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Monthly Archives: July 2009

biotech

Swine Flu Research Causes 165% Surge In Inovio (INO)

Posted: July 29, 2009 at 11:32 am

As first reported at our affiliate site BioHealth Investor: Inovio Biomedical Corporation (NYSE Amex: INO) has been higher by over 160% for most of the morning.  Investors are following the news ...
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Oil Inventories Confirm Technical Event in ETF Charts (USO, OIL)

Posted: July 29, 2009 at 10:54 am

Oil was already against the ropes and off current highs because of the CFTC seeking limits on speculators and on non-end-user trading activities in the energy commodity markets.  But this ...
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IRIDIUM Closer To Going Public, Again (GHL, GHQ)

Posted: July 29, 2009 at 10:36 am

Iridium Holdings is one step closer to coming public.  The special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Greenhill & Co., Inc. (NYSE: GHL) has announced that the affiliate GHL Acquisition Corp. ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (ELRN, EXEL, LIFE, THQI, KG, BPSG, WCG, VPHM)

Posted: July 29, 2009 at 9:09 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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ConocoPhillips Looking Better or Less-Bad (COP)

Posted: July 29, 2009 at 8:57 am

ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) has reported earnings.  The Buffett-oil trade posted earnings of $1.298 billion, or $0.87 EPS. As oil price are down significantly over last year, this compares with earnings ...
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Details Of Microsoft (MSFT) Deal With Yahoo! (YHOO) Released: Too Complex To Work

Posted: July 29, 2009 at 8:01 am

The partnership between Yahoo! (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) to integrate their search operations is even more complicated than was rumored. It is so complicated, as a matter of fact, that ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AFL, CPB, ECL, ISIS, MGM, NE, NSC, PERY, TER, WDC)

Posted: July 29, 2009 at 7:53 am

These are the ten top Wall Street analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have this Wednesday morning: Aflac (AFL) Cut to Hold from Buy at Citigroup. Campbell Soup ...
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Time Warner (TWX) Affirms Outlook As Publishing Unit Post A Loss

Posted: July 29, 2009 at 6:25 am

The good news from Time Warner (TWX) is that it affirmed its earnings outlook for the year. The bad news is that it is losing more revenue at its publishing unit, Time, ...
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Geithner: A Promise To China He May Not Keep

Posted: July 29, 2009 at 6:10 am

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner made the Chinese a promise he may not be able to keep. He told a delegation of mainland leaders that the US would address its deficit ...
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More Signs The Government Mortgage Recovery Plan Is Flawed

Posted: July 29, 2009 at 5:54 am

The plan to keep people in their homes when they cannot make their current monthly mortgage payments has run into a raft of problems. The most obvious is that homeowners ...
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Signal From Honda (HMC): Global Auto Business Recovering

Posted: July 29, 2009 at 5:03 am

The automotive industry has been one of the most troubled worldwide over the last two years. High gas prices and low consumer spending have conspired to kill off demand for cars ...
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Cracks In China Economic Foundation, Shanghai Down 5%

Posted: July 29, 2009 at 4:47 am

The two main indexes of Chinese stocks, the Hang Seng and Shanghai Composite, have moved almost straight up this year. The Shanghai Composite is higher by more than 80%. A ...
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Media Digest 7/29/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 29, 2009 at 3:59 am

Reuters:   China and the US vowed close ties to bring the economy out of recession. Reuters:   Microsoft (MSFT) and Yahoo! (YHOO) are close to a search deal. Reuters:   The Senate ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 7/29/2009 Shanghai Off 5%

Posted: July 29, 2009 at 3:26 am

Asian markets were mixed with Chinese markets falling sharply. The Nikkei rose .3% to 10,113. Honda (HMC) posted good earnings. Sony (SNE) posts next week. The Hang Seng was down ...
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Microsoft (MSFT) Search Deal With Yahoo! (YHOO) Looks Too Complex

Posted: July 28, 2009 at 10:34 pm

Several media are reporting that Yahoo ! (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) are as little as a day away from a partnership that would marry their search engine businesses, but the ...
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