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Monthly Archives: January 2010

GM Board Makes Grave Error, Names Whitacre CEO

Posted: January 25, 2010 at 10:04 am

Ed Whitacre, who is at least partially responsible for the problems at GM since it came out of Chapter 11, will add the CEO title to that of chairman. He has ...
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Bill Gates Taunts Google On China Censorship

Posted: January 25, 2010 at 9:41 am

Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) strongly implied that Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has done the wrong thing by challenging the Chinese government on censorship of the internet. According to Reuters, Gates ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (PEIX, KERX, PARD, DRYS, CIEN, SLE)

Posted: January 25, 2010 at 9:10 am

These are Monday's top day trader and active trader alerts seen in the pre-market levels.  We have a link to each story where applicable over at VSInvestor.com with more details ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (1/25/2010)

Posted: January 25, 2010 at 8:48 am

Updated throughout the day. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) will announce the end to its exclusive AT&T (NYSE:T) deal later this week (various) Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) will limit the pay of its London partners ...
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Inflation Is Always and Everywhere a Decline In Money Values

Posted: January 25, 2010 at 8:35 am

John Tamny of Forbes Seeking to provide clarity as to the true meaning of inflation, the late Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman helpfully described it as "always and everywhere a monetary ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (CIEN, DRYS, ICE, IM, NAT, ORLY, RAX, PRSP, RF, STI, SLB, TMH, TIF)

Posted: January 25, 2010 at 8:31 am

These are this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) Started as Buy at Auriga. DryShips (NASDAQ: DRYS) Raised to ...
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24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings (Week 3)

Posted: January 25, 2010 at 6:09 am

The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America are determined be earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, ...
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No More Profits In Tweeting From Space Than From Earth

Posted: January 25, 2010 at 5:52 am

Credit Expedition 22 Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer on his way to the International Space Station. AppScout reports that his first tweet was "Hello Twitterverse!", which may have been less profound that Neil ...
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“Avatar” Probably In Top All-Time Slot

Posted: January 25, 2010 at 5:32 am

By Douglas A. McIntyre "Avatar" was only $50 shy of passing "Titanic" as the largest global box office film in history -- just short of the ship disaster's $1.843 billion ...
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Wal-Mart (WMT) To Cut Over 11,000 Workers

Posted: January 25, 2010 at 5:18 am

It is cause for worry when the world's largest retailer cuts 11,200 people right after a rough holiday sales season. Wal-Mart will fire that many people at its Sam's Club ...
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Custer’s Last Stand?: The National Debt Ceiling

Posted: January 25, 2010 at 4:56 am

The debt ceiling, which is at $12.4 trillion, is near its limits and the Senate will consider whether to add $1.9 trillion to the cap. Dow Jones estimates that the ...
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Signs Of The Apocalypse: The Return Of The Layoff

Posted: January 25, 2010 at 4:43 am

Layoffs in unrelated industries, even when close together in time, are just that—unrelated. That is until they begin to grow rapidly in number. Three of America’s largest firm announced firings ...
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Media Digest 1/25/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 25, 2010 at 3:45 am

Reuters:   China continued to defend its internet policies. Reuters:   The SEC is considering whether data on AIG (NYSE:AIG) should have national security status. Reuters:   Ferrero will not bid against Kraft (NYSE:KFT) ...
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Asia Markets and Europe Open (1/25/2010)

Posted: January 25, 2010 at 3:14 am

Markets in Asia were down modestly The Nikkei fell .7% to 10,513. Toyota (NYSE:TM) was down. The Hang Send dropped .8% to 20,587. The Shanghai Composite was down 1.1% to ...
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If Not Bernanke, Who? A Short List.

Posted: January 23, 2010 at 8:28 am

Some members of the Senate have turned against the nomination of Ben Bernanke as the chairman of The Federal Reserve. They feel that he may be to0 closely associated with the actions ...
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