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Monthly Archives: November 2009

Today’s Best Market Rumor: GE (GE) Has Deal To Clear NBCU Transaction

Posted: November 30, 2009 at 8:02 pm

Several news media outlets are reporting that GE (NYSE:GE) has a deal to buy the 20% of NBC Universal that Vivendi owns for $5.8 billion. This will clear the way ...
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52-Week High Club (CSGS, DS, TGB)

Posted: November 30, 2009 at 4:17 pm

CSG Systems International Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGS) rose nearly 19% to a yearly high of $19.41 after the billing service provider announced that it has extended its contract to provide customer ...
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Human Genome Sciences Raising Cash (HGSI)

Posted: November 30, 2009 at 4:13 pm

Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: HGSI) is rasing cash.  The company announced that it is selling up to 12.5 million shares of common stock. The company earmarked funds for general ...
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As Chrysler Fails, Nissan Loses It Relevance

Posted: November 30, 2009 at 2:21 pm

The big news about November car sales is that Chrysler continues to lose market share at a remarkable and unsustainable rate. Edmunds predicts that Chrysler sales will drop 35% from the ...
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November’s Billions & Billions of Stock Buybacks (AMD, BDX, CSCO, DPS, FDO, GOOG, GPS, HPQ, MRK, NOC, RAH)

Posted: November 30, 2009 at 1:55 pm

You might think that companies tend to repurchase fewer and fewer shares in their share buyback plans when shares rise and rise.  When you compare the moves from the March ...
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Charter Exits Bankruptcy, Still Highly Leveraged (CHTRQ)

Posted: November 30, 2009 at 12:53 pm

Charter Communications Inc. (CHTRQ) has just announced that it has completed its financial restructuring and has emerged from Chapter 11 protection.  The problem here is that Charter's life was a ...
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Can Unemployment Dip Back Under 10% Before Year-End?

Posted: November 30, 2009 at 11:00 am

There is a slew of economic data hitting the tape this week.  Friday's report from the Labor Department on Unemployment and the change in non-Farm Payrolls will dwarf all economic ...
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Boeing (BA) And The FAA: Flying With Dangerous Parts

Posted: November 30, 2009 at 10:35 am

By Douglas A. McIntyre Boeing (NYSE:BA) 777 aircraft engines can ice up and stop working. The engines in question are made by Rolls-Royce, and although the problem is very rare, ...
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The AIG $12 Call (AIG)

Posted: November 30, 2009 at 9:50 am

American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) is under far less pressure right at the open than many might have expected.  While it settled some of its Hank Greenberg issues last ...
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Sands IPO Continues to Highlight Macau Risks (LVS, WYNN, MPEL, MGM)

Posted: November 30, 2009 at 9:37 am

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) failed to see any huge boost of its Asian asset IPO in Hong Kong.  Shares fell 10% on its debut that raised about $2.5 ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/30/2009) (GOOG)(ETFC)(AMTD)(AAPL)

Posted: November 30, 2009 at 9:03 am

Updated throughout the day. Updated 12.24 PM EST:  HSBC (NYSE:HBC), Barclays (NYSE:BCS), and Standard Chartered may have large exposure to Dubai debt problems.  (NYTimes) 12.08 PM EST: Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (NVAX, BIDU, SVA, X)

Posted: November 30, 2009 at 8:43 am

These are this Monday's top day trader and active trader alert stocks.  We have more details on the gains and ranges with added color via a link through to VSInvestor.com ...
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Government Spending, Taxes and the Constitution

Posted: November 30, 2009 at 8:03 am

John Tamny of Forbes  The U.S. Constitution's 10th Amendment is arguably the most important of all the amendments in the brilliant document that helped shape the United States. The 10th ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (ANF, AGAM, BIDU, DE, GENZ, HBC, SVA, USB, X, FCX)

Posted: November 30, 2009 at 7:51 am

These are this morning's top pre-market analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) Raised to Outperform at FBR. AGA Medical (AGAM) Started ...
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A Brand New Apple (AAPL) iPhone-On-Steroids May Hit Market In Mid-2010

Posted: November 30, 2009 at 6:12 am

Imagine an Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone with a very powerful processor that will work on both the AT&T (NYSE:T) and Verizon Wireless networks. Such a device would almost certainly broaden the ...
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