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Monthly Archives: April 2010

QUALCOMM Earnings, Groundhog Day (QCOM)

Posted: April 21, 2010 at 4:38 pm

QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) is back to getting a cold shower after earnings.  If this feels familiar, it is because the same happened last quarter.  The CDMA chipset maker posted ...
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BioHealth Business Daily (AGEN, ARRY, GENZ, GILD, HGSI, NPSP, QLTI, RPTP, STEM, BBH, IBB, PBE)

Posted: April 21, 2010 at 2:32 pm

Today's version of the BioHealth Business Daily is rather different as we have a big disappointment from one of the top biotech operations in the world.  BioHealth stocks moving on ...
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Trouble for Oil & Gold in 2010? No Worries (GLD, USO, SGOL, GDX, XOM, COP, OIH, GGN)

Posted: April 21, 2010 at 1:19 pm

Have you noticed how so many commodity rallies in gold and oil get stopped in their tracks on what might seem as secondary or even tertiary cause and effect?  This ...
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Chinese Demand for Oil Keeps Growing

Posted: April 21, 2010 at 1:03 pm

For the seventh consecutive month, Chinese demand for crude oil has increased by double digits over demand just one year ago. Demand in March grew by 12.8% year-over-year. The ...
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IMF World Economic Outlook: Cloudy With A Chance Of Rain

Posted: April 21, 2010 at 11:14 am

The International Monetary Fund is out with its latest World Economic Outlook. The document goes to great lengths to contradict itself, leaving the reader to wonder if the global financial ...
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What Visa Really Gets With CyberSource (V, CYBS, EBAY, AXP, MA, DFS, GPN, TSS, PAY)

Posted: April 21, 2010 at 10:58 am

There is an interesting merger this morning in the credit card processing industry. Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) is acquiring CyberSource Corporation (NASDAQ: CYBS) for $26 per share in a deal ...
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Ag Machinery & Construction Equipment On The Rebound (CAT, DE, CNH)

Posted: April 21, 2010 at 10:29 am

Recent earnings reports from machinery makers Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) and Deere & Co. (NYSE:DE) have been weak, but getting better. Caterpillar reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2009 earnings in January ...
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The New Bloomberg.com: Another Fast Horse In Financial Site Race

Posted: April 21, 2010 at 10:23 am

Bloomberg LP has the sales and news service to field one of the best financial websites in the country. Analysts estimate that the site's parent had revenue of $6.25 billion ...
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Chrysler: Losing Money Is Never Good News

Posted: April 21, 2010 at 10:15 am

The pig was out at Chrysler and so was the red lipstick. The floundering US car company presented the case that its $197 million loss in the first quarter was ...
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A Bank Turnaround in Michigan (DEAR)

Posted: April 21, 2010 at 9:44 am

Amazingly, something good can still happen in Michigan on the business front.  Look no further than Dearborn Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: DEAR), which is managing to show profits despite this still ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (AAPL, MS, WFC, KEY, YHOO, CSIQ, VITC, JNPR)

Posted: April 21, 2010 at 9:09 am

We have some big movers this morning, mostly on earnings news.  We have provided the basics for each here with a link to more detail at VSInvestor.com where applicable on ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (4/21/2010) SEC’s New Goldman Problem

Posted: April 21, 2010 at 9:04 am

Updated throughout the day. The government has testimony from a Paulson & Co. official that could contradict its own claims against Goldman Sachs. (CNBC) Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will buy ITA ...
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McDonald’s: Cheap Eats Win Again

Posted: April 21, 2010 at 8:57 am

The appeal of McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) cheap, quality food can never be underestimated even as the economy emerges for a recession that drives people to inexpensive restaurants. Revenue at the fast ...
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AT&T Results Turn Sour: IPTV and Wireless Fade

Posted: April 21, 2010 at 8:49 am

AT&T (NYSE: T) is running out of new wireless customers to convert. It added only 1.9 million wireless subscribers in the last quarter to push its total to 87 million. The ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Stock Market Report 4.21

Posted: April 21, 2010 at 8:31 am

  Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some ...
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