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Monthly Archives: July 2010

Arguments Against A Double-Dip Recession: 15 Economic Safety Nets (GOOG, NBG, IRE, TLT, SPY, DIA, BP, XOM, CVX, GLD, CAT, POT, TLSA, BRK-A, GE)

Posted: July 9, 2010 at 3:51 pm

Maybe the markets felt directionless for most of Friday ahead of earnings season, but the trading action of this week might make some wonder if a Double-Dip Recession is less ...
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China Puts Up More Money to Build Solar Capacity (YGE, STP, TSL, WFR, FSLR, SPWRA)

Posted: July 9, 2010 at 1:26 pm

The government-owned China Development Bank has just made its third massive loan to one of the country's solar energy makers, bringing its total commitment to about $17 billion. The combined ...
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Aircraft Builders Compete for Air Force Tanker Contract Again

Posted: July 9, 2010 at 12:07 pm

Maybe the third time will be the charm. Today marks the closing date for bids to build a new refueling tanker for the US Air Force. Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) ...
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Green Dot Sets IPO Terms (GDOT, WMT)

Posted: July 9, 2010 at 11:17 am

Prepaid financial services are coming back, a classic sign of the times that many people will be left with no credit at all or with very little credit for years.  ...
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R-I-M’s Revenge: NTP Goes After Apple, Google, and More (RIMM, AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, MOT)

Posted: July 9, 2010 at 10:21 am

Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) has its old enemy, and perhaps new best friend, back in the market of suing smartphone makers after being dark for some time.  The ...
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IMF Identifies Europe as Risk to Global Recovery

Posted: July 9, 2010 at 10:13 am

By Heather Horn On Wednesday, the IMF released a report revising world growth forecasts. The U.S. is now predicted to do somewhat, and global growth has been revised upwards overall. ...
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Are Unemployment Benefits a Blessing or a Curse?

Posted: July 9, 2010 at 9:25 am

When the US Congress left town for its Fourth of July recess, one of the last things the Senate did was to deny the Obama administration's proposal to extend funding ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (7/9/2010)

Posted: July 9, 2010 at 9:00 am

Updated throughout the day. Deutsche Bank AG , Commerzbank AG and Deutsche Postbank will probably pass Europe stress tests. (Bloomberg) Singapore may pass China as the fastest growing economy in ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (ACE, BIDU, BP, CPTS, LWSN, MSG, NANO, SCSC)

Posted: July 9, 2010 at 8:58 am

Many stocks are on the move for day traders and active traders when you consider this is a summer Friday and earnings season is not yet started.  Today's top alerts ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Stock Market Report 7.9.2010 The Wisdom Of Crowds

Posted: July 9, 2010 at 8:51 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 (AU, BBY, COST, DRWI, JNS, MYGN, NSC, GOLD)

Posted: July 9, 2010 at 8:42 am

These are some of the top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street firms: AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs Best Buy ...
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China Renews Google License

Posted: July 9, 2010 at 7:14 am

Google Inc said that the Chinese authorities had renewed its China-based search page license, according to Reuters. Douglas A. McIntyre ...
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Mortgage Rates Hit A Record Low — Again

Posted: July 9, 2010 at 6:00 am

Freddie Mac reports that mortgage rates hit another record low of 4.57% on a 30 year fixed home loan last week. That is down from the previous record low hit ...
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Now It Is The Rich Who Abandon Their Homes

Posted: July 9, 2010 at 5:48 am

The rich are not selling their homes because they cannot find buyers. So like the rest of the 11 million US mortgage holders in the US with underwater mortgages, they ...
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Yahoo! Cuts Deal With Zillow For Real Estate Listings

Posted: July 9, 2010 at 5:32 am

Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) will outsource its real estate section to  Zillow, a popular listings site. The transaction calls for Zillow.com to oversee a network that will place home listings and ...
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