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Daily Archives: December 16, 2009

Citi Prices Largest Offering in U.S. History; Wrong Time & Price (C)

Posted: December 16, 2009 at 7:00 pm

Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) was already in our "top after-hours trading movers" because of weakness in its share price on the discounted secondary offering.  That is no longer conjecture.  Citi's ...
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Top After-Hours Trading Movers (FSLR, CNO, HOV, FUN, C)

Posted: December 16, 2009 at 6:09 pm

We have several key movers in the after-hours trading session tonight.  We have more details for price and volume analysis and comparison data on each stock with a link over ...
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First Solar Mixed Guidance, Great Reception (FSLR)

Posted: December 16, 2009 at 4:21 pm

First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) has laid out its 2010 financial guidance, and it announced plans to add eight production lines at its manufacturing center in Kulim, Malaysia starting production ...
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Team Health IPO Scores Poorly on IPO Report Card (TMH)

Posted: December 16, 2009 at 3:38 pm

Team Health Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TMH) did not drop out of the chute, but many are going to say that Team took one for the team.  The company priced 13.3 ...
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Select Retail Short Squeezes? (PSUN, FINL, TRLG)

Posted: December 16, 2009 at 3:22 pm

Short sellers could be on the run here in several retailers. Each day our software tracks stocks that have high short interest and are either short squeezes or potential short ...
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Bernanke Keeping Status Quo on Rates… For Now

Posted: December 16, 2009 at 2:39 pm

Ben Bernanke may be Time Magazine's person of the year.  But today Bernanke was listed as the market watchdog of the day because the FOMC voted to keep rates steady ...
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A Take On M&A and IPOs For 2010

Posted: December 16, 2009 at 2:04 pm

2009 has been far from an IPO-packed year compared to other years in this decade.  Ditto for mergers and acquisitions.  Many of the IPOs that price earlier in 2009 have ...
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DOE Inventory Pleases Energy Bulls (OIH, USO, OIL)

Posted: December 16, 2009 at 10:44 am

There is some mixed data from the Department of Energy on its weekly inventory data today, although the negatives here seem to outweigh the gains.  We are watching the Oil ...
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Did Intel (INTC) Intimidate IBM (IBM) And HP (HPQ)?

Posted: December 16, 2009 at 9:58 am

The FTC has brought a case against Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) which has now been accused of monopolistic behavior in Europe, the State of New York, and the United States. The FTC ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (EZCH, FGXI, ACHN, GIGM, SCHW)

Posted: December 16, 2009 at 8:58 am

This morning's top day trader and active trader alerts are in some less common names than what we normally see.  These also have links through to VSInvestor.com with more detailed ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (12/16/2009) (PLA)(MSFT)

Posted: December 16, 2009 at 8:45 am

Updated throughout the day. Citigroup (NYSE:C) will be able to avoid about $38 billion in taxes under an agreement with the government  (Washington Post) Playboy's (NYSE:PLA) buyout talks with Iconix have fallen apart ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (AXP, BBY, CCL, SCHW, CB, EIX, BEN, RCL, TROW, X)

Posted: December 16, 2009 at 7:57 am

These are Wednesday's top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo. Best Buy Co. ...
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IBM (IBM) To Acquire Lombardi

Posted: December 16, 2009 at 7:20 am

IBM (NYSE:IBM) it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Lombardi, a privately held software company based in Austin, Texas. Financial terms were not disclosed.  Lombardi, a leading provider of ...
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Microsoft (MSFT) Ends EU Dispute

Posted: December 16, 2009 at 7:15 am

According to Reuters, EU regulators accepted a pledge by Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) to allow rival Internet browsers on its systems, ending a long antitrust dispute with the U.S. software maker. ...
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Free WiFi At McDonald’s (MCD)

Posted: December 16, 2009 at 6:12 am

McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) will offer free Wi-Fi at almost all of its U.S. restaurants starting early next year. Until now, the fast food chain has been charging $2.95 for two ...
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