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Daily Archives: November 12, 2009

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Amazon (AMZN) Launches Free Kindle Software For PC

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 8:29 am

By Douglas A. McIntyre There is a new product on the home page of Amazon.com (NYSE:AMZN). PC users can now download a free version of Kindle software which allows Kindle ...
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“Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2″ Blows Records Away (ATVI, GME, MSFT)

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 8:28 am

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) may actually hit that $500 million first week target after all.  The company has announced this morning that since the 12:00 launch on Tuesday that ...
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The Death of Birth Is Not a Worry

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 8:25 am

By John Tamny of Forbes "For one particular car produced by an American manufacturer, for example, 30 percent of the car's value is due to assembly in Korea, 17.5 percent ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (BRCD, BNI, COH, CHK, CSX, HOG, KWK, MBT, NDAQ, SIRI)

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 7:52 am

These are this Thursday's top early analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street research calls which may be moving shares of the underlying stocks: Brocade Communications (NASDAQ: BRCD) Cut ...
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Wal-Mart (WMT): It’s Beginning To Look At Lot Like Christmas

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 7:43 am

Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) beat Wall St. expectations for earnings and revenue. Perhaps more important, it indicated that the fourth quarter would be OK. The Christmas retail season just began to look ...
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Bill Gates Says Wall St. Pay Is Too High

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 6:21 am

Bill Gates is one of the richest men in the world and the founder of one of the most successful companies ever created. That means that the media hangs on ...
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IEA Says Rising Energy Prices Could Smother Recovery

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 6:04 am

The International Energy Agency not only raised its forecast for oil demand this year but also said that rising oil prices could cut off the global economic recovery. According to the ...
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Applied Materials (AMAT): We Made Money But You’re Fired

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 5:48 am

Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) can be added to the long list of American companies that made a profit in the last quarter and then fired a significant part of their workforces. It is a ...
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The Foreclosure Rate Abates

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 5:33 am

Foreclosure rates may have leveled off, but it would be a mistake to count on that being a long-term trend. New data from RealtyTrac shows  foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled foreclosure ...
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VW Passes Toyota (TM) And GM As World’s Largest Car Company

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 5:04 am

Toyota (NYSE:TM) did not keep its top spot as the world's largest car company for very long. It held the crown for about a year. Industry statistics show the new VW-Porsche ...
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Media Digest 11/12/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 4:00 am

Reuters:   China is the key stop on Obama's tour of Asia. Reuters:   South Korea's businesses may start to feel more pressure from China competitors.. Reuters:   Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) bought 3Com (NYSE:COM) ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open (11/12/2009)

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 3:24 am

Markets in Asia were moderately lower. The Nikkei fell .7% to 9,804. Honda (NYSE:HMC) rose. The Hang Seng fell 1% to 22,402. HSBC (NYSE:HBC) dropped. The Shanghai Composite fell .1% ...
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