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Monthly Archives: October 2009

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Applied Materials Still Expanding Solar (AMAT, FSLR)

Posted: October 26, 2009 at 11:10 am

Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) appears to not be slowing down on its solar ambitions, or at least not as much as we might have all guessed about six months ...
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New York Times (NYT) Loses Over 7% Of Circulation, Washington Post (WPO) Down 6%

Posted: October 26, 2009 at 10:37 am

Daily circulation at the nation's newspapers dropped 10% for the six months ending September 30 according to industry measurement service Audit Bureau of Circulations. It is not clear whether newspapers ...
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SPAC Dealsheet Changes Continue (CLA, NAQ, IDI, TMI)

Posted: October 26, 2009 at 9:35 am

SPACupdate.com provides daily reports and e-mails covering blank checks, their targets and relevant trading data. Monday and Tuesday, a pair of mergers will go to shareholders for a vote. Capitol ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/26/2009) (ATVI)(BP)(BX)(NFLX)(BAC)

Posted: October 26, 2009 at 9:15 am

Updated throughout the day. Updated 10.53 AM EST  Activision-Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) “Guitar Hero 5" is selling poorly.  (Barron's) Update 9.47 AM EST:  BP's (NYSE:BP) new chairman will make significant changes to ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (FITB, STI, CIT, AMZN, BCRX, LM)

Posted: October 26, 2009 at 9:10 am

This morning you are getting the broader summaries without links to VSInvestor.com because of an issue at the hosting and publishing side that has caused a temporary outage.  Here are ...
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B of A And Citi Top Managers Earn $18 Million Each

Posted: October 26, 2009 at 8:22 am

Bankers have become more and more adroit at shooting themselves in the foot this year. Congress, the Administration and the public are already upset by actions that they believe ...
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The Impressive Absurdity of Insider Trading Rules

Posted: October 26, 2009 at 8:19 am

by John Tamny of Forbes In the past week reports about alleged "insider trading" on the part of billionaire Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam have been splashed all over the ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (BHP, DFG, FITB, GNTX, HRB, INTU, POT, RTP, RVBD, STI)

Posted: October 26, 2009 at 8:14 am

These are this Monday's top ten analyst calls from Wall Street for upgrades, downgrades, and initiations: BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) Started as Neutral at HSBC. Delphi Financial (NYSE: DFG) Started ...
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T-Mobile Offers Everything Free To Battle AT&T, Sprint, And Verizon

Posted: October 26, 2009 at 6:28 am

The T-Mobile US division of German telecom giant Deutsche Telekom (NYSE:DT) has run a distant fourth in cellular subscribers in America well behind AT&T (NYSE:T), Sprint (NYSE:S), and Verizon Wireless ...
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Google’s (GOOG) Android Could Squeeze Out Apple (AAPL)

Posted: October 26, 2009 at 6:04 am

Nokia's (NYSE:NOK) Symbian mobile operating system has dominated the handset software business for years. Microsoft's mobile Windows has made some progress in picking up market share during the last decade, ...
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US Healthcare System Wastes $800 Billion A Year

Posted: October 26, 2009 at 5:38 am

The Administration may not need to push a healthcare reform bill though Congress. It might be better off creating laws that would wring excess out of the current system. It would avoid ...
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The Twenty Companies Wall St. Can Trust The Most

Posted: October 26, 2009 at 5:10 am

24/7 Wall St. asked Audit Integrity to screen  companies with market caps of more than $3 billion to create a list of the firms that use the most transparent and conservative accounting programs and have "best ...
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Media Digest 10/26/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 26, 2009 at 4:13 am

Reuters:   Corporate directors are on the hot seat over management pay. Reuters:   The US healthcare system wastes up to $800 billion a year. Reuters:   Capmark Financial filed for bankrupcy. Reuters:   ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open (10/26/2009)

Posted: October 26, 2009 at 3:27 am

Markets in Asia were modestly higher. The Nikkei rose .8% to 10,363. Hong Kong was closed for a holiday. The Shanghai Composite was up .1% to 3,190. In Europe, ING ...
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Cadillac’s Irreversible Slide

Posted: October 25, 2009 at 8:13 pm

When GM decided to close its Saturn and Pontiac brands it forgot to put a “do not resuscitate” sign on Cadillac. Cadillac is in trouble, and that trouble is likely ...
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