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Monthly Archives: August 2010

American Workers Lose As Russia Invades the Jersey Shore

Posted: August 23, 2010 at 1:10 pm

A young Russian woman capably sat my family at an Ocean City, New Jersey restaurant during our recent vacation.  A day later I saw the same person working at a ...
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OPEC 2011 Revenues Expected to Top 2010′s Surge

Posted: August 23, 2010 at 10:22 am

The US Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration has released its August estimate of net revenue that the EIA expects to OPEC countries to earn in 2010 and 2011. The ...
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Top Active Trader Alerts (PAR, ISLN, CML, FAS, JAZZ, MTXX, POT, SAFM, WCRX)

Posted: August 23, 2010 at 8:54 am

There are many stocks for active traders and day traders to pick from this Monday morning, and most are not on earnings.  We are tracking key trading action in 3PAR, ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors 8/23/2010

Posted: August 23, 2010 at 8:50 am

Updated throughout. Potash (POT) may get bids from Sinochem or Brazil's Vale (Bloomberg) SAB Miller and Asahi Breweries at looking at Foster's beer operations. Douglas A. McIntyre ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (8/23/2010)

Posted: August 23, 2010 at 8:42 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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A Housing Dip Wouldn’t Signal a Recession

Posted: August 23, 2010 at 8:35 am

By John Tamny of Forbes Contrary to the popular view that a decline in housing would drive the economy into recession, it's the government's unwillingess to let housing correct downward ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BAC, COCO, FSLR, GPC, ITRI, MTXX, NOK, BQI, ROSE, SBIB, ZEP)

Posted: August 23, 2010 at 8:24 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades and downgrades seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning: Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) Raised to Accumulate at Standpoint. ...
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Campbell Looks at Diversification Overseas (CPB, BX)

Posted: August 23, 2010 at 8:08 am

Campbell Soup Co. (NYSE: CPB) may be stealing a page from the global M&A playbook.  The Sunday Times reported that Campbell is considering making a 1.5 billion pound, roughly $2.3 ...
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Dell Trumped: H-P Bids For 3PAR (DELL, HPQ, PAR)

Posted: August 23, 2010 at 7:39 am

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) was getting criticized for its super-premium buyout of 3PAR, Inc. (NYSE: PAR).  That criticism may have been overstated.  Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) has just trumped Dell ...
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Battle Heats Up As Potash Rejects BHP Bid

Posted: August 23, 2010 at 6:31 am

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT announced that its Board of Directors  voted unanimously to reject the unsolicited offer by BHP Billiton Development 2 (Canada) Limited, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary ...
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The No.1 Threat To Starbucks: Coffee Prices Soar

Posted: August 23, 2010 at 6:25 am

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) has made a remarkable recovery. Earnings rose in the last three quarters. Cost savings driven by 12,000 layoffs and hundreds of store closings in 2008 have significantly ...
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24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings: Week 32

Posted: August 23, 2010 at 5:51 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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M&A May Be Crushed By New Economic Concerns

Posted: August 23, 2010 at 5:41 am

M&A is back and investment bankers across the world are counting on large deals to make them highly profitable again. The mergers business was hurt by the economic downturn, M&A ...
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The American Jobs Picture: The Overweight And Smokers Need Not Apply

Posted: August 23, 2010 at 5:19 am

Under federal law, potential workers cannot be discriminated against for almost any reason including race, religion, or ethnicity. It turns out that what the federal government says businesses are required ...
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US Consumer’s Positive Opinions Of Cars Industry Soars

Posted: August 23, 2010 at 5:04 am

It has been decades since US car companies and their products were viewed as superior to their foreign counterparts, particularly those made by Japanese automakers.  Positive ratings of the automobile ...
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