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Monthly Archives: May 2010

Software Wars: Microsoft’s Free Web Office Software (MSFT, GOOG, ORCL)

Posted: May 12, 2010 at 11:53 am

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) launched a new version of its Office productivity software package today, which includes a free on-line version of the popular Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint programs. The ...
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Bracing for Cisco Earnings (CSCO, HPQ, ORCL)

Posted: May 12, 2010 at 11:31 am

Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is on deck for earnings after the close of trading, and for technology and enterprise spending this will be one of the most important earnings ...
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Riots About To Move From Greece To Spain

Posted: May 12, 2010 at 11:18 am

Recently, Greece decided to cut pensions for its public workers as part of the austerity program  developed to bring its deficit from 13% of GDP to 3% in three years ...
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Green Mountain Now One With Diedrich, Time To Execute (GMCR, PEET)

Posted: May 12, 2010 at 10:54 am

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) has completed its acquisition of Diedrich Coffee.  Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc. (NASDAQ: PEET) was in a fight to secure Diedrich, but Green ...
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T-Mobile Almost No Help to Deutsche Telekom (DT, T, VZ, S, AAPL, GOOG)

Posted: May 12, 2010 at 10:18 am

German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG (NYSE: DT) reported better-than-expected profit today of $967 million on revenues of about $19.91 billion. Analysts were expecting profit of about $900 million on ...
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The Chesapeake Stock You Want But Can’t Invest In (CHK)

Posted: May 12, 2010 at 10:08 am

Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) is out with a private placement of convertible preferred shares this morning in a $600 million capital raise.  Chances are extremely high that even if ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (ACHN, AEZS, BIDU, CRUS, CSCO, ERTS, HBAN, NBG, VVUS)

Posted: May 12, 2010 at 8:57 am

Many stocks are on the move this morning.  Today's top day trader and active trader alerts are in Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHN), AEterna Zentaris, Inc. (NASDAQ: AEZS), Baidu, Inc. ...
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A Hiccup in Flash Memory Prices? (SNDK)

Posted: May 12, 2010 at 8:30 am

SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) has what feels like the good side of a perfect storm pushing it.  As the leader and pure-play in flash memory, it is a winner in ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (APC, DCAI, HBAN, LDK, MCK, NLC, PEP, PM, POT, RIG)

Posted: May 12, 2010 at 8:10 am

These are some of the top research calls for upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen by Wall Street analysts this Wednesday morning: Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) Cut to Perform at ...
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Short Sellers Hope Silicon Valley Gets Mauled

Posted: May 12, 2010 at 6:16 am

Short sellers are making large bets that tech shares have reached their high point and are likely to sell off based on data from the NASDAQ and NYSE as of ...
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Very Little For Germany In A United Europe

Posted: May 12, 2010 at 5:59 am

The head of the IMF, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has encouraged European nations to join forces more closely by aligning their economies more tightly to combat future disasters like the Greek debt crisis. ...
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American Concern About Immigration Balloons

Posted: May 12, 2010 at 5:35 am

Concern about employment has dominated American's worries over the last several quarters, according to Gallup.  Surprisingly, or perhaps not upon reflection of the events in Arizona, immigration has become a ...
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Starbucks Goes Further Down Market To Protect Its Turf

Posted: May 12, 2010 at 5:10 am

Starbucks Corp (NASDAQ: SBUX), the home of the $4 latte, has moved down market for some time to defend its turf against firms like McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) which offer less expensive "designer" ...
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The Power Of Brands: Google + Verizon Take On Apple

Posted: May 12, 2010 at 4:43 am

Apple Inc'.s (NASDAQ: AAPL) products are so successful that when it comes to competing with them, every company that tries gets a swing at the pinata. Very few hit it, ...
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Media Digest 5/11/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 12, 2010 at 3:40 am

Reuters:   The SEC said there was no single cause of the market plunge. Reuters:   The Senate approved a single audit of the Fed. Reuters:   Morgan Stanley Group (NYSE: MS) is ...
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