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Monthly Archives: November 2009

Almost 25% Of Homes Are Underwater

Posted: November 24, 2009 at 5:30 am

By Douglas A. McIntyre There have been a number of attempts to come up with a figure about how many U.S. home mortgages are underwater -- in other words, the ...
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Shopping Trends: A PlayStation But No Miniskirt

Posted: November 24, 2009 at 5:27 am

MasterCard Spending Plus, which tracks retail sales, says that consumer electronics products are moving off the shelves of stores but women's apparel is not. A Wall Street Journal analysis of ...
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The Rich Will Shop Early This Year

Posted: November 24, 2009 at 5:12 am

The rich will shop early this year. The poor will shop late. The edge will probably go to the poor when the amount of national holiday sales is tallied at ...
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Pressuring Banks To Repay TARP, Courting Trouble

Posted: November 24, 2009 at 4:56 am

The Fed wants the taxpayer's money back. It has asked nine large banks, including Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), to give it a timetable for when they will repay TARP funds. All ...
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Media Digest 11/24/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTime, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 24, 2009 at 4:01 am

Reuters:   Hewlett-Packard's (NYSE:HPQ) profit was up 14% and the company will triple its share buyback. Reuters:   Banks have been asked to give their TARP repayment plans to the government. Reuters:   Rich people ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open (11/24/2009): Shanghai B Shares Down 7.3%

Posted: November 24, 2009 at 3:23 am

Market in Asia were broadly lowere with Shanghai B shares down 7.3%. The Nikkei dropped 1% to 9,402. Japan Air hit a record low. The Hang Seng was down 1.5% ...
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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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