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Monthly Archives: March 2010

24/7 Wall St. On CNBC: The Yuan

Posted: March 26, 2010 at 9:49 am

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Buffett and Berkshire Selling Moody’s: Target Zero Shares (MCO, BRK-B)

Posted: March 26, 2010 at 8:43 am

Moody's Corporation (NYSE: MCO) may be back at the higher-end of its 52-week trading range with shares at $30.51.  But the glory days are long gone.  This was a $60 ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (3/26/2010)

Posted: March 26, 2010 at 7:53 am

Updated throughout the day. The Gores Group may be in talks with Polycom about merging the video conferencing company with Siemens Enterprise Communications. (FT) Man Group is in acquisition talks with ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BBY, CPN, COH, GENZ, MOT, NKE, PALM, QCOM, RIMM, THQI, URBN)

Posted: March 26, 2010 at 7:34 am

These are this Friday's top research calls seen in upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street analysts: Best Buy Co. (NYSE: BBY) Cut to Underperform from Market Perform at FBR. ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Stock Watch 3.26

Posted: March 26, 2010 at 6:59 am

Twitter has, by most estimates, 75 million visitors a month, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter ...
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GM To Pay US $1 Billion

Posted: March 26, 2010 at 4:28 am

The latest sign of the improbable recovery of GM is that it will pay the Treasury back $1 billion. According to The Wall Street Journal, it would be another step ...
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Radio Shack (RSH) For Sale? Cost Could Be Too High

Posted: March 26, 2010 at 4:02 am

The New York Post, not the single most reliable source for business news, says Radio Shack (RSH) is looking for a private equity buyer or an M&A transaction with a ...
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Toyota Sales Incentives May Cost Firm Record Rebates

Posted: March 26, 2010 at 3:42 am

Research firm Trucar expects Toyota (TM) to spend $395 million on incentives this month. The company's incentive per car will be 37% higher than in February and 47% higher than they was ...
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Media Digest (3/26/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 26, 2010 at 2:48 am

Reuters:   The Nikkei topped 11,000 for the first time since October 2008 Reuters:   The White House will announce housing aid for those having difficulty with making their  mortgage payments. Reuters:   ...
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The Perfect Plan To Save The Housing Market: Eliminate All Mortgage Payments

Posted: March 25, 2010 at 7:15 pm

It would be hard to come up with a better way to stop the rising rate of foreclosures than to eliminate mortgage payments altogether. The Office of the Comptroller of ...
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Treasury, Ahem, Clarifies Goals for the Mortgage Mod Program

Posted: March 25, 2010 at 4:42 pm

by Paul Kiel, ProPublica How many struggling homeowners will get a mortgage modification through the government’s $75 billion program? It would seem to be a simple question. But for the ...
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Oracle.. Great, Good, But Not Enough (ORCL, SAP)

Posted: March 25, 2010 at 3:25 pm

Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) came out with earnings today, and as usual it beat estimates.  We have seen earnings of $0.38 in non-GAAP EPS on $6.47 billion in revenues (an ...
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More IPO Filings: Higher One, Oxford Resources, NA-Uni, Scorpio

Posted: March 25, 2010 at 2:13 pm

You have seen the floodgates opening for secondary offerings dues to the market strength, but we are also seeing more legitimate filings from private companies looking to come public via ...
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Greece Finally Gets Unanimity For Financial Backing, Maybe

Posted: March 25, 2010 at 12:48 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have finally decided, after bilateral talks, to allow the IMF to join any bailout of Greece. Dow Jones Newswires reports "The ...
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BioHealth Business Daily (BMRN, CRXX, MELA, GENZ, SLXP, SCLN, SOMX, WCRX, DNDN, CTIC)

Posted: March 25, 2010 at 10:56 am

Today’s BioHealth Business Daily has many new names and less followed companies, but there are some of the larger movers to consider today as well.  We are seeing news-related moves ...
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