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Monthly Archives: October 2010

Media Digest (10/18/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 18, 2010 at 4:06 am

Reuters:   Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) and BHP  Billiton (NYSE: BHP) killed a $116 billion joint iron ore venture. Reuters:   The People's Daily said the rise in the yuan will not ...
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More Evidence Apple Will Eventually Rule The PC World

Posted: October 17, 2010 at 10:36 am

The Mac is unlikely to take Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) to the leader's board for PC sales. It is still considered too much of a niche product. And, netbooks, which ...
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The Eleven Reasons People Can’t Sell Their Home

Posted: October 15, 2010 at 3:48 pm

The environment for home sales becomes more difficult with each passing month. Some estimates put 11.1 million mortgages, about 23% of the US total, underwater, meaning that homeowners owe their ...
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Treasury Announced Annual Deficit Of $1.294 Trillion

Posted: October 15, 2010 at 2:56 pm

The US Treasury Department announced the final numbers for the nation's budget deficit for the fiscal year which ended on September 30. It was the second largest in US history ...
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Administration Caves In To China On Yuan

Posted: October 15, 2010 at 2:31 pm

The Treasury Department caved into pressure and delayed its decision to label China as a currency manipulator. The Administration decided to defer the decision instead of sending a report to ...
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Full Apple Analyst Field Updates Ahead of Earnings (AAPL, IAH, QQQQ, XLK, QLD, IYW)

Posted: October 15, 2010 at 1:13 pm

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has earnings due on Monday, October 18, 2010, after the closing bell.  While we wanted to look at the consensus data, we also wanted to see ...
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New Ethanol Requirement Fails to Boost Shares (ADM, VLO, PEIX, CZZ, BG)

Posted: October 15, 2010 at 12:01 pm

The US Environmental Protection Agency has released its expected increase in the ethanol "blend wall" from 10% (E10) to 15% (E15) for light vehicles built in model year 2007 and ...
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11 DJIA Components Reporting Earnings Next Week (IBM, BAC, KO, BA, UTX, T, CAT, MCD, TRV, AXP, VZ, C, MO, HON)

Posted: October 15, 2010 at 11:23 am

The week of October 18 to 22 is jam-packed with earnings.  It also happens that eleven of the thirty DJIA components reporting earnings will be delivered next week.  On deck ...
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AOL-Yahoo! — The Genesis Of A Stupid Rumor

Posted: October 15, 2010 at 10:41 am

As lies go, "we don't comment about mergers and acquisitions" may not equal "I'll respect you in the morning" but it's awfully close.  The truth is that companies,  their ...
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Sinochem Walks Out on Bid for Potash Corp. (POT, BHP)

Posted: October 15, 2010 at 9:45 am

It was probably only a matter of time before China's state-owned chemical company Sinochem walked away from trying to raise enough money to make an offer for Potash Corp. of ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (APOL, ABK, DSCO, GE, GOOG, BIDU, MAT, NBG, STX, WDC)

Posted: October 15, 2010 at 8:56 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL), Ambac Financial ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St Market Report 10/15/2010 GE, Bernanke & Co

Posted: October 15, 2010 at 8:51 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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Bernanke Speals on Growth & Inflation in QE/QE2

Posted: October 15, 2010 at 8:31 am

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is keeping quantitative easing alive despite saying action is or isn't being taken.  The speech is from a monetary policy conference held by the Federal ...
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Infosys Growth Meets Headwinds (INFY, WIT, CTSH)

Posted: October 15, 2010 at 8:17 am

Infosys Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: INFY) is now a $40 billion IT-outsourcing outfit.  The company has reported Q2 earnings at $0.65 EPS versus Thomson Reuters estimates of $0.61; Revenues were up ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/15/2010)

Posted: October 15, 2010 at 8:16 am

Updated throughout the day. Sinochem (NYSE: SNP) has given up on its bid for Potash (NYSE: POT) (Reuters) GM should have mid-November IPO (Reuters) Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) has renewed it ...
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