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Daily Archives: December 3, 2009

Washington Post… The Last Stable Paper Company (WPO, BRK-A)

Posted: December 3, 2009 at 5:09 pm

Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) has to be thankful that it is not just a newspaper company as most tend to think of it.  Today, came an analyst rating action ...
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Take-Two’s (TTWO) Well-Paid Management, Awful Earnings

Posted: December 3, 2009 at 4:35 pm

It is time for the board of Take-Two (NASDAQ:TTWO) to see if it can renegotiate its contract with Zelnick Media, which runs the video game company. The current arrangement calls ...
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Did Obama Warn on Friday’s Unemployment Data?

Posted: December 3, 2009 at 2:37 pm

There have been at least two occasions where President Obama referred to the direction of the unemployment and non-farm payrolls data before the key report due Friday.  Once was just ...
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24/7 Wall St. TV: Viacom + Time Warner = Next Big Media Merger

Posted: December 3, 2009 at 12:20 pm

No one would be surprised to see Sumner Redstone, the 86-year-old head of Viacom (NYSE:VIA), and Jeff Bewkes, CEO of Time Warner (NYSE:TWX), wearing disguises to their private meetings in coffee ...
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SunTrust ‘Sell’ From Meredith Whitney (STI, BRK-A)

Posted: December 3, 2009 at 11:49 am

SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE: STI) is getting hit this morning, although perhaps not as harshly as the call might sound.  Meredith Whitney put on her banker Scrooge hat and issued ...
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ISM Data: Service Sector Back in Hell

Posted: December 3, 2009 at 10:37 am

The Institute of Supply Management has released its November data for the services sector this morning.  The ISM non-Manufacturing data had gotten back to growth briefly in October and September.  ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (GERN, STEM, OPXA, HGSI, DRYS, ABK, MBI, TRGT)

Posted: December 3, 2009 at 8:52 am

These are this morning's top day trader and active trader alert stocks, with more details and analysis over at VSInvestor.com with a link to each story: Geron Corporation (NASDAQ: GERN), ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (12/3/2009) (S)(HUN)(GE)(AAPL)(F)(TWX)

Posted: December 3, 2009 at 8:44 am

Updated throughout the day. Updated 1.17 PM EST: Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) may sign up Sprint (NYSE:S) and T-Mobile to market the iPhone in the US  (Barron's) Updated 11.29 PM EST:  Huntsman ...
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Amazon.com: As Cramer and Others Get Too Bullish (AMZN, WMT, BBY)

Posted: December 3, 2009 at 8:39 am

It is impossible to argue against the success of Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) as a company, and it is also impossible to say that the stock is not on fire.  ...
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Jobless Data Staying in Right Direction

Posted: December 3, 2009 at 8:36 am

The Labor Department is out with the newest weekly jobless claims data.  The figure came in at 457,000 versus the estimates from Bloomberg of 485,000.  The preliminary unrevised figure a ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, and Initiations (AMZN, AAPL, AGO, BAC, CELG, CBST, DRYS, EBAY, POT, RIG)

Posted: December 3, 2009 at 8:09 am

These are this Thursday morning's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Started as Market Perform at JMP Securities. Apple Inc. ...
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FDIC: A Quarter Of Americans Have Little Or No Bank Access

Posted: December 3, 2009 at 6:17 am

The FDIC reports that millions of Americans have no access to a bank. The agency report "reveals that more than one quarter (25.6 percent) of all households in the United ...
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Why Hasn’t Citigroup (C) Repaid TARP Funds

Posted: December 3, 2009 at 5:54 am

The program Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) has announced to repay the TARP funds it received is a modest vindication for its retiring CEO Ken Lewis. He has proved that his ...
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Goldman Sachs (GS) Explains Comp To Big Shareholders

Posted: December 3, 2009 at 5:29 am

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) has started to meet with its largest shareholders to defend the millions, and in some cases tens of millions, that it pays its management and star ...
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GE (GE): Cash Rich, Strategy Poor

Posted: December 3, 2009 at 5:26 am

GE (NYSE:GE) will pick up close to $8 billion in net cash as part of its deal to pass a majority interest in its NBCU unit to Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA)leaving the conglomerate with 49%. GE ...
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