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Monthly Archives: July 2010

Ten CEOs with the Largest Stock Option Grants: $230 Million In Compensation

Posted: July 23, 2010 at 1:09 pm

The following are the ten CEOs who received the largest stock option grants in 2009. Together, they enjoyed gains which totaled $230 million based on their value at the end ...
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EU’s Rigged Stress Tests Spare the Public PIIGS (NBG, AIB, IRE, STD, DB, BCS)

Posted: July 23, 2010 at 1:04 pm

After watching and looking through the EU Stress Test that was due today, we are so far seeing a rally in all the banks we had mentioned earlier as banks ...
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GE Brings Back Dividend & Buybacks, Some May Have Wanted More (GE)

Posted: July 23, 2010 at 12:37 pm

General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) could have picked a better time to release what we knew was coming, but at least it is finally here... GE's board of directors just ...
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Seven Of 91 Europe Banks Would Fail Stress Tests

Posted: July 23, 2010 at 12:36 pm

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors announced that seven out of 91 European banks failed its stress tests and would have had a Tier 1 capital ratio of less than ...
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E.U. Bank Stress Tests, Kissing the PIIGS (STD, DB, BCS, NBG, AIB, IRE)

Posted: July 23, 2010 at 10:29 am

The E.U. bank stress tests are due at 12:00 PM EST today, an interesting time considering that the U.S. will be the only active market. Many of the top banks ...
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US Treasury To Dump More Citigroup Shares, Perhaps Fearing The Impact Of Financial Reform

Posted: July 23, 2010 at 9:16 am

The US Treasury Department may have lost faith in Citigroup (NYSE: C), perhaps because  the new financial reform laws will undermine its earnings. What one hand giveth, the other taketh ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (AMZN, ARMH, ATHN, C, ETFC, F, ERIC, QLGC, KWK, SNDK)

Posted: July 23, 2010 at 9:04 am

We have many stocks on the move this morning for day traders and active traders to choose from.  Most are earnings, but some are not.  We have key and standout ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AGN, ARMH, ATHN, BIDU, CPNO, CRY, ERIC, NOK, PAA, RST, STI, TRV)

Posted: July 23, 2010 at 8:40 am

These are some of the more prominent analyst upgrades and downgrades seen this Friday morning from Wall Street research calls: Allergan Inc. (NYSE: AGN) Started as Outperform at Macquarie. ARM ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (7/23/2010)

Posted: July 23, 2010 at 8:38 am

Updated throughout the day. GM plans to file for an IPO the week of August 16 (various) Bank of America Corporation NYSE: BAC) plans to sell some of its private ...
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Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Watch (7/23/2010)

Posted: July 23, 2010 at 8:27 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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Blistering Growth At McDonald’s

Posted: July 23, 2010 at 8:16 am

It is extraordinary that the largest fast food chain is in the world's is also the one that is growing the most rapidly. But, that is the case with McDonald's ...
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Verizon: One-Time Charges Weigh, Growth Slows, 4G Coming

Posted: July 23, 2010 at 8:12 am

Verizon posted very modest quarterly result which included a charge for lay-off, slow growth in its wireless and broadband-to-the-home products, and a further deteriorating of its legacy landline business. Verizon ...
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Ford Delivers: Strong Earnings

Posted: July 23, 2010 at 7:25 am

Ford's recovery is now complete, if it was not already. Ford reported second quarter net income of $2.6 billion, or $.61 per share, a $338 million improvement from second quarter ...
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In China, The Smuggling Of Apple iPads Begins

Posted: July 23, 2010 at 5:52 am

China is well-known for its theft of intellectual property and products which are not readily available in its markets. Microsoft (MSFT) has had to deal with the piracy of Windows ...
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ECB President Calls For Austerity Around The World

Posted: July 23, 2010 at 5:34 am

Austerity is not just the antidote for the financial trouble in Europe, says ECB head Jean-Claude Trichet.  It is time for the industrial nations all to cut spending sharply and ...
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