announced it will cut its capital spending this year by another 20% to 580 million pounds. It is in the process of negotiating with its unions to ...
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Media Digest 7/6/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 6, 2009 at 3:01 am

Reuters:   Small banks are worried that new regulations will hurt their earnings. Reuters:   A judge approved the sale of GM assets. Reuters:   Rio Tinto (RTP) sold its food packaging assets ...
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Asia Markets 7/6/2009

Posted: July 6, 2009 at 2:28 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei fell 1.4% to 9,681. The Hang Seng was off 1.2% to 17,981. The Shanghai Composite rose 1.2% to 3,125. Data from Reuters. ...
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The Best Short-Selling Opportunities Of The Year (C)(GE)(F)(SBUX)(SIRI)

Posted: July 5, 2009 at 5:54 pm

There is still some conversation about the federal government restricting short-selling activity in certain stocks. The counterargument to these restrictions is that short selling plays an important role in the ...
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apple

Apple Gets Hit By Bad PR On Apps Payments

Posted: July 5, 2009 at 6:13 am

Apple (AAPL) is doing an atrocious job of paying the developers of software for its iPhone, at least according to The New York Post. The newspaper reports that companies which ...
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Venture Capital Growing Again in Clean Energy and Clean Technology (GE, DGW, BWEN)

Posted: July 3, 2009 at 7:31 am

It seems that venture capital has started to reappear in clean energy and clean technology.  A report this week from The Cleantech Group with contributions from Deloitte saw a resumption ...
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Apple (AAPL) iPhone Bests Palm (PALM) Pre

Posted: July 3, 2009 at 5:41 am

Pre sales have to keep a very brisk pace for Palm (PALM) to continue its turnaround. Many experts believe that consumers will make a decision to buy the Pre in ...
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Give Madoff Some Cellmates

Posted: July 3, 2009 at 5:19 am

By Antoinette Geyelin So, Mr. Bernard Madoff is going to jail for 150 years. Seems like a fairer sentence than the twelve his lawyers asked for. But you know what? ...
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Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore…

Posted: July 3, 2009 at 5:16 am

By Kathleen Rogers The state of California may soon issue IOUs to its business vendors, students awaiting financial aid payments, and taxpayers expecting refund checks. When I first read this ...
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China Chases More Oil Assets (SNP)(RTP)

Posted: July 3, 2009 at 5:14 am

China is scouring the world for oil as its expanding economy needs more crude to fuel its transportation and infrastructure needs. The world's most populous nation is close to a ...
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Fifty-Two Banks May Have Closed, But Where Are The Rest?

Posted: July 3, 2009 at 4:54 am

Nouriel Roubini told Barron's almost a year ago that 1,400 US banks would fail due to the collapse of the credit markets. RBC Capital made a similar estimate. As it ...
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Media Digest 7/3/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 3, 2009 at 3:58 am

Reuters:   Smart investors are starting to cherry- pick stocks. Reuters:   California may agree on a budget to stop using IOUs. Reuters:   Some stock funds are still making up for lost ground. ...
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The Beauty Of Wall St: One Rogue Trader Can Still Move A Market

Posted: July 2, 2009 at 6:34 pm

The notion of regulating risk and behavior on Wall St. was given another stunning blow today as the FT reported that one rogue broker cause a spike in oil prices ...
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