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Daily Archives: November 18, 2009

Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (ADI, ACI, ISRG, BTU, PHM, RIMM, STX, SPWRA, TGT, WDC)

Posted: November 18, 2009 at 7:53 am

These are this Wednesday's top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs. Arch ...
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Cheap Broadband For Everyone In America

Posted: November 18, 2009 at 6:13 am

By Douglas A. McIntyre "A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage." --Herbert Hoover, 1928. Federal regulators plan to propose a way to get inexpensive broadband to ...
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VW Gets “Safest Car” Rating But Can’t Sell Autos In US

Posted: November 18, 2009 at 6:07 am

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety came out with its annual list of safest cars. Ford (NYSE:F) and its Volvo unit got six awards, VW and Subaru each got five. ...
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California Plans To Ban Some Energy-Hungry TVs

Posted: November 18, 2009 at 5:53 am

The State of California claims that as much of 10% of the region's electricity is used by televisions. The state government is considering setting standards for TV energy consumption that would push ...
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FBI: Cyber Terrorists Could Prepare Massive US Attack

Posted: November 18, 2009 at 5:40 am

Websites in the US were attacked by hackers earlier this year. The assaults slowed down some sites and closed other online services completely. It was assumed at the time that the attacks originated ...
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$1 Salary For Pandit: Citigroup Gets What It Paid For

Posted: November 18, 2009 at 5:06 am

The most charitable thing that can be said about Vikram Pandit, the CEO of Citigroup (NYSE:C) since December 11. 2007, is that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. ...
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The Auto Industry Restructuring Global Tour Moves To Europe

Posted: November 18, 2009 at 4:58 am

The restructuring of the American car business is still a work in progress. Chrysler laid people off as late as last month. The industry fired tens of thousands of people ...
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Media Digest 11/18/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 18, 2009 at 4:07 am

Reuters:   Thain regrets nothing he did at Merrill Lynch and during its merger with Bank of America (NYSE:BAC). Reuters:   Trump put his support to the bondholders of his casino business. ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open (11/18/2009)

Posted: November 18, 2009 at 3:26 am

Market in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei was down .6% to 9,677. Japan Air hit a low for the year. Mitisubishi UFJ (NYSE:MTU) posted strong earnings after the close. The ...
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