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Monthly Archives: August 2010

Can We Afford to Help the Unempoyed?

Posted: August 13, 2010 at 12:03 pm

The fiscal toll unemployment is taking on the federal government is laid bare in the recent July Budget Report. Unemployment expenses rose almost 41 percent as of July during the ...
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Ambac vs. Bankruptcy, Days Looking Numbered (ABK)

Posted: August 13, 2010 at 12:02 pm

Ambac Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: ABK) is likely soon to be the latest of the financial implosion stocks unless some magical event occurs outside of the company.  After the financial ...
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The 8 Best IPOs of 2010 (MMYT, FN, QLIK, GDOT, AMAP, RLD, OAS, RP)

Posted: August 13, 2010 at 10:51 am

2010 has had a very mixed fanfare when it comes to the IPO market.  Investors have followed IPOs with a passion on and off since the 1900's when technology, biotech ...
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Private Equity Returns, Blackstone & Electricity (BX, DYN, KKR, NRG)

Posted: August 13, 2010 at 10:04 am

The Blackstone Group, L.P. (NYSE: BX) has agreed to purchase electricity generator Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN). Blackstone will pay $4.50/share in cash, for a total of about $543 million, and ...
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NVIDIA Licenses Rambus Patents, More To Come? (NVDA, RMBS)

Posted: August 13, 2010 at 9:09 am

This is one of those situations you could have likely expected, particularly since the defendant had already said a settlement was possible.  While this appears to be a settlement, it ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (ALY, ADSK, LLY, JWN, NVDA, PDLI, PRXI, SPRD, TSTC, TRBN, UNCA)

Posted: August 13, 2010 at 8:56 am

Friday the 13th is not making the day trader and active trader alerts go away.  There are many stocks on the move this morning, some on earnings and some on ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BRCM, EAT, CMVT, CTCT, NLST, NVDA, CRM)

Posted: August 13, 2010 at 8:29 am

Analysts have very selective calls this Friday the 13th.  Some of this Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls are as follows: Broadcom Corp. ...
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IBM Makes Another Acquisition (IBM, UNCA)

Posted: August 13, 2010 at 8:26 am

IBM is buying another company.  International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) announced the acquisition of a company called Unica Corporation (NASDAQ: UNCA) early this Friday.  The deal may sound small ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (8/13/2010)

Posted: August 13, 2010 at 8:14 am

Updated throughout the day. Elizabeth Warren is a leading contender to run the newly created consumer financial agency (Reuters) GM's board pressured CEO Ed Whitacre to stay for several years ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Watch (8/13/2010) Europe Growth Explodes Up

Posted: August 13, 2010 at 7:59 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 ...
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3 Safe Defensive Stocks For A New Bear Market (MCD, AWK, TEVA)

Posted: August 13, 2010 at 7:47 am

Investors usually flock to defensive stock names during a bear market or when they are concerned that the market may not run much more.  Whether this is becoming a bear ...
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As Oracle Sues Google, Tech IP Issues Are Too Close For Comfort

Posted: August 13, 2010 at 6:26 am

There have been for some time a collection of companies that gathers patents and then uses them to sue large technology firms. The issues are often unclear enough and cost ...
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American Despair Grows

Posted: August 13, 2010 at 5:52 am

Americans' despair about the economy shows up so often in research studies that the results have become redundant. But, the malaise actually deepens with each new piece of data. The ...
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Google, Skype, And A New Age Of Censorship

Posted: August 13, 2010 at 5:27 am

The book bans of fifty years ago which included "Catcher In The Rye" are distant memories. But censorship is not over. The Wall Street Journal has been banned in Singapore ...
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Microsoft Xbox 360 Sales Surge Ahead OF Wii

Posted: August 13, 2010 at 5:04 am

Nintendo just announced that sales of its Wii game console had reached 30 million units in the US, and had reached that level faster than any other console in history. ...
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