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Monthly Archives: December 2009

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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Abu Dhabi Prepares To Cheat Citigroup (C)

Posted: December 16, 2009 at 6:07 am

Caveat emptor. Abu Dhabi agreed to buy $7.5 billion in Citigroup (NYSE:C) shares at about eight times the current price. According to Bloomberg, that desert nation's major fund  "invested in ...
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The Deal To Salvage Playboy (PLA) Falls Apart: An Underfed Bunny

Posted: December 16, 2009 at 5:57 am

The deal to save Playboy (NYSE:PLA), which has been in decline for years, appears to have fallen apart. Iconix Brands wanted the Playboy brand, one of the most visible in ...
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AT&T (T) Prepares Wireless Teddy Bears

Posted: December 16, 2009 at 5:40 am

AT&T (NYSE:T) is running out of potential customers to sell wireless handset subscriptions. The US market is nearly saturated and the battle is mostly for market share with Verizon Wireless ...
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The Biggest Online Winners And Losers For 2009: EBay Traffic Collapse

Posted: December 16, 2009 at 5:09 am

Some of the largest websites in the country had extraordinary swings in their audiences in 2009. Many of the most well-known web destinations lost large portions of their traffic Based on ...
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Holiday Retail Buying Falls Behind 2008 Pace

Posted: December 16, 2009 at 4:46 am

Holiday sales seemed to be off to a promising start. Online research firms including comScore said that e-commerce sales were up 3% to 4% through the first week of December. The ...
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The Interest In Buying Foreclosures Craters

Posted: December 16, 2009 at 4:28 am

People do not have an interest in buying homes in foreclosure at anywhere near the level that they did earlier this year. Trulia.com and RealtyTrac released the latest results of ...
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Media Digest 12/16/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 16, 2009 at 3:54 am

Reuters:   Galleon's Raj Rajaratnam was indicted for securities fraud. Reuters:   Concerns about interest rates hurt the markets. Reuters:   Inconix broke off buyout talks with Playboy (NYSE:PLA). Reuters:   Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS) settled ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open (12/16/2009)

Posted: December 16, 2009 at 3:23 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei .9% to 10,177. Mitshbishi UFJ (NYSE:MTU) rose. The Hang Seng dropped 1.2% to 21,564. Bank of China (NASDAQ:CHINA) fell. The Shanghai Composite was ...
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Beware Of Greeks And Mexicans Bearing Gifts

Posted: December 15, 2009 at 8:13 pm

The stock market was badly rocked by the perception that the economy in the euro zone may be recovering much more slowly than the rest of the world. The crisis ...
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