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Top Analyst Upgrades (BCS, BBBY, DLTR, EMC, GHL, HCN, NTAP, SNH, WSM, INTC)

Posted: August 27, 2009 at 8:19 am

These are this morning's top pre-market analyst upgrades, initiations, and positive broker research calls we have seen early this Thursday morning from Wall Street firms: Barclays (BCS) Raised to Outperform ...
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Top Analyst Downgrades (ALKS, JTX, MPW, NFG)

Posted: August 27, 2009 at 8:14 am

It is fairly light out in there in realm of analyst downgrades this morning.  These are this Thursday's top analyst downgrades or cautious calls from Wall Street this morning: Alkermes ...
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Air Traffic Shows Modest Improvement (AMR)(UAUA)(CAL)(DAL)

Posted: August 27, 2009 at 5:56 am

Faced with higher fuel prices and falling passenger traffic, the airline industry is ailing. There are concerns that some carriers will go bankrupt if the situation does not improve by ...
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US Government Sends Stimulus Checks To Prisoners

Posted: August 27, 2009 at 5:43 am

Not a great deal has gone right so far with the government's $787 billion stimulus package. There is no evidence that it has reached it primary goal of saving or ...
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Microsoft (MSFT) Makes It Official: Cuts Xbox By $100

Posted: August 27, 2009 at 5:33 am

What had been rumored is now true. Microsoft (MSFT) will cut the price of its Xbox 360 Elite by $100 to $299, the same price as the Sony (SNE) PS3. ...
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AIG (AIG) CEO Says His Extravagent Vacation Is OK

Posted: August 27, 2009 at 5:02 am

AIG's (AIG) new CEO Robert Benmosche is the wrong man for the job at the wrong time. He has been fighting for a $7 million base pay package to run ...
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The Vonage (VG) Mirage

Posted: August 27, 2009 at 4:49 am

Shares of Vonage (VG) decreased from their peak price of the day yesterday as investors raised concerns about the company’s rapid stock valuation increase. Vonage traded as high as $2.63 ...
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Tivo (TIVO) Late In Suing AT&T (T) And Verizon (VZ)

Posted: August 27, 2009 at 4:43 am

Tivo (TIVO), the pioneer in video recording devices lost most of its franchise to generic versions of its original product. Tivo has claimed that many of the products developed by ...
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Media Digest 8/27/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 27, 2009 at 4:00 am

Reuters:   Derivatives traders dipped into $4 trillion in client collateral. Reuters:   Home sales and durable orders improved. Reuters:   The US softened its stance on private equity deals to buy banks. ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 8/27/2009

Posted: August 27, 2009 at 3:27 am

Markets in Asia were lower. The Nikkei fell 1.6% to 10,474. Toyota (TM) fell. The Hang Seng was down 1% to 20,243. China Unicom (CHU) moved on word of a ...
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Apple (AAPL) iPhone Launch In China Imminent, Risky

Posted: August 26, 2009 at 8:38 pm

Apple (AAPL) is about to launch its iPhone in China, the largest cellular phone market in the world. According to The Wall Street Journal, China Unicom (CHU), the second largest ...
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Plains Capital Corporation Files for IPO (PCB)

Posted: August 26, 2009 at 4:16 pm

Plains Capital Corporation, a Texas-company involved in banking, mortgage origination and financial advisory, has filed to come public via an initial public offering of its common stock.  While no financial ...
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Many SPAC Changes Ahead of Key Votes & Dates (HLD, CFQCF, CACA, WTWG, AUCUF, GHC, CSAQF, WTWG, IDI)

Posted: August 26, 2009 at 3:03 pm

There is quite a bit changing in the land of special purpose acquisition companies, a.k.a. SPACs. We have been provided some key special purpose acquisition data by SPACupdate.com, which tracks ...
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24/7 Wall St. TV: Postal Layoffs Won’t Help

Posted: August 26, 2009 at 2:07 pm

The US Postal Service may be able to drive up the national rate of unemployment all on its own. The USPS will offer 30,000 workers buyouts. It has 650,000 workers, ...
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Toyota, GM, Ford and Honda Led Cash for Clunkers Win (TM, F, HMC)

Posted: August 26, 2009 at 12:04 pm

Well, it seems that despite the notion that 'cash for clunkers' was nothing more than a giveaway is perhaps only partly true.  This was another giveaway and it may ultimately ...
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