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Monthly Archives: September 2010

Consumer Confidence Dives

Posted: September 28, 2010 at 10:31 am

Consumer confidence stumbled in August. Odd, because the stock market was up, and so were retail sales were as well. However, housing and unemployment remained frightening. The Conference Board Consumer ...
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BP Raising Billions (BP)

Posted: September 28, 2010 at 10:00 am

BP plc (NYSE: BP) is set to raise a few billion dollars in cash after a bond offering has been filed with the SEC this morning via its BP Capital ...
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Case-Shiller: A Tiny Gain, But No Housing Recovery

Posted: September 28, 2010 at 9:08 am

Nothing terribly good about the new housing data from Case-Schiller. Prices rose a fraction in July. Data through July 2010, released by Standard & Poor’s for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price ...
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Top Active Trader Stock Alerts (IRE, AIB, BRCD, DRYS, OIIM, PEIX, STSA, WAG)

Posted: September 28, 2010 at 8:45 am

Active traders and day traders have several key stocks to watch.  We are tracking moves in Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE), Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB), Brocade Communications Systems, ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (9/28/2010) Toys “R” Us Hires, Ireland Wilts

Posted: September 28, 2010 at 8:36 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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Today’s Best Market Rumors 9/28/2010 Bank Job Freeze, New Apple iPad

Posted: September 28, 2010 at 8:24 am

Updated throughout the day. Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) will unveil an unnamed consumer product. (Reuters) JPMorganChase (NYSE: JPM) will press federal officials about getting back some of the funds it spent ...
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Sears Raises Cash (SHLD)

Posted: September 28, 2010 at 8:11 am

Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) is raising cash.  The turnaround retail giant is selling $500 million in senior secured notes due in 2018, and concurrently it is selling $165 million ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AAI, D, ERTS, GBX, INTU, KBH, LVS, LDK, NEM, PHM, SPRD, STP, TSL, YGE)

Posted: September 28, 2010 at 7:58 am

These are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: AirTran Holdings (NYSE: AAI) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan; Cut to Neutral ...
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A Retail Holiday Comeback: Toys “R” Us To Hire 45,000

Posted: September 28, 2010 at 7:35 am

The first half retail sales numbers were anemic and so were back-to-school numbers. It has been assumed that a weakening economy would harm 2010 holiday sales as well. Don't tell ...
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Another Europe Panic In The Making

Posted: September 28, 2010 at 6:10 am

Moody's may take away Spain's Aaa rating this week, according to a media reports. The Anglo Irish bank was downgraded due to concerns about risk. The cost of insurance against ...
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The Confusions Over Which “Green” Car Will Succeed

Posted: September 28, 2010 at 5:46 am

Gasoline-powered cars run on gas. It is as simple as that. Regular or high-grade--which depends on the motor. The theory behind the creation of non-gas-powered cars, or partially gas powered ...
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UK: Another Lukewarm Country Assessment From The IMF

Posted: September 28, 2010 at 5:19 am

Nearly all the International Monetary Fund (IMF) assessments of large, developed economies read the same now. The agency calls them "Statements of Mission." They are released once the IMF staff ...
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Airline Merger Losers–Passengers, Workers, And Boeing

Posted: September 28, 2010 at 4:46 am

An industry that goes through a series of mergers usually has several losers, and suppliers are almost always among them. Northwest has merged with Delta (NYSE: DAL) and United with ...
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Media Digest (9/28/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 28, 2010 at 4:00 am

Reuters:   US businesses fear a fight over the yuan will cause a trade disaster. Reuters:   The US will test a cyber-blitz response plan. Reuters:   JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) may go ...
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BlackBerry Launches A Tablet

Posted: September 27, 2010 at 6:05 pm

Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) unveiled a new professional-grade BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and BlackBerry Tablet OS. Measuring less than half an inch thick and weighing less than a pound, the ...
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