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Monthly Archives: September 2009

Top Analyst Upgrades (AXL, BRCD, CL, ELX, GRMN, PGR, Q, SLB, TTWO)

Posted: September 11, 2009 at 8:12 am

These are this Friday's top analyst upgrades, initiations, and positive research calls seen early from Wall Street: American Axle (NYSE: AXL) Raised to Overweight at Barclays. Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) Started ...
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Top Analyst Downgrades (AIG, ALL, BBY, CLX, ERTS, ITT, NWS, SII, TYX, VIP)

Posted: September 11, 2009 at 8:06 am

These are this Friday morning's top analyst downgrades and cautious research calls from Wall Street: American International Group (NYSE: AIG) Cut to Underperform at Wells Fargo. Allstate (NYSE:ALL) Cut to ...
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GM Fuel-Cell Car Logs One Million Miles

Posted: September 11, 2009 at 6:05 am

The cloud that is GM may have found a silver lining. GM's Chevrolet Equinox, which is powered by a pollution-free fuel-cell, passed its one millionth mile in test drives. The ...
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China’s Growth Smokes The US

Posted: September 11, 2009 at 5:48 am

Either China's economy is more resilient than the US's or its $585 billion stimulus package is working better than the American version which has a $787 billion price tag. Last ...
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World’s Largest Cellular Company Still In Talks With Apple (AAPL)

Posted: September 11, 2009 at 5:34 am

Apple (AAPL) has a deal with China Unicom (CHU) to sell its iPhone on the mainland. The deal, however, is not exclusive. The head of China Mobile (CHL), which has ...
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Poverty Rises, Will Rise Further

Posted: September 11, 2009 at 4:59 am

The recession seems to have taken a toll on the rich and poor alike, but the rich can usually afford housing. The nation’s poverty rate climbed to 13.2%, up from ...
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GM’s Own “Cash For Clunkers” Program

Posted: September 11, 2009 at 4:50 am

The “cash for clunkers” program was not kind to GM. It did not have a single vehicle on the list of the ten most purchased cars which was dominated by ...
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Media Digest 9/11/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 11, 2009 at 3:54 am

Reuters:   International bank regulators are looking at Brazil as a model. Reuters:   John Mack will step down at Morgan Stanley's (MS) CEO. Reuters:   The SEC vowed reforms after its report on ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 9/11/2009

Posted: September 11, 2009 at 3:24 am

Markets in Asia were mixed The Nikkei fell .7% to 10,444. Toyota (TM) dropped. The Hang Seng was up .4% to 21,156. The Shanghai Composite gained 2.2% to 2,990. At ...
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Motorola (MOT): Right Phone, Wrong Network

Posted: September 10, 2009 at 4:19 pm

Motorola (MOT), one the world’s No.2 handset company and now nearly out of business, introduced its new flagship product called Cliq. The phone runs the new Google (GOOG) Android mobile ...
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Whacking Mack (MS)

Posted: September 10, 2009 at 4:17 pm

It turns out that all the rumors of the resignation or retirement of top dog John Mack turned out to be accurate.  Better late than never...  Morgan Stanley's (NYSE: MS) ...
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Wal-Mart’s Duke Outlines New Normal and Late Christmas (WMT)

Posted: September 10, 2009 at 3:55 pm

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) presented today at the Goldman Sachs retail conference.  This was one of the new CEO Mike Duke's first presentations since taking the top position at ...
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BioHealth Business Daily (BMRN, DVAX, SEPR, STEM, PCYC, OCLS)

Posted: September 10, 2009 at 1:38 pm

Today is an unusually active day for many emerging biotech stocks in the news and we are seeing significant moves in response. We have more detail on each with appropriate ...
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Huge Surprise in Oil Inventory Data (OIH, USO, OIL)

Posted: September 10, 2009 at 11:12 am

The Department of Energy just released the weekly inventory data in crude and oil products, and the headline figures are huge on the surface.  We have been watching the Oil ...
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Still No Death Blow for Insurers (AET, HUM, UNH)

Posted: September 10, 2009 at 10:31 am

The Obama speech to a joint session of Congress last night did not exactly deliver the death blow to health insurers.  It also did not give the insurers the keys ...
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