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Monthly Archives: May 2010

National Employee Morale Day At Pfizer (PFE)

Posted: May 17, 2010 at 9:13 am

Pfizer, Inc (NYSE: PFE) said that it would lay-off or relocate a number of its New York City employees, but has decided to keep the figure a secret. What is hard ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (5/16/2010)

Posted: May 17, 2010 at 8:57 am

Updated throughout the day. Private equity firm Apollo Global Management plans to buy U.S. packaging maker Pactiv Corp (NYSE: PTV) (WSJ) Japan may issue a large amount of five-year notes ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (AEZS, AMSC, APCVZ, DBTK, HAUP, LOW, HD, OSIP, SIRI, TIVO)

Posted: May 17, 2010 at 8:57 am

This morning's top day trader and active trader alerts are mostly not tied to earnings.  The cast of characters today includes AEterna Zentaris, Inc. (NASDAQ: AEZS), American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Stock Market Report 5.16 The Wisdom Of Crowds?

Posted: May 17, 2010 at 8:40 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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The Bank Bailouts Explain Why Banks Aren’t Lending

Posted: May 17, 2010 at 8:24 am

By John Tamny of Forbes Bank lending has declined each month for the past year.  The bailouts of the banks help explain this.  TARP propped up institutions that will forever ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AEZS, ACV, MDRX, CAAS, DELL, HPQ, BEE, SIMG, SY, TEF, TIVO, WCRX)

Posted: May 17, 2010 at 8:22 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Monday: Aeterna Zentaris Inc. (NASDAQ: AEZS) Reiterated Outperform but Target raised to ...
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BP’s Modest Solution

Posted: May 17, 2010 at 6:07 am

BP plc (NYSE: BP) says it has made modest progress in slowing the leak of crude into the Gulf of Mexico from its Deepwater Horizon rig wreck. It says that a siphon ...
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Starbucks Moves Way Down Market With Flavored Coffee

Posted: May 17, 2010 at 5:50 am

On May 12th, Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) announced it would strengthen its Seattle's best brand by building relationships that would get the brew into 30,000 locations by the end of the year. Here ...
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China’s Market Plunge Far From Over

Posted: May 17, 2010 at 5:11 am

China's economic prospects are the best that they have been in two years. The World Bank expects its GDP to rise 10.5% this year. There are early signs of inflation, ...
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24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings: Week 18

Posted: May 17, 2010 at 4:02 am

The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, ...
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Media Digest 5/17/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 17, 2010 at 3:52 am

MarketWatch:   Shanghai closed down 2% and Europe is weak MarketWatch:   The euro hit a four year low against the dollar. Reuters:   BP plc (NYSE; BP) says it is making progress ...
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Eyjafjallajokull Erupts Again, Closing More Airspace

Posted: May 16, 2010 at 7:42 am

The Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted off and on from 1821 to 1823, the last time it was active. So, it should come as no surprise that the eruption in early April which ...
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Greek PM Say US Banks Will Be Investigated

Posted: May 16, 2010 at 7:33 am

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said his country would investigate what role American investment banks played in damaging his nation's ability to raise money. His theory appears to be that the ...
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Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank, Sees Greatest Crisis Since WWI: EU Leaders Cut Their Throats

Posted: May 15, 2010 at 10:23 am

Is it any wonder that the euro is below $1.24, that there are concerns about austerity programs in Greece, Spain, and Portugal, and that the markets worry Germany and France ...
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The Unusual Suspects (AONE, BIDU, IRE, GLD, HAUP, KFT, PCS, OSIP, TIVO, WDR, HPQ, DELL)

Posted: May 15, 2010 at 9:02 am

It is the weekend, and that means it is time for the new list of our UNUSUAL SUSPECTS for stocks on the move that need to stay on the radar ...
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