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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (MT, BMRN, ELN, FITB, FSLR, GCI, GT, HAL, PVTB, URBN)

Posted: October 29, 2009 at 7:45 am

These are this Thursday morning's top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen in early research calls from Wall Street: ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) Raised to Buy at Societe ...
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What If Galleon Had Gotten Its Tips For Free?

Posted: October 29, 2009 at 6:15 am

More thrilling news about the Galleon insider trading case come out every day. The latest is that several media outlets are reporting that the hedge fund paid out $250 million ...
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Deep Flaws In Stimulus Package Report: The Tale Of 30,000 Missing Jobs

Posted: October 29, 2009 at 6:00 am

The $787 billion economic stimulus package is meant to save or create 3.5 million jobs. That goal may be much less important than it was when the package was first approved ...
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Nintendo In Trouble

Posted: October 29, 2009 at 5:46 am

It looks like Nintendo may finally be pulled of its perch as the No.1 video game console company in the world. It announced April to September 2009 earnings and part of the ...
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Once Again, Buffett Is The World’s Greatest Investor

Posted: October 29, 2009 at 5:15 am

Bloomberg does a poll of its terminal subscribers from time to time. The most recent was done among 1,452 people from October 23 to October 27. The question and answer that ...
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Costco (COST) Takes Food Stamps

Posted: October 29, 2009 at 5:02 am

Costco (NASDAQ:COST) is supposed to be the big-box retailer that caters to affluent shoppers and business. The recession may have got the better of the company. It will start taking ...
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Discount Death: Wal-Mart Sells Caskets Online

Posted: October 29, 2009 at 4:48 am

The price of being dead just dropped. It is a good thing, given the troubles in the economy. Wal-Mart is beginning to sell caskets and urns at walmart.com. Some of ...
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Media Digest 10/29/2009 Reuters, WSJ. NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 29, 2009 at 3:56 am

Reuters:   House Democrats unveiled their healthcare bill. Reuters:   Senators may extend home purchase credits until April. Reuters:   China will launch a case against The Big Three auto companies. Reuters:   Galleon ...
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Asia Markets (10/29/2009) Nikkei Below 10,000; Shanghai Below 3,000

Posted: October 29, 2009 at 3:17 am

Markets in Asia fell sharply. The Nikkei fell 1.8% to 9.891, Mitsubishi UFJ (NYSE:MTU) rose. The Hang Seng fell 2.7% to 21,173. HSBC (NYSE:HBC) and PetroChina (NYSE:PTR) fell. The Shanghai ...
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Yahoo! and Microsoft Extend Negotiation Period (YHOO, MSFT)

Posted: October 28, 2009 at 5:57 pm

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) issued an SEC filing noting that it and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) have extended the negotiating time on the previously announced search pact.  Without getting to ...
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First Solar Earnings Get Valuation Check (FSLR, TAN, KWT, ENER)

Posted: October 28, 2009 at 4:42 pm

We have long said that this Q3 period was likely to separate the men from the boys in the solar sector.  Unfortunately, none of the men looked stronger than the ...
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Goldman Sachs’ Last Minute GDP Cut (GE)

Posted: October 28, 2009 at 4:15 pm

Much of today's weakness in the equity markets is not just due to a stronger dollar or an equity market that still may be ahead of itself.  A strategist call ...
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Is Google’s Navigation Launch A Category Killer? (GOOG, TRMB, GRMN)

Posted: October 28, 2009 at 2:46 pm

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and its 'new' navigation via Google Maps Navigation is putting the hurt on the GPS competitors.  Trimble Navigation (NASDAQ: TRMB) posted income of $15.6 million, a ...
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More Airline Layoffs (LCC, AMR)

Posted: October 28, 2009 at 2:07 pm

If you are often in major airports, it is frankly hard to see how the airline carriers still have pressure compared to six to twelve months ago.  The airports and ...
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Are Inflation ETFs For You? (CPI, GRES)

Posted: October 28, 2009 at 12:48 pm

This week marks the launch of two new exchange traded funds, both of which intend to offer investors a direct hedge against inflation.  IndexIQ introduced the IQ CPI Inflation Hedged ...
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