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Monthly Archives: December 2009

Rush Limbaugh: Media’s $ 1 Billion Man

Posted: December 7, 2009 at 4:44 am

As a media man, Rush Limbaugh is a veritable Midas.  He has at least five easily discernable revenue streams.  In all, Limbaugh likely brings in close to $60 million each year.  It’s a  good ...
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Media Digest 12/7/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 7, 2009 at 3:59 am

Reuters:   The Treasury says the TARP loss will be $200 billion less than expected. Reuters:   Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) will respond to the Kraft (NYSE:KFT) offer on the 14th of December. Reuters:   ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open (12/7/2009)

Posted: December 7, 2009 at 3:23 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose 1.5% to 10,168. JAL rose sharply on news of a government bailout. The Hang Seng fell .8% to 22,325. Geely Auto rose. ...
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Amazon (AMZN) May Open “Bricks-And-Mortar” Stores

Posted: December 6, 2009 at 8:07 am

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has opened scores of retail stores and by almost any measure they have been a success. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is opening retail locations to sell its hardware and software. ...
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Charting The Toll Of Unemployment

Posted: December 6, 2009 at 7:19 am

The attached chart from The American Observer does a particularly good job of showing the progress of unemployment superimposed on a map of the United States. The period covered is ...
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Goldman Sachs (GS) Bonus Payout Will Be $19 Billion

Posted: December 6, 2009 at 7:09 am

Pressure from the federal government and taxpayers did nothing to bend the will of Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) It will pay out $19 billion in bonuses to its employments which means that ...
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The Unusual Suspects (AMZN, AAPL, COST, FTR, HUN, SOMX, S, TTWO, WFC, BAC, BRK-A, YHOO)

Posted: December 5, 2009 at 10:41 am

This was a wild week, and perhaps a disappointment that the news did not propel stocks even higher.  There were many key movers though, and we have a very active ...
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Apple (AAPL) Buys Cloud Based Music Site

Posted: December 4, 2009 at 6:33 pm

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) customers who want to buy and play music and video from the iTunes store have to download it to their iPods or iPhones. The huge consumer electronics company ...
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Two More Bank Failures Make 126: Devil Goes Down to Georgia

Posted: December 4, 2009 at 5:30 pm

State Bank and Trust Company is taking over two failed and seized banks in Georgia, making this the #125 and #126 closed banks in America during the financial crisis.  But ...
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Geithner Says All Big US Banks Would Have Failed

Posted: December 4, 2009 at 5:29 pm

It may be that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner needs to take a revisionist's view of history to support his attacks on the large bonuses Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) and other banks are about ...
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B of A Rejoins 1 Billion Shares-Traded Club (BAC, C)

Posted: December 4, 2009 at 4:27 pm

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) was all over the news for repaying the TARP and for its huge $15.00-equivalent stock offering of more than $19 billion.  The S&P rebalance ...
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52-Week High Club (AKAM, FLOW, MRVL, LUV)

Posted: December 4, 2009 at 4:02 pm

Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) rose 7.9% to a yearly high of $25.66 after the software company was upgraded to "outperform" by Oppenheimer & Co. Flow International Corp. (NASDAQ: FLOW) ...
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Dollar’s Rally Is Overdone

Posted: December 4, 2009 at 3:31 pm

This morning the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the unemployment rate had dropped from 10.2% to 10% and that nonfarm payroll jobs declined by just 11,000.  The market rallied ...
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Chart Call: Apple’s Exit (AAPL)

Posted: December 4, 2009 at 2:42 pm

We have had a hard time not noticing how many more emails Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has sent out on deals compared to last year.  More importantly, we have noticed ...
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Rig Counts Staying Positive (BHI, OIH, DIG, USO, OIL)

Posted: December 4, 2009 at 1:23 pm

Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE: BHI) has just released its weekly rig counts.  It looks like we have another week of rig count growth on the three major counts, a positive ...
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