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Monthly Archives: February 2010

The Mystery Over China’s Financial Plans Grows As Goverment Tightens

Posted: February 21, 2010 at 9:06 am

Are the Chinese adding liquidity into the nation's economy to encourage consumer spending and manufacturing activity, or are they restricting the access to capital by tightening bank lending requirements? The data this ...
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The FDA Follies And Death Drug Avandia

Posted: February 21, 2010 at 8:38 am

The FDA continued is blundering and fumbling as the protector of the American public from big pharma. On the “drugs that kill people but are approved by the FDA” front, ...
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New GM CEO Gets $9.1 Million In Comp, Old Chief $59,000 A Month

Posted: February 20, 2010 at 7:49 am

Whatever happened to the $1 a year men? When the federal government gave Chrysler $1.5 billion to stay in operation, CEO Lee Iacocca worked for $1 until the taxpayers were ...
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Tiger Woods Caused The Stock Rally, Really (DIA, SPY, QQQQ)

Posted: February 19, 2010 at 5:19 pm

Today was very confusing for traders.  You had a housing number that may have incorrectly gave a feeling that housing is about to rapidly get back on its feet and ...
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Tiger’s Sponsors… Come From Behind Victory? (NKE, ERTS, AXP, PG, ACN)

Posted: February 19, 2010 at 2:36 pm

Tiger Woods is a unique athlete that put himself in a unique situation.  Today's first round of formal apologies was effectively nothing more than a telegraph of more to come ...
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What The Fed Hike Did (And Did Not) Do

Posted: February 19, 2010 at 11:23 am

By John Hudson of The Atlantic Wire Thursday night, the Fed unexpectedly raised the discount rate--an interest rate it "charges banks for emergency loans." The surprise move shook global markets, ...
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Emerging Market Surprise: Turkey Upgraded by S&P (TUR, TKF, TKC)

Posted: February 19, 2010 at 11:07 am

If you have read the news about Greece, Spain, and other PIIGS nations, you might think that the EuroZone and any neighboring states would be in the tank.  If you ...
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Two Small Alternative Energy Capital Raises, More To Come (ACPW, CPST)

Posted: February 19, 2010 at 9:35 am

We have two small capital raises seen this morning in two alternative energy players.  These are also classified as cult stocks due to their small size and trading history.  Active ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (2/19/2010)

Posted: February 19, 2010 at 8:32 am

Updated throughout the day. Dendreon Corp. (NASDAQ: DNDN) and Myriad Genetics Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN) buyout rumors on options trading (3:45 PM EST). BioHealthInvestor.com says caveat emptor! Two schools in China ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ACN, BUD, BBY, SCHW, FSLR, INFY, KNOT, LIZ, DIS, WBMD)

Posted: February 19, 2010 at 8:26 am

These are Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall Street research calls this morning: Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN) Cut to Sell at Kaufman Bros. Anheuser-Busch ...
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Vulture Watch: Nortel’s Patent Portfolio Up For Grabs (NRTLQ, RIMM, INTC, CSCO, MSFT, ERIC, QCOM, ALU)

Posted: February 19, 2010 at 8:01 am

Nortel Networks Corp. (NRTLQ) is just about wound down in its bankruptcy.  The company's operations have effectively all been sold off, at extreme discounts.  In this bankruptcy there is one ...
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The Dividend Hikes Continue (KO, CCE, TIF, PFCB, RIG, KGC, AU, MO, HNZ, DAI, HME)

Posted: February 19, 2010 at 7:31 am

The Fed has started the end of the near-zero rate cycle cycle, sort of.  But yesterday's sudden discount rate hike to 0.75% from 0.50% is almost certainly a prelude to ...
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Wireless Call Quality Drops

Posted: February 19, 2010 at 6:17 am

A new study by JD Power shows that wireless call quality fell sharply during the last six months. Part of this is undoubtedly due to overloads of 3G networks which are ...
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Cold And Snow Kill UK Retail–US Next

Posted: February 19, 2010 at 6:01 am

The the Office for National Statistics said that retail sales in the UK fell 1.2% in December, more than the consensus forecast of .5%. The recession was partly to blame ...
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China Cyberattack On Google Focuses On Schools

Posted: February 19, 2010 at 5:40 am

By Douglas A. McIntyre Two Chinese schools may be the source of the cyberattacks on Google (GOOG) and a number of other U.S. corporations, and according to The New York ...
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