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Monthly Archives: February 2010

Bank Failures In 2010 May Hit 200, Up More Than 40%

Posted: February 6, 2010 at 7:56 am

The FDIC was probably wise to get its member banks to prepay their fees for 2010, 2011, and 2012. The agency brought in $45 billion by the action, just as ...
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Goldman Sachs Sets CEO Blankfein’s Major Bonus (GS, JPM)

Posted: February 5, 2010 at 5:20 pm

Everyone wants to know about Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) and how much it is going to pay CEO and Chairman Lloyd Blankfein, following a $100 million bonus being paid to what ...
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Super Bowl Ads That Matter for Shareholders (DENN, DMND, ERTS, ETFC, MWW, MOT, QCOM)

Posted: February 5, 2010 at 3:23 pm

The 2010 Super Bowl is expected to be a return of bold advertising.  Whether you are a Colts or Saints fan or no fan at all, it seems that even the non-sports ...
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Did Oil Just Bottom? (OIH, VLO, BHI)

Posted: February 5, 2010 at 12:36 pm

The rise in the dollar and the most recent wave of added risks that are coming from Europe combined with the loan halts in China have brought havoc to the ...
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More Questions Than Answers in Airgas and Air Products & Chemicals (APD, ARG)

Posted: February 5, 2010 at 11:59 am

Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (NYSE: APD) may have opened up a can of worms with its planned acquisition of Airgas Inc. (NYSE: ARG).  For starters, Air Products has a market cap ...
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Can Obama Wrangle Chinese Currency Deal?

Posted: February 5, 2010 at 10:47 am

By Max Fisher of The Atlantic Wire When President Obama traveled to China in November, currency policy was among the most-discussed issues. U.S. economists worried, and still do, that China ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADM, CIEN, DLTR, EK, EXC, GPS, LDK, MA, WFR, MET, TAP, MOT, EDU, VECO)

Posted: February 5, 2010 at 9:11 am

These are this Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank. CIENA Corp. (NASDAQ: ...
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Somehow, Some Way, Unemployment 9.7%

Posted: February 5, 2010 at 8:53 am

Many have said that the math from the US Labor Department is fuzzy, and today will only show further conversations of that notion.  Despite the negative recent news in weekly ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (2/5/2010) (BCS)(MSFT)

Posted: February 5, 2010 at 8:53 am

Updated throughout the day. Toyota (TM) will recall the Prius in Japan (Reuters) JPMorgan (JPM) chief Jamie Dimon will be paid $15 million to $20 million in 2009 compensation (FT) Barclays (BCS) ...
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China Vs. US Chickens

Posted: February 5, 2010 at 6:07 am

Obama will meet with China "enemy of the state", the Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet. The Chinese government has already protested the visit. The US will sell $6.4 billion ...
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Comcast And GE Try To Defend A Questionable Deal

Posted: February 5, 2010 at 5:36 am

GE (GE) and Comcast (CMCSA) have struck a deal for the cable company to take a controlling share in GE's entertainment unit--NBCU. Opponents of the transaction claim that it will ...
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Ford: A Brake Problem, Or A Software Upgrade?

Posted: February 5, 2010 at 5:20 am

Ford (F) has offered customers who  bought some 2010 Fusion and Mercury Milan hybrids "a customer satisfaction program to update the software of the regenerative brake system." Many media outlets are ...
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As Mortgage Rates Move Above 5%, A New Normal For Home Buyers

Posted: February 5, 2010 at 5:08 am

The housing market is already up against a number of barriers to recovery. High unemployment keeps millions of people out of the market for homes. Banks are wary to give ...
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Media Digest 2/5/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 5, 2010 at 3:49 am

Reuters:   The economy probably added 5,ooo jobs last month. Reuters:   Kraft (KFT) gained control over 75% of Cadbury shares. Reuters:   Toyota (TM) may recall the Prius. Reuters:   Publishers and Amazon ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open (2/5/2010) Hong Kong Collapses

Posted: February 5, 2010 at 3:22 am

Markets in Asia were sharply lower. The Nikkei fell 2.9% to 10,057. The Hang Seng fell 3.3% to 19,675. The Shanghai Composite fell 1.6% to 2,939. At the open in ...
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