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Monthly Archives: August 2010

Media Digest (8/6/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 6, 2010 at 3:44 am

Reuters:   Romer left her job as a top Obama economic adviser. Reuters:  BP plc (NYSE: BP) has cemented its leak in advance of a permanent plug. Reuters:   Saudi Arabia continued ...
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Oust Steve Ballmer? Why?

Posted: August 5, 2010 at 8:31 pm

Last month,  Peter Lauria of the Daily Beast wrote an intrigue-filled story chock full of anonymous Tweets and anonymous sniping from competitors arguing that there was a "coup" in the ...
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The Daily Gimmick: Miller Lite Fantasy Football Draft Sweepstakes (TAP, MO, BUD)

Posted: August 5, 2010 at 3:57 pm

Gimmicks are always a big way to draw in new customers and to entice existing customers to buy more.  They often cost a company very little and can bring in ...
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Congnizant: Growth Versus Fully Valued (CTSH)

Posted: August 5, 2010 at 3:00 pm

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (NASDAQ: CTSH) was featured this week in our daily version of the Top Day Trader Alerts due its price and volume spike after earnings.  The highs ...
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Verizon Calling Out New York Times on Google Talk (VZ, GOOG)

Posted: August 5, 2010 at 2:05 pm

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) has been a huge part of the news flow today over it and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) having a business relationship that could threaten net ...
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Rupert Murdoch Shrugs Off Glenn Beck Concerns

Posted: August 5, 2010 at 1:50 pm

News Corp (NWS) Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch had the last laugh, as he often does on Glenn Beck's many critics. Speaking on the company's earnings conference call yesterday,  the media ...
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Russian Wheat Export Ban Poses Severe Risk & Reward (ADM, KFT, POT, MOO, PEP, K, GIS, CPB)

Posted: August 5, 2010 at 1:44 pm

Raging fires and severe drought in Russia have led to the government imposing a temporary ban on wheat exports beginning August 15th. The country claims to have sufficient stocks, but ...
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SandRidge’s Pain Today, One Huge Opportunity Ahead (SD, XOM, APA, ME, BP, CHK)

Posted: August 5, 2010 at 1:17 pm

SandRidge Energy Inc. (NYSE: SD) is moving from a case of being grossly oversold to a case where the situation is becoming almost obscene.  The stock is getting crushed after ...
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SIRIUS XM Analysts Revisit A Magic Moment (SIRI)

Posted: August 5, 2010 at 11:30 am

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is trading at higher prices compared to the first time around, but the stock finds itself after earnings in very much the same place ...
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July Retail Sales Not as Hot as the Weather (COST, BJ, TGT, WMT, M, JWN, GPS, LTD, ARO, ANF)

Posted: August 5, 2010 at 9:27 am

Retailers are reporting July sales figures this morning, and so far there's not a lot of excitement. July is the time when stores clear out summer merchandise to stock up ...
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Top Day Trader Alerts (ARO, ALXA, BP, SOLR, HAUP, JACK, KLIC, SD, VECO)

Posted: August 5, 2010 at 9:03 am

There are many stocks on the move for day traders and active traders to pick from this Monday morning.  We are watching the key moves in Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO), ...
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The Great Jobless Claims Game Heads South

Posted: August 5, 2010 at 8:42 am

We are supposed to be seeing a gain in jobs and the economic growth is still supposed to be there despite the growth being weak.  There is unfortunately no good ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (8/5/2010)

Posted: August 5, 2010 at 8:20 am

Updated throughout the day. Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) have reached an agreement of rules for net neutrality. (various) Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) may shut ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AGU, ACAS, CIB, ERTS, KGC, MWA, PCLN, SNY, SIRI)

Posted: August 5, 2010 at 8:17 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning: Agrium (NYSE: AGU) has seen targets raised at CIBC, Canaccord, ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Watch (8/5/2010) Barclays Up, Google & Verizon Marry

Posted: August 5, 2010 at 8:09 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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