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Daily Archives: August 18, 2009

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Video Game Players Are Fat, Depressed, And Old (SNE)(MSFT)

Posted: August 18, 2009 at 6:53 pm

In the not too distant future, video games may have health warning labels like the ones found on Marlboros and Jim Beam. New research performed by the Centers for Disease ...
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Exxon Mobil (XOM) And PetroChina (PTR): The US And China Play Nicely Together

Posted: August 18, 2009 at 6:11 pm

There is a tremendous amount of agita about the Chinese arresting four Rio Tinto (RTP) employees on charges of trade secret infringement and bribery. The action came too soon after ...
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Sony (SNE) PS3 And Microsoft (MSFT) Zune: Does Cutting Price Matter?

Posted: August 18, 2009 at 5:40 pm

Sony's (SNE) PS3 and Microsoft's (MSFT) Zune both have the same problem. They substantially under-sell the market leaders. In the case of the Zune, that is Apple's (AAPL) iPod which ...
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AT&T (T) And Sprint (S) Key To iPhone And Palm Customer Satisfaction

Posted: August 18, 2009 at 5:21 pm

Wall St. analysts and the media have spent the weeks after the release of the Palm (PALM) Pre on the Sprint (S) network wondering how the handset is actually selling ...
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H-P Delivers On Earnings (HPQ)

Posted: August 18, 2009 at 4:16 pm

Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) has just released its earnings report for the quarter.  The PC and IT giant posted $0.91 EPS and $27.45 billion in revenues.  Thomson Reuters had estimates ...
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Can NetApp Earnings Continue The Run? (NTAP, DDUP, EMC)

Posted: August 18, 2009 at 3:02 pm

NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) is set to report earnings after the close of trading on Wednesday.  What will be interesting to see is if the company can maintain its old ...
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24/7 Wall St. TV: Reader’s Digest Goes To Hospice

Posted: August 18, 2009 at 2:39 pm

The US business of Readers Digest is going into Chapter 11. The immediate cause is the company’s need to restructure $1.6 billion in debt and to move ownership of the ...
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Full H-P Earnings Preview (HPQ)

Posted: August 18, 2009 at 12:45 pm

Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) may have just clouded its outlook for today's earnings report.  We have Thomson Reuters estimates at $0.90 EPS on some $27.25 billion in revenues.  But today ...
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Garmin & Raymarine, A Defensive & Strategic Opportunity (GRMN, AAPL, VZ, GOOG, T)

Posted: August 18, 2009 at 11:10 am

Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) may still be the leader in its space in the U.S., but the company has become very 'yesteryear' for investors.  The company recently performed much 'less-worse' ...
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RBC Gets Ultra-Aggressive on R-I-M, Apple, Palm (RIMM, PALM, AAPL)

Posted: August 18, 2009 at 10:01 am

Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) was running this morning in our top day trader alerts, but it turns out that there was much more to the call than meets they eye.  ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (HD, LOW, CIT, GERN, TSL, NVAX, HURN, RIMM)

Posted: August 18, 2009 at 9:06 am

These are this Tuesday’s top day trader and active stock alerts.  We have more detailed data on volume and price analysis with links through to VSInvestor.com on each stock: The ...
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Good News for Consumers: Wholesale Inflation Not Being Seen

Posted: August 18, 2009 at 8:39 am

Inflation is taking a ride in the backseat, again.  The Labor Department said that July's wholesale inflation measured by Producer Price Index came in at -0.9% on the nominal or ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AEZS, AXP, ARTC, BRCD, GLW, CRXL, GS, IGT, MOT, TRA)

Posted: August 18, 2009 at 7:53 am

These are ten of the top analyst research upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen early this Tuesday morning with about two hours until the market opens: Aeterna Zentaris (AEZS) Cut to ...
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Head Of AIG (AIG) To Be Overpaid By $6,999,999

Posted: August 18, 2009 at 6:06 am

AIG has already taken in $180 billion of taxpayer money and there is absolutely no reason to believe that most of it will be returned. The insurance company is still ...
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Another Options Backdating Scandal Brewing

Posted: August 18, 2009 at 5:53 am

The Wall Street Journal has taken an exclusive look at academic reseach documents that show many companies have backdated options. The last scandal about the practice should have taught public company ...
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