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Monthly Archives: May 2010

The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Stock Market Report 5.28.2010 The Wisdom Of Crowds?

Posted: May 28, 2010 at 8:47 am

Updated throughout the day. 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 ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (IRE, BCSI, FNFG, MON, OVTI, PG, RHT, TGT, WFC, WMT)

Posted: May 28, 2010 at 8:28 am

These are some of this morning's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning: Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) Raised to Buy at ...
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The iPad Goes To Asia

Posted: May 28, 2010 at 5:49 am

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) has begun to sell its highly successful iPad in Asia. The company shipped one million units in the first month it was sold  in the US. ...
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China Workers Strike, Labor Issues Move Beyond Europe

Posted: May 28, 2010 at 5:32 am

China's financial sovereign interests are worried about Europe, and there are rumors that they may sell debt from the region if it does not stabilize. Part of the trouble in ...
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The French Question Euro Bailout

Posted: May 28, 2010 at 5:17 am

The German's are known for being sticklers about rules. The French not so much. But, Pierre Lellouche, France's European minister, told the Financial Times that the bailout of Greece and ...
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Prudential Purchase Of AIA: US Taxpayers Don’t Offer Bargains

Posted: May 28, 2010 at 5:01 am

Prudential plc, anxious to buy the AIA unit of American International Group (NYSE: AIG), can't raise the money. So, it wants a better price than the $35.5 billion it agreed ...
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Media Digest 5/28/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 28, 2010 at 3:56 am

Reuters:   Ford Motor (NYSE: F) may kill the Mercury  brand. Reuters:   Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is finding a flood of Asian buyers for the iPad. Reuters:   Prudential plc is in ...
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Lumber Prices Have Crashed On Weak Outlook For Builders

Posted: May 27, 2010 at 2:03 pm

On May 17th and May 25th, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange stopped trading in lumber futures because the contract price had fallen by the maximum allowable amount of $10. On ...
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SunPower/AUO J-V Only Prelude to More Solar M&A Activity (SPWRA, SPWRB, AUO, WFR, AMAT)

Posted: May 27, 2010 at 12:59 pm

SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB) is following the trend of deals in the solar sector.  This is a Joint Venture rather than real M&A, but it has announced a definitive ...
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CBOE Sets Initial IPO Terms (CBOE)

Posted: May 27, 2010 at 12:38 pm

If you are a fan of initial public offerings for the actual securities exchanges out there, the CBOE IPO terms have been set and the deal is not getting much ...
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China Oil Imports Now Second Only To U.S.

Posted: May 27, 2010 at 11:53 am

In 2009, for the first time, Chinese oil imports surpassed domestic production. China imported 52% of its crude oil last year and projections had called for a 10% increase ...
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Oil’s Real Risk Over BP: Very Active Hurricane Season

Posted: May 27, 2010 at 11:44 am

Tacking hurricanes before hurricane season starts is generally considered guesswork.  Some years are predicted to be huge and they year ends up having few or no major hurricanes strike land.  ...
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Apple Beats Microsoft in Market Value (MSFT, AAPL)

Posted: May 27, 2010 at 10:46 am

An analyst upgrade of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has changed up the order again this morning, but as of yesterday's close it was Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) that held the ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (5/27/2010)

Posted: May 27, 2010 at 8:59 am

Updated throughout the day. Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) wealth management customers are in danger of leaving the firm (Reuters) Sovereign debt issues outside Europe will pick up (CNBC) Sony ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (AIXG, BP, FSII, LEHMQ, NTAP, RMBS, PAY)

Posted: May 27, 2010 at 8:56 am

Today's top day trader and active trader alerts are Aixtron Aktiengesellschaft (NASDAQ: AIXG), BP plc (NYSE: BP), FSI International, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSII), Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEHMQ), NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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