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Monthly Archives: September 2009

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“Cash For Clunkers” Data Extremely Inaccurate, Favors Japanese

Posted: September 1, 2009 at 10:48 am

The "cash for clunkers" data by car manufacturer and model type is incorrect. The Department of Transportation numbers reports cars by drive train and not by brand. Edmunds was able ...
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Beacon Power Files To Raise Cash (BCON)

Posted: September 1, 2009 at 10:47 am

Beacon Power Corporation (NASDAQ: BCON) has just filed to raise up to $60 million in cash in a mixed securities shelf registration.  The company's shelf filing will allow it to ...
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Walmart.com Can’t Dupe Amazon or eBay (WMT, AMZN, EBAY)

Posted: September 1, 2009 at 10:30 am

The recent news about Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) increasing third party item selling via the Walmart.com shopping portal is getting some increased traction.... But the question is really, "Should ...
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ISM Showing Some National Growth

Posted: September 1, 2009 at 10:13 am

The August manufacturing data from the Institute for Supply Management is actually positive and above that 50.0 threshold for growth versus contraction.  It is easy to point to some exceptions ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (AIG, CMED, FNM, FRE, NVAX, RMBS, SQNM)

Posted: September 1, 2009 at 8:53 am

These are this Tuesday’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks.  We have links through to each with more detailed price/volume analysis over at VSinvestor.com: American International Group, Inc. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (BHP, COH, HOG, MOT, RIMM, VALE, LMT)

Posted: September 1, 2009 at 8:09 am

These are the top analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street brokerage firms early this Tuesday morning: BHP Billiton (BHP) Raised to Buy at UBS. ...
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Top Analyst Downgrades (ALU, AXL, DIS, NOK, QCOM, VZ)

Posted: September 1, 2009 at 8:05 am

These are this Tuesday's early analyst downgrades and cautious research calls which we have seen from Wall Street research firms: Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse. American Axle ...
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Goldman Sachs CEO Blankfein Tops Vanity Fair Power List

Posted: September 1, 2009 at 6:28 am

Vanity Fair has announced its "The New Establishment 100" list for 2009. The selections are based on wealth, influence, and philanthropy, as well as such intangibles as vision and the ...
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Sony (SNE) Browser Deal With Google (GOOG) Too Small To Matter

Posted: September 1, 2009 at 6:05 am

Google (GOOG) has set a deal to distribute its Chrome browser on Sony (SNE) PCs. Google has not had much success in getting computer users to switch from the two ...
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China’s Insatiable Energy Deals Only Growing (PTR, XOM, CVX, RDS-B, SNP, CEO, MRO)

Posted: September 1, 2009 at 6:01 am

On Monday, the Shanghai Composite went under 2,700 and between Monday and Tuesday is back to lows not seen since May's end. Technically, it is back in bear market territory ...
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All Systems Go In China?

Posted: September 1, 2009 at 5:56 am

The number of pieces of data that point to a strong recovery in the Chinese economy rises every day. The Purchasing Managers Index rose to 54.0 for August, up from ...
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Icahn Dumps Yahoo! (YHOO) Shares

Posted: September 1, 2009 at 5:42 am

Carl Icahn, who took a large stake in Yahoo! (YHOO) along with board seats, has started to sell his shares. He seems to have come to the same conclusion that ...
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eBay (EBAY) Sells Skype

Posted: September 1, 2009 at 5:27 am

eBay (EBAY), which had planned offer shares in its VoIP business Skype though an IPO, has sold it to private equity interests instead. Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, Index Ventures, and ...
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One Hundred Billion Searches: Does Google (GOOG) Make Us Smarter?

Posted: September 1, 2009 at 4:58 am

comScore, the internet research firm, announced that more than 113 billion searches were made worldwide in July. That number is significant but even more astonishing is the 41% rise that ...
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Media Digest 9/1/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 1, 2009 at 3:57 am

Reuters:   Ebay (EBAY) will sell Skype to private investors. Reuters:   China's manufacturing index gained. Reuters:   A  late Labor Day will hurt August retail sales. Reuters:   A US judge ruled against ...
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