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Monthly Archives: November 2009

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As Buffett Dumps Moody’s (BRK-A, MCO)

Posted: November 3, 2009 at 12:58 pm

Warren Buffett is dumping Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO).  We'll never know until it is already done whether the Oracle of Omaha wants to jettison it entirely from the holdings of ...
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Analyst Sees Windows 7 Pricing Data & Penetration Rates (MSFT, DELL, HPQ, YHOO)

Posted: November 3, 2009 at 9:52 am

Auriga is a boutique research firm that many have not heard of, but this morning the firm has reiterated its BUY rating on Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) and its $33.50 ...
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Apple (AAPL) iPhone Sales In China Only 5,000 During First Weekend

Posted: November 3, 2009 at 9:25 am

China Unicom (NYSE:CHU) released its earnings yesterday and as part of its comments to investors it said it had only sold 5,000 iPhones since it started offering the handset. China Unicom posted ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/3/2009) (CHU)(AAPL)(LGF)

Posted: November 3, 2009 at 8:52 am

Updates throughout the day. Updated 10.33 AM EST: Royal Bank of Scotland may have to divest its majority interest in the RBS Sempra Commodities joint venture. (The Deal) Bank of ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (ARI, CSIQ, CSX, DDRX, HEV, INTC, NVDA, VCLK, VITC)

Posted: November 3, 2009 at 8:35 am

These are the top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning: Apollo Commercial Real Estate (NYSE: ARI) Started as Overweight ...
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Best Buy (BBY) Launches Movie Download Service

Posted: November 3, 2009 at 8:15 am

Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) wants to join the legion of other firms with branded movie download services, although it is not clear why. A number of media sources say that the ...
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GMAC’s Lifeline Is the Economy’s Noose

Posted: November 3, 2009 at 8:11 am

By John Tamny The 18th century French writer Voltaire once observed that the State is "a device for taking money out of one set of pockets and putting it into ...
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Buffett Makes His Whale of an Acquisition (BRK-A, BRK-B, BNI, UNP)

Posted: November 3, 2009 at 7:45 am

We always knew that Warren Buffett loved the railroad stocks.  We also had for years heard Buffett talk about the prospects of a "whale of a deal" in large acquisitions. ...
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Tech M&A King Cisco (CSCO) Pushes Into The Living Room

Posted: November 3, 2009 at 6:12 am

Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) may control most of the global router and enterprise video conferencing business, but it wants a bigger footprint in home video delivery. Silicon Valley's biggest M&A machine has ...
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India Buys 200 Tons Of Gold And Moves From The Dollar

Posted: November 3, 2009 at 5:59 am

The dollar is still losing its luster as the foreign reserve currency of choice. India has just bought 200 tons of gold from the IMF at $1,045 an ounce which ...
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A Coffee Firm Merger Aimed At Starbucks (SBUX)

Posted: November 3, 2009 at 5:40 am

Two coffee companies which sell their products online and through retailers are merging. They should be able to create a formidable competitor for Starbuck's  retail business outside its own stores. Diedrich (NASDAQ:DDRX) will ...
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The Fed Asks Banks To Read Its Mind

Posted: November 3, 2009 at 4:58 am

Bankers from the nation’s 28 largest banks were called to regional Federal Reserve offices across the country today to get a message from the agency. That message was that they ...
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A Guide To The Auto Industry’s 2010 Winners And Losers

Posted: November 3, 2009 at 4:48 am

Jerome York is a nasty piece of work and a financial genius who has been successful as a lieutenant to billionaire raider Kirk Kerkorian. York’s curriculum vita as a financial ...
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Media Digest 11/3/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 3, 2009 at 3:55 am

Reuters:   The value of the yuan could cause a trade war between the US and China. Reuters:   Executive pensions rose despite drops in stock prices. Reuters:   Lloyds will make a ...
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Asia Market And Europe Open 11/3/2009

Posted: November 3, 2009 at 3:24 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Hang Seng was down 1.8% to 21,240. The Shanghai Composite was up 1.2% to 3,114. At the open in Europe, The FTSE was down ...
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