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Daily Archives: February 1, 2010

SIRIUS XM Snags Yet Another Upgrade (SIRI)

Posted: February 1, 2010 at 7:07 pm

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) may have some risks for new Pandora web radio to the car and over Howard Stern's contract expiration at the end of 2010, but ...
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A Hostile Takeover Bid For Barnes & Noble As The Company Loses Ground To Amazon

Posted: February 1, 2010 at 7:06 pm

Ron Burkle, a financier who is fond of raiding retail companies, plans to take a 37% stake in the nation's largest bricks-and-mortar book seller, Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS). Burkle's Yucaipa ...
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Federal Reserve Survey: Consumers Don’t Want A Loan

Posted: February 1, 2010 at 4:42 pm

Today the Federal Reserve released its  survey of senior loan officers covering the fourth quarter of 2009.  The survey covered delinquency rates on commercial and industrial loans made to both ...
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Wrestling for Control of Barnes & Noble (BKS)

Posted: February 1, 2010 at 4:40 pm

A war is beginning to take place over Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS).  Ron Burkle, a well-known activist investor who heads various activist investor funds under the name Yucaipa, ...
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Technical Alert: JPMorgan Vs. Key Banks (JPM, BAC, C, WFC, XLF, FAS)

Posted: February 1, 2010 at 1:58 pm

The recent trading days have been more than interesting in the market and in the financial sector.  The big change came right at the same time that the banks looked ...
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Analysts Warming to Oracle More and More (ORCL, IBM, SAP)

Posted: February 1, 2010 at 12:36 pm

Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) has just completed its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, and so far we are seeing analysts overwhelmingly in favor of the stock based on the most recent ...
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Ethanol Boom in Brazil

Posted: February 1, 2010 at 12:05 pm

Since the beginning of the year, Brazil's ethanol industry has generated more than its share of news. Today brings the announcement of a joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell ...
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Brand Keys Laughable Loyalty Awards

Posted: February 1, 2010 at 11:42 am

Most brand valuations done by consultancies render suspect figures because none are based on completely transparent data. This is particularly true of the well-known Brand Z and Interbrand annual numbers. Each of ...
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SPAC Deals Keep Rolling; More Blank Checks Set to Emerge (NLX, CSAQF, AXG, CFQCF, AMRR)

Posted: February 1, 2010 at 8:56 am

We have been given some exclusive coverage on the recent developments in special purpose acquisition companies and blank check companies from SPACupdate.com this morning.  Deals with news on deck are ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (2/1/2010) (TTWO)(C)(AAPL)

Posted: February 1, 2010 at 8:55 am

Updated throughout the day Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) will get a $100 million bonus (Times of London) Morgan Stanley (NYSE::MS) will hire hundreds of traders over the next ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BIDU, CPN, ID, M, MIR, OMCL, PLD, RFMD, RRI, SLXP, TWX, VRTX)

Posted: February 1, 2010 at 8:23 am

These are Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) Raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse. Calpine Corp. (NYSE: CPN) Raised ...
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Health Care, and the 16 Percent of GDP Canard

Posted: February 1, 2010 at 8:07 am

John Tamny from Forbes   Nowhere in the Constitution is health care mentioned as something the federal government has the power to oversee. Yet politicians in both political parties pay ...
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Nokia Cuts Prices, Starts Handset Price War

Posted: February 1, 2010 at 8:04 am

The price war for market share in the cellular business have moved from carriers to handset manufacturers. AT&T (NYSE:T) and Verizon Wireless have dropped subscriber fees in a battle for US ...
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China GDP Growth Trumps Arms Dispute

Posted: February 1, 2010 at 6:14 am

The People's Republic had a particularly nasty reaction to the US plan to sell $6.4 billion in arms to Taiwan. China threatened to suspended military cooperation with America and sanction the ...
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Financial Confusion Reigns On Record $1.6 Trillion Deficit Forecast

Posted: February 1, 2010 at 5:54 am

The White House is about to present its budget to Congress for the 2010 fiscal that will cause a $1.6 trillion deficit and $3.8 trillion in spending. That would be an ...
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