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Monthly Archives: June 2010

The Unusual Suspects (APOL, STD, BDX, BBY, BP, CTIC, FDX, NFLX, NLST, QCOR, ROSE, WEN, APEI, COCO, UPS)

Posted: June 12, 2010 at 11:05 am

This weekend's edition of the UNUSUAL SUSPECTS is an unusual list indeed.  We have many big issues to watch for the coming week.  Our cast of characters in the UNUSUAL ...
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The Joys Of Burning Off The Gulf Spill

Posted: June 12, 2010 at 10:15 am

And, this is just one example ...
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Warren Buffett Lunch Sells For $2.63 Million On Ebay

Posted: June 12, 2010 at 7:11 am

Warren Buffett's annual auction, the prize of which is to have lunch with the Oracle of Omaha, sold for $2.63 million on Ebay (NASDAQ: EBAY). According to Reuters, "Proceeds benefit ...
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The TARP Money-Back Guarantee

Posted: June 11, 2010 at 6:47 pm

The Treasury Department reported that in May TARP repayments to taxpayers have, for the first time, surpassed the total amount of TARP funds outstanding. "Treasury's report showed that, through the ...
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Droid Sales Booming For Motorola

Posted: June 11, 2010 at 2:23 pm

After fumbling around in the feature phone business for the past couple of years, Motorola Inc. (NYSE:MOT) is now struggling with something else -- success. Its Droid phone, which uses ...
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What Is GM Worth? $50 Billion

Posted: June 11, 2010 at 12:58 pm

GM is likely to go public within the next three quarters, particularly if the economy avoids a double dip recession. The rumor is that JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) and Morgan ...
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Johnson & Johnson Criticized for Not Cooperating with Congressional Investigation

Posted: June 11, 2010 at 12:22 pm

Over the last eight months, Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) has  recalled four popular over-the-counter products. The latest recall was announced in April for Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl, and Zyrtec made ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (ARST, BP, XIDE, MDNU, RPRX, SQNM, WEN)

Posted: June 11, 2010 at 8:58 am

There are several big movers this morning for day traders and active traders that look for stocks with gap-ups or gap-downs.  Stocks with news or events causing moves are ArcSight, ...
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Retail Sales Collapse

Posted: June 11, 2010 at 8:47 am

The U.S. Census Bureau announced that advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for May, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (6/11/2010)

Posted: June 11, 2010 at 8:34 am

Updated throughout the day. BP plc (NYSE: BP) may cut or defer its dividend (various) Spain may have asked the EU for financial aid (various) The FBI is preparing a ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AEO, BMY, CAGC, CEO, STZ, FO, HL, MHS, WFR, SQNM, X, WAG)

Posted: June 11, 2010 at 8:32 am

These are some of this Friday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO) Raised to Buy at ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Stock Market Report 6.11.2010 The Wisdom Of Crowds?

Posted: June 11, 2010 at 8:27 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 have ...
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BP Relief Wells Make Quick Progress

Posted: June 11, 2010 at 8:08 am

With government estimates for daily oil leakage upped to as much as 40,000 barrels a day and BP plc (NYSE: BP) claims only capturing about 15,000 barrels, the rush to ...
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VW Sales Surge As It Pushes For Spot As World Top Car Company

Posted: June 11, 2010 at 6:40 am

VW wants to be the world's No.1 car company, and may reach that goal through its merger with Porsche. The top spot has changed hands in the last two years ...
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BP Chairman To Meet Obama June 16

Posted: June 11, 2010 at 6:09 am

BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg has been asked to meet with President Obama on June 16, and he will accept the invitation. Many critics have maintained that Svanberg has remained aloof ...
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