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Monthly Archives: December 2009

First Solar Goes Deeper Into Canada (FSLR, ENB)

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 9:25 am

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) has news on the wires this morning that the company and Enbridge Inc. (NYSE: ENB) have entered into an expanded agreement on the Sarnia Solar ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (12/8/200) (S)(AAPL)(GOOD)(MOT)

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 8:56 am

Updated throughout the day. Updated 2.33 PM EST: Hollywood companies may buy some game publishers including Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Take-Two (NASDAQ:TTWO) (Barron's) Updated 9.54 AM EST:  Sprint's (NYSE:S) customer ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (CELG, DDRX, PEET, GMCR, GERN, YONG, XLNX)

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 8:35 am

These are this Tuesday's top four day trader and active trader alert stories.  We have more details and analysis via links to each story at VSInvestor.com: Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) ...
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24/7 Wall St. TV: McDonald’s (MCD) Sales Slow Near A Halt

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 8:07 am

McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) same-store sales have been one of the corporate bright spots during the recession. Now that the recovery in underway, the world's largest fast food chain's traffic has stagnated. ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (BIDU, EQR, FTR, JASO, ERIC, MOT, S, STP, SYY, TWC)

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 7:54 am

These are this Tuesday's top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen early this morning from Wall Street research calls: Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) Started as Hold at Kaufman Bros. ...
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Moody’s: US And UK May No Longer Be “Triple-A”

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 5:55 am

Sovereign debt problems in Dubai, Ireland, and Iceland have forced the credit rating agencies to keep a sharp eye on national debt. There have been some warnings that high deficits ...
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Japan Increases Stimulus $81 Billion: What Does It Know That The US Doesn’t?

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 5:42 am

Japan will increase it stimulus package by $81 billion, a move that will almost certainly increase the nation's public debt and strain the global fixed income markets, making it more ...
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Stocks Prices Increases Get Out Of Hand

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 5:32 am

Shares in Sprint (NYSE:S) were up more than 10% at one point yesterday after Barron's argued that the stock was undervalued. One article and the telecom company's market cap was up ...
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Citigroup (C) And Government Fight Over TARP Exit

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 5:12 am

Behind the scenes but barely out of sight, Citigroup (NYSE:C) is fighting with federal agencies about how much money it will need to have on hand to exit the TARP ...
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The Jobless Recovery Is Joined By A “Credit-Less” One

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 4:59 am

The economic recovery can only carry so much weight before it gets bogged down. It already faces unemployment that is 10% and may rise into next year. In 2011, personal and ...
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Media Digest 12/8/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 3:49 am

Reuters:   Citigroup (NYSE:C) and the government are in a dispute over TARP re-payments Reuters:   Japan release plans for an $81 billion stimulus package. Reuters:   Morgan Stanley's (NYSE:MS) new CEO will shuffle ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open (12/8/2009)

Posted: December 8, 2009 at 3:21 am

Markets in Asia fell. The Nikkei was off .3% to 10,140. The Hang Seng fell 1.2% to 22,083  HSBC (NYSE:HBC) FELL. The Shanghai Composite was down 1.1% to 3,297. At the ...
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Ending Coffee Buyout Wars (DDRX, GMCR, PEET)

Posted: December 7, 2009 at 5:21 pm

It seems that the saga over the coffee buyout war is ending as it pertains to Diedrich Coffee, Inc. (NASDAQ: DDRX).  Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEET) was set ...
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52-Week High Club (CI, AMD, ASIA, TRA)

Posted: December 7, 2009 at 4:11 pm

CIGNA Corporation (NYSE: CI) rose over 5% to a yearly high of $33.84 after Goldman Sachs said that managed-care providers are cheap and that the danger posed to the category ...
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Holiday Shopping Activity Falling Apart

Posted: December 7, 2009 at 1:59 pm

Most data on holiday shopping activity show that e-commerce spending is up 4% to 5% compared to last year. Store-based sales are flat based on most industry information. America's Research ...
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