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Daily Archives: August 10, 2009

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Rosetta Stone Holders Unloading Stock (RST)

Posted: August 10, 2009 at 5:27 pm

Rosetta Stone Inc. (NYSE: RST) has just filed with the SEC for a public offering of common stock.  The language learning software leader filed to sell some 4,697,750 shares, which ...
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Genzyme Taking Aim At Resolution (GENZ)

Posted: August 10, 2009 at 4:59 pm

Genzyme Corp. (NASDAQ: GENZ) has taken steps to remedy its situation with the FDA and to remedy its image.  Genzyme issued some new guidance with an investor update and said ...
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24/7 Wall St. TV: Raising The $12.1 Trillion Debt Limit

Posted: August 10, 2009 at 4:10 pm

The Administration has a bit of a problem. The cap on the national debt, which must be approved by  Congress, is $12.1 trillion. The Treasury is borrowing money so fast ...
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The Successful Models For Selling Apps At The Apple (AAPL) App Store

Posted: August 10, 2009 at 3:54 pm

The Apple (AAPL) App Store, with over 1.5 billion application downloads, has become a tremendous market where software developers can sell their products.  Individuals or corporations must register with Apple ...
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Dendreon Gives Quarterly Report & Provenge Updates (DNDN)

Posted: August 10, 2009 at 1:29 pm

Dendreon Corp. (NASDAQ: DNDN) has its quarterly results out, although it is via SEC Filing rather than via a press release.  We had this on deck for a report this ...
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Nortel Finally Free of CEO (NRTLQ, FLEX)

Posted: August 10, 2009 at 12:27 pm

Nortel Networks Corp. (NRTLQ) is just about done.  This morning came the final announcement which we have been expecting for longer than imaginable.  We named CEO Mike Zafirovski as one ...
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The War On Diabetes Heats Up (NVO, AMLN, LLY, MNKD, PFE, VVUS, BMY, AZN, ARNA, GERN, STEM, OREX, GNBT, SPEX, ORMP, HDIX, PODD)

Posted: August 10, 2009 at 10:56 am

Diabetes is becoming an epidemic in the U.S. and the Western World.  The ties to obesity are often direct, so the potential treatments are often directly tied as well.  We ...
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What Movies and Cigarettes Tell Us About the Laffer Curve

Posted: August 10, 2009 at 9:47 am

John Tamny of RealClearMarkets The great economist Arthur Laffer long ago observed that high rates of taxation don't always correlate with high levels of government revenue. If the tax--or price--put ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (FRE, FNM, PCLN, RIMM, LLY, MCD, TRW, YRCW)

Posted: August 10, 2009 at 9:11 am

These are this Monday's top day trader and active trader alert stocks.  More detailed price and volume data is provided via a link to each story at VSInvestor.com: Freddie Mac ...
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Analysts Assign LogMeIn Coverage As Quiet Period Ends (LOGM)

Posted: August 10, 2009 at 8:17 am

LogMeIn, Inc. (NASDAQ: LOGM) has only been public since July 1.  While the market has done well, this stock has actually come off by about 10% from its IPO post-closing ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BT, ELY, CBS, CTXS, DUK, INFY, LINTA, NZ, RIMM, VMW)

Posted: August 10, 2009 at 8:08 am

These are the top ten brokerage firm analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street early this Monday morning: BT Group (BT) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan. Callaway ...
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New Stock Offerings Could Help Cause 30% Market Correction

Posted: August 10, 2009 at 6:12 am

Mark Mobius, a senior portfolio manager at Templeton, has been making market predictions for decades and is widely regarded as being good at it. He told Bloomberg that global markets ...
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Negotiating Car Prices On eBay (EBAY)

Posted: August 10, 2009 at 5:52 am

eBay (EBAY) and GM are setting up a program in California that will allow consumers to negotiate prices for new cars online. Potential customers can also set up financial packages ...
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Overdraft Fees: The Endless Profit Center For Banks

Posted: August 10, 2009 at 5:37 am

There are so few profit centers that banks can count on anymore. Many of the largest financial firms are still losing money on derivatives. Consumer credit default rates are rising. ...
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Cut The Stimulus Package To Decrease The Deficit

Posted: August 10, 2009 at 5:10 am

American GDP growth was much better than expected in the second quarter of the year, falling only 1%. Unemployment statistics were surprisingly good as the jobless rate actually improved from ...
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