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Monthly Archives: January 2010

Toyota Dealers Face $2.5 Billion Monthly Loss

Posted: January 29, 2010 at 6:08 am

One part of the calculus involved in the cost of Toyota's (TM) recall of 8 million cars is what it will do to the profits of its more than 1,200 US dealers. ...
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Windows 7: Is the PC Recovery A Mirage?

Posted: January 29, 2010 at 5:54 am

Microsoft (MSFT) announced that its revenue rose 14% in the last quarter to $19 billion. EPS rose 57% to $.74. Most of the improvement was due to the sales of ...
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A $33 Billion Employment Program Follows A $75 Billion Housing Plan

Posted: January 29, 2010 at 5:39 am

President Obama has decided to propose a $33 billion program to drive new hiring, particularly among America's small businesses. The system would be based on tax credits for every new ...
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When Stocks No One Cares About Rise: The Deindustrialization Of America

Posted: January 29, 2010 at 5:10 am

Shares in almost every major American company on the most active list fell and in some cases fell sharply on the 28th. The stock of Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM), the largest handset chip ...
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Media Digest 1/29/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 29, 2010 at 3:53 am

Reuters:   Congress will probe the Toyota (NYSE:TM) recalls. Reuters:   Samsung said chip and TV demand is strengthening. Reuters:   Some AIG (NYSE:AIG) employees are open to cuts in retention pay. (more...) ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open (1/29/2010)

Posted: January 29, 2010 at 3:27 am

Markets in Asia fell. The Nikkei was off 2.1% to 10,198. Toyota (NYSE:TM) dropped more on recall news. The Hang Seng fell 1.2% to 20,122. The Shanghai Composite was down ...
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Amazon Delivers, But Why a $2 Billion Buyback? (AMZN)

Posted: January 28, 2010 at 4:25 pm

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has just reported earnings of $0.85 EPS and $9.52 billion in revenues.  Thomson Reuters had estimates of $0.72 EPS and $9.04 billion.  The company sees $6.45 ...
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Microsoft Beats, But Leaves Little New (MSFT)

Posted: January 28, 2010 at 4:15 pm

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has just reported earnings of $0.74 on the headline and $0.60 EPS for non-GAAP earnings and $19.02 billion in revenues.  The estimates from Thomson Reuters were ...
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52-Week High Club (ALGN, GLTX, SOA)

Posted: January 28, 2010 at 4:01 pm

Align Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: ALGN) rose over 15.5% to a yearly high of $19.25 after the maker of teeth straightening technology forecast first quarter earnings of $0.12 or more, topping ...
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Potash/Fertilizer Credibility Loss on Earnings and Pricing (POT, MOS, AGU, MOO)

Posted: January 28, 2010 at 2:30 pm

Potash Corp. (NYSE: POT) has been one of the amazing companies in an amazing sector, or at least it was back when the developing world was moving from one meal ...
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Signs Of The Apocalypse: Large Multinationals Layoff Over 60,000 In January

Posted: January 28, 2010 at 1:09 pm

The large multinational companies were supposed to have done their layoffs during the first half of 2009, when the recession was at its worst. Those layoffs should have cut as close ...
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Tech’s Quadruple Giant Earnings on Deck (AMZN, JNPR, MSFT, SNDK)

Posted: January 28, 2010 at 12:21 pm

Today is effectively what we are penning as the crest of earnings season.  Things have changed because of the sell-off seen this morning on options trader valuation and implied percentages.  ...
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The Apple Apps The Will Be Huge On The iPad: Games, Games, And More Games

Posted: January 28, 2010 at 9:56 am

Since the inception of Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) App Store more than 140,000 applications have been produced by thousands of developers.  The debut of Apple's iPad provides a whole new platform for developers to tailor their products ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (F, NFLX, FLEX, QCOM, TTEK, ALGN)

Posted: January 28, 2010 at 9:02 am

These are this Thursday's top day trader and active trader alerts.  We have a link over to VSInvestor.com for each story with more details and analysis: Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (1/28/2010)

Posted: January 28, 2010 at 8:59 am

Updated throughout the day. Jeff Zucker, the head of the NBCU unit at GE (NYSE:GE) may be fired (BusinessInsider) The new CEO of Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) will make a $950,000 salary  ...
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