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Monthly Archives: April 2010

The Top 400 Taxpayers Don’t Pay Much Taxes

Posted: April 15, 2010 at 10:21 am

The IRS publishes a review of what the 400 people with the highest adjusted gross income in America pay in taxes each year. The most recent report covers the period from 1992 to ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (DVAX, ME, IDIX, MGM, WYNN, LVS, SNTS, UPS)

Posted: April 15, 2010 at 9:04 am

These are this some of this Thursday's top pre-market movers on news this morning.  A few links have been provided to show more detail and analysis over at VSInvestor.com: Dynavax ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (4/15/2010)

Posted: April 15, 2010 at 8:36 am

Updated throughout the day. The Carlyle Group is trying to sell United Components and hired Goldman Sachs to help find a buyer for the auto-parts firm. (Bloomberg) Prosecutors may be ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMSC, SOLR, MRO, MIPI, SUN, TSO, TIF, UPS, VLO, ZION)

Posted: April 15, 2010 at 8:33 am

These are this Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank. GT Solar International, ...
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Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Stock Market Watch 4.15

Posted: April 15, 2010 at 8:20 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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Another Cloud Over British Air

Posted: April 15, 2010 at 7:32 am

British Airways has been through a year of record losses in 2009, work stoppages which have cut into its flight schedules, a pension fund which is billion of dollar underfunded, ...
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EU Speaks Of Deflation, As Inflation Looms

Posted: April 15, 2010 at 6:08 am

The European Union's economy commissioner says that the 16-country region faces deflation if financial reforms are not made in most of the nations in the alliance. According to the AP, ...
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Foreclosure Rates Hit All-Time High In March

Posted: April 15, 2010 at 5:35 am

New data show that during Q1 2010, foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions — were reported on 932,234 properties in the first quarter, a 7% increase ...
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Subprime Payment Rates Improve — For How Long?

Posted: April 15, 2010 at 5:13 am

The credit ratings service Fitch says that payment rates on subprime montages improved for the first time in four years. "The share of subprime loans that were at least 60 ...
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China GDP Surges 11.9% In Q1, US Trade Issues Lurk

Posted: April 15, 2010 at 4:55 am

China's first quarter GDP growth rate was a sizzling 11.9%. The improvement was the best in three years and shows that the economy in the People's Republic has returned to ...
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Media Digest 4/15/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 15, 2010 at 3:41 am

Reuters:   An 11.9% growth in China during the first quarter has caused the government to look at tightening. Reuters:   Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE: TM) is testing all of its SUVs ...
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Global PC Sales: HP Rolls, Dell Leaks Oil

Posted: April 14, 2010 at 8:45 pm

Dell Corporation (NASDAQ:DELL) is still having trouble in its race for global PC market share. Its number for the first quarter of 2010 was 13.3%. Taiwan manufacturer Acer had a ...
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Money Matters, Diamonds Beckon

Posted: April 14, 2010 at 8:14 pm

Yields on money market funds continue to drop. They currently pay interest of about .01% per year. Gold looks more attractive as an investment, and so do, perhaps, diamonds. Read more... ...
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Criminal Investigations Of HP Get Ugly But Sales Rise

Posted: April 14, 2010 at 8:08 pm

The Russian and German investigations of potential bribes made by Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE: HPQ) turned vicious today. German prosecutors are examining evidence that HP paid  "about €8 million ($10.9 million) in bribes ...
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Top After-Hours Stock Movers (YUM, UPS, REVU, DVAX, MGM, SNTS)

Posted: April 14, 2010 at 5:39 pm

Earnings are moving stocks, yet some are moving on other news as well in the after-hours trading session.  YUM! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM), United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS), Princeton ...
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