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Monthly Archives: December 2009

Sprint Affiliate Suits Now Totally Behind It (S, IPCS, CLWR)

Posted: December 4, 2009 at 1:13 pm

If you have followed Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) since way back when Sprint was Sprint and Nextel was Nextel, you know how the Sprint story is riddled with lawsuits from ...
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Video Game Sector Woes Far Beyond Take-Two, Near-Term Anyway (TTWO, NTDOY, WMT, AMZN, SNE, MSFT, ATVI, ERTS, AAPL)

Posted: December 4, 2009 at 10:45 am

The video game sector is not improving with the economy.  It seems to not even be getting 'less-bad' with the other sectors that are looking 'less-bad' compared to earlier months.  ...
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Unemployment Declined In November

Posted: December 4, 2009 at 9:06 am

The nation's headline unemployment number declined in November, from 10.2% to 10%.  Nonfarm payroll jobs declined by 11,000, with the average decline over the past three months being 135,000.  Job ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (SWHC, RGR, TTWO, BAC, MRVL, BRCM, TXN, FACT, JAVA)

Posted: December 4, 2009 at 8:52 am

These are this morning's top day trader and active trader alert stocks.  We have more detailed volume data and analysis on each stock story via a link over to VSInvestor.com: ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (AMZN)(CYB)(GS)

Posted: December 4, 2009 at 8:42 am

Updated throughout the day. Kraft (NYSE:KFT) will make its official offer to Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) shareholders  (Reuters) The 300 richest people in Switzerland lost $10 billion this year.  (Bilanz) Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) management ...
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Unemployment’s Surprising Drop

Posted: December 4, 2009 at 8:38 am

The Labor Department is out with its November unemployment rate and the change in non-Farm payrolls.  The official unemployment rate in November went down to 10.0% from 10.2% in October.  ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (APD, AKAM, FSLR, MA, MHP, MCO, NFLX, SVNT, UA, V)

Posted: December 4, 2009 at 7:56 am

These are this Friday's top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Air Products & Chemicals (NYSE: APD) Started as Outperform at William Blair. Akamai ...
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Weak Dollar, More Layoffs (TM)(SNE)

Posted: December 4, 2009 at 5:53 am

The head of Toyota (NYSE:TM) recently said that a recall of four million cars with floor mat problems would not hurt company profits anywhere near as much as a surging ...
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China Blames Investment Banks For Derivatives Losses

Posted: December 4, 2009 at 5:38 am

Caveat emptor. Caveat emptor. Chinese official are blaming US banks for selling some of the country's state-owned companies complex derivatives on which they lost money. The FT and other media report that ...
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Goldman Sachs (GS) May Buckle To Pay Package Pressure

Posted: December 4, 2009 at 5:18 am

The argument that Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) will pay its employees too much this year has always been a weak one. Some shareholders believe that more money should be going to them, perhaps ...
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Survey: Holiday Spending Ticks Up And Soars At Amazon (AMZN)

Posted: December 4, 2009 at 5:00 am

A new survey from ChangeWave shows that holiday spending has improved in 2009 compared with 2008 and purchasing activity at Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is soaring. The study of 2,954 consumers was completed ...
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Bernanke Will Get His Second Term

Posted: December 4, 2009 at 4:39 am

Several Senators cuffed Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke around during hearings today. Chris Dodd, who runs the Senate Banking Committee in whose presence Bernanke appeared, gave the world assurances that the ...
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Media Digest 12/4/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 4, 2009 at 4:04 am

Reuters:   Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) may make bonus payments in stock. Reuters:   China is worried about sticking to dollar deposits. Reuters:   A well-known economist says housing will continue to fall. Reuters:   ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open (12/4/2009)

Posted: December 4, 2009 at 3:31 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei was up .4% to 10,023. Honda (NYSE:HMC) and Sony (NYSE:SNE) rose but Toyota (NYSE:TM) dropped. The Hang Seng fell .3% to 22,495. Sinopec ...
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Washington Post… The Last Stable Paper Company (WPO, BRK-A)

Posted: December 3, 2009 at 5:09 pm

Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) has to be thankful that it is not just a newspaper company as most tend to think of it.  Today, came an analyst rating action ...
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