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Monthly Archives: August 2010

Nearly Half Of Americans Feel Underpaid

Posted: August 20, 2010 at 5:05 am

Forty-five percent of Americans believe they are underpaid. The number should probably be 100%. How many people actually believe that their talents are not worth more money? The press has ...
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Media Digest (8/20/2010)

Posted: August 20, 2010 at 4:04 am

Reuters:   Korean National Oil made a bid for UK firm Dana Petroleum Reuters:   Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) shares dropped on concern about a tech slowdown. Reuters:   Potash ...
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Droid’s Increasing Popularity Threatens Apple

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 8:12 pm

Early sales figures of Motorola’s (NYSE: MOT) Droid 2 show that the smartphone is doing extremely well, with estimates of the product selling 150,000-200,000 units in its first week.  Many ...
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H-P Sticks To Its Earnings Story (HPQ)

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 4:38 pm

Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) had already telegraphed its earnings and revenue expectations when it dropped the ball over the Mark Hurd fiasco.  Today was the official release and earnings were ...
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Dell Results Weak: Another Reason For Michael Dell To Leave

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 4:34 pm

The market did not like Dell's earnings and sold the shares down 3% after hours to $11.70. The performance give the Dell board of directors yet another reason to fire ...
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S&P: On Deflation & Double Dip Risk at 25% Chance

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 1:45 pm

The arguments and debates over deflation versus hyper-inflation continue.  The argument over real slow sluggish growth versus a double-dip recession also continues.  Standard & Poor's has issued a report called ...
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Starbucks Ready To Expand In Brazil (SBUX)

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 1:18 pm

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) has just announced that it is taking control of Starbucks Brazil.  The company has assumed 100% ownership and 100% operating control of Starbucks Brazil through the ...
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First Niagra Slowly Becoming a Super-Regional Bank After NewAlliance Deal (FNFG, NAL)

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 12:51 pm

First Niagara Financial Group Inc. (NASDAQ: FNFG) is on its way to becoming a super-regional bank rather than just a regional bank.  That is after its announced $1.5 billion acquisition ...
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360-Degree Earnings Previews: Dell vs. H-P (DELL, HPQ)

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 12:08 pm

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) and Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) are both slated to report earnings today right after the close.  Poor economic data followed by a poor market response has ...
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Dear Philly Fed, Is Business Really Dying?

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 11:24 am

If you have gone through earnings season and listened to conference calls and read through conference call transcripts in the manner we have and compared the corporate outlooks to economic ...
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Goldman Sachs Cuts Big Bank Targets & Estimates (GS, BAC, C, JPM, MS, PNC, USB, WFC)

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 10:51 am

If no one wants to borrow money even as long-term interest rates are low and going lower, then it's hard to see how a bank is going to make money. ...
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CBO: Deficit Will Be Huge But Not Massive

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 10:34 am

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the federal budget deficit for 2010 will exceed $1.3 trillion—$71 billion below last year's total and $27 billion lower than the amount that ...
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Berkshire Hathaway & Options Expiration Effect (BRK-B)

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 10:23 am

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) is not a stock that most investors have traditionally thought of as a stock which can be influenced by stock options. After all, stock option ...
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New Data: The Economy Is In The Latrine

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 10:22 am

The economy is dying and the process is accelerating by the day now. The Conference Board released extremely weak data. The Leading Economic Index for the U.S. increased 0.1% in ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (SYMC, CHKP, BRCD, BSDM, MNKD, NTAP, PETM, STEM)

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 9:03 am

Day traders and active traders have many movers this Wednesday morning to choose from.  The top alerts were seen in Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC), Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: ...
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