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Monthly Archives: February 2010

An Attack On Google Wireless Search Market Share

Posted: February 17, 2010 at 10:59 am

There are occasional conversations among regulators in the US and EU about whether Google (GOOG) has too much of the search engine advertising market. In America, it controls about 70% ...
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SIRIUS XM Escaping Penny Stock Status (SIRI)

Posted: February 17, 2010 at 10:38 am

It is not going to be enough to bring back some mega-losses for many multi-year investors, at least not yet, but SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) has broken back ...
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Just How Bad Was Goldman’s Sneaky Greek Deal?

Posted: February 17, 2010 at 10:16 am

By Heather Horn Struggling Greece needed to conceal its deficit lest it get into trouble with the EU. American superbank Goldman Sachs had a solution: a nifty tool to conceal ...
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Spain’s Surprising Bond Sale (SNF, EWP)

Posted: February 17, 2010 at 10:09 am

If you have followed all the news about sovereign debt risks in the PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, and Spain), you would think that perhaps the Euro was about to ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors

Posted: February 17, 2010 at 8:54 am

Updated throughout the day. HSBC (NYSE:HBC) was involved in a criminal tax evasion case involving a wealthy US investor. (NYT) Shares in Man Group are higher on word that Blackrock (NYSE:BLK) may buy the ...
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BofA/Merrill Lynch Resumes Homebuilder Coverage (TOL, BZH, KBH, RYL, DHI, HOV, PHM, LEN, MDC, XHB)

Posted: February 17, 2010 at 8:36 am

Bank of America/Merrill Lynch has initiated coverage of the homebuilder sector this morning.  Technically this is a resumption of coverage.  While some are positive calls, there are still some cautious ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ADBE, CHKP, CTXS, OFC, DWA, MAT, MSFT, SNDK, TRA, VMW, VRSN, WFMI)

Posted: February 17, 2010 at 8:17 am

These are some of the top Wall Street research calls from analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen early this Wednesday morning: Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) Started as Buy at Citigroup. ...
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Big Polluters Walk Out On Enviroment Group

Posted: February 17, 2010 at 6:20 am

The U.S. Climate Action Partnership, which has worked to help the progress of federal legislation which covers carbon emissions and green house gases, lost three of its most prominent members--all of ...
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Microsoft Adds Facebook And MySpace To Outlook, Countering Google

Posted: February 17, 2010 at 5:58 am

Google's (GOOG) new "Buzz" social network feature which has been added to the firm's Gmail e-mail system was crticized because it could allow people access to private information from other users. Google ...
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Will Toyota’s New Brake System Bring Customers Back

Posted: February 17, 2010 at 5:41 am

Toyota (TM) president Akio Toyoda announced that a brake override system will be added to all of its new cars. The enhancement to the company's vehicles will cut engine ...
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Mortgage Delinquencies Soar

Posted: February 17, 2010 at 5:27 am

Most of the news about housing has been bad since the beginning of February. Heavy snow probably kept potential buyers out of the market. New data show that the number ...
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Burger King And Starbucks: 1+1=1

Posted: February 17, 2010 at 5:07 am

Burger King (NYSE:BKS) will begin to sell Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) Seattle's Best Coffee at its US restaurants. That would seem to be an admission that the coffee that the fast food has ...
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Media Digest 2/17/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 17, 2010 at 3:59 am

Reuters:   Obama pushed his nuclear initiative and backed a new plant. Reuters:   Oil moved toward $78 on hope of an improved economy. Reuters:   Toyota (NYSE:TM) will cut auto output. Reuters:   ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open (2/17/2010)

Posted: February 17, 2010 at 3:21 am

Markets in Asia were higher. The Nikkei rose 2.7% to 10,309. The Hang Seng was up 1.2% to 20,518. Shanghai was closed. At the open in Europe, the FTSE was ...
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The Bogus Resurrection of Nuclear Power

Posted: February 16, 2010 at 8:31 pm

The latest stimulus program news out of Washington is astonishing for its lack of ambition. President Obama announced $8.3 billion in loan guarantees which will support a plan to build ...
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