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Monthly Archives: April 2010

Top Day Trader Alerts (AAPL, BRCM, BWLD, FLEX, HTCH, NBG, PNRA, RFMD, RHI)

Posted: April 28, 2010 at 8:08 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is lower this morning on several issues.  A soft tape is one, a small chip acquisition is another, but the company now has a Taiwanese company ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ARMH, BWLD, DVA, F, FORM, GFI, HMY, NSC, NVAX, X)

Posted: April 28, 2010 at 8:02 am

These are ten of the top analyst calls seen so far this Tuesday morning from the upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street firms: ARM Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARMH) targets ...
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BP Faces Investigation Over Rig Disaster, May Burn Oil Slick

Posted: April 28, 2010 at 6:18 am

BP plc (NYSE: BP) does not have much choice. It said it will cooperate with a US government investigation into the cause of the disaster at the Transocean drilling rig Deepwater Horizon ...
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Yet Another Delay By Boeing

Posted: April 28, 2010 at 5:42 am

Problems with supply chain and parts shortages have caused Boeing (NYSE: BA) to yet again delay building  some of its 787 Dreamliners . The company said it would halt the building ...
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How The Greek Debt Problem Can Be Fixed

Posted: April 28, 2010 at 5:19 am

Update: The German opposition Green Party said that the Greek bailout could cost 120 billion euros. The yield on Greek two-year bonds rose to 13.5% as S&P cut the credit rating ...
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Media Digest (4/28/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 28, 2010 at 3:48 am

Reuters:   The Fed will probably say it will keep rates low. Reuters:   Republicans have come up with their own bank reform plan. Reuters:   Wellpoint says it will stop dropping patients. ...
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The Worst CEOs In American History

Posted: April 27, 2010 at 9:19 pm

The age of the American CEO did not begin until the end of the 19th century. Prior to that time, all the largest businesses in America were run by owners ...
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Financial Leaders Worry About Future, Do Nothing

Posted: April 27, 2010 at 5:41 pm

Peter Peterson, who founded Blackstone and is on all the billionaire lists, started his own charity, The Peter G Peterson Foundation. Much of the work that the organization does involves ...
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Goldman Sachs Quick Take: “The Bank Status” (GS)

Posted: April 27, 2010 at 3:50 pm

If you have watched the tone, reaction, expressions, and pointed questions today from the Senate Hearing on Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS), how you interpret the whole stance of ...
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Google Losing Chinese Market Share Isn’t the Problem

Posted: April 27, 2010 at 3:08 pm

This morning Goldman Sachs removed Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) from its 'Conviction Buy' list and Google shares are up slightly today though still down around 15% since January. Credit Suisse, at ...
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BioHealth Business Daily (CRL, DNDN, NEXM, RPC, TEVA, VVUS)

Posted: April 27, 2010 at 2:57 pm

Earnings season has taken out some of the sting from biotech and biohealth trading reactions.  Today's version of the BioHealth Business Daily is showing news and moves seen in Charles ...
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S&P Downgrades Portugal, Greece Cut To Junk

Posted: April 27, 2010 at 11:32 am

In another sign that the sovereign debt problem in Europe could spread beyond Greece, S&P downgraded the debt of Portugal by two levels to A- from A+. Greece's debt was simultaneously cut to ...
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The Month’s Biggest Index Gainers: Broadcast TV, Vehicle Rental, and Radio Stocks

Posted: April 27, 2010 at 11:25 am

There were strong gains in three Tickerspy indexes over the most recent 30-day period. This month’s biggest gainers are in broadcast TV, vehicle rental, and radio stocks. Broadcast TV stocks are up 30.8% in the ...
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Oil Services and the $40 Billion Iraq Opportunity (SLB, BHI, WFT, HAL, OIH)

Posted: April 27, 2010 at 10:57 am

Morningstar has issued a report this week for oil services operations calling the opportunity in Iraq as "one of the greatest capacity increases in the industry's history."  The analysis says ...
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Derivatives Matter As Part Of Finance Reform

Posted: April 27, 2010 at 10:28 am

By Max Fisher, The Atlantic Wire Derivatives, a special kind of investment, played a key role in the financial crisis and generated $20 billion for Wall Street last year. They ...
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