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Monthly Archives: September 2010

Starbucks Raises Prices

Posted: September 22, 2010 at 6:44 pm

Attention hipsters and wannabe hipsters: the price of your finely crafted Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) caffeinated beverage is going up. Starbucks Chief Executive Howard Schultz, who has lead a remarkable ...
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Bye, Bye Blockbuster; It Was Fun While It Lasted

Posted: September 22, 2010 at 6:41 pm

Blockbuster Inc. is going bust. The struggling movie rental outfit is set to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy tomorrow and receive $125 million in debtor-in-possession financing to forestall the inevitable ...
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UBS Makes A Good Call On The New York Times

Posted: September 22, 2010 at 11:25 am

Too often, most Wall Street analysts are a day later and a dollar short.  UBS analyst John Janedis, however, managed to get it right about the New York Times Co. ...
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Still No Evidence Of A Housing Recovery

Posted: September 22, 2010 at 10:37 am

"U.S. house prices fell 0.5 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from June to July, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly House Price Index. The previously reported 0.3 ...
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Counter-Take: Even A Mild Petrobras Offering Is Good Enough (PBR, EWZ)

Posted: September 22, 2010 at 10:33 am

Petroleo Brasileiro (NYSE: PBR), or Petrobras, may finally soon get away from being such a drag on the Brazilian stock market measured by the BOVESPA.  With its mammoth stock offering ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report 9/22/2010 Adobe Crushed, Gold Rally

Posted: September 22, 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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Top Active Trader Stock Alerts (ADBE, BIIB, DB, MSFT, SEED, RIMM, VICL, VVUS)

Posted: September 22, 2010 at 8:39 am

Active traders and day traders have several key stocks to watch.  We are tracking moves in Adobe Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE), Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB), Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (9/22/2010) RIM Tablet, Blockbuster Chapter 11

Posted: September 22, 2010 at 8:28 am

Updated throughout the day. Sinochem has hired bankers to consider at bid for Potash (Reuters) The CEO of HSBC (NYSE: HBC) may quit if he is not named chairman of ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ADBE, AMD, AMZN, AXP, STD, FDX, MMYT, NWS.A, NOK, TWX, UPS, VVUS)

Posted: September 22, 2010 at 7:58 am

These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Adobe Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Cut to Neutral at Robert W. Baird; ...
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Deutsche Bank Earnings Warning, 52-Week Low Near (DB)

Posted: September 22, 2010 at 6:45 am

Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB) might not be the biggest concern for Americans.  The problem is that it is one of Europe's top banks, and guess who is trading lower ...
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The Ten Companies That Will Signal The End To The Recession

Posted: September 22, 2010 at 6:31 am

The recession is, by the standard measurement, over. The National Bureau of Economic Research's Business Cycle Dating Committee said the downturn ended in June 2009. Most polls of individuals and ...
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Why Apple Dominates PC Quality Ratings

Posted: September 22, 2010 at 6:14 am

Apple Inc's (NASDAQ: AAPL) Mac and iPad continue to dominate Window's based PCs in surveys. The new ASCI study of customer satisfaction is no exception. "Apple continues its dominance, leading ...
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Who Will Replace Tim Geithner?

Posted: September 22, 2010 at 5:46 am

Larry Summers is gone now. His two years of duty as the head of the National Economic Council are over. He will return to Harvard, where he was once kicked ...
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Microsoft’s Dividend–The Death Of Growth

Posted: September 22, 2010 at 5:11 am

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has struggled with a stock price which is stuck where it was five years ago. The world's largest software company's revenue in its last fiscal year is ...
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American Job Concerns At Recession Levels

Posted: September 22, 2010 at 4:47 am

The concerns that people have about employment are supposed to get better and not worse as the economy comes out of a recession. That is not true among most Americans, ...
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