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Monthly Archives: March 2010

Novell’s Only Hope: The Long-Awaited Buyout (NOVL)

Posted: March 2, 2010 at 4:41 pm

If you have followed software companies for more than a decade, you have probably grown accustomed to seeing Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) act as a dead money stock.  The company ...
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Ford Outsells GM, Toyota OK

Posted: March 2, 2010 at 3:07 pm

Many experts expected that February would be a bloodbath for Toyota (TM) due to its recalls of 8.5 million cars worldwide and a large amount of negative publicity about potential ...
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Will Starbucks Start Paying Dividends? (SBUX)

Posted: March 2, 2010 at 2:22 pm

2010 is becoming the year of the dividend... either raised dividends or it is new dividends.  Over the weekend, we reviewed the restaurant and food service sector when we were ...
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Google to Microsoft: Stop Being Evil

Posted: March 2, 2010 at 10:37 am

By John Hudson of The Atlantic Wire For weeks, rumors of a proxy war between Microsoft and Google have animated techies. Many of their suspicions were validated Monday by a ...
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Apple (AAPL) Sues HTC As Handset Wars Intensify

Posted: March 2, 2010 at 10:27 am

Kodak (EK) sued Apple, RIMM, and Motorola (MOT) for patent infringements. Nokia sued Apple (AAPL). Nokia claims to have patents that the Apple uses in the iPhone. Now Apple (AAPL) has filed ...
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Goldman Sachs Sets Record for $100 Million Trading Days

Posted: March 2, 2010 at 9:16 am

By Douglas A. McIntyre Goldman Sachs (GS) may face bad publicity, hostile Congressmen, and campaigns by shareholders to cut compensation, but it remains a money making machine. The bank has ...
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Terra & CF, Back in the Merger Wars (TRA, CF, MOO)

Posted: March 2, 2010 at 8:55 am

Terra Industries Inc. (NYSE: TRA) is back in the mergers and acquisitions spotlight as the target of CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CF).  If this sounds familiar, it is because ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (2/2/2010)

Posted: March 2, 2010 at 8:27 am

Updated throughout the day Astellas Pharma may have competing bids in it effort to takeover OSI Pharmaceuticals (NYT) The FDIC will sell $1.8 billion of guaranteed asset-backed debt (IFR). Diageo could bid ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AOL, T, DELL, KMB, MRVL, MIL, OSIP, RVBD, SNDK, GAME)

Posted: March 2, 2010 at 8:14 am

These are ten of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning: AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Started as Hold at ...
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News Consumption Moves To The Internet, But That May Not Make It Profitable

Posted: March 2, 2010 at 6:02 am

The internet has become a more popular way to get news than the newspaper. The is the conclusion of a new Pew study. Local TV news remains in first place. ...
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As Apple iPad Comes To Market Competitors Eye Price Cuts

Posted: March 2, 2010 at 5:28 am

E-reader marketers like Amazon (AMZN) and Barnes & Noble (BKS) have caught a break just before Apple comes to market with its iPad table computer. The iPad, with its 10.1" screen, ...
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The Iowa Appliance Gold Rush And The Future Of Consumer Spending

Posted: March 2, 2010 at 5:06 am

Iowa opened its “cash for appliances” program yesterday and the $2.8 million that the state had set aside to fund it was gone by mid-afternoon. All on the first day. ...
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GM’s Turn: Company Recalls 1.3 Million Cars

Posted: March 2, 2010 at 4:54 am

Car recalls have become an epidemic with the sickest patient being Toyota (TM), which has recalled 8.5 million cars this year. GM, one of the car companies with a chance to ...
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Media Digest 3/2/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 2, 2010 at 3:50 am

Reuters:   GM will recall 1.3 million cars for steering problems. Reuters:   China would like one price for iron ore to cut commodity speculation. Reuters:   Two software services will help telcos ...
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Asia Market And Europe Open (3/2/2010)

Posted: March 2, 2010 at 3:23 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose .5% to 10,222. The Hang Seng was down .8% to 20,899. HSBC (NYSE:HBC) fell sharply. The Shanghai Composite dropped .5% to 3,075. ...
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