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Monthly Archives: August 2010

Over $100 Billion in Buybacks and M&A in August (HPQ, INTU, LO, VRSN, DTV, DISCA, GPS, JWN, MRVL, RSH, PAR, GENZ, POT, INTC, SCHW, MMM, DYN, SNY, BHP)

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 7:57 am

$100 billion... That is roughly the combined tally of August share buyback announcements and merger announcements.  This may not be a record, but it has to be one of the ...
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Deere Dumps Its Wind Unit (DE, EXC)

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 7:12 am

Wind power is supposed to be one of the cleanest sources of power out there.  Unfortunately, at least for now, it is not one of the most profitable sources of ...
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Back-To-School Sales Falter

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 6:20 am

The back-to-school sales period should be completed within two weeks. New data show that the season failed to produce better results than last year and may even have been worse.  ...
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Euro Area Unemployment Stays At 10%

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 6:07 am

There is no economic recovery underway in Europe, which is not much of a surprise to anyone who has watched attempts to restart growth there. The unemployment level in the ...
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Hollywood Box Office Summer Receipts Move To 1997 Lows

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 5:42 am

Hollywood.com Box-Office reports that movie receipts will hit lows this summer that will fall as far as the 1997 level. Attendance is expected to move down to 552 million. “The ...
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US Car Sales Head Toward 1982 Lows

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 5:19 am

US car and light vehicle sales probably reached a 28-year low in August, their worst level since the same month in 1982. The data for the projections is from Ward's, ...
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Japan Loses Control Of Its Economic Future

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 4:56 am

It could easily be argued that almost every major country in the world, with the possible exception of China, lost control over their economies in 2008 and 2009. Some experts ...
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Media Digest (8/31/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 31, 2010 at 4:03 am

Reuters:   Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) is expected to stop bidding for 3Par (NYSE: PAR). Reuters:   BHP Billiton ((NYSE: BHP) says it will not divest Potash (NYSE: POT) divisions. Reuters:   Consumer spending ...
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How To Invest $1 Billion Or Not

Posted: August 30, 2010 at 7:40 pm

David Cay Johnston, whose trenchant analysis of tax policy is missed by the New York Times, recently wondered what he would do with $1 billion to invest.  His fantasies are ...
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Movie Download Competition, Getting Even Tighter (NFLX, CSTR, GOOG, AAPL, AMZN, WMT, TWC, CMCSA, GE, NWS.A, DIS)

Posted: August 30, 2010 at 12:03 pm

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has almost certainly led to the downfall of the Blockbuster empire.  Then Netflix (and Blockbuster) had to face competition from Coinstar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) over the ...
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This Month’s Biggest Index Gains: Dotcom Travel Stocks, Chinese Solar Stocks, and IT Security Stocks

Posted: August 30, 2010 at 11:43 am

Three Tickerspy indexes posted substantial gains over the last 30-day period. This month’s biggest index gainers are Dotcom Travel Stocks, Chinese Solar Stocks, and IT Security Stocks. Dotcom Travel Stocks have gained 22.7% ...
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Why Stop At A Second Stimulus?

Posted: August 30, 2010 at 10:47 am

Laura Tyson, who began arguing for second stimulus six months after the $787 billion plan was passed, is making her case again. It may be too little too late. Writing ...
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Should Cogent Trade Like a Bidding War is Coming? (COGT, MMM, ID)

Posted: August 30, 2010 at 9:39 am

Cogent, Inc. (NASDAQ: COGT) is the newest of the M&A stocks in an environment where premiums and share prices are sometimes being taken for granted.  3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) offered ...
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Top Active Trader Alerts (CRNT, COGT, DGIT, GENZ, HPQ, QLGC, SPWRA)

Posted: August 30, 2010 at 8:56 am

Active traders and day traders have a decent slew of companies to choose from this late-August Monday.  We are seeing large trading activity in shares of Ceragon Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (8/30/2010)

Posted: August 30, 2010 at 8:30 am

Updated throughout the day. Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) will buy Skype (TechCrunch) BP plc's (NYSE: BP) internal report on Deepwater Horizon blames some of its own engineers (FT). India is about ...
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