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Monthly Archives: July 2010

A New Way To Gyp Cable TV Subscribers

Posted: July 9, 2010 at 5:09 am

The cable and telecom companies have come up with a new way to get more money out of their subscribers. They will offer less expensive plans with many fewer "stations". ...
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China No Currency Manipulator, At Least Not By US Government Standards

Posted: July 9, 2010 at 4:50 am

The Treasury Department decided not to name China as a currency manipulator in a cleverly worded decision. The opinion was part of a Treasury report to Congress-- the "Semi-Annual Report ...
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Media Digest 7/0/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 9, 2010 at 3:52 am

Reuters:   The US did not name China a currency manipulator. Reuters:   Most money managers don't believe the U.S. is in a double-dip recession -- yet. Reuters:   The IMF said housing ...
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Another Court Rejects Obama Oil Rig Shutdown

Posted: July 8, 2010 at 8:36 pm

Obama may never get his way as he tries to shut down deepwater drilling in the Gulf as a reaction to the BP disaster An appellate court upheld a ruling ...
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Top After-Hours Stocks on the Move (ACE, CPTS, CWTR, GPS, LWSN, NANO, NUHC, SCSC)

Posted: July 8, 2010 at 5:57 pm

There are several stocks on the move in after-hours trading tonight.  Some are on earnings and some are carry-over trades on the surface.  We have reviewed the moves and added ...
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National Employee Morale Day At Merck

Posted: July 8, 2010 at 4:03 pm

Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK) will dump 16,000 workers now that its merger with Schering-Plough well along. The company  announced plans to phase out operations at eight research sites ...
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Microsoft Bing Picks Up Market Share–A Rounding Error

Posted: July 8, 2010 at 3:39 pm

The research firm Hitwise reports that Microsoft Corporation's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Bing search engine market share rose 7% in June, from 9.23% to 9.85%. The number is probably within a the ...
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Direxion Quote Issues on Reverse Splits (FAS, GOOG, YHOO, ERY, DRV, TZA, TYP)

Posted: July 8, 2010 at 2:30 pm

If you trade triple-leverage ETFs, Direxion is no stranger to you.  And if you recall reverse stock splits becoming mandatory due to wild price moves, Direxion is no stranger to ...
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Commercial Real Estate Loan Restructurings Rise Dramatically

Posted: July 8, 2010 at 2:10 pm

The second half of the real-estate debacle was supposed to come in the second of half of 2010. The first part came in 2008, when the value of residential mortgage-backed ...
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Why Is Apple’s Stock Down? Android Gains On iPhone

Posted: July 8, 2010 at 2:02 pm

Apple Inc's (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock is down from its 52-week high of $279 to $256. One of the most significant reasons that although the iPhone, especially the latest version, is ...
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Container Shipping Rises While Commodity Shipping Slides

Posted: July 8, 2010 at 1:39 pm

Seaborne shipping is experiencing a boom and bust period now as container shipping is having a difficult time meeting demand while dry bulk shipping continues its free-fall. The Baltic Dry ...
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Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley Stung by Meredith Whitney (GS, MS)

Posted: July 8, 2010 at 1:19 pm

Meredith Whitney called the first banking and financial implosion right.  Then came the year-plus of a huge exponential rally where she stayed mostly very cautious in the sector for banks ...
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Berkshire Hathaway Analyst Duel: Buy vs. Sell (BRK-A, BRK-B, GS, SF)

Posted: July 8, 2010 at 12:04 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) and Warren Buffett are not supposed to be this controversial.  In fact, Mr. Buffett would probably tell you he'd rather be boring.  Yet, ...
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Netflix Battleground Status Becomes Only More Clear (NFLX)

Posted: July 8, 2010 at 10:33 am

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has become a true battleground stock where bulls and bears fight it out to the death.  With shares trading around $120.00, the Big-V is a concern: ...
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Summer Retail Sales, Focus on Price (COST, TGT, LTD, M, JWN, AEO, GPS, HOTT, WMT)

Posted: July 8, 2010 at 9:48 am

Retail sales reports for the month of June are arriving thick and fast this morning, but the news is lukewarm at best and the outlook for the back-to-school season is ...
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