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Monthly Archives: September 2009

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Asia Markets And Europe Open 9/15/2009

Posted: September 15, 2009 at 3:31 am

Markets is Asia were narrowly mixed The Nikkei was up .2% to 10,218. The Hang Seng rose a franction to 20,941. The Shanghai Composite was up .2% to 3,034. At ...
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Martha Stewart Lands at Home Depot (MSO, HD, SHLD, M)

Posted: September 14, 2009 at 4:40 pm

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (NYSE: MSO) has a new exclusive product lineup partner. We still want to know where Martha will end up after the K-Mart deal she has ...
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Bank Of America (BAC) And The SEC: No Justice, No Peace

Posted: September 14, 2009 at 2:24 pm

Federal District Judge Jed S. Rakoff was supposed to a approve a $33 million settlement between the SEC and Bank of America over the issue of the financial firm making ...
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The Return, Maybe, of New UNG Baskets (UNG)

Posted: September 14, 2009 at 1:01 pm

United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG) has been accused of, and still appears to be, the tail that wags the dog in the world of speculative instruments and a single ...
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Eli Lilly (LLY): America’s Most Stable Companies Keep Cutting Jobs

Posted: September 14, 2009 at 12:18 pm

The rate at which unemployment is growing has slowed recently and is no longer running more than 700,000 jobs lost a month. But, the firings are continuing, even at America's largest ...
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Intuit Continues Diversification Path (INTU)

Posted: September 14, 2009 at 12:15 pm

It used to be that Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ: INTU) was a company whose life revolved around tax season as Joe Public went to buy new versions of TurboTax® software, and ...
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GE Acquisition Further Highlights Wind Power (GE)

Posted: September 14, 2009 at 11:04 am

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is already a large wind power and alternative energy player.  The company's GE Wind site notes that it already has more than 10,000 worldwide wind ...
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E*TRADE Almost Reverses Own Fortune (ETFC)

Posted: September 14, 2009 at 10:08 am

The analyst who upgraded E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) at Citigroup is probably not feeling as confident as compared to about an hour ago.  Citi raised its rating to BUY from ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (ARIA, DPTR, ETFC, FSLR, MOS, POT, SLXP, S)

Posted: September 14, 2009 at 8:58 am

These are this Monday’s top day trader alert and active trader alert stocks.  We have more color and more detail on price and volume analysis linked through to each at ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades/Downgrades (BSX, DWA, ETFC, FSLR, LVS, MSFT, MOS, POT, UPS, UA)

Posted: September 14, 2009 at 8:18 am

These are the top 10 analyst calls for upgrades and downgrades seen early this Monday morning from Wall Street research firms: Boston Scientific (BSX) Cut to Neutral at UBS. DreamWorks ...
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It’s Time to Ditch the Dollar

Posted: September 14, 2009 at 8:17 am

John Tamny of RealClearMarkets President Nixon's Treasury Secretary John Connally once famously quipped to a gathering of European central bankers that "the dollar may be our currency, but it's your ...
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Public’s Trust Of Media Hits 20-Year Low

Posted: September 14, 2009 at 5:47 am

The media industry is being shaken to it foundations by the recession and the movement of advertising dollars from old media to the internet. The public's trust of the media ...
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China and The US: A Good Old-Fashion Trade War

Posted: September 14, 2009 at 5:15 am

China voiced unusually strong objections to tariffs put on its tire exports to the US. The American government believes that the Chinese are targeting the industry which is costing US ...
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BusinessWeek And The Cowardice Of McGraw-Hill (MHP)

Posted: September 14, 2009 at 4:46 am

BusinessWeek is losing money, over $40 million last year by some accounts, and more if the publication’s corporate overhead is included. There have been questions about whether BusinessWeek is financially ...
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Media Digest 9/14/2009

Posted: September 14, 2009 at 4:01 am

Reuters:   Obama is trying to push Wall St. reform. Reuters:   German aid for Opel will go in part to Russia for operations there. Reuters:   A global poll shows support for ...
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