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Monthly Archives: September 2010

What The Top-Ten Selling Cars Will Be For 2011

Posted: September 1, 2010 at 3:08 pm

The auto industry went through two bruising years in 2008 and 2009 when annual domestic sales dropped to about 10 million vehicles per year. This is in stark contrast to ...
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Don’t Believe The Nonsense About The Estate Tax

Posted: September 1, 2010 at 1:57 pm

The estate tax is not and never has been a "death tax" , yet the nickname that critics gave it a few years ago has stuck.  That's a pity because ...
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CEO Conflict: Layoffs Boost CEO Pay (C, BAC, CAT, VZ, PFE, EMR, JPM, AA, WMT, MRK, JNJ, HPQ, DIS, IBM, T, F, UTX)

Posted: September 1, 2010 at 11:40 am

The Institute for Policy Studies, a progressive think tank, has published its 17th annual survey of CEO compensation, noting, among other things, that CEOs of the 50 firms that have ...
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Endless Dollars For Share Buyback Plans (GPS, HPQ, MRVL, INTU, JWN, RSH, RL, DTV, DISCA, AMTD, IT)

Posted: September 1, 2010 at 9:05 am

Buybacks may not be considered the best return of capital by many investors and market pundits, but they are M&A-alternatives for management of companies.  The amount of share buybacks announced ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (9/1/2010)

Posted: September 1, 2010 at 9:02 am

Updated throughout the day. Burger King (NYSE: BKC) is for sale (WSJ) Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will team up with a partner in China to expand its search operations. (WSJ) JPMorgan ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Update (9/1/2010) Job, Job, And Amazon TV

Posted: September 1, 2010 at 8:54 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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ADP Private Payroll–More Double Dip Fuel

Posted: September 1, 2010 at 8:38 am

ADP data on private sector employment was disappointing and pointed to a potential weak national joblessness announcement on Friday. The information, added to consumer confidence, housing, and a faltering manufacturing ...
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Top Active Trader Alerts (AAPL, BKC, ERIC, GIII, JOYG, MVIS, NFLX, SKS, SLRY)

Posted: September 1, 2010 at 8:38 am

Many stocks are on the move this Wednesday morning.  Active traders and day traders are likely to be watching the moves seen in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Burger King Holdings, ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ACI, BCSI, BWLD, CREE, CTCM, EQY, MEE, PMI, POT, SKS)

Posted: September 1, 2010 at 7:47 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes this Wednesday morning: Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) Raised to Overweight at HSBC. ...
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Moody’s Dodges The SEC Bullet On Inflated Ratings Issue

Posted: September 1, 2010 at 6:15 am

The management and investors of Moody's Investment Services can breathe a sigh of relief. The SEC will not pursue charges against the company for its inflation of the ratings on ...
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Young Women Outearn Men By A Mile For Awhile

Posted: September 1, 2010 at 5:54 am

Young women outearn their male counterparts by a mile. According to information from Reach Advisers published by The Wall Street Journal, "In 2008, single, childless women between ages 22 and ...
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The Race For Online TV Will Have Few Winners

Posted: September 1, 2010 at 5:25 am

The race to sell TV and films on internet connections to the home and wireless connections to the smartphone has grown more fierce. In just the last day it has ...
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The E-Reader Cuts Its Throat More Deeply

Posted: September 1, 2010 at 5:03 am

Border's (NYSE: BGP) has cut the price of most of its e-readers as it tries to improve the tiny market share its has compared to the Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) Kindle ...
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China Manufacturing Brightens As Global Recession Looms

Posted: September 1, 2010 at 4:42 am

China manufacturing picked up in August, shaking off a slow period that began more than a year ago. The China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing said its purchasing managers index ...
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Media Digest 9/1/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 1, 2010 at 4:03 am

WSJ:   Burger King (NYSE: BKC) is considering a private equity buyout. Reuters:   China's manufacturing sector grew. Reuters:   China may probe the BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) buyout offer for Potash (NYSE: ...
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