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Monthly Archives: October 2009

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Handset Growth Expected To Surge With Apple (AAPL) Is The Lead

Posted: October 31, 2009 at 8:09 am

The global handset business has faltered due to the recession. Research firm Strategic Analytics says that worldwide handset sales fell to 291 million units in Q3 down from 304 million in the ...
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New Commercial Real Estate Accounting Rules: Cooking The Books

Posted: October 31, 2009 at 7:50 am

New guidelines for examining commercial real estate loans issued by the FDIC appear to allow examiners to go easy on banks as they account for what would be, under many circumstances, considered ...
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Nine More US Banks Fail

Posted: October 31, 2009 at 7:09 am

Nine more banks failed and the pace of the closures appears to have quickened. The number of banks that would fail next year is more than four hundred if the current  is ...
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TeleNav Files For IPO, Maybe Too Late (TNAV, GOOG, GRMN, S, T)

Posted: October 30, 2009 at 5:01 pm

If you watched any news this week about Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) launching a free personal navigation service on its Android phones, then you know it was a bad week ...
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Next Week’s Top 10 Earnings on Deck (CHK, F, KFT, MA, CSCO, CMCSA, QCOM, BRK-A, SIRI, VG)

Posted: October 30, 2009 at 2:51 pm

Earnings season may be winding down, but next week still has some very important companies that are economic indicators in and of themselves or are key stocks that have broad ...
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Bankruptcy Watch: A Wave Of Energy Bankruptcies

Posted: October 30, 2009 at 2:16 pm

Today South Texas Oil Company (NASDAQ: STXX), an oil and gas company, filed for relief under Chapter 11 in the United States Bankruptcy court for the Western District of Texas. ...
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Rig Counts Inching Back Up (BHI, OIH, DIG, USO, OIL)

Posted: October 30, 2009 at 2:06 pm

This week's data from Baker Hughes, Inc. (NYSE: BHI) on the weekly rig counts looks better and less mixed than in other weeks despite the notion that all projects should ...
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CIT (CIT) Gets $1 Billion From Icahn

Posted: October 30, 2009 at 1:26 pm

CIT Group (NYSE: CIT) it has entered into an agreement with Carl Icahn to support its restructuring plan and secured an incremental $1 billion committed line of credit from Icahn Capital ...
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Signals From The Money Supply

Posted: October 30, 2009 at 1:12 pm

Since the start of the financial crisis the Federal Reserve has grown the money supply with incredible speed.  Inflation hawks have been crying bloody murder.  To be sure, the amount ...
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Bill Gates Gets Further Entrenched in Waste Sector (RSG, WM, MSFT, BRK-A)

Posted: October 30, 2009 at 11:40 am

If you thought that Bill Gates might have an ambition beyond just passive investing in the garbage and waste disposal sector, you might be correct.  Bill Gates' Cascade Investment, L.L.C. ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (GNW, CIT, VVUS, NVTL, SWIR, HGSI)

Posted: October 30, 2009 at 9:11 am

We are only featuring a few key day trader and active trader stocks early this morning.  We have links through to more data and analysis with links on each stock ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/30/2009) (C)(CSCO)(SAPE)(DOX)(CTSH)

Posted: October 30, 2009 at 9:02 am

Updated throughout the day. Updated 3.23 PM EST:  Analyst Michael Mayo says Citigroup (NYSE:C) will take a $10 billion write down the quarter. Citi denies it (CNBC) Updated 10.24 ...
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Personal Income & Spending Dispel Inflation Fears

Posted: October 30, 2009 at 8:41 am

The consumer is still strapped.  The Commerce Department posted its data for September's personal income and spending, and frankly it almost makes you question yesterday's GDP data.  The report showed ...
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Expedia Expands in China After Earnings (EXPE)

Posted: October 30, 2009 at 8:21 am

Expedia Inc. (NYSE: EXPE) is looking solid on all fronts. Online travel is winning despite tight purses on direct travel as buyers look for better deals.  Last night the online ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (COH, ITG, K, LYG, WFR, STI, TWX, TOL, VMW, ZUMZ)

Posted: October 30, 2009 at 8:09 am

These are this Friday mornings top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations of coverage from Wall Street firms: Coach Inc. (NYSE: COH) Raised to Buy at Jefferies. Investment Technology Group ...
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