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Daily Archives: December 1, 2009

Wii Losing Its Cool & Partners’ Money (NTDOY, MSFT, SNE, GME)

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 6:04 pm

Nintendo (NTDOY) had a major winner on its hands with the Wii gaming system.  Yet no fad lasts forever.  It has been known for some time that the Wii gaming ...
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eBay’s PayPal Becomes Hidden Holiday Spending Winner (EBAY)

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 5:01 pm

eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) may be the unexpected winner of cyber-shopping for the 2009  holiday shopping season.  Today, the company released data showing that its PayPal unit posted strong gains ...
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Henderson Out as CEO of GM (AIG, BAC)

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 4:29 pm

General Motors may be looking more like Government Motors every day.  Fritz Henderson is stepping down according to a report from CNBC's Phil Lebeau, citing sources.  What is not clear ...
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Is The M&A Arbitrage ETF For You? (MNA)

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 4:21 pm

IndexIQ is no stranger to ETFs with non-traditional investment goals.  IndexIQ recently launched an ETF called the IQ ARB Merger Arbitrage Exchange-Traded Fund (NYSE: MNA), which is the first ETF ...
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GE-Comcast Terms Done on NBC Universal (GE, CMCSA)

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 3:06 pm

CNBC's David Faber just reported that the NBC Universal deal terms between General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) and Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) are about to be signed. (more...) ...
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24/7 Wall St. TV: GM China Sales Pass US For First Time In History

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 2:09 pm

GM is being pulled out of US soil by its roots. For the first time in history the company posted monthly sales in a foreign country that were higher than ...
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New S&P Pivot Points For Cautious December (SPY)

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 10:42 am

There is some growing technical concern that is coming in the S&P 500 Index, which of course most trade via the SPDR (NYSE: SPY) ETF or the Spyders.  This is ...
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Secondary Offerings Keep Mounting (ED, KMP, VNR, AGO, USEG)

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 10:14 am

There is still a flood of secondary offerings coming down the pipe.  We have secondaries from Consolidated Edison Inc. (NYSE: ED), Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: KMP), Vanguard Natural ...
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Coffee Roaster War Brewing (DDRX, PEET, GMCR)

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 9:29 am

The acquisition of Diedrich Coffee, Inc. (NASDAQ: DDRX) is getting even more heated.  We have seen a raised bid from Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEET) to acquire Diedrich's ...
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GM China Sales May Pass US For First Time

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 9:02 am

GM reports that the company and its joint ventures sold 177,339 vehicles in China in November, an increase of 110%. GM's sales in the US were down by a third in the first ...
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SPACs’ Dead Deals, New Deals and Deal Votes (URX, KWIC, CFQCF, TGY, NSAQ, GSMEF)

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 8:53 am

We have been given some exclusive coverage on the recent developments in special purpose acquisition companies and blank check companies from SPACupdate.com this morning.  There are deal updates and calendar ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (12/1/2009) (ETFC)(AMTD)

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 8:39 am

Updated throughout the day. The Somali pirates claim to have started their own "stock exchange"   (CNBC, Reuters) E*Trade (NASDAQ:ETFC) will probably not be sold to TDAmeritrade (NASDAQ:AMTD)  (The Street) Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (AIG, GES, HGSI, NLST, SEED, FEED)

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 8:38 am

These are this Tuesday's top pre-market day trader and active trader alert stocks.  We have more detailed volume and price data and analysis on each stock with a link to ...
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A Defense of Short Selling

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 8:09 am

By John Tamny of Forbes "Without short sellers, 'there would be no one to criticize and restrain the false optimism that always leads to disaster.'" ~ Bernard Baruch   Amid ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (ADBE, BBT, BA, CLWR, FITB, ITRI, NFLX, NVAX, TTM, WBSN)

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 8:05 am

These are this Tuesday morning’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) Started as Market Outperform at JMP Securities. BB&T ...
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