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Monthly Archives: September 2009

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Around The World Google Spelled “Googlle” For A Day

Posted: September 28, 2009 at 6:10 am

There are reports from around the world that Google (GOOG) has changed its logo to "Googlle" for the day to celebrate its 11th birthday. The reports on the temporary logo ...
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Swine Flu, Spreading With Unexpected Rapidity, Threatens Recovery

Posted: September 28, 2009 at 5:49 am

The notion that swine flu will hurt the economic recovery in the fourth quarter has gone from a theory to a reality. The number of states that reported widespread infection ...
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The Rubber Chicken Trade Wars

Posted: September 28, 2009 at 5:07 am

The Administration made its decision two weeks ago to put extremely large tariffs on tires from China, an action that the government of the world’s most populous nation will likely ...
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Two Hundred Billion Barrels Of Untapped Oil

Posted: September 28, 2009 at 4:52 am

BP claims that there may be 200 billion barrels of oil and oil equivalents under the region above the Arctic Circle. Norway is exploring the area of its northern coast in ...
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News Digest 9/28/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 28, 2009 at 4:04 am

Reuters:   Solvay sold its drug unit to Abbott (ABT) foe $6.6 billion. Reuters:   Kraft (KFT) will launch a hostile bid for Cadbury. Reuters:   The World Bank said not to ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 9/28/2009

Posted: September 28, 2009 at 3:26 am

Markets in Asia were markedly lower. The Nikkei dropped 2.5% to 10,010. Honda (HMC) fell sharply. The Hang Seng was off 1.5% to 20,697. China Unicom (CHU) and PetroChina (PTR) ...
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Uncle Sam’s Boost for Solar (ASTI, FSLR, ENER)

Posted: September 27, 2009 at 10:39 am

Ascent Solar Technologies (NASDAQ: ASTI) may have a significant win under its belt in the new Army solar pact.  The maker of thin-film solar modules has a new contract from ...
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Europe Banks Face $587 Billion In Credit Losses

Posted: September 26, 2009 at 8:00 am

Stress tests of the balance sheets of Europe's twenty-two largest banks shows that they have credit losses that will reach a total of $587 billion between this year and next. ...
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52-Week High Club (SAN, CEL, TWLL)

Posted: September 25, 2009 at 4:38 pm

Banco Santander Chile (NYSE: SAN) hit a yearly high of $56.51, continuing to rally following the release of positive research on Latin American banks from Barclays.  The company has also ...
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24/7 Wall St. TV: RIM’s (RIMM) Tough Future

Posted: September 25, 2009 at 12:31 pm

Shares of RIM (RIMM), maker of the Blackberry, were knocked down almost 15% today after earnings. Revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2010 was $3.53 billion, up 37% from ...
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The Sucker Rally In Airline Stocks (UAUA)(CAL)(AMR)(LCC)

Posted: September 25, 2009 at 10:53 am

Try to balance the conventional wisdom about airline stocks. Audit Integrity has AMR (AMR) and Continental (CAL) on its list of large American companies most likely to go bankrupt. UBS ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors 9/25/2009 (GE)(TM)(F)(JPM)(AAPL)

Posted: September 25, 2009 at 9:39 am

Update: Verizon (VZ) may consider buying DirecTV (WSJ) Update: The Apple (AAPL) iPhone will cost an extraordinarily high $303 in China but the monthly service fee will be as low ...
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Stocks Trading On Heavy Volume Or Price (RIMM)(TIBX)(UCBI)(ALTH)

Posted: September 25, 2009 at 8:35 am

According to the watch list at Volume Spike Investor several stocks are making large moves before the open. The most substantial activity is in RIM (RIMM)   Tibco (TIBX)  United Community ...
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Tech Titans Holding $260 Billion In Cash (DELL, PER, ORCL, JAVA, MSFT, AAPL, IBM, GOOG, CSCO, INTC, HPQ, QCOM, EMC, YHOO)

Posted: September 25, 2009 at 6:41 am

The economy is obviously getting better, so long as you are not one of the unemployed or about to lose your job.  Now with more than a 50% rally from ...
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As The World Turns: HSBC CEO To Move To Asia

Posted: September 25, 2009 at 6:02 am

HSBC (HBC) is the largest bank in Europe, by most measures. Its CEO will be relocating to Hong Kong from London early next year, an indication of the rise of ...
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