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Monthly Archives: October 2009

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TARP Too Secret, GM Investment A Bust

Posted: October 21, 2009 at 5:37 am

The Troubled Asset Relief Program inspector Neil Barofsky has almost nothing good to say about the way the Treasury has handled the TARP. He released his latest report to Congress ...
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Larry Ellison Doesn’t Play Chicken

Posted: October 21, 2009 at 5:05 am

Larry’s Ellison, the founder and CEO of Oracle (NASDAQ:OFCL) does not make idle threats. He does not have to. In most games against his competition he holds the majority of ...
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Yahoo! (YHOO) And The Miracle Of Cost Cutting

Posted: October 21, 2009 at 4:58 am

Wall St. was impressed by but not euphoric about Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ:YHOO) third quarter earnings. The company’s net revenue was $1.131 billion, down from $1.325 billion in the period last year. ...
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Media Digest (10/21/2009) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 21, 2009 at 4:08 am

Reuters:   China is having trouble managing supply and demand. Reuters:   Geithner said the core programs of the TARP are ending. Reuters:   Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) tripled it profits. Reuters:   Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA) ...
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Asia Markets (10/21/2009)

Posted: October 21, 2009 at 3:33 am

Markets in Asia were slightly lower. The Nikkei was down a fraction at 10,333. The Hang Seng was down .1% to 22,372. China Mobile (NYSE:CHL) was down. The Shanghai Composite ...
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The 100 Hardest Working Brands In The World

Posted: October 20, 2009 at 5:06 pm

There are a number of ways to rank brand values. One of the most important is the level at which a brand contributes to the market value of a public ...
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Yahoo! (YHOO) Cuts Costs, Makes Money–Market Not Impressed

Posted: October 20, 2009 at 4:25 pm

Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO)reported revenues of $1.575 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, a decrease of 12%. Net income was $.13, compared to $.04 for the third quarter of 2008. ...
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SanDisk Smokes Estimates (SNDK)

Posted: October 20, 2009 at 4:18 pm

SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ: SNDK) was already a screamer as shares were up a massive 300% from their 52-week lows due to a return to profitability in the June quarter (2 ...
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Seagate Sets Tone for Western Digital (STX, WDC)

Posted: October 20, 2009 at 4:11 pm

Seagate Technology (NASDAQ: STX) just gave us earnings ahead of disk drive and storage rival Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) earnings due on Thursday.  Internal guidance from the sector and ...
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3 More IPOs This Week Enter Troubled Waters (AGAM, DOLE, ZSTN)

Posted: October 20, 2009 at 2:32 pm

The IPO market has not been going well. Over the weekend we gave a detailed run down of how many busted IPOs we had seen occur in the last couple ...
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Are SPAC IPO Filings Back in Favor?

Posted: October 20, 2009 at 2:12 pm

GSME Acquisition Co. became the second Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) this year to file paperwork with the SEC to go public. The blank check wants to assemble a China-based ...
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Subscriber Growth For Major Chinese Mobile Companies (CHL, CHU, CHA)

Posted: October 20, 2009 at 1:30 pm

Today China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) posted big numbers in its subscriber growth, claiming 500 million mobile users.  By this metric, China Mobile can claim the title of the worlds biggest ...
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7 More DJIA Stocks on Earnings Deck (BA, MMM, AXP, T, MCD, MRK, MSFT, MO, HON)

Posted: October 20, 2009 at 11:38 am

We have already run the 5 of the 30 DJIA components that reported earnings this morning.  But we still have 7 more of the 30 DJIA components reporting during the ...
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24/7 Wall St. TV: Criticism Of Wall St. Bonuses

Posted: October 20, 2009 at 10:02 am

Senior members of the Administration were out in force on the Sunday TV talk shows to criticize the multi-million  bonuses that many Wall St. bankers will get this year. Executives ...
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Chipotle Goes Partly Solar (CMG)

Posted: October 20, 2009 at 9:49 am

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) is trying the solar gimmick, yet this is actually just another step on building upon its social already-respectable image.  This morning the company announced that ...
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