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Daily Archives: December 21, 2009

52-Week High Club (X, AET, CI, AA, HGSI)

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 4:17 pm

United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) rose over 6.5% to a yearly high of $52.47 after the United States objected to a requestion by China that the World Trade Organization ...
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Stem Cell Stocks Rise, Led By Athersys Inc. (ATHX, NBS, STEM)

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 2:33 pm

Stem cell stocks (tracked in Tickerspy's Stem Cell Stock's Index (*RXSTM) are up over 7% today, led by Athersys Inc (NASDAQ: ATHX).  Athersys Inc. rose as high as 395% this ...
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Unusual Options Trading Alerts (AAPL, GOOG, AMZN, RIMM, GLD, BIIB, MU)

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 1:42 pm

We have compiled several options chains we are watching today now that the DEC-2009 PUTS/CALLS have expired on Friday.  Much of this likely options roll-outs continuing, but we are seeing ...
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Was Microsoft’s Liddell Promised GM CEO Job?

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 11:08 am

Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) departing CFO Chris Liddell will join GM as Vice Chairman and CFO, according to several media reports. GM is so badly damaged that the move could not even ...
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E*TRADE New CEO… Chances of Buyout Changing? (ETFC, C, AMTD, SCHW, GS, MS)

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 10:37 am

E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) has some good news this morning, although this could actually be bad news for those hoping for an immediate takeover.  The company has been without ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (12/21/2009)

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 9:17 am

Updated throughout the day. Dubai World will meet with creditors but offer no proposals (various). China's sovereign fund CIC will get a new infusion of $200 billion (FT) Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (CHTT, BMY, POT, MOS, MOO, PALM)

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 9:09 am

These are this Monday's top day trader and active trader alert stocks with a link through to each story at VSInvestor.com for more detailed data and analysis: Chattem Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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A Falling Dollar Hurts Our Importers, Too

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 8:50 am

John Tamny of Forbes The great Austrian economist Ludwig Von Mises long ago wrote that "accountancy is not perfect. The precision of its statements is only illusory." In particular, Von ...
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Top 10 Anlayst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (AA, AIRV, BCSI, DEER, INTC, PALM, MA, PSA, STX, V)

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 8:06 am

These are this Monday's top 10 analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, and Initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) Raised to Overweight at Barclays. Airvana Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRV) ...
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China’s New Shopping Spree

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 6:21 am

China is likely to invest another $200 billion into its sovereign fund CIC, according to the FT. CIC is known for taking non-controlling interests in companies, especially when they are based outside China's ...
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A TARP For Dubai

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 6:08 am

To: Sultan Ahmed bin Bin Sulayem of Dubai: Dear your magnificent munificence: Several banks that are owed more than $10 billion by Dubai World and Nakheel will be visiting your desert kingdom this ...
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Ten Stocks To Sell In The Ten Days Before Year-End

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 5:33 am

Many investors use the last few weeks of each year to sell stocks on which they have posted losses to help their tax position. Other investors simply clean the dead ...
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E-Commerce Posts Record Day Over $900 Million

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 5:06 am

The e-commerce industry posted its first $900 million day, ever. Online research firm comScore reports that on December 15, e-commerce sales hit $913 million. The surge held put holiday online sales up ...
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Verizon Wireless To Set $350 Fee To Break Cellular Contracts

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 4:56 am

Cellular service users have been upset for years that the companies that give them their wireless connections often charge large fees if they break their contracts. Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ)(NYSE:VOD) has decided ...
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Media Digest 12/21/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 3:55 am

Reuters:   The healthcare bill moved over key hurdles in the Senate. Reuters:   Oil is above $73 on Iran-Iraq tensions. Reuters:   Citadel filed for Chapter 11. Reuters:   The head of AIG ...
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