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Monthly Archives: February 2010

Today’s Best Market Rumors (2/8/2010) (AMR)(DAL)(MS)

Posted: February 8, 2010 at 8:48 am

Updated throughout the day Updated 8.47 AM EST  Yelp rejected a $700 million bid from Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT). (BusinessWeek) Toyota (NYSE:TM) is preparing Prius recalls in the US and Europe (Reuters) ...
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10 Expected Big Dividend Growth Picks for 2010 (DPS, JPM, GE, MO, VZ, T, CSCO, DOW, WMT, KMB)

Posted: February 8, 2010 at 8:26 am

Over what we saw during the recession, 2009 was the year that dividends were cut down to effect cash conservation to get through the recession.  In fact, the dividend cuts ...
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Snowstorms, Cabdrivers and Interest Rates

Posted: February 8, 2010 at 8:20 am

John Tamny of Forbes Washington, D.C., experienced its latest snowstorm the weekend before last. Though the 8 inches that fell didn't constitute a record, the heavy snow managed to complicate ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMZN, ARG, BRCM, CME, XOM, HD, NWL, HK, PCLN, DIS)

Posted: February 8, 2010 at 8:13 am

These are this Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Raised to Buy at Collins Stewart. AirGas Inc. (NYSE: ARG) ...
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China Shut Hacker Operation In November, So Who Hacked Google?

Posted: February 8, 2010 at 7:48 am

Another example of the Chinese government's unreliable public relations is its claim to have shut down one of the largest hacker operations in the country--in November. The announcement was made ...
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Greenspan Warns On Recovery

Posted: February 8, 2010 at 6:00 am

Alan Greenspan, 84 years old, and still defending his role as chairman of the Fed from 1987 to 2006, made a case for his relevance once again. Greenspan told "Meet The ...
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Trouble For Coke And Pepsi? Sugary Drinks May Increase Cancer Risk

Posted: February 8, 2010 at 5:43 am

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly forms of the disease. The American Cancer Associate says that the five-year survival rate for the condition is only 5%. New research by the ...
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Disgraced Former Merrill CEO Gets Top CIT Job

Posted: February 8, 2010 at 5:16 am

They are a perfect pair. Disgraced former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain will join CIT (NYSE:CIT), the lending firm disgraced by a Chapter 11 filing, as its new chief. Thain's ...
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Geithner, Soothsayer, Says US Will Never Lose Aaa Rating

Posted: February 8, 2010 at 4:49 am

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, looking toward a future he cannot predict, said the US would not lose its Aaa rating.  He told ABC's "This Week", when ask if the rating ...
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24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings (Week 5)

Posted: February 8, 2010 at 4:09 am

The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, ...
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Media Digest 2/8/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 8, 2010 at 3:58 am

Reuters: Former Merrill CEO John Thain was named CEO of CIT (NYSE:CIT) Reuters:   Toyota (NYSE:TM) is preparing a global Prius recall. Reuters:   Private equity firms are bracing for a tax ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open (2/8/2010)

Posted: February 8, 2010 at 3:26 am

Markets in Asia were lower The Nikkei dropped 1.1% to 9,952. Sony (NYSE:SNE) was hurt by a strong yen. The Hang Seng fell .6% to 19,551, a five-month low. The ...
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Large Companies With Large Dividend Raises (ADM, BWP, CL, HAS, HSY, LLL, TWX)

Posted: February 7, 2010 at 12:27 pm

2010 is turning out to be the year that big companies return to hiking dividends.  In just the last week we have seen dividend hikes from Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ...
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The Unusual Suspects (AMAG, AAPL, BIDU, DENN, APD, ARG, MU, GILD, XNPT)

Posted: February 6, 2010 at 12:23 pm

This past week was filled with many surprises and earnings are still coming on strong.  We wanted to look at some companies that either have unfinished business or are on deck ...
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Videos Viewed Top 33 Billion In December, Hulu Surges

Posted: February 6, 2010 at 8:17 am

The number of videos view online by America internet users has increased steadily over the last three years, primarily due to the success of Google's (GOOG) YouTube which the search ...
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