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How High Are Intel Dividend Aspirations (INTC)

Posted: November 16, 2009 at 10:51 am

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is defying the old status quo of big technology companies which do not pay what most would consider real dividends.  Today's quarterly dividend hike to $0.1575 ...
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Lowe’s (LOW): Hope Gets In Your Eyes

Posted: November 16, 2009 at 9:45 am

One word from a CEO can obscure an entire earnings reports. Home improvement giant Lowe's (NYSE:LOW) reported lackluster earnings. However, its chief Robert A. Niblock said, “We are beginning to see ...
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Bristol-Myers Cleans Up on Mead Johnson (BMY, MJN)

Posted: November 16, 2009 at 9:29 am

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) is going to completely separate itself from its holdings in Mead Johnson Nutrition Company (NYSE: MJN).  The company expects that the split-off will be a ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (C, DELL, NLST, NABI, PARD, RVSN, CSCO, S)

Posted: November 16, 2009 at 8:59 am

These are this Monday morning's top day trader and active trader alert stocks.  We have a link through to each stock at VSInvestor.com with more detailed analysis and data. Citigroup, ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/16/2009) (DVN)(NVDA)(C)(AAPL)

Posted: November 16, 2009 at 8:46 am

Updated throughout the day. Updated 12.43 PM EST:  Apple may hire its own video game developers to create iPhone and iPod products  (Apple Insider) Updated 11.57 AM EST:  Devon Energy ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (CADX, COH, DELL, HTE, JWN, RIMM, S, STP, URI, VRSK)

Posted: November 16, 2009 at 8:13 am

These are the top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall Street research calls early this Monday: Cadence Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CADX) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer. ...
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CNN Paid Lou Dobbs $8 Million To Leave

Posted: November 16, 2009 at 6:14 am

Lou Dobbs and his ranting and raving about immigration and whether the president was born in the US finally cost him his job. He and his employer CNN spun it ...
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Amazon (AMZN) And MasterCard (MA) Turn To Social Networks For Holidays

Posted: November 16, 2009 at 5:54 am

The use of social networks to sell products and services gets more complex by the day. The latest scheme to tap into the swarms of people who congregate at Facebook ...
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Cisco’s (CSCO) Tandberg Gamble That Video Quality Pays

Posted: November 16, 2009 at 5:35 am

Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) has decided to gamble that it can get reluctant Tandberg shareholders to support a buyout of their company by raising its offer to $3.4 billion. That is a 10% ...
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Japan GDP Moves Up At 4.8% Annual Rate

Posted: November 16, 2009 at 5:12 am

 By Douglas A. McIntyre Japan's GDP rose at an annual rate of 4.8% in the quarter ending September 30th. Most analysts had forecast a figure below 3%. It is not ...
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Sony (SNE) Throws Cold Water On The Holidays

Posted: November 16, 2009 at 5:00 am

Sony (NYSE:SNE) expects its holiday sales to be poor. That is terrible news for the consumer electronics and PC industries. Sony is a nearly perfect proxy for those sectors. It sells PCs, ...
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GM Will Start To Repay US And Continue Installments Next Year

Posted: November 16, 2009 at 4:46 am

GM will make a $1.2 billion payment to the US and Canada on its $6.7 billion senior note from the Treasury and Canadian government, probably in December. The $6.7 billion is the ...
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Media Digest 11/16/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 16, 2009 at 4:00 am

Reuters:   The Ohio Attorney General is suing a number of Wall St. firms. Reuters:   GM will start to repay part of its debt to the US. Reuters:   Citigroup (NYSE:C) will ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open (11/16/2009)

Posted: November 16, 2009 at 3:26 am

Most markets in Asia rose sharply. The Nikkei was up .2% to 9,791. Mitsubishi UFJ (NYSE:MTU) fell. The Hang Seng rose 1.7% to 22,944. The Shanghai Composite was up 2.7% ...
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Google (GOOG) Settles With Authors, Publishers

Posted: November 16, 2009 at 3:19 am

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), book authors and publishers had until midnight to provide a federal court with a plan to settle their differences on how the search engine digitizes and charges for ...
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