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Monthly Archives: February 2010

Fitch Joins Berkshire & Buffett Downgrade Brigade (BRK-B, BRK-A, BNI)

Posted: February 10, 2010 at 3:05 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) (NYSE: BRK-A) has already seen its ratings cut last week by Standard & Poor's over the added leverage of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (NYSE: ...
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Google’s Speed-Of-Light Crazy Broadband Network

Posted: February 10, 2010 at 1:53 pm

Google (GOOG) plans to launch an experiment to test a super-high-speed broadband network, the company said. "We'll deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have ...
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Mixed Buzz Over Google Buzz

Posted: February 10, 2010 at 1:22 pm

From The Atlantic Wire On Tuesday, Google unveiled its newest social networking service, Google Buzz. Tech blogs have been anticipating its release, speculatively debating whether it will pose a challenge ...
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Former Attorney For Toyota Accuses Firm Of “Deceit”

Posted: February 10, 2010 at 1:01 pm

Toyota (TM) said it has set aside $2 billion for the recall of about eight million cars and light trucks with brake problems. This does not include the cost of a ...
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EIA Sees Chance of $3.00 Gasoline.. Win-Lose For Many (VLO, PBR, BHI, OIH)

Posted: February 10, 2010 at 12:52 pm

The Energy Information Administration is out with its newest 2010 and 2011 predictions for both supply and demand for oil and energy products.  This may throw water on T. Boone ...
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The Bing to Google Dog Fight Continues (GOOG, YHOO, MSFT, IACI)

Posted: February 10, 2010 at 12:05 pm

Google Inc.(NASDAQ: GOOG) is far from losing its stranglehold on the U.S. search market.  Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is also far from being able to reclaim much market share that ...
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GameFly Files For IPO (GFLY)

Posted: February 10, 2010 at 10:42 am

GameFly, Inc. has filed its registration statement with the SEC which will allow the company to come public via an initial public offering.  Shares will be sold by GameFly and ...
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More Calls For a Crash (DIA, QQQQ, SPY, NBG, GLD)

Posted: February 10, 2010 at 10:01 am

We are getting more and more caution from technicians and fundamental analysts that bring back the notion and fears of another market correction.  Some are expecting far worse than just ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (2/10/2010)

Posted: February 10, 2010 at 8:48 am

Updated throughout the day. Dubai World will seek and extension on payments of $22 billion in debt. (Al Ittihad) Germany may lead a bailout of Greece (various) Paulson & Co. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ADBE, AINV, CPST, DELL, ENER, LEAP, MEE, TIF, BTU, VVUS, ZBRA)

Posted: February 10, 2010 at 8:30 am

These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this morning: Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse; ...
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The Prius As A Paper Weight

Posted: February 10, 2010 at 6:06 am

Toyota (TM) has announced a recall of its 2010 model Prius, the market leader in the global hybrid car sector. The company says that a software glitch causes a brake problem ...
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Baidu’s Tiny Earnings And The Chinese Search Market

Posted: February 10, 2010 at 5:54 am

Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) impressed Wall St. with its fourth quarter 2009 earnings. Revenue rose 40% to $185 million and net income was up 48% to $63 million. Investors are impressed enough with Baidu's numbers ...
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More Predictions of Dividend Hikes For 2010 (MAT, AWK, XOM, WCRX, AMGN, GPS, MMM, GE, JPM, TWX)

Posted: February 10, 2010 at 5:45 am

Companies seemed to prefer share buybacks in 2007 and 2008, and maybe part of 2009.  Why not, if the stock is cheap?  But then 2009 came and many companies were ...
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China Trade Recovers As World Economies Wallow In Debt, Unemployment

Posted: February 10, 2010 at 5:25 am

China posted more extraordinary trade figures for January. Exports for the month rose 21% and imports were up 86%. Each of the figures is an improvement on the same measurements ...
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Signs Of The Apocalypse: A Bailout For Europe’s Weaklings

Posted: February 10, 2010 at 5:00 am

It is more likely by the day that Greece will be helped out of its sovereign debt problems and that Spain and Portugal may, too. The most likely avenue for a ...
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