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Monthly Archives: September 2010

Top Analyst Upgrades And Downgrades (POT)(Q)(BHP)

Posted: September 17, 2010 at 8:43 am

ASML Holding (NASDAQ: ASML) cut from "buy" to "neutral" by Goldman Sachs. BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP), in the midst of a takeover bid for Potash (NYSE: POT) was downgraded by ...
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Today’s Biggest Market Moves 9/17/2010 (RIMM)(ORCL)(ARNA)

Posted: September 17, 2010 at 8:39 am

Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) is higher by 5% after strong earnings. Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is up 4% after posting good quarterly numbers. Crucell (NASDAQ: CRXL) is up over 55% ...
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Alternatives For Texas Instruments Dividend & Buyback Hikes (CSCO, TXN, INTC, ARMH, BRCM, MRVL, SMH)

Posted: September 17, 2010 at 6:31 am

Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) saw its shares rise in the after-hours on Thursday on word of a dividend hike and a monster share buyback plan.  The dividend may be ...
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The Worst CEO Mistakes–And Who Made Them

Posted: September 17, 2010 at 6:17 am

The CEO's of America's largest companies often approach the mic coached by a team of PR people and carefully scripted speechs. Every now and then an executive goes rogue. Emboldened ...
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Odds Of Chrylser IPO Dim

Posted: September 17, 2010 at 6:09 am

"Under promise, over deliver." Someone forgot to tell Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne. He announced that he intends to have an IPO for the No.3 US car company in the second ...
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The Cash Against The Potash Board Of Directors

Posted: September 17, 2010 at 5:43 am

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc (NYSE: POT) does not want to be taken over by big miner BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP). It believes the price which BHP offered is too ...
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Geithner Will Not Make A Yuan Decision On His Own

Posted: September 17, 2010 at 5:21 am

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner made a weak defense for why the Administration had not named China as a "currency manipulator" when he testified before the House of Representatives Ways and ...
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The Rich Badly Hurt By Economic Cycles

Posted: September 17, 2010 at 4:56 am

The poverty level in the US has reached its highest level since 1994, and the number of uninsured Americans is at an all-time high. But it is the rich who ...
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Media Digest 9/17/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 17, 2010 at 4:06 am

Reuters:   Geithner will take the yuan issue to the G-20. Reuters:   Oracle's (NASDAQ: ORCL) earnings beat Wall St. forecasts. Reuters:   Research In Motion's (NASDAQ: RIMM) numbers beat forecasts. Reuters:  The ...
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CNBC Sounds the Death Knell of the TV Business

Posted: September 16, 2010 at 5:28 pm

In breathless prose that it does so well, CNBC sounded the alarm bell about the future of television. Check out the first paragraph: "An alarming survey by Credit Suisse should ...
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Down-And-Out In America — 2010 Style

Posted: September 16, 2010 at 4:31 pm

The news today from the Census Bureau was awful. As the U.S. grapples with the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression,  more people must struggle to sustain themselves.   About ...
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RIM Reports Above Expectations, Stock Up 6%

Posted: September 16, 2010 at 4:23 pm

Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) today reported a 68% rise in quarterly profit, proving the BlackBerry maker is far from dead. The shares rose in after-hours trading. Profit was ...
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Oracle Bests Numbers, Shares Rise

Posted: September 16, 2010 at 4:11 pm

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) shares rose more than 2% after hours reported better-than-expected results, as it benefited from the buyout of Sun Microsystems. Fiscal 2011 Q1 GAAP revenue was up 48% ...
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Natural Gas — The ‘American Idol’ Of Energy

Posted: September 16, 2010 at 12:10 pm

U.S. utilities, which are under pressure to use more environmentally friendly fuel sources, are increasingly betting their future of natural gas at the expense of coal. As Bloomberg News notes, ...
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No Good New From The Philly Fed

Posted: September 16, 2010 at 10:11 am

The economy is in reverse, if the most recent data from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve is any indication. Results from the federal agency's Business Outlook Survey suggest that regional manufacturing ...
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