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Monthly Archives: April 2010

Media Digest (4/13/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 13, 2010 at 2:53 am

Reuters: The Chinese president told Obama that the nation will make its own decision on the yuan. Reuters:   Growth and cheap phones were key to Q1 industry growth. Reuters:   Twitter ...
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Alcoa Starts Earnings Season Off With Confusion (AA)

Posted: April 12, 2010 at 3:27 pm

Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) is a stock that traders and investors alike try to use as a proxy for earnings season for the market as a whole and for the ...
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Summer 2010: Big Hurricanes, High Oil Prices

Posted: April 12, 2010 at 2:30 pm

In 2009, there were just three Atlantic storms that earned the hurricane monikers -- Bill, Fred, and Ida. None of these storms made landfall in the US as hurricanes. ...
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Federal Debt Now $12.7 Billion, Nearing Statutory Limit

Posted: April 12, 2010 at 2:29 pm

The Treasury Department released the statement of public debt as of March 31. According to the release, the national debt stood at $12.7 trillion. The statutory limit for public debt ...
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Microsoft Launches KIN Smartphone, Stock Up $.01

Posted: April 12, 2010 at 12:55 pm

Microsoft (MSFT) launched its new KIN handsets today. The description in the press release made it almost impossible to understand how the smartphone works and what its market might be. ...
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This Week’s DJIA Earnings Expectations (AA, INTC, JPM, BAC, GE)

Posted: April 12, 2010 at 11:34 am

This is the official kick-off of earnings season.  Many stocks are at 52-week highs and we are coming off a stellar market performance over the last 13 months.  There are ...
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Analyst Caution in Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B, BRK-A)

Posted: April 12, 2010 at 10:33 am

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) (NYSE: BRK-A) does not usually gets new Wall Street analyst coverage.  It seems that keeping up with the inner workings of Warren Buffett and all ...
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Greece: Saved at the Last Minute

Posted: April 12, 2010 at 10:25 am

By Heather Horn, The Atlantic Wire Over the weekend, Europe offered a special deal to debt-ridden Greece: loans of up to $40 billion (or 30 billion euros) at a mere ...
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Denny’s Sees Shareholder Activist Grand Slam (DENN)

Posted: April 12, 2010 at 8:57 am

Denny's Corp. (NASDAQ: DENN) is under fire from an activist investor group.  A filing with the SEC this morning from a group of shareholders including Oak Street, Lyrical, DASH Acquisitions, ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (AIG, NLST, PALM, DCP, WEL, NBG, CTIC)

Posted: April 12, 2010 at 7:57 am

These are this Monday's top day trader and active trader alerts.  We have links over to VSInvestor.com with more details on price and color on the trading data: American International ...
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Today Best Market Rumors

Posted: April 12, 2010 at 7:42 am

Updated throughout the day. Palm (PALM) is seeking buyers and has retained two investment banks (Bloomberg) AIG (AIG) and Goldman Sachs (GS) ended most of their related  CDS positions (Reuters) Apollo is ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ACI, ARMH, CSIQ, CAT, CAL, ELN, EXPE, GPS, PCS, BTU, STJ, VRTX)

Posted: April 12, 2010 at 7:31 am

These are this Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) Raised to Buy at Citigroup. ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH) ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Stock Market Daily 4.12

Posted: April 12, 2010 at 7:20 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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Jobs Aren’t Finite, but Job-Creating Investment Is

Posted: April 12, 2010 at 7:06 am

By John Tamny, Forbes A liberal economist and a conservative economist have teamed up on the latest bad idea for reducing unemployment.  In this case, successful companies would subsidize tax ...
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Tiger Woods Pushes Up Masters Ratings Nearly 50%

Posted: April 12, 2010 at 5:12 am

It appears that ESPN and CBS (CBS) will get their wishes for the Masters. Tiger Woods' return to golf resulted in a 47% increase in TV ratings for the tournament's ...
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