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Monthly Archives: January 2010

Japan Credit Rating Faces S&P Pressure

Posted: January 26, 2010 at 7:03 am

S&P said it will consider a downgrade of Japan's sovereign debt. The nation faces the same pressure that countries from Ireland to Greece face. Japan's national debt obligations are growing ...
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Defense Spending And The Federal Deficit

Posted: January 26, 2010 at 6:24 am

The Administration will propose a three-year freeze on domestic spending programs that make up 17% of the federal budget. The White House estimate of the benefits is $250 billion over ...
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China Tops List Of Nations In Scientific Research Growth

Posted: January 26, 2010 at 6:06 am

The FT has determined that the growth of China's scientific research has been greater than that of any other nation in the world over the last three decades. And, China ...
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Wind Power Use Rises 39% In 2009

Posted: January 26, 2010 at 5:41 am

The use of wind power in America rose 39% last year according to a report from American Wind Energy Association cited in The New York Times. "The amount of capacity ...
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The Value Of Brands During Earnings Season

Posted: January 26, 2010 at 5:26 am

Does financial success make a brand or does a brand drive strong financial results? The extraordinary quarterly results of Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG) raise the question. Apple beat most analyst ...
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Clinton Gathering Trumps Davos

Posted: January 26, 2010 at 5:10 am

The World Economic Forum at Davos has lost its cache of a few years. It was hurt badly by the recession. CEOs were reluctant to be seen flying their private jets to ...
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Media Digest 1/26/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 26, 2010 at 3:51 am

Reuters:   Obama will seek a three years domestic spending freeze aimed at cutting $250  billion from the deficit by 2020. Reuters:   China tightened bank credit rules. Reuters:   Chinese media criticized the US ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open (1/26/2010)

Posted: January 26, 2010 at 3:21 am

Markets in Asia fell sharply. The Nikkei dropped 1.8% to 10,325. The Hang Seng fell 2.1% to 20,157. The Shanghai Composite dropped 2.4% to 3,019 as the Chinese government put ...
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VMWare Sets High Bar for EMC and Citrix (VMW, EMC, CTXS)

Posted: January 25, 2010 at 5:31 pm

VMware Inc (NYSE: VMW) has been a difficult stock to evaluate for many because it is basically a virtualization tracking stock since EMC Corp.(NYSE: EMC) still owns about 80% of the ...
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Apple Shines, Accounting Change Confuses (AAPL)

Posted: January 25, 2010 at 4:51 pm

Apple  Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has just reported earnings after the closing bell.  The iPhone and iPod maker posted $3.67 EPS on a GAAP basis and $15.69 billion in revenues versus ...
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Farmer Mac Gets New Capital (AGM)

Posted: January 25, 2010 at 4:07 pm

The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (NYSE: AGM), a.k.a. Farmer Mac, today raised additional capital.  The capital came via a sale in a private offering of shares of non-cumulative perpetual preferred ...
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Telepresence Competition Heating Up (CSCO, JNPR, PLCM)

Posted: January 25, 2010 at 12:32 pm

The ongoing Telepresence effort made by Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) has some new competition from a rival networking technology company as well as from a rival in the video ...
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Rumor Mill: AT&T May Lose iPhone Exclusive To Verizon

Posted: January 25, 2010 at 11:56 am

By Douglas A. McIntyre AT&T (T) will lose its U.S. exclusive distribution rights for the Apple (AAPL) iPhone on Wednesday, according to a report published at tech blog Hot Hardware, ...
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Renewed Interest in Natural Gas is Key for Halliburton

Posted: January 25, 2010 at 11:40 am

By Paul Ausick of 24/7 Wall St. Halliburton (HAL) reported fourth-quarter 2009 net income of $243 million (EPS of $0.27), down 48% from $468 million (EPS of $0.87) in the ...
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Evidence of Apple tablet tests shows up in Flurry data

Posted: January 25, 2010 at 11:18 am

From Venture Beat Apple (AAPL) has been testing 50 devices believed to be its new tablet computers, according to analytics firm Flurry. Flurry said its analytics showed that the device were ...
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