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Daily Archives: November 23, 2009

H-P Holds Its Own (HPQ, COMS, DELL)

Posted: November 23, 2009 at 4:16 pm

Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) had already given its guidance for today's earnings two weeks ago when it announced the surprise acquisition of 3Com Corp. (NASDAQ: COMS).  But that doesn't keep ...
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Telegent Files for IPO (TLG)

Posted: November 23, 2009 at 2:56 pm

Telegent Systems, Inc. has just become the latest company to file to come public via an Initial Public Offering.  No terms were listed, but the initial prospectus filing is for ...
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Should Healthcare Insurers Be Close to 52-Week Highs (UNH, WLP, CI, HUM, AET)

Posted: November 23, 2009 at 2:40 pm

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (NYSE: UNH) and most healthcare related insurers are trading higher today despite the coming health-insurance reform.  The Senate voted over the weekend to open a debate on ...
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Kraft-Cadbury Conundrum: A Bridge Too Far (KFT, CBY, HSY)

Posted: November 23, 2009 at 1:54 pm

Cadbury plc (NYSE: CBY) is effectively worth almost more than ever because of the merger interest.  Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) has a cash and share bid worth roughly $16.4 ...
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Klausner Technologies Files Patent Lawsuits Against Motorola (MOT) And RIM (RIMM)

Posted: November 23, 2009 at 1:02 pm

Klausner Technologies which owns 25 patents some part of which it claims cover the basic visual voicemail feature in which users can selectively view and listen to their voice messages via their mobile phones ...
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Vanguard Tries 7 New Bond ETF Offerings (VGSH, VGIT, VGLT, VCSH, VCIT, VCLT, VMBS)

Posted: November 23, 2009 at 10:54 am

Vanguard has just launched seven new bond exchange traded funds today.  We are seeing very thin trading volume, and that will be the single biggest benchmark used for whether or ...
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NABE Recession-end: Stocks Gains, Dollar & Bond Losses in 2010

Posted: November 23, 2009 at 10:33 am

The November 2009 NABE Outlook, compiled by the National Association for Business Economics, has a new outlook for the rest of 2009 and 2010 based on data taken October 24 ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (SEED, YONG, FEED, CEPH, TECD, DDRX, GMCR)

Posted: November 23, 2009 at 9:06 am

These are this morning's top day trader and active trader alert stocks seen.  We have more detailed analysis and data on each stock story with links over to VSInvestor.com: Origin ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/23/2009) (AAPL)(BCS)(CL)

Posted: November 23, 2009 at 8:44 am

Updated throughout the day. Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and Nestle may enter the bidding for Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) (various) Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) may pay content companies to block their content from Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) News ...
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Citi & UBS Under S&P Eagle Eye (MFG, UBS, C, HBC, GS)

Posted: November 23, 2009 at 8:21 am

Many, or most, major banks do not have enough capital to comfortably maintain their current ratings.  Standard & Poor's has a report out saying that the banks are underfunded despite ...
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US Car Companies Push Up Incentives

Posted: November 23, 2009 at 8:18 am

By Douglas A. McIntyre A new 2010 Chrysler with $4,000 cash back? Large incentive programs for new cars are usually set up to help dealers dump inventory they cannot sell ...
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Doing ‘God’s Work’ – A Defense of Wall Street

Posted: November 23, 2009 at 8:14 am

by John Tamny of Forbes Every period of so-called economic excess invariably ends with the media and politicians discrediting the symbols of the alleged greed that characterized the era. Michael ...
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Top 10 Anlayst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (AXP, COF, DE, DHI, JEF, NITE, NDAQ, SLB, SBUX, WLP)

Posted: November 23, 2009 at 7:32 am

These are this Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: American Express (NYSE: AXP) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley. Capital One (NYSE: COF) ...
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Amazon (AMZN) Launches Huge “Black Friday” Salvo

Posted: November 23, 2009 at 6:19 am

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) will not wait until the day after Thanksgiving to begin its holiday sales. It wants to take whatever early shopping business it can get from Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT), Target ...
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Treasury: Geithner Out, Jamie Dimon In?

Posted: November 23, 2009 at 6:08 am

The speculation over the fate of Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Fed chief Ben Bernanke has grown as Congress has become more troubled by rising federal deficits and unemployment. The $787 ...
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