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Monthly Archives: August 2010

Jobless Claims Going From Bad To Worse: 500,000

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 8:38 am

The Labor Department is out with its latest round of weekly jobless claims.  It is uglier than a hat full of toes and fingers.  The new figure was 500,000 for ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (8/19/2010)

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 8:35 am

Updated throughout the day. The Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 4 and iPad will go on sales in China via China Unicom  (NYSE: CHU) (Caixin) India has found a way ...
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Intel Changes The Game With McAfee Buyout (INTC, MFE, SYMC, CHKP)

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 8:31 am

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) has made a game changing event.  It announced that it is acquiring McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE) via a Business Wire press release.  The $7.68 billion deal ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report: Sears Falters, American Air Soaks Customers

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 8:21 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 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ANF, ARUN, CRUS, DGI, ECA, GPS, MOT, OTEX, SIRI, SYMC)

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 8:17 am

These are some of this Thursday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms: Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Raised to Accumulate at ...
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Yingli, A Solar Beat (YGE)

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 8:15 am

Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. (NYSE: YGE) was indicated higher after earnings, but the trading volume is still too thin to make a judgment.  Yingli looks like it is ...
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GM’s IPO Hurdle: Investors Don’t Want Shares (GM, F)

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 7:26 am

GM's largest problem for the IPO seems to be investor skepticism.  Late yesterday came the SEC filing paperwork from General Motors for its long awaited initial public offering.  There has ...
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American Airlines: Sit Up Front For A Fee

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 6:20 am

Airlines that used to offer free baggage service and food now charge for those services along with almost everything else a passenger would want. Soon there will be a toll ...
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Will Mark Hurd Go To Dell?

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 6:00 am

Mark Hurd's exit from Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) was based on his bad judgment, bad manners, or bad behavior. None make him any less of a highly skilled technology CEO, perhaps ...
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Apple iPhone 4 And iPad About To Hit China

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 5:35 am

There are already grey market versions of the iPhone 4 and iPad on sale in China, many of them brought in through Hong Kong. And, there are a number of ...
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Small Businesses Dominate Job Losses

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 5:14 am

Job losses at companies with fewer than 50 workers eclipsed larger companies when it comes to job cuts according to new data from the Labor Department. The information covers the ...
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The Safest National Debt In The World: And It’s Not From The US

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 4:33 am

Nations with strong credit ratings did not experience the sovereign debt crisis that affected countries like Greece, Iceland, and Spain. Many countries with good credit ratings avoided the crisis because, ...
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Media Digest 8/19/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 4:05 am

Reuters:   There do not appear to be any bids to rival BHP Billiton's (NYSE: BHP) for Potash (NYSE: POT) Reuters:   A US government agency is considering more self-regulation for oil ...
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The Shack’s New Buyback, Sign of No Acquirers (RSH, BBY)

Posted: August 18, 2010 at 5:08 pm

RadioShack Corporation (NYSE: RSH)  has had a buyout premium for some time as reports had been out that buyers from Best Buy Company Inc. (NYSE: BBY) to private equity groups ...
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Applied Earnings: No Great Joy, No Great Misery (AMAT)

Posted: August 18, 2010 at 4:39 pm

Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT), the chip equipment giant, is out with earnings and so far there is a very muted reaction to the news.  Net sales rose again to ...
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