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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (AONE, ASTI, ARST, FAS, DTG, OPEN, OXGN, SGEN, VMW, XRX)

Posted: September 13, 2010 at 8:57 am

This Monday has many stocks on the move for active traders and day traders.  Stocks on the move are A123 Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE), Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTI), ...
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Today’s Best Rumors (9/13/2010)

Posted: September 13, 2010 at 8:56 am

Updated throughout the day. Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) may demote some partners (WSJ) Chinese investors may make a bid for Prudential  plc (The Times Douglas A. McIntyre ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades/Downgrades (ABB, ACTU, BP, CMI, RDY, XOM, ERIC, MMM, MPEL, MSFT, NBS, NOK, RIMM, WERN, WDC)

Posted: September 13, 2010 at 8:14 am

These are some of the top research calls for analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday: ABB Ltd. (NYSE: ABB) Cut to Sell at ...
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Get Ready For Avis To Counter Hertz Bid For Dollar Thrifty, Stock Trades Above Offer

Posted: September 13, 2010 at 7:29 am

Money is cheap and deals are getting expensive. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) has overpaid for 3PAR (PAR) and ArcSight, at least based on their balance sheets and cash flow. HP could ...
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YouTube Hopes To Reinvent Itself With Live Streaming

Posted: September 13, 2010 at 6:08 am

YouTube will undertake one of the most ambitious projects in its history. The largest video website in the world will begin to test live streaming of content. In its  blog, ...
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BP Expects Oil Spill Costs To Be Under $20 Billion, As Panic About Spill Recedes

Posted: September 13, 2010 at 5:50 am

BP plc (NYSE: BP) may want to halt the sale of its assets in Prudhoe Bay and Russia. The company has told Citigroup analysts that it does not even expect ...
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Tax Reform And The Future Of GDP

Posted: September 13, 2010 at 5:17 am

Economists who specialize in the effects of taxes on GDP had often made a simple and rational forecast. Tax rates would rise in 2011 because individuals and businesses assumed that ...
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Why Basel III Won’t Work

Posted: September 13, 2010 at 4:51 am

The new bank capital rules for large multinational banks, called Basel III, may seem to set rules that will prevent another global credit catastrophe similar to the one in 2008. ...
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24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings: Week 35

Posted: September 13, 2010 at 4:24 am

The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies  in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product ...
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Media Digest (9/13/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, Bloomberg, FT

Posted: September 13, 2010 at 3:47 am

Reuters:   A bill to help small business may be the last chance the Democrats have to help stimulate jobs before the election. Reuters:   BP plc (NYSE: BP) oil spill claims should ...
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Hewlett-Packard To Buy ArcSight

Posted: September 12, 2010 at 5:40 pm

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) will buy ArcSight (NASDAQ: ARST) for $1. 5 billion, according to several media sources. It is the second deal that HP has made this month. It took 3Par (NYSE: ...
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The Unusual Suspects for the Week Ahead (ABT, ADBE, AAPL, ALTH, BBY, LNG, CQP, CSCO, SOLR, INTU, KV-A, NBG, NFLX, ORCL, RIMM, SKX, VMW, XRX, ID, CASY)

Posted: September 12, 2010 at 10:20 am

There are many key stocks to watch for The Unusual Suspects for the week ahead.  Barron's was rather influential, we have several carry-over issues from last week that are unresolved, ...
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One In Seven Americans Are Below The Poverty Line

Posted: September 12, 2010 at 8:32 am

US poverty levels are likely to post a record increase for 2009, with the ranks of working-age poor approaching 1960s levels, according to the AP Census figures for 2009, to ...
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China Inflation Grows, And Profits Will Shrink

Posted: September 11, 2010 at 7:44 am

Inflation blossomed in China last month. Most of the cause was food prices. That may change as the country's workforce agitates for higher wages. "The consumer price index rose 3.5% ...
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GoDaddy Is Godawful

Posted: September 11, 2010 at 7:26 am

Late Friday, came word from The Wall Street Journal that GoDaddy, the Internet registrar best known for its raunchy commercials, was for sale in an "auction that could fetch more ...
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