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Monthly Archives: April 2010

The Goldman Sachs Prosecution Chess Game (Memories Of Apple Back Dating)

Posted: April 30, 2010 at 5:00 am

The US Attorney of the Southern District of Manhattan, home to most prosecutions of Wall St. firms, has begun an investigation into Goldman Sachs Group's (NYSE: GS) trading to see ...
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Media Digest 4/30/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 30, 2010 at 3:56 am

WSJ:  Warren Buffett intends to discuss his investment in Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) at the Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) annual meeting. Reuters:   Federal authorities have started a criminal probe ...
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Oil Hurricane to Hit New Orleans

Posted: April 29, 2010 at 5:30 pm

At 5,000 barrels per day, the leak from the blowout of the Deepwater Horizon is spreading at a rate that would surpass the amount of oil dumped by the Exxon ...
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The Month’s Biggest Index Losers: Chinese Agriculture, Agri Chemical and Fertilizers, and Tobacco Stocks

Posted: April 29, 2010 at 2:23 pm

There were strong losses in three Tickerspy indexes over the most recent 30-day period. This month's biggest fallers are in Chinese agriculture, genetic analysis, and agricultural chemical and fertilizer stocks. Chinese agriculture stocks continue to ...
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First Solar Soars, Will It Burn And Fall? (FSLR, SPWRA, JASO, TSL, SOLF, YGE)

Posted: April 29, 2010 at 1:45 pm

Shares in First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) are soaring this morning, following its first quarter earnings report. The PV solar panel maker posted EPS of $2.00, a penny more than ...
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Allegient Air: The Tiniest Airline In The Universe.

Posted: April 29, 2010 at 11:46 am

By Robert Herbst How about it is the only consistently profitable US airline for the last 29 consecutive quarters? Allegiant (ALGT), based out of Las Vegas, labels themselves as: “A ...
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Why Is Microsoft-HTC Deal A Game Changer?

Posted: April 29, 2010 at 10:05 am

By John Hudson, The Atlantic Wire The last time we checked in with HTC, Apple was trying to sue its pants off for patent infringement. Now, the Taiwanese cell-phone maker ...
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Greek Debt Issues Not In Drachma

Posted: April 29, 2010 at 9:54 am

The Council On Foreign Relations points out that Greece has been issuing it debt in euros and not drachma for some time. "Greece consistently relied on non-drachma debt issuance well ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (4/29/2010)

Posted: April 29, 2010 at 9:06 am

Updated throughout the day. Short covering may have driven Palm's (NASDAQ: PALM) price up after the Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) offer. (Barron's) "Omers, the Canadian pension fund, is close to agreeing its first ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (AKAM, ATSI, BIDU, DNE, EK, ETFC, FSLR, GMCR, OSK, PALM, SNV)

Posted: April 29, 2010 at 9:00 am

These are this Thursday's top day trader and active trader alerts: Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) rose after its Q1 profit rose 10% and announced a $150 million add-on to ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Stock Market Update 4.29 The Wisdom Of Crowds?

Posted: April 29, 2010 at 8:53 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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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AFL, AKS, ARMH, BIDU, ABX, PLCE, FSLR, HL, PALM, PGI)

Posted: April 29, 2010 at 8:32 am

These are ten of the top analyst calls seen so far this Thursday morning from the upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street firms: AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL) Raised to ...
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The Health Of The Economy And Market Speculators

Posted: April 29, 2010 at 8:26 am

By John Tamny of Forbes The non-scandal at Goldman Sachs has dredged up the silly notion popular on the left and right that while traders and hedge fund types may ...
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Common Sense or Greed… Looking for More for Palm (PALM, HPQ)

Posted: April 29, 2010 at 6:25 am

Palm Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) may have enough votes lined up for its takeover by Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), or it may not.  With Bono's Elevation Partners and insiders having large stakes ...
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Refinery Stocks Still Worth Another Look (VLO, MRO, SUN, TSO, HES)

Posted: April 29, 2010 at 6:20 am

Hell may have frozen over in the world of oil and gas.  Shares of oil refinery companies seem to have finally turned a corner.  In this aspect, we would be ...
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