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Monthly Archives: September 2009

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The Global Car Industry Stays Brutal: Russians Cut 26,000 Jobs

Posted: September 24, 2009 at 5:32 am

The employee bloodletting in the automotive industry is not confined to the US where hundreds of thousands of factory workers have lost their positions over the last decade. The largest ...
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Nintendo, Under Extreme Pressure, Cuts Wii Prices

Posted: September 24, 2009 at 5:05 am

Nintendo has shipped more than 52 million Wii units worldwide since it was first launched in late 2006. That dwarfs the sales of its rival consoles the Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox ...
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Citigroup (C) Retreats From Retail Branches

Posted: September 24, 2009 at 4:49 am

It may be a decade or more from now, but the time will come when there are no bank branches at all. Broadband will be in 90% of American homes. ...
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Media Digest 9/24/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 24, 2009 at 3:52 am

Reuters:   The young and affluent in China may become more active consumers. Reuters:   The G20 is looking to nurture the recovery and add financial safeguards. Reuters:   Taxpayers may never get ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 9/24/2009

Posted: September 24, 2009 at 3:24 am

Markets in Asia were mixed as Japan reopened after a three day holiday. The Nikkei was up 1.9% to 10,544.  JAL dropped sharply but Honda (HMC) and Sony (SNE) rose. ...
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52-Week High Club

Posted: September 23, 2009 at 4:16 pm

BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) hits a yearly high of $220.17 on analyst upgrade from Deutsche Securities. Most other asset managers saw declines today. Greenhill & Co. (NYSE: GHL) hit a ...
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24/7 Wall St. TV: Amazon Sells Phones For A Penny

Posted: September 23, 2009 at 3:03 pm

Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon (AMZN),  is known for being eccentric, but his new handset offer may be taking that act a bit too far. Every cellphone ...
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uncle sam

The Fed: The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same

Posted: September 23, 2009 at 2:23 pm

The Fed indicated that growth in the economy was picking up, a little, and that it would extend its debt buying plan, probably until the first quarter of next year. ...
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PlayStation 3 Sales Up 300%

Posted: September 23, 2009 at 1:24 pm

PS3 sales are up 300% since Sony (SNE) cut prices on the devices by $100. PS3 sales have run behind those of the Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii ...
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Investors Turn Against REIT IPOs (CLNY)(ARI)(FSQR)

Posted: September 23, 2009 at 11:50 am

Pathetic demand for two real estate investment trust IPOs today speaks to continued worries that commercial mortgage-backed real estate may be the next leg of the financial stool to ...
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FOMC Preview: The Fed Exit Policy Conundrum

Posted: September 23, 2009 at 11:39 am

Around 2:15 PM EST today, we will know the FOMC's decision on interest rates.  While we expect no formal change to the effective 0.00% to 0.25% effective Fed Funds rate, ...
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Bogus Ads From”The Motley Fool”

Posted: September 23, 2009 at 11:03 am

The Motley Fool is one of the twenty most visited financial sites in the US according to comScore with monthly unique visitors of 1.536 million last month, making it slightly ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (AMR, XLNX, ALTR, NTES, PALM, STX)

Posted: September 23, 2009 at 8:52 am

These are this morning's top pre-market day trader alert stocks and active trader stock.  We have more detailed data and analysis on historic price, volume, and trends with a link ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (BLK, KMX, CTL, INET, LOW, STX, LUV, WWWW)

Posted: September 23, 2009 at 8:06 am

These are the top pre-market early bird analyst upgrades and positive research calls seen from Wall Street early this Wednesday morning: Blackrock (BLK) upgraded to Buy at Deutsche Bank. CarMax ...
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Top Analyst Downgrades (ALU, CTAS, CCL, CMC, CTV, JNPR, PRU, STI, TLAB)

Posted: September 23, 2009 at 7:56 am

These are the early analyst downgrades and cautious research calls seen from Wall Street firms this Wednesday morning: Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) downgraded to Neutral at RW Baird. Cintas (CTAS) downgraded to ...
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