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Daily Archives: March 4, 2010

The Parthenon Is For Sale

Posted: March 4, 2010 at 8:01 pm

The Parthenon was built in 432 BC. It is priceless. The site brings in a lot of tourist dollars, but it more than a source of capital; it is a ...
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Is a New MSN Layout The Answer? (MSFT, YHOO, GOOG)

Posted: March 4, 2010 at 2:14 pm

I was looking through my emails this morning and saw the change that has long been on the way... A new MSN is coming.  Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has its ...
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KB Home Loses Ron Burkle (KBH)

Posted: March 4, 2010 at 1:31 pm

KB Home (NYSE: KBH) is losing a very prestigious name on its Board of Directors.  The company just announced that Ron Burkle will not stand for re-election to KB’s Board ...
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Sony Prepares For A Come-From-Behind Defeat

Posted: March 4, 2010 at 12:39 pm

The Holy Grail of consumer electronics devices is one that would combine the best features of the Apple (AAPL)  iPad, iPod, and iPhone. Sony (SNE) means to introduce products to ...
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Tower Automotive, Tower International IPO Filing

Posted: March 4, 2010 at 12:39 pm

Tower International, Inc., or Tower Automotive LLC, has just filed to come public in an IPO.  The company does not list any shares or or terms and did not list ...
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PC Sales Will Grow This Year, But How Many Will Be Given Away?

Posted: March 4, 2010 at 11:58 am

It has been expected for some time that global PC sales would rise this year as the economy recovers and the demand for Microsoft (MSFT) Windows 7 causes people and business ...
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Pending Home Sales Hit By Thor’s Hammer

Posted: March 4, 2010 at 10:58 am

During the last month, there has been a great deal of bad news about housing, foreclosures, and default rates. And, there has been almost no good news to offset it. Pending ...
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52-Week Lows Soon Gone in Tech (AMZN, AAPL, CSCO, GOOG, INTC, MSFT ORCL, RIMM, SNDK)

Posted: March 4, 2010 at 8:59 am

The 52-week low search is a common tool used by value investors, momentum investors, growth investors, and traders in various price screens to help decide when to a buy or ...
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Weekly Jobless Data Prelude to Confusing Unemployment Report

Posted: March 4, 2010 at 8:57 am

The weekly jobless claims from the U.S. Labor Department showed a decline from the week before.  The weekly claims fell by a 29,000 adjusted figure to 469,000 claims after last ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (3/4/2010)

Posted: March 4, 2010 at 8:20 am

Updated throughout the day. Updated: 11.32 AM Eastern: Vonage (VG) may be bought, by AT&T (T)? Redhat (RHT) may be bought by IBM (IBM). Cree (CREE) may buy Nanometrics (NANO) ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BBT, BA, KO, FDX, FITB, MDVN, OVTI, RCL, ZUMZ, DIS)

Posted: March 4, 2010 at 8:18 am

These are the top ten analyst calls we have seen in upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning: BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT) Raised to Outperform ...
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Hacker Ring Steals Data From Half Of America’s 1000 Largest Firms

Posted: March 4, 2010 at 6:03 am

Internet security, whether it is provided by software companies or the government, is not very good. Law enforcement groups have finally shut down the Mariposa botnet which is one of ...
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Prius Sales Accelerate In Japan

Posted: March 4, 2010 at 5:33 am

The market may have overestimated the effects that Toyota's 8.5 million global vehicle recall would have on the company's future sales. In the US, the Japanese car company only sold ...
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Greece To Raise 3 Billion-5 Billion Euros In Junk Debt, Maybe

Posted: March 4, 2010 at 5:08 am

Greece has decided to raise three billion to five billion euros through a 10-year bond. The country has hired several banks including Barclays (BCS) and HSBC (HBC) to handle the transaction. The ...
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The Really Big Suits Against Toyota Begin In Earnest

Posted: March 4, 2010 at 4:51 am

Toyota (TM) got a small taste of things to come. The company already faces a raft of class action and liability suits. Now, a suit which involves the crash of ...
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