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Monthly Archives: April 2010

The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report: The Wisdom Of Crowds?

Posted: April 22, 2010 at 8:48 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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Fed Makes Huge Profit

Posted: April 22, 2010 at 8:36 am

In a year in which many financial institutions gasped for air, the Federal Reserve transferred $47.3 billion to the Treasury - its "profit" in a sense.  The Fed's comprehensive income, ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ADBE, AA, AAPL, ARRY, CHK, CMG, EMC, HOV, MTG, SNDK, SPG)

Posted: April 22, 2010 at 8:19 am

These are some of the key research calls from this Thursday's analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Reiterated Buy but ...
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Nokia Earnings: Margins Under Pressure

Posted: April 22, 2010 at 6:55 am

Nokia's (NYSE: NOK) margins must be under pressure. In its latest earnings report its said that its forecast the global handset market was intact. It also said it market share ...
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Bad Books Cook Greece (Update 2)

Posted: April 22, 2010 at 6:18 am

The head of the International Monetary Fund said Thursday that the debt crisis in Greece is serious and there would be no "silver bullet" to resolve the issue in an ...
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Kindle: Hostage To Its Own Fame

Posted: April 22, 2010 at 5:42 am

Amazon (NASAQ: AMZN) announced that it would begin to sell its Kindle digital  book reader in some Target (NYSE: TGT) stores. The news was viewed as a big "win" for Amazon, ...
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Airlines Fly From Ash To Oil Storms (Update)

Posted: April 22, 2010 at 5:26 am

US Airways breaks off merger talks with UAL Corp.  (Updated from MarketWatch at 10.50 AM EST) The IATA, the airline industry's trade association which has over 220 members, reported that ...
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The Online Video Streaming Business Gets Too Crowded

Posted: April 22, 2010 at 5:04 am

There are too many companies in the business of streaming or downloading premium video over the internet. Sony (NYSE: SNE) announced that it will begin to stream major league baseball games ...
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Media Digest (4/22/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 22, 2010 at 3:39 am

Reuters:   The head of GM says taxpayers may get their entire investment back. Reuters:   Obama will urge tougher rules on Wall St. Reuters:   The CEO of Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: ...
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The Goldman Sachs Share Price And The Wisdom Of Crowds

Posted: April 21, 2010 at 8:27 pm

There has not been any collapse of the prospects of Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS), at least as far as traders are concerned. At $158.85, the stock trades well above ...
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Netflix, Starbucks And The Resurrection Of The Middle Class

Posted: April 21, 2010 at 8:08 pm

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) climbed another rung on the ladder of its recovery. The run of ever-spectacular results at Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) continues.The results of the two companies met at the crossroads of ...
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Apple Chart: $320 to $330 Target (AAPL, MSFT)

Posted: April 21, 2010 at 5:44 pm

Did you think that $275 or $300 was already a very bullish outlook on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) last month or even this month before its earnings report?  After all, ...
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Kindle Comes to Target, A Smart & Expected Move (AMZN, AAPL, TGT)

Posted: April 21, 2010 at 5:25 pm

Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) issued a press release after the closing bell today that is confirming what has gone around the rumor mill for some time.  The Kindle ebook reader ...
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eBay Auctions Its Earnings Guidance on the Cheap (EBAY)

Posted: April 21, 2010 at 5:13 pm

eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) has just found out exactly what it feels like to be stock with a still inexpensive multiple that sells off after a mixed earnings report.  As ...
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Starbucks, The Turnaround Has Fully Turned Around (SBUX)

Posted: April 21, 2010 at 4:53 pm

Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) may have won over some new investors with its dividend announcement last month, but so far it looks to be winning over people with earnings despite ...
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