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Daily Archives: December 29, 2009

Disney-Marvel Combo Assures More of That $10 Billion Movie Market (MVL, DIS)

Posted: December 29, 2009 at 12:51 pm

Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: MVL) is about to disappear.  The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) acquisition is set to close this week.  Some have criticized this $4.2 billion cash and ...
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Vigilante Row Seating: Memo To CEOs At American, Delta & Continental

Posted: December 29, 2009 at 12:08 pm

Memo to airline CEOs: Gerald Arpey, AMR (NYSE:AMR); Richard Anderson, Delta (NYSE:DAL) & Larry Kellner, Continental (NYSE:CAL). Subject: Vigilante Row Seating Now that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has made it ...
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New Short Selling Stocks of Interest (ODP, ALU, UMC, MBI, MU, GLW, SKS, HMA, CHK)

Posted: December 29, 2009 at 11:52 am

The recent headlines over the short interest showed a rise on the NYSE and NASDAQ.  In terms of the Top 50 NYSE Jumps In Shorts, a couple key stocks stand ...
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Nokia Intensifies Patent Fight Against Apple (NOK, AAPL)

Posted: December 29, 2009 at 11:30 am

The patent case between Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is not new.  But news this morning on the direction which Nokia is willing to take is ...
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Canadian IPO: Med BioGene Inc. (MBGI)

Posted: December 29, 2009 at 9:57 am

Med BioGene Inc. has filed for an initial public offering in the United States.  Technically this may not be a formal IPO because it trades in Canada where the company ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (FNM, FRE, BNVI, TRMS, VVUS, AAPL)

Posted: December 29, 2009 at 9:01 am

These are this Tuesday's top day trader and active trader alerts.  We have detailed links over on each story for more detail and analysis at VSInvestor.com: Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (12/29/2009)

Posted: December 29, 2009 at 8:46 am

Updated throughout the day. A "meltdown" is coming for the bond market (CNBC) GM will try to sell down its inventories of Pontiacs and Saturns by offering huge incentives (WSJ) Home prices ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMZN, AMCS, AAPL, CZZ, GS, JEF, MS, UNH)

Posted: December 29, 2009 at 8:27 am

These are this Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in a thin week of coverage and Wall Street research calls: Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Reiterated Outperform but target ...
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Bing Likely To Lose China Battle To Google And Baidu

Posted: December 29, 2009 at 6:24 am

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) wants to make it clear that it expects its Bing search engine to enjoy the same success in China that the software company believes it will have in the ...
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Google (GOOG) Pushes To Make YouTube The Video Entertainment Hub For The World

Posted: December 29, 2009 at 6:01 am

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has had trouble figuring out how it will make money from its huge video sharing website YouTube since it bought the company for $1.65 billion in October 2006.  ...
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The First Quarter Should See A Surge In Consumer Spending

Posted: December 29, 2009 at 5:39 am

Consumer confidence and spending will rise very sharply over the next three months based on new data from research firm ChangeWave. The firm's December survey of 2,690 people indicates that ...
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The Problem With Late Research, Or No Research At All

Posted: December 29, 2009 at 5:27 am

comScore, which measures online consumer behavior, is among the best companies at analyzing traffic to websites.  comScore also decodes what people do when they get to their online destinations. The ...
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A New Threat To Cell Phone Security From An Old Source—The Hacker

Posted: December 29, 2009 at 5:13 am

Nothing stays safe forever, at least not in the world of information technology and digital communication. Hackers are able to break into sophisticated bank security systems and steal money. Talented ...
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Short Sellers Mob Big Banks And Telecoms (BAC)(C)(VZ)(T)

Posted: December 29, 2009 at 4:22 am

Short sellers took huge positions in major banks and telecom companies in the two-week period ending December 15. The short interest in Citigroup (NYSE:C) rose 30% to 281 million ahead of ...
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Media Digest 12/29/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTime, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 29, 2009 at 4:00 am

Reuters:   GM is offering huge incentives to sell its inventory of Pontiacs and Saturns. Reuters:   Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) will overhaul the pay of senior management. Reuters:   The departing AIG (NYSE:AIG) general ...
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