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Monthly Archives: October 2010

Offshore Wind Farm Overruns Hammering Shares (FLR, SI, GE, AMSC, BGC, ABB)

Posted: October 18, 2010 at 12:24 pm

Construction and engineering firm Fluor Corp. (NYSE:FLR) has revealed that the company will take a charge of about $163 million, or -$0.90/share, against its third quarter results due to projected ...
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Earnings Dominance, Apple Versus IBM (AAPL, IBM)

Posted: October 18, 2010 at 12:00 pm

What do Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) have in common, besides earnings due after the close?  Both stocks are essentially sitting at all-time high ...
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New Study On Broadband Quality Ranks US 15th (CSCO, T, VZ, S)

Posted: October 18, 2010 at 10:35 am

If one assumes, as does Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), that the availability and quality of country's broadband penetration reflects that country's preparedness for the future, then the US lags ...
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Can BP Divest Itself Into Favor Again? (BP)

Posted: October 18, 2010 at 9:53 am

BP plc (NYSE: BP) is still trying to sell off assets to narrow the focus of the company and to fund its obligations from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.  ...
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Many Doomed Americans Aren’t Saving For Retirement

Posted: October 18, 2010 at 9:38 am

A recent survey about America's financial literacy shows that people who don't know the difference between a stock  and a bond realize that they need to save money.  The problem ...
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Analyst Drives AIG With Buy (AIG)

Posted: October 18, 2010 at 9:30 am

American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) does not have many analysts that cover it any longer.  After the meltdown and massive government stake, what else would you expect?  There is ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (AGAM, AAPL, ABK, FLR, ISTA, LULU, PETS, STX, WDC)

Posted: October 18, 2010 at 9:00 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Some of the most active stocks or ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (10/18/2010) Citi Earnings, AIA IPO

Posted: October 18, 2010 at 8:58 am

Twitter  has, by most estimates, 145 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 (10/18/2010)

Posted: October 18, 2010 at 8:47 am

Updated throughout the day. Facebook allows some of its partners to run applications that can allow user information to be tapped (WSJ) Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) has begun a ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (COP, GPI, HUN, IPG, MRO, MUR, OSG, PM, PCG)

Posted: October 18, 2010 at 8:31 am

The key analyst calls are a little light this Monday morning ahead of the flurry of earnings.  These are some of this Monday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen ...
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Citi Calls For Continued Profitability (C)

Posted: October 18, 2010 at 8:25 am

Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) is seeing what appears to be a slight positive reaction to its earnings beat.  The banking giant reported earnings Monday morning with $0.08 EPS versus Thomson ...
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Utility Mergers Continue (NU, NST)

Posted: October 18, 2010 at 8:05 am

More mergers in utility-land.  Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU) and NSTAR (NYSE: NST) have announced a $17.5 billion definitive merger in a move to create one of the largest utilities in ...
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Austerity Movement Threatened As Strikes Spread

Posted: October 18, 2010 at 6:15 am

Strikes by truckers in France threatened to close major highways and may even disrupt inventories of fuel across the European nation. Officials said they would call out the police, if ...
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The Environment In Deep Trouble: What Me Worry?

Posted: October 18, 2010 at 5:35 am

America, the home of Al Gore and one of the large nations which has become environmentally conscious, is full of people who do not understand pollution or its effects at ...
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The End Of Generosity: Large Charities Suffer Severe Damage As Donations Fall

Posted: October 18, 2010 at 5:06 am

Total gifts to major charities fell sharply last year, which should not come as a major surprise. The Chronicle of Philanthropy details the trend in its annual Philanthropy 400 survey ...
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