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Monthly Archives: March 2010

Elliott Wave: Prechter Stays Bearish

Posted: March 19, 2010 at 5:43 pm

Robert Prechter of Elliott Wave, who is called 'King of the Bears' enough that he is called a permabear, came on CNBC this afternoon after the closing bell to tout ...
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Next Week’s Can’t Miss Earnings (TIF, WSM, CCL, RCL, WAG, ADBE, RHT, BBY, LULU, ORCL, CSCO)

Posted: March 19, 2010 at 1:09 pm

Next week actually has some key earnings despite the notion that earnings season is over.  We have many tied to retail due to the notion that most stocks in the ...
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National Employee Morale Day At Siemens

Posted: March 19, 2010 at 12:34 pm

The spectacularly successful conglomerate Siemens (SI), which was roiled by scandal two years ago, has decided to fire another 4,200 people. Those being cut are in the firm's IT ...
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BioHealth Business Daily (APPA, GENZ, GENT, MRK, OSIP, OXGN, SOMX, THRX, CLDX)

Posted: March 19, 2010 at 11:39 am

We are seeing many key movers in the BioHealth space today as drug and biotech stocks often exhibit the most volatility of any sector.  Today's BioHealth Business Daily includes the ...
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Google’s New TV Innovation

Posted: March 19, 2010 at 9:32 am

Google TV sounds like a mere side project. Now, it's an impending reality.  Google has partnered with Sony and Intel to invade your living room television, reports The New York ...
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Waves and Waves of Secondary Pricings (CVGI, CPA, G, HIG, HRP, NLST, SB, TSL)

Posted: March 19, 2010 at 9:14 am

This week week may have been a record for any recent period on how many secondary offerings came to market combined with how many specific filings were made to raise ...
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Today’s Best Markte Rumors (3/19/2010)

Posted: March 19, 2010 at 7:56 am

Updated throughout the day. Merrill Lynch warned the SEC and Fed that Lehman was booking capital aggressively (FT) Apax Partner may buy Polycom (PLCM) for as much as $3 billion (FT) Palm ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BBY, CPSI, DTV, HAL, PALM, RIMM, SLB, SPLS, SYNA, WFT)

Posted: March 19, 2010 at 7:31 am

These are ten of this Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs. ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Daily Stock Watch 3.19

Posted: March 19, 2010 at 7:15 am

Twitter has, by most estimates, 75 million visitors a month, which makes it one of the largest social networds in the world. All major media companies have a presence on Twitter ...
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A Slow Boat From China

Posted: March 19, 2010 at 5:08 am

China said it will send an envoy to Washington to discuss the friction between the two countries over the value of the yuan. It will not matter. Too many members ...
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The Core Problem With Compensation: Gannett’s CEO Gets A Raise

Posted: March 19, 2010 at 4:54 am

Gannett (GCI) is part of the crumbling newspaper industry. It has not gotten its online properties to nearly match the revenue of its traditional print operations, so the firm is ...
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My Great Big, Fat Greek Bailout

Posted: March 19, 2010 at 4:31 am

The bailout of Greece has come down to a very few options: 1) Germany can bail Greece out because it is the one European nation that can afford to, 2) Germany will ...
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Is Everything In The World Broken?: Graco Recalls 1.2 Million High Chairs

Posted: March 19, 2010 at 4:07 am

Mattel (MAT) toys had lead paint in them. Car companies from Toyota (TM) to Nissan to Honda (HMC) have recalled cars for defects, some of them dangerous. The US Consumer Product ...
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Old White Men Keep Grip On Corporate Board Room

Posted: March 19, 2010 at 3:45 am

Ninety percent of S&P 500 companies have a female board member, but few hold chairman’s positions or the top jobs on key committees. The situation is much worse at smaller ...
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Media Digest 3/19/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 19, 2010 at 2:59 am

Reuters:   China will send an envoy to the US to discuss the yuan. Reuters:   European carriers who lost money on the Apple (AAPL) iPhone won't do the same in their ...
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