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Monthly Archives: November 2009

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Video Game Sales Fall Back In October

Posted: November 13, 2009 at 6:30 am

September sales for video game consoles were relatively good given the economy. Price cuts on the Nintendo Wii, Sony (NYSE:SNE) PS3, and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Xbox stimulated activity. It appears that the ...
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Target (TGT) Promotes $3 Appliances

Posted: November 13, 2009 at 6:11 am

DVDs and e-books that sell for under $10 is one thing. Appliances that sell for $3 is another. Target (NYSE:TGT) is offering toasters, coffee makers, and slow roasters at $3 ...
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Too Many Apple (AAPL) Stores

Posted: November 13, 2009 at 5:53 am

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) will have too many retail stores at some point. It will face the "Starbucks problem" of over-building. Starbucks once boasted that it would eventually have 40,000 coffee shops ...
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The Swine Flu Epidemic Fails To Do Economic Damage

Posted: November 13, 2009 at 5:12 am

Swine flu vaccinations have been slow to get to those who want to be treated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that about 22 million American have contracted ...
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Boeing (BA) Dreamliner Still Broken Along With Firm’s Management

Posted: November 13, 2009 at 4:51 am

Boeing (NYSE:BA) said it had encountered another problem with the final assembly of its Dreamliner in a cryptic press release from the company. The issue was discovered in the area where the plane's ...
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Media Digest 11/13/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 13, 2009 at 4:03 am

Reuters:   China's economy may be hurt as its stimulus ends. Reuters:   Warren Buffett says the financial panic is over. Reuters:   Former bankers are considering buying failed banks. Reuters:   The SEC ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open (11/13/2009)

Posted: November 13, 2009 at 3:26 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei fell .4% to  9,770. Mitsubitchi UFJ (MYSE:MTU) fell. The Hang Seng was up .7% to 22,554. The Shanghai Composite rose .5% to 3,188. ...
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Sirius XM (SIRI) And CBS (CBS) Pose Greatest Financial Risk Among Media Firms

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 9:23 pm

CBS (NYSE:CBS) and Sirius XM (NYSE:SIRI) pose the greatest investment risks among media companies based on a forensic measure of their transparency and the statistical reliability of their financial reporting ...
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British Air And Iberia: Airlines Return To The Center Of M&A Stage

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 5:58 pm

The rumor that US Air (NYSE:LCC) and American (NYSE:AMR) may merge is not so far-fetched today, or that Southwest (NYSE:LUV) might take over JetBlue (NASDAQ:JBLU). British Air and Iberia, the flag ...
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SIRIUS Losing XM Founder (that everyone forgot) (SIRI)

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 5:01 pm

SIRIUS XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced that Gary Parsons has resigned as Chairman of the Board of Directors. The satellite radio giant has appointed Eddy Hartenstein, an independent director, to ...
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Despite Many Drops, Disney Delivers (DIS)

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 4:35 pm

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is out with earnings and the report is a solid one compared to what we have seen elsewhere, yet it too saw mostly erosion ...
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52-Week High Club (COMS, AMD, PLA, BID)

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 4:31 pm

3Com Corp (NASDAQ: COMS) rose over 30% to a yearly high of $7.52 after Hewlett-Packard, the PC maker, announced plans to buy 3Com for $2.7 billion. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. ...
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Government Deficit Expands To $176 Billion In October

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 3:03 pm

According the monthly Treasury report released this afternoon, the Federal Government posted a $176.4 billion deficit in the month of October.  Total Government receipts came in at $135 billion.  Of ...
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Long-Bond Auction Conundrum

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 2:00 pm

Earlier today came the results from a highly awaited $16 billion 30-Year Treasury bond auction... the famed 'Long Bond.'  The 30-Year yield went out to buyers at 4.469%, just over ...
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Tech Giants Now Hold ~$265 Billion Cash To Spend (HPQ, COMS, INTC, AMD, MSFT, CSCO, AAPL, GOOG, ORCL, JAVA, QCOM, EMC, YHOO, DELL, AMZN, EBAY, ONT, BRCD, JDSU, STAR, VMW)

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 11:31 am

You have already seen the Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) buyout of 3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS).  But this week before that deal was announced we covered how mergers in the technology sector ...
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