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Monthly Archives: September 2010

Consumer Reports Continues To Savage iPhone 4

Posted: September 14, 2010 at 5:45 am

Now that Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) has said it will stop giving people a little rubber case to improve reception of the iPhone 4, Consumer Reports is back in the ...
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Investors Nervous About The Markets Head For The Exits

Posted: September 14, 2010 at 5:20 am

Investors, worried about market volatility, no longer view the purchase and sales of stocks as an even playing field, and are acting accordingly. Events like the "flash crash" have made ...
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Toyota’s New Fleet Of Hybrids–Obsolete Before They Are Launched

Posted: September 14, 2010 at 4:57 am

Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) will launch six new hybrids over the next two years to sit in showrooms with its highly popular Prius. Hybrid sales are modest, making up 15,444 ...
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Media Digest (9/14/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 14, 2010 at 4:01 am

Reuters:   American International Group (NYSE: AIG) is at work on a plan to repay its government aid. Reuters:   The yen hit a new 15-year high. Reuters:   Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) new ...
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The Brands That Have Lost The Most Value In The Last Decade

Posted: September 13, 2010 at 9:18 pm

Many of the 100 most valuable brands from 2001, lost much of their value between then and 2009. Many of these brand declines are predictable, given the fate of their ...
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Rip Van Winkle Wakes To The Recession

Posted: September 13, 2010 at 9:14 pm

Several prominent economist who have apparently been slumbering the last three years suddenly awoke this week and, upon an examination of the global financial situation, said that unemployment was the ...
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The Public Pension Bomb Is Set To Explode

Posted: September 13, 2010 at 8:25 pm

In state capitals and universities across the U.S., leaders are facing the unpleasant reality that they don't have enough money to meet their future pension obligations.   States alone are facing ...
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Buffett Debunks Double Dip Recession (BRK-B, WFC)

Posted: September 13, 2010 at 3:52 pm

Bears be damned!  That is what Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) wants to say.  Buffett is already probably the most well known perma-bull and needs no formal ...
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Select Fresh Gains in Cult Stock Short Selling (ALU, ABK, BGP, BRCD, C, DRYS, PMI, BPOP, RAD, SIRI, S, VG)

Posted: September 13, 2010 at 3:02 pm

Penny stocks, high-fliers, and actively traded low priced stocks are often the favorites for active traders and short sellers alike.  Short interest is often used as a measure for or ...
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When $90 Billion A Month in Deficits Feels Good… Right!

Posted: September 13, 2010 at 2:15 pm

How do you celebrate a deficit of $90.53 billion for a single month?  That is what the market is supposed to do for the August deficit.  A report from the ...
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Moody’s and S&P Defend Symantec (SYMC, INTC, MFE, HPQ, PAR)

Posted: September 13, 2010 at 1:53 pm

Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) finds itself at a strange place in time.  Shares were under pressure after the company issued an earnings warning about order pushouts. But when Intel Corporation ...
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U.S. Multinational Are Adding Jobs — Overseas

Posted: September 13, 2010 at 1:12 pm

U.S. companies are on a hiring spree though Americans are not benefiting from it in the least. According to Tax Notes, between 1999 and 2008 employment by foreign affiliates of ...
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Petrobras Investors Lining Up for Shares (PBR, RDS-A, REP, XOM, HES, OGXPY)

Posted: September 13, 2010 at 12:37 pm

The deal struck by Petroleo Brasileiro SA (NYSE:PBR), or Petrobras, and the government of Argentina has set the stage for the world's largest ever share offering. The oil-for-stock swap gives ...
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Profits Flying High on US Airways Turnaround

Posted: September 13, 2010 at 9:44 am

By Robert Herbst Coming next month AirlineFinancials.com estimates US Airways (LCC) will report an all time record 3rd quarter profit of $225 million from $3.2 billion in projected operating revenue. This record high ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (9/13/2010)

Posted: September 13, 2010 at 9:06 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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