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Monthly Archives: September 2009

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Beige Book Looks More Gray

Posted: September 9, 2009 at 2:36 pm

The DJIA has rolled over a bit since the release of the latest Beige Book from the Federal Reserve, yet the market is still higher.  Ditto for the S&P.  The ...
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The Lame Blame on Short-Termism

Posted: September 9, 2009 at 12:10 pm

There is a very silly notion being brought to you by the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program’s Corporate Values Strategy Group and what is admittedly a rather impressive list ...
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Still Too Many Mixed Solar Signals (FSLR, ENER, AMAT, CSIQ, VECO, ED, WFR)

Posted: September 9, 2009 at 10:25 am

There are many things that help solar power and orders for the sector, but arguably higher energy prices and tax incentives or subsidies probably dwarf the overall economic situation.  There ...
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24/7 Wall St. TV: 81 Million Visitors To Government Websites

Posted: September 9, 2009 at 10:24 am

Eighty-one million people visited federal government websites in July which is about four out of ten people on the Internet in America. There are several notable trends when the traffic ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (GE, PALM, VVUS, OREX, ARNA, MNKD)

Posted: September 9, 2009 at 9:27 am

Here are Wednesday's top day trader and active trader alerts with more detailed trading volume and price analysis in the links over at VSInvestor.com: General Electric Co. (NYSE:GE) is challenging ...
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Top Analyst Downgrades (CCJ, CHKP, DISH, DD, KFT, MHP, PALM, ROSG, UBS)

Posted: September 9, 2009 at 8:23 am

These are this Wednesday morning's top pre-market analyst downgrades and cautious research calls we have seen from Wall Street: Cameco (CCJ) Cut to Sector Perform at Scotia. Check Point Software ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (COF, EBAY, GS, JBLU, LTM, MA, SNDK, UPS, WYNN)

Posted: September 9, 2009 at 8:18 am

There are still many upgrades coming considering the light and shortened week.  These are this Wednesday's top early bird analyst upgrades and positive research calls that we have seen: Capital ...
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Bank Of America (BAC) And Merrill: How Many Prosecutions?

Posted: September 9, 2009 at 5:56 am

The Bank of America (BAC) deal with the SEC to settle charges that it mislead investors about Merrill Lynch bonus payments in it proxy to approve the Merrill buyout is ...
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Taxpayers Unlikely To Get GM And Chrysler Investment Back

Posted: September 9, 2009 at 5:44 am

Taxpayers will probably not get the tens of billions of dollars that they put into Chrysler and GM back, ever. That is the opinion of the Congressional Oversight Panel. The ...
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Kraft (KFT) To Slash Supplier Costs, Too Late

Posted: September 9, 2009 at 5:24 am

Hidden in the shadows of its bid for Cadbury, Kraft (KFT) is planning to cut its supplier base in half in an attempt to save $300 million a year. Kraft ...
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Consumer Spending: No One Has A Dime

Posted: September 9, 2009 at 5:01 am

The Federal Reserve issued its monthly Consumer Credit report for July. Consumer credit fell almost $22 billion to $2.74 trillion. The figure has been dropping fairly steadily since the middle ...
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The US Government Online: Eighty-One Million People With Nothing To Do

Posted: September 9, 2009 at 4:52 am

Eighty-one million people visited federal government websites in July which is about four out of ten people on the Internet in America. There are several notable trends when the traffic ...
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Media Digest 9/9/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 9, 2009 at 3:57 am

Reuters:   First Solar (FSLR) plans a huge solar field in China. Reuters:   Kraft (KFT) plans to cut its supplier base to save costs. Reuters:   Cuomo may charge Bank of America ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 9/9/2009

Posted: September 9, 2009 at 3:19 am

Markets in Asia were narrowly mixed. The Nikkei fell .8% to 10,312. Honda (HMC) and Toyota (TM) slipped. The Hang Seng fell .7% to 20,925. The Shanghai Composite was up ...
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A Solar Field Larger Than Manhattan

Posted: September 8, 2009 at 5:33 pm

First Solar (FSLR) today announced that it had signed a contract with the Chinese government that will allow it to build a 2 gigawatt solar power plant in Ordos City, ...
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