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Top Day Trader Alerts (ARNA, AVII, BIDU, BAC, C, GOOG, OREX, PLCM, VVUS)

Posted: July 16, 2010 at 9:09 am

We have many names on the move, some tied to earnings and some not.  This Friday's top day trader alerts and active trader alerts have been seen in Arena Pharmaceuticals, ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (7/16/2010)

Posted: July 16, 2010 at 8:56 am

Updated throughout the day. Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) will not recall its iPhone 4 (various) Two private equity groups will make final bids in a $1.6 billion battle for control ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ATHN, BP, OHI, FII, JPM, GS, LVS, MOS, RBA, RGLD, VVUS, VOD, WYNN)

Posted: July 16, 2010 at 8:40 am

These are some of this Friday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street firms: Athenahealth (NASDAQ: ATHN) Started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo. BP ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Stock Market Report 7.16.2010 The Wisdom Of Crowds

Posted: July 16, 2010 at 8:39 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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GE Improves: Energy Ops Drag, NBCU Bright Spot

Posted: July 16, 2010 at 6:41 am

GE announced today second-quarter 2010 earnings from continuing operations (attributable to GE) of $3.3 billion, with EPS of $0.30 per share up 15% from the second quarter of 2009. ...
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24/7 Wall St. CEOs Who Need to be Fired: Nine for 2010

Posted: July 16, 2010 at 6:13 am

Public companies dismiss CEOs all the time. The firings can be due to incompetence, malfeasance, or tensions with boards of directors or founders. 24/7 Wall St. has chosen nine sitting CEOs ...
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As Apple Fixes One iPhone Problem, Another Looms

Posted: July 16, 2010 at 6:00 am

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) will have its big press conference today. Ahead of the event the company is in the midst of offering software and other solutions to weak signal ...
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Half Of Social Network Users Fear Privacy Issues As They Should

Posted: July 16, 2010 at 5:43 am

Many users of social media networks are worried that the companies that own the networks "spy" on them. Most of these privacy issues have to do with the websites giving ...
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As Goldman Settles, Main Street Loses

Posted: July 16, 2010 at 5:17 am

It is too easy to say that the average American expects law-breakers to go to prison or at least receive extreme punishment. Neither of those things happened in the SEC ...
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Video Game Sales Remain Depressed, Wii Loses Ground

Posted: July 16, 2010 at 4:54 am

Video game sales were down again in June. The introduction of new games and cut in console prices by Microsoft Corporation (NYSE: MSFT), Sony (NYSE: SNE), and Nintendo (OTC:NTDOY) have ...
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Media Digest 7/16/2010

Posted: July 16, 2010 at 4:02 am

MarketWatch:   AgBank rose after its debut on the Hong Kong market. Reuters:   Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) settled with the SEC for $550 million. Reuters:   BP plc (NYSE: BP) capped ...
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Goldman Sachs Settles With SEC For Mere $550 Million, Shares Rise

Posted: July 15, 2010 at 4:43 pm

The SEC once again proved that it cannot complete a large case against a major company. In a settlement that looks like those that it made with Bank of ...
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Google Earnings Trend Becomes That of Disappointment (GOOG)

Posted: July 15, 2010 at 4:38 pm

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has another round of earnings which are not going to be good enough for many.  The search behemoth posted earnings of $6.45 EPS on ex-TAC revenues ...
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European Auto Sales Continue to Slide

Posted: July 15, 2010 at 4:33 pm

Sales of new cars in Europe, as measured by new car registrations, dropped in June for the third consecutive month. The slide is attributed to the end of what the ...
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Google Earnings Set to Move Peers, a Full Preview (GOOG, BIDU, YHOO, MSFT, AAPL)

Posted: July 15, 2010 at 11:54 am

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is on deck for earnings after the close.  We have given a full review and preview for earnings, along with what analyst targets are, what the ...
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