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Monthly Archives: January 2010

Adobe Trends: Hacks vs. Short Sellers vs. Charts (ADBE)

Posted: January 13, 2010 at 10:47 am

Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE) has quite a lot of surrounding influences around its stock, but most importantly around its products.  The company said it became aware of cyber-attacks against ...
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Secondary Offerings Still Coming Strong (MAIN, OEH, EPB, ENMD, TK, NDAQ, NLST, ARIA)

Posted: January 13, 2010 at 10:05 am

The end of 2009 was marked by many companies selling stock via public secondary offerings.  2010 has not seen the floodgates open wide, but the secondary offerings are coming.  We ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (1/13/2010)

Posted: January 13, 2010 at 8:59 am

Updated throughout the day. The Obama budget could include spending cuts  (Reuters) Obama will annouce fees for 20 banks to pay back TARP and reduce the deficit  (Bloomberg) Adobe's (NASDAQ:ADBE) ...
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salesforce.com Ready for Acquisition Trail? (CRM, ORCL, N, MSFT, SAP)

Posted: January 13, 2010 at 8:57 am

salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) may be closer to hitting the acquisition trail.  The company has sold $500 million in 0.75% convertible senior notes (unsecured, unsubordinated obligations) due in 2015 in a ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BIDU, BHP, CHL, CHA, GMCR, INFY, RAX, SRE, SYMC, UPS, VSAT)

Posted: January 13, 2010 at 8:49 am

These are this Wednesday morning's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in major Wall Street research calls: Baidu, inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank; Raised to ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (BIDU, GOOG, NBG, MRNA, TQNT, AFFX)

Posted: January 13, 2010 at 8:42 am

These are today's top day trader and active trader alerts seen with large price and volume moves in the pre-market.  We have more details on analysis and data on a ...
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Apple App Store Has Lost $450 Million To Piracy

Posted: January 13, 2010 at 8:39 am

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and the companies that sell software for the iPhone and iPod touch at the App Store have lost over $450 million to piracy since the store opened in July ...
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Aluminum Foil: The Fallout From Alcoa’s Earnings

Posted: January 13, 2010 at 6:06 am

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced poor earnings and its stock fell more than 11% ending the session on January 12th at $15.52. Some superstitious traders believe that because Alcoa is the first ...
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A Double Dip In Germany?

Posted: January 13, 2010 at 5:58 am

The concern that the Japanese economy has reached a point of stagnation has grown recently as its fourth quarter GDP figures failed to show a substantial recovery. More analysts have questioned ...
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Sovereign Debt Problem: When Governments Mislead About Numbers

Posted: January 13, 2010 at 5:42 am

Iceland and Dubai have already reneged on foreign debt obligations. There is a growing concern about similar trouble with the debt of Greece, Spain, and several Eastern European nations. Credit agencies ...
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The Administration Claims The Stimulus Saved Two Million Jobs

Posted: January 13, 2010 at 5:20 am

When the Administration fought to get a $787 billion stimulus package from Congress early last year, it committed itself to using the money to create or save 3.5 million American ...
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Short Sellers Increase Bets Against Apple (AAPL), Citigroup (C)

Posted: January 13, 2010 at 4:14 am

Short sellers sharply increased their bets against two of America's most widely followed stocks. Shares sold short in Citigroup (NYSE:C) rose 36% to 381 million. The short interest in Apple ...
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Media Digest 1/13/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 13, 2010 at 3:58 am

Reuters:   Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) may leave China due to attempts to hack into its service there. Reuters:   Oil dropped below $80 on US inventory news. Reuters:   China markets fear tighter money ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open (1/13/2010)

Posted: January 13, 2010 at 3:27 am

Markets in Asia fell sharply. The Nikkei dropped 1.3% to 10,735. Toyota (NYSE:TM) fell. The Hang Seng was off 2.6% to 21,749. The Shanghai Composite fell 3.1% to 3,173. At ...
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Linear Sets Tone For Semiconductor Stock Earnings (LLTC, MXIM, SMH)

Posted: January 12, 2010 at 6:42 pm

Linear Technology Corp. (NASDAQ: LLTC) is actually the first of the real semiconductor sector stocks to report earnings this January for the quarter-end of December 2009.  The maker of linear ...
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