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Monthly Archives: September 2010

Hewlett-Packard Sues Mark Hurd (Update) For What He Will Do In The Future

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 2:43 pm

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) has sued former CEO Mark Hurd who has just joined rival firm Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) as a co-president and member of the board of directors. Details of ...
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National Employee Morale Day At Boeing

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 2:16 pm

Boeing (NYSE: BA) workers have to put up with the fact that their CEO W. James McNerney Jr. is one of the worst big company chief executives on the planet. ...
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VALUE INVESTING: Ultimate Stock Pickers’ Buys & Sells (XOM, MSFT, AIG, GS, BRK.B, MA, GE, CMCSA, UNH, OXY, JNJ, PFE)

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 12:57 pm

The Morningstar Ultimate Stock-Pickers Team is featured in an article by Greggory Warren today has many top buys and sells that should be of interest to value investors.  This stock ...
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Brazil Miner Vale Wants To Be Global Fertilizer Leader (VALE, BHP, POT, RTP, MOS, IPI, AAUKF)

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 12:22 pm

Brazil's Vale SA (NYSE: VALE) is the world's leading miner of iron ore and wants to become the world's leading producer of fertilizer. The company's move into the fertilizer business ...
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Broadcast Network News Fades To Black

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 12:16 pm

ABC  News President David Westin, who has served as the head of the Walt Disney Co.  (NYSE:DIS) for 13 years, is calling it a career at the end of the ...
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EU Banks Getting in Trouble Again (BCS, IRE, AIB, NBG, BBVA, STD, RBS, LYG, DB, UBS, CS)

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 12:05 pm

Nearly every stock and ADR/ADS of European banking stocks are lower so far on Tuesday over concerns over debt levels and downside levels of recent stress tests not factoring in ...
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Midday Market Movers: Nautilus Surges, Idenix Pharma Collapses

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 11:50 am

The stocks which have made moves at midday: Idenix Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: IDIX) off 47% to $3.17 based on an announcement that the company received verbal notice on Friday, September 3, ...
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DryShips Needs More Cash, Again (DRYS)

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 11:09 am

DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) is facing a down day and a down transportation sector.  The company disclosed that it has obtained another credit waiver on its $230 million loan due ...
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Apple iPhone Sales Dragging AT&T Net Lower? (AAPL, T, VZ)

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 10:39 am

Sometimes a win for a supplier is not always a win for a carrier in the world of telecommunications.  UBS has a mixed research report that is upping Apple Inc. ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ORCL, HPQ, CASY, CKSI, GDOT, IDIX)

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 8:55 am

Active traders have several key movers to focus upon for their return after a long weekend.  We are tracking some key moves in Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (9/7/2010): Barclays CEO, Tax Cuts

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 8:33 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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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ALTR, ABFS, CVLT, GDOT, JKS, LYV, MICC, MCP, OXY, PT, SNV, WAT, WERN)

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 8:31 am

These are some of this Tuesday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Altera Corp. (NASDAQ: ALTR) Maintained Neutral and $32 target at ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (9/7/2010)

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 8:22 am

Updated throughout the day Obama will proposed tax credits to encourage business expansion. (Bloomberg) The chairman of HSBC (NYSE: HBC) will step down to take a job with the UK ...
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Several Portfolio Trades for Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B, BRK-A, COP, XOM, KFT, MCO, RSG, CDCO, HD, LOW, COST, WMT, MTB, WSC)

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 8:02 am

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) has made many changes in portfolio investing approach through time.  The one constant is his 'forever' strategy, which now only means a ...
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German Manufacturing Orders Unexpectedly Drop

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 6:29 am

German July manufacturing orders unexpectedly dropped 2.2% month over month. Expectations had been for a rise of 0.5%. The data was reported by Action Economics. ...
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