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Daily Archives: November 12, 2009

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Sirius XM (SIRI) And CBS (CBS) Pose Greatest Financial Risk Among Media Firms

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 9:23 pm

CBS (NYSE:CBS) and Sirius XM (NYSE:SIRI) pose the greatest investment risks among media companies based on a forensic measure of their transparency and the statistical reliability of their financial reporting ...
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British Air And Iberia: Airlines Return To The Center Of M&A Stage

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 5:58 pm

The rumor that US Air (NYSE:LCC) and American (NYSE:AMR) may merge is not so far-fetched today, or that Southwest (NYSE:LUV) might take over JetBlue (NASDAQ:JBLU). British Air and Iberia, the flag ...
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SIRIUS Losing XM Founder (that everyone forgot) (SIRI)

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 5:01 pm

SIRIUS XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced that Gary Parsons has resigned as Chairman of the Board of Directors. The satellite radio giant has appointed Eddy Hartenstein, an independent director, to ...
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Despite Many Drops, Disney Delivers (DIS)

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 4:35 pm

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is out with earnings and the report is a solid one compared to what we have seen elsewhere, yet it too saw mostly erosion ...
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52-Week High Club (COMS, AMD, PLA, BID)

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 4:31 pm

3Com Corp (NASDAQ: COMS) rose over 30% to a yearly high of $7.52 after Hewlett-Packard, the PC maker, announced plans to buy 3Com for $2.7 billion. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. ...
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Government Deficit Expands To $176 Billion In October

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 3:03 pm

According the monthly Treasury report released this afternoon, the Federal Government posted a $176.4 billion deficit in the month of October.  Total Government receipts came in at $135 billion.  Of ...
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Long-Bond Auction Conundrum

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 2:00 pm

Earlier today came the results from a highly awaited $16 billion 30-Year Treasury bond auction... the famed 'Long Bond.'  The 30-Year yield went out to buyers at 4.469%, just over ...
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Tech Giants Now Hold ~$265 Billion Cash To Spend (HPQ, COMS, INTC, AMD, MSFT, CSCO, AAPL, GOOG, ORCL, JAVA, QCOM, EMC, YHOO, DELL, AMZN, EBAY, ONT, BRCD, JDSU, STAR, VMW)

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 11:31 am

You have already seen the Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) buyout of 3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS).  But this week before that deal was announced we covered how mergers in the technology sector ...
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U.S. Oil Stockspiles Increase More Than Expected

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 11:23 am

Today's EIA Petroleum Status Report for last week shows oil inventories to have grown 1.8 million barrels.  Many analysts expected the number to have grown by 1 million barrels.  Oil ...
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Corzine as Bank of America CEO? (GS, BAC)

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 10:28 am

Jon Corzine recently lost the gubernatorial race in New Jersey.  He is also a very wealthy Wall Streeter that is a former disciple of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS).  ...
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Corel & Vector: From Strange to Stranger (CREL)

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 9:50 am

[ We had already commented on hoe the merger offer for Corel Corp. (NASDAQ: CREL) from majority owner Vector Capital might be the strangest merger paths of this decade.  The ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (BRCD, COMS, GMCR, DRYS, AMD, JDSU)

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 9:16 am

These are this morning's top day trader and active trader alerts on high price moves and/or high volume.  We have a link to more data and analysis at VSInvestor.com for ...
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Intel (INTC) Bribes AMD (AMD) To Settle Antitrust Issues

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 9:11 am

AMD (NYSE:AMD) has had a pretty strong antitrust claim against Intel (NASDAQ:INTC). Intel allegedly gave money to PC companies to use its chips and bullied customers using it huge market ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/12/2009) (VZ)(EBAY)(SBUX)

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 8:59 am

Updated throughout the day. Ebay (NASDAQ:EBAY) PayPal profits will increase sharply in Q4. (TheStreet) A former lead director at Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) is pushing for the firm to pick an insider ...
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Jobless Claims Try to Break 500K

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 8:35 am

The Labor Department has just reported its weekly jobless claims data.  The new preliminary report puts last week's initial jobless claims at 502,000, down 12,000 on an adjusted basis from ...
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