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Monthly Archives: July 2010

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AET, AUO, COWN, MAR, MDT, MSFT, NUS, SNDK, WY, YHOO)

Posted: July 12, 2010 at 8:28 am

These are some of this Monday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street firms: Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Cut to Neutral at UBS. AU Optronics ...
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American Credit Scores Crash To New Lows

Posted: July 12, 2010 at 6:08 am

"Figures provided by FICO Inc. show that 25.5 percent of consumers — nearly 43.4 million people — now have a credit score of 599 or below, marking them as poor ...
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Toyota: Tesla’s Savior

Posted: July 12, 2010 at 5:46 am

Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM), a company in the midst of saving its own image and financial health, will extend a lifeline to a small and struggling car company--Tesla NASDAQ: TSLA), ...
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Japan Election: The First Blow To Global Austerity Plans

Posted: July 12, 2010 at 5:17 am

The ruling Japanese party, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), lost its control of the upper house of the nation's legislature. The results may make it harder for the DPJ ...
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24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings: Week 26

Posted: July 12, 2010 at 4:48 am

The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product ...
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Chronic Unemployment Crushes Health

Posted: July 12, 2010 at 4:39 am

Chronic unemployment undermines a person's sense of freedom in a free society. That is one of the reasons the extended economic downturn, in its third year and perhaps still in ...
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Media Digest 7/12/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 12, 2010 at 3:54 am

Reuters:   Profit surprises are likely for companies linked to the oil spill. Reuters:   Lawsuits against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and AT&T (NYSE: T) over service were certified as class actions. ...
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Exxon Mobil May Have Interest In BP Purchase

Posted: July 12, 2010 at 3:26 am

Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) may make an offer to buy BP plc (NYSE: BP). The shares in the UK company are up 7% on the rumor. BP may be in ...
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BP May Make Huge North American Asset Sale

Posted: July 11, 2010 at 2:10 pm

BP Plc  is in talks to sell up to $12 billion of assets, including a stake in Alaska's Prudhoe Bay, to Apache Corp to help pay for its Gulf of ...
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Airline Industry – Reality and Fiction: A 10 Year Look Back

Posted: July 11, 2010 at 11:41 am

Is "growth" really returning to the airline industry? Based on almost daily press releases, airlines appear to be adding new destinations every week Analysis by AirlineFinancials.com shows most airlines are ...
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BP Removes Well Cap, Oil Flows Freely

Posted: July 11, 2010 at 7:03 am

It is a risky move that could backfire. BP plc (NYSE: BP) will replace the current cap on its leaking well with a new one which could collect more crude. ...
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The Unusual Suspects For The Week Ahead (ANF, APC, BP, BIDU, FDO, GSK, GS, LGF, NANO, NBG, RIMM, AAPL, VVUS, WMT, WEN)

Posted: July 10, 2010 at 9:11 am

This week's cast of characters in the UNUSUAL SUSPECTS of stocks to watch does not include any earnings previews.  Those earnings have been given a separate calendar posted this morning.  ...
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China Trade Surplus Surges

Posted: July 10, 2010 at 7:42 am

Members of Congress who are trying to force the Obama Administration to label China as a "currency manipulator"  now have another weapon. The China Customers Bureau reported that the People's ...
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FDIC Closes Four More Banks, Annual Total At 90

Posted: July 10, 2010 at 7:15 am

The FDIC closed two more banks on Friday, bring the total for the year to 90. A total of 150 banks will be closed in 2010 based on the current ...
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This Week’s Can’t Miss Earnings (AA, CSX, INTC, YUM, JPM, GOOG, AMD, BAC, C, GE, BRK-A)

Posted: July 10, 2010 at 7:02 am

This coming week will be the launch of earnings season.  After the week is up, there will have been five of the thirty DJIA stocks reporting earnings.  The big earnings ...
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