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Daily Archives: November 9, 2009

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The EU Blocks Oracle (ORCL) Deal For Sun (JAVA)

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 6:40 pm

Larry Ellison, the CEO of Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) is going to have to make some more threats if he wants the EU to approve his company's deal to buy Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA) ...
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52-Week High Club (ANF, DISH, RSH, REV)

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 3:59 pm

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) surged over 7%  to a yearly high of $37.80 after the company was upgraded from "neutral" to "buy" by anlysts at Goldman Sachs.   ...
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Russian ADRs Take Off (MTL)(LUKOY)

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 3:25 pm

Tickerspy's Russian Stock and ADR Index is up close to 5% as the market goes into its close.  Among the biggest movers was LUKOIL (OTC: LUKOY), an oil and gas ...
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Is JDSU Up For Grabs? (JDSU)

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 2:53 pm

JDS Uniphase Corp. (NASDAQ: JDSU) is seeing a run in the stock and in the options trading today.  The company announced this morning that had "licensed patent rights for fundamental ...
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AdMob Acquisition: Deeper into Mobile Ads for Google (GOOG)

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 12:59 pm

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is up with the broad market today by almost 2%, and shares are completely unphased at all on news that the company is spending $750 million ...
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The Worst Idea For A Bad Economy

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 11:55 am

A new website called BillionaireXchange just launched.  It is an online destination for people who wish they were rich to buy and sell goods and services on the internet from people ...
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Ida: The Hurricaneless Hurricane (OIH, USO, OIL, MUR, MRO, RDS, CVX, XOM)

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 10:27 am

Oil and gas companies have closed or winding down many US Gulf operations ahead of a very late in the year Hurricane Ida.  The weekend reports had this one dissipating ...
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Cisco Raising Cash By Selling Debt (CSCO)

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 9:54 am

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) has filed a preliminary prospectus supplement under an existing shelf registration with the SEC this morning for a three-part debt offering.  While no final amount ...
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24/7 Wall St. TV: GM Doubles China Sales In October

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 9:54 am

GM sold 166,911 cars and light trucks in China last month. The No.1 US auto company sold 177,603 vehicles in its domestic market in the same period. The FT reports ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/9/2009) (RAI)(WFC)(NWS)(JAVA)(GE)(S)(CLWR)

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 9:04 am

Updated throughout the day. Updated at 11.49 AM EST:  Reynolds Americam (NYSE:RAI) may buy Niconovum, a Swedish maker of nicotine gum and mouth sprays (Boomberg) Updated at 10.12 AM EST: ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (ARIA, EWBC, GE, MCD, ANF)

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 8:55 am

These are this Monday's top day trader and active traders stock alerts.  We have a link for more detailed analysis and price/volume data at VSInvestor.com: Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARIA) is ...
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If Obama Is So Bad, Why Are the Markets Up?

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 8:28 am

John Tamny , Forbes Recently the Dow Jones Industrial Average passed the psychologically significant 10,000 mark. This is an impressive feat for an index that was trading in the 6,000 ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (ADBE, ARIA, BX, CMO, CRL, GPS, RHT, RSH, VECO, VRSN)

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 7:56 am

These are this Monday's top ten analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations in Wall Street research calls: Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs. Ariad Pharmaceuticals ...
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Activision (ATVI) “Call Of Duty” Could Set All-Time Video Game Record

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 6:03 am

Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) is about to release its "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II: video game. Sales are expected to be half a billion dollars in the first week. That would make ...
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Oil Prices: Hurricane Ida Heads Toward Gulf Deep Sea Drilling Platforms

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 5:46 am

By Douglas A. McIntyre It has been months since a hurricane posed a real threat to oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Now, Hurricane Ida is entering the region ...
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