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Monthly Archives: July 2010

GE’s Cleantech Venture Fund Targets Grid, Batteries, and Electric Vehicles (GE)

Posted: July 13, 2010 at 1:12 pm

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is touting its new initiative for smarter power usage, which is from the power grid to plug-in electric vehicles, and a home energy command center.  ...
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June’s Large Short Interest Changes in Major Cult Stocks (ALU, ABK, BGP, BRCD, C, DRYS, NOK, PMI, BPOP, RAD, SIRI, S, UNG, VG)

Posted: July 13, 2010 at 12:35 pm

Many traders and investors love the active penny-stocks and low-priced stocks, and the short interest is often used as a measure for or against the shares of the active cult ...
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Intel Preview, 360-Degree Review (INTC, AMD)

Posted: July 13, 2010 at 11:45 am

After the close of trading today we will get the second of the 30 DJIA components reporting earnings: Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC).  We wanted to give a full 360-degree review ...
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BP and Exxon Mobil to Merge? Don’t Bet on It

Posted: July 13, 2010 at 10:19 am

By John Hudson Amid speculation that Exxon Mobil and Chevron are looking to prepare a hostile bid for BP, the troubled oil giant is trading at its highest level since ...
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Chevron Expects Improved Profits on Refining Gains (CVX, BP, XOM, COP)

Posted: July 13, 2010 at 10:12 am

Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) has released its interim update for the 2010 second quarter ahead of its earnings release scheduled for July 30th. Chevron expects earnings to rise about first ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (AA, CENX, BP, CVLT, MBI, ABK, OREX, SQNM, VVUS)

Posted: July 13, 2010 at 8:58 am

There are many stocks on the move for day traders and active traders this Tuesday morning now that earnings season has launched.  Today's top alerts are in Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (7/13/2010)

Posted: July 13, 2010 at 8:42 am

Updated throughout the day. American International Group (NYSE: AIG) may begin the process for an AIA IPO. (Reuters) Avis (NYSE: CAR) will top the Hertz (NYSE: HTZ) bid for Dollar-Thrifty. ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Stock Market Report 7.13.2010 The Wisdom Of Crowds

Posted: July 13, 2010 at 8:30 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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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AET, ATPG, BAC, C, CVS, FITB, GS, HEW, JPM, MS, NTRS, STT, UNH, VIP, WFC, WLP)

Posted: July 13, 2010 at 8:29 am

These are some of this Tuesday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street firms: Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Started as Hold at Citigroup. ATP Oil ...
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Shorts Flee Strongest Stocks

Posted: July 13, 2010 at 5:58 am

Stocks with strong balance sheets that are likely to post good earnings have lost their interest for short sellers. Base on data as of June 30, short sellers abandoned the ...
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GlaxoSmithKline: Another Drug Company Runs Afoul Of The Truth

Posted: July 13, 2010 at 5:40 am

GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK), like a number of pharmaceutical companies before it, has run up against the truth about one of its drugs. According to The New York Times, "In the ...
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Contagion Redux: Moody’s Downgrades Portugal Too Late

Posted: July 13, 2010 at 4:57 am

Moody's downgraded  Portugal's government bond ratings two notches to A1 from Aa2. The outlook for the debt was listed as stable. Oddly enough, the stock indexes in the region did ...
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The 24/7 Wall St. Fifty Least Trustworthy Companies in America, A Look Back

Posted: July 13, 2010 at 4:26 am

24/7 Wall St. reviewed the performance of the 50 companies on our “Least Transparent” list for the month of June, and as might be expected, the returns were dreadful.  In ...
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Media Digest 7/13/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 13, 2010 at 3:53 am

MarketWatch:   Moody's downgraded Portugal two notches to A1 Reuters:   BP plc (NYSE: BP) will test a new oil cap in place. Reuters:   The Wall St. reform bill is nearing a ...
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Ten Worst Real Estate Markets In America

Posted: July 12, 2010 at 9:38 pm

More than 26% of the homes for sale nationwide cut their asking prices in June. The average price cut was 6.25%. The highest median price cut was 11.55%, in Flint, ...
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