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Monthly Archives: November 2009

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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DryShips Goes For Capital Raise, Again (DRYS)

Posted: November 17, 2009 at 4:25 pm

DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) just hexed its investors who were hoping to see the stock keep running over the $7.00 hurdle.  The company just announced that it has commenced a ...
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Melco Crown Outlines IPO Risks at Las Vegas Sands, MGM Too (MPEL, LVS, MGM, WYNN)

Posted: November 17, 2009 at 4:12 pm

Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. (NASDAQ: MPEL) is holding up better than many might have expected after the stellar rise seen in the casino stocks with Macau ties.  Melco Crown turned ...
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52-Week High Club (AGO, SMTL, SINA, TWB)

Posted: November 17, 2009 at 3:56 pm

Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE: AGO) over 32% to a yearly high of $28.14 after the company posted earnings of $0.44 per share, beating analysts estimates.   Semitool Inc (NASDAQ: SMTL) ...
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Steel IPO Filing: Hirschfeld Industries, Inc. (HSFD)

Posted: November 17, 2009 at 11:46 am

Hirschfeld Industries, Inc. filed after the close on Monday to come public via an initial public offering of up to $150,000,000 in equity being sold via the New York Stock ...
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FDA: Thin Blood, Sour Stomach (AZN)(BMY)(SNY)

Posted: November 17, 2009 at 11:37 am

The FDA is routinely criticized for being a poor steward of drug research and pharmaceutical side effects. The agency proved once again why much of the criticism is justified. The FDA ...
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SPAC/Blank Check IPO Filing: 57th Street General Acquisition Corp.

Posted: November 17, 2009 at 11:31 am

The world of special purpose acquisition companies may get yet another new entrant.  After the close of trading on Monday came the filing for 57th Street General Acquisition Corp. to ...
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Soros Fund Holdings

Posted: November 17, 2009 at 10:52 am

Yesterday Soros Fund Management Filed a 13-F outlining the fund's long portfolio as of September 30th, 2009.  The total value of the holdings reported in the filing is $6,198,089.  Twenty ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/17/2009) New Bid For Cadbury

Posted: November 17, 2009 at 9:01 am

Updated throughout the day. Updated 4.06 PM EST:  "U.S. chocolate giant Hershey Co. has been in high-level talks with Italian chocolate maker Ferrero Spa to possibly craft a rival joint ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (NLST, SPWRA, SPWRB, NGSX, PSUN, SMTL, AMAT)

Posted: November 17, 2009 at 8:58 am

These are this Tuesday's top day trader and active trader alerts with more details and analysis linked through to each stock over at VSInvestor.com: Netlist Inc. (NLST) is seeing small ...
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Exposing the Myths About China and the Yuan

Posted: November 17, 2009 at 8:42 am

By John Tamny of Forbes   "Money is nothing but a medium of exchange..." - Ludwig Von Mises, The Theory of Money and Credit, p. 31 By John Tamny   ...
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Semitool Becomes Part of Applied Materials (SMTL, AMAT)

Posted: November 17, 2009 at 8:10 am

Semitool, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMTL) has become the perfect fit for Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT).  Applied has decided to acquire the maker of multi-chamber single-wafer and batch wet chemical processing ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (DVN, XOM, HES, ITW, LEA, NFLX, PALM, PARD, SPWRA, VRTX)

Posted: November 17, 2009 at 8:01 am

These are this morning's top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo. Exxon Mobil Corp. ...
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Mortgage Loan Deliquencies Move Up Toward All-Time Record

Posted: November 17, 2009 at 6:19 am

Mortgage loan delinquency (the ratio of borrowers 60 or more days past due) increased for the 11th straight quarter, hitting an all-time national average high of 6.25 percent for the ...
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