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Monthly Archives: July 2010

More Data Against A Double-Dip Recession

Posted: July 14, 2010 at 12:05 pm

If you have watched the ticker tape, July's trading action is signaling much less of a chance of a true double-dip recession than what was being telegraphed during the gloom ...
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Home Health Care Providers Under Scrutiny (LHCG, AMED, AFAM, GTIV)

Posted: July 14, 2010 at 11:28 am

Properly used, home health care can save billions of dollars annually in health care expenditures. Sending a patient home and then sending a professional nurse or therapist to visit them ...
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Northrop Closure Signals Troubled Times For Defense (NOC)

Posted: July 14, 2010 at 11:05 am

Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: NOC) is outlining some of the larger issues in the defense and military spending sector.  The budget for many major defense programs is far less clear ...
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Reality Sets in at Playboy (PLA)

Posted: July 14, 2010 at 9:51 am

It seems that the bid by Hugh Hefner and Rizvi Traverse may already have issues.  While some law firms announced "investigations" into whether the terms were fair, it seems at ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (BP, CTIC, GTIV, INTC, AMD, ASML, NVDA, SMH, JTX, LHCG, VVUS)

Posted: July 14, 2010 at 8:38 am

There are many stocks on the move for day traders and active traders this Wednesday morning now that earnings season has launched.  Today's top alerts are in BP plc (NYSE: ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADCT, ALL, AMSC, BSX, CSIQ, ENOC, ITRI, JASO, KBH, LIFE, MDT, PLD, RYL, SHW, TSL, VVUS, YGE)

Posted: July 14, 2010 at 8:06 am

These are some of this Wednesday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street firms: ADC Telecommunications Inc. (NASDAQ: ADCT) Cut to Hold at Jefferies. Allstate ...
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Oil Keeps Gushing, As US Dithers

Posted: July 14, 2010 at 5:59 am

BP plc (NYSE; BP) has delayed putting its new cap in place over the pipe that is spewing oil 5,000 feet below the Gulf of Mexico's surface. It believes that ...
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GE’s Immelt–A Strategic Retreat

Posted: July 14, 2010 at 5:45 am

Three weeks ago, GE (NYSE: GE) CEO Jeff Immelt made a uncharacteristic attack on China's business policies.“I am not sure that in the end they want any of us to ...
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4.7 Workers For Every Job

Posted: July 14, 2010 at 5:22 am

The Labor Department said that in May there were 4.7 workers looking for work for each available job. Hiring rose during the month, but it due to Census workers getting ...
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The Trade Gap And The Yuan, Gone And Forgotten

Posted: July 14, 2010 at 5:01 am

For some reason, the huge trade gap announcement did not stir much concern in Congress about the value of the yuan. The figure rose to $42.3 billion in May. Instead ...
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The American Ecomomy Can Heal Itself, If Only The Economy Would Help

Posted: July 14, 2010 at 4:46 am

The stock market is back to where it was a month ago. The frightening sell-off is over. Now that Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has posted spectacular results, Wall St. believes that ...
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Media Digest 7/14/2020 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 14, 2010 at 4:01 am

Reuters:   The financial reform bill should pass within days. Reuters:   Intel (NYSE: INTC) posted stronger than expected earnings. Reuters:   Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) blamed driver error for some problems with ...
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Intel Strong Enough For Peers (INTC, AMD, SMH, MU, AMAT)

Posted: July 13, 2010 at 4:34 pm

Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) was halted for its "best ever" earnings release, something we do not always see.  Earnings were $0.51 EPS on $10.77 billion in revenues.  Consensus estimates from ...
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Yum!… When Raised Guidance Isn’t Really Raised (YUM)

Posted: July 13, 2010 at 4:19 pm

Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) has just beat earnings, although the guidance is lackluster  This is the one in its segment we believe has the safest dividend of its peers ...
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Outsourcing Firms Might Face Cost Crunch (INFY, WIT)

Posted: July 13, 2010 at 1:40 pm

The three largest firms in the outsourcing business are based in India. The leader is Tata Consultancy Services, followed by Infosys Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY) and Wipro Ltd. (NYSE: WIT). ...
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