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Monthly Archives: March 2010

Today’s Best Market Rumors (3/15/2010)

Posted: March 15, 2010 at 7:27 am

Updated throughout the day. AIG (AIG) will hold back $21 million from employee bonuses (CNBC) Google (GOOG) will shut its Google.cn site in China (various) Arrow Energy will reject a $3 ...
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Market’s Downside Protected By Short Sellers

Posted: March 15, 2010 at 7:06 am

By John Tamny, Forbes The SEC is situational in its like of market transparency.  Back in 2002 it embraced the economy-killer Sarbanes-Oxley with balance-sheet clarity in mind.  But with transparency ...
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Social Security Begins To Take Back Money Treasury Borrowed

Posted: March 15, 2010 at 5:11 am

The Social Security Administration wants back the $2.5 trillion its has loaned to the US Treasury. It is no wonder. The agency will have to pay out $29 billion more ...
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Moody’s To US: Aaa Rating A Privilege, Not A Right

Posted: March 15, 2010 at 5:11 am

It cannot be good news that the warnings from credit agencies about the US debt and deficit come almost monthly now. Moody's, in its latest quarterly AAA Sovereign Monitor, examined ...
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24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings (Week 10)

Posted: March 15, 2010 at 5:10 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 ...
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Tiger Woods Next Endorsement Deals: PriceWaterhouse, Powerade, Citizen, Verizon, Chrysler, And Visa

Posted: March 15, 2010 at 5:08 am

Tiger Woods sponsorship income in 2009 was estimated by several media sources to be $110 million. Thirty million dollars of that came from Nike (NKE). There are no estimates for ...
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Google’s Recent Moves Badly Hurt Shareholders

Posted: March 15, 2010 at 4:49 am

Google's list of serious problems may be longer than it has been since the company's IPO. The search engine company is all but certain to close Google.cn, its Chinese website, ...
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Media Digest 3/15/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 15, 2010 at 2:58 am

Reuters:   The Senate reform bill gives the Fed broader powers. Reuters:   Google (GOOG) says it is still talking to China, but signs point to pull-out. Reuters:   Arrow will reject a ...
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Retail Rumor Watch: SuperValu versus GameStop (SVU, GME)

Posted: March 14, 2010 at 11:25 am

When was the last time you kept a retailer buyout rumor on a watch list?  Or two retailers for that matter?  Friday's trading was mixed with two buyout rumors in ...
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The Unusual Suspects (AMLN, LLY, ALKS, ESLR, ENER, DPS, ATHN, SQNM, ABK, NKE, FDX, GME, COMS, PALM)

Posted: March 14, 2010 at 7:41 am

This week we have several issues to watch.  Earnings season is mostly done but there are still many on deck in this week's unusual suspects.  Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMLN), ...
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China Premier Warns Of Double Dip Recession

Posted: March 14, 2010 at 6:39 am

Many economists in the West have said they fear a double dip recession which would most likely be fueled by high unemployment and that this joblessness will dampen consumer consumption which is about ...
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Google 99.9% Certain To Shut China Search Engine

Posted: March 13, 2010 at 6:25 am

The FT reports that Google (GOOG) has made all the necessary plans to close its Chinese search engine business and is "99.9%" certain it will shut the operation down shortly. ...
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Cook. No.2 At Apple, Earns $22 Million Bonus

Posted: March 12, 2010 at 6:37 pm

Timothy Cook, Apple's (AAPL) COO, who sat in while Steve Jobs was away ill, made a bonus valued at $22 million for his work. The bonus was awarded on March 10 and ...
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Citigroup (C) Proxy: TARP Never Paid So Well

Posted: March 12, 2010 at 5:23 pm

Citigroup (C) CEO Vikram Pandit, recently hailed for turning the bank around after over a year of being blamed for its demise, only made $128,751 last year in total compensation, ...
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Next Week’s Can’t Miss Earnings (ATHN, SQNM, ABK, NKE, FDX, GME, COMS, PALM)

Posted: March 12, 2010 at 12:50 pm

Earnings season is over.  Well, sort of.  We have the delayed reports and the reports from companies which have off-regular quarterly or fiscal earnings.  Next week we have AthenaHealth, Inc. ...
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