Monthly Archives: August 2009

Long Line of Biotech Secondary Stock Offerings (MNKD, IDIX, ISPH, ARIA, ONTY, NBY, SOMX, ARNA, OXGN)

Posted: August 5, 2009 at 1:28 pm

It seems that there is another endless line of biotech and emerging pharmaceutical companies which have raised cash or have filed to raise cash. MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ: MNKD), Idenix Pharmaceuticals ...
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Crude Inventories Dampen Energy Prices (USO, OIL)

Posted: August 5, 2009 at 10:47 am

The weekly data from the Department of Energy is showing some gains in crude oil again and some weaker-than- expected gasoline draws. Weekly crude oil inventories went up by 1.67 ...
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Billions of Dollars Lost in US Postal Service… Blood in Mail

Posted: August 5, 2009 at 10:26 am

The United States Postal Service is out with its quarterly filing of earnings, and it is not pretty. In fact it is uglier than a head-on collision. The quarterly report ...
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24/7 Wall St. TV: The Recession America Needed

Posted: August 5, 2009 at 10:06 am

The human toll of the recession, reported to be the worst economic downturn since the 1930s, has been so searing that it could be considered cruel to evaluate this event ...
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MannKind Raises Over $50 Million (MNKD, PFE)

Posted: August 5, 2009 at 9:55 am

MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ: MNKD) is getting hit after the company announced that it priced a secondary offering of 7,400,000 shares of its common stock. While the press release does not ...
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HCP Boosts Cash Raise (HCP)

Posted: August 5, 2009 at 9:29 am

HCP, Inc. (NYSE: HCP) is raising more cash than expected. The company has priced a secondary offering of 15.5 million shares of common stock at a price per share of ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (ACAS, GRMN, NVAX, ONT, PG, USU, WFMI)

Posted: August 5, 2009 at 8:56 am

These are this morning's top day trader and active trader alerts. We have links through to VSInvestor.com for more detailed price and volume analysis on each stock: American Capital Ltd. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (ACOR, CCE, CREE, CVS, ICE, SVVS)

Posted: August 5, 2009 at 7:57 am

These are the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street early this Wednesday morning: Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR) Raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray. ...
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Top Analyst Downgrades (ADM, CTRP, CYN, CVLT, NRGY, KIM, OSK, SPG, UBS)

Posted: August 5, 2009 at 7:31 am

These are some of the top analyst downgrades and negative research calls we have seen from Wall Street early this Wednesday morning: Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Cut to Perform at ...
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A New Blackberry For $48 (RIMM)

Posted: August 5, 2009 at 6:05 am

RIM (RIMM) has come up with a way to take market share from Apple (AAPL) and Palm (PALM) in the smart phone market. It is launching the BlackBerry 8520, a ...
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Yahoo! Deal With Microsoft Better Than Assumed

Posted: August 5, 2009 at 5:42 am

Yahoo! (YHOO) filed an 8K with the SEC with details of its search engine agreement with Microsoft (MSFT). Several of the provisions of the contract are better than investors may ...
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Better Late Than Never: Economists Increase Forecasts For Second Half

Posted: August 5, 2009 at 5:22 am

It has begun to dawn on economists that all of the good news about housing, GDP, and earnings much be leading somewhere. Practitioners of the dismal science are beginning to ...
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GM Chief Insists Firm Will Stay No.1 In USA

Posted: August 5, 2009 at 4:48 am

GM's new chairman Edward E. Whitacre Jr said that one of his major goals is to make certain that the No.1 US car company stays N0.1. GM will find it ...
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Media Digest 8/5/2009

Posted: August 5, 2009 at 4:06 am

Reuters: GM's new board endorsed the company's new plans. Reuters: The Senate will probably approve "cash for clunkers" aid. Reuters: Sony (SNE) will enter the market with an e-reader to ...
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Asia Markets and Europe Open 8/5/2009

Posted: August 5, 2009 at 3:34 am

Markets in Asia were lower. The Nikkei fell 1.2% to 10,253. Toyota (TM) dropped on earnings. The Hang Seng fell 1.2% to 20,512. The Shanghai Composite fell 1.2% to 3,247. ...
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