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Monthly Archives: October 2009

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Bank Of America (NYSE:BAC) Knuckles Under On Credit Card Rates

Posted: October 6, 2009 at 7:20 pm

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) sent a letter to one of its harshest critics, Senator Christopher Dodd, head of the Senate Banking Committee, saying that it will not raise the rates ...
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Baby Boomers, $10 Trillion In Hand, Could Kill The Stock Market

Posted: October 6, 2009 at 7:03 pm

Baby boomers control $10 trillion in assets. A great deal if not most of that money has been invested in the stock market as this part of the population attempted ...
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Bing Takes Another Hit (NASDAQ:MSFT)

Posted: October 6, 2009 at 6:45 pm

The use of Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Bing search engine may have peaked. Several studies over the last week showed that the surge of Bing use that came after it was launched ...
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What Does Allowing VoIP Cost AT&T (NYSE:T)

Posted: October 6, 2009 at 6:24 pm

There was a reason AT&T (NYSE:T) wanted to keep VoIP applications off of its 3G network, and that reason was almost certainly that the applications will cost the company money. The big ...
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AirTran Punished for Share Offering (AAI)

Posted: October 6, 2009 at 4:49 pm

AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI) is being punished after the close after it announced a securities sale.  The discount air carrier plans to sell $75,000,000 in convertible senior notes due ...
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Yum! Bottom Line Overcomes Other Issues (YUM)

Posted: October 6, 2009 at 4:22 pm

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) is out with earnings that look outstanding. The owner of KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut posted $0.70 EPS and $2.78 billion in revenues.  Thomson ...
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52-Week High Club

Posted: October 6, 2009 at 4:09 pm

Apache Corporation (NYSE: APA) rallied over 4% to a yearly high of $97.36 following news that it had gained government approval on contracts to supply 50 million cubic feet of ...
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Airline Delays: Southwest (LUV) Crushes Northwest

Posted: October 6, 2009 at 3:16 pm

Southwest Air (NYSE:LUV) once again proved why it is the most admired carrier in America. Over 83% of its flights arrived on time in August, the latest month measured by ...
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ITC Investigation: Toyota Hybrid Patents (TM)

Posted: October 6, 2009 at 1:55 pm

Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) is not trading lower on a patent investigation in the United States.  There is no way to know at this time just how broad the ...
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A Few Lagging Gold Names (GDX, NXG, EGI, GRZ)

Posted: October 6, 2009 at 1:09 pm

With gold totally breaking out of the old power-band, it is interesting that a few players are still lagging the pack.  Many of these stocks are up 7% and closer ...
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Symetra, a Buffett Holding, Plans IPO… Again (SYA, BRK-A, WTM, BEN, OZM)

Posted: October 6, 2009 at 11:56 am

After the close on Monday came a little-known IPO filing from a life insurance operation called Symetra Financial Corp.  It turns out that the Bellevue, Washington-based insurer has no terms ...
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Unisys’ Futile Reverse Stock Split Approval (UIS)

Posted: October 6, 2009 at 11:21 am

Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) must not have learned the valuable lesson that many other troubled technology firms have learned about reverse stock splits.  This morning came the announcement that the ...
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Bankruptcy Watch: U.S. Shipping Partners

Posted: October 6, 2009 at 10:46 am

U.S. Shipping Partners L.P. will enter bankruptcy court on October 2nd, following the company’s April 29th Chapter 11 filing.  There the court will implement company’s restructuring plan, which is supported by a ...
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24/7 Wall St. TV: NutriSystem Gets Into Wal-Mart

Posted: October 6, 2009 at 10:27 am

Nutrisystem, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRI)  announced that has aligned with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) to allow customers to purchase a Nutrisystem 14-Day Starter Program for the first time in the ...
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Public Nanotech VC Raises Cash (TINY)

Posted: October 6, 2009 at 10:17 am

Harris & Harris Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TINY) is one of the few public nanotech and micro-tech interests out there that is in a sector that is still grossly under-followed and ...
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