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Monthly Archives: October 2010

iPhone, Android, And 4G: Will People Carry Two Phones?

Posted: October 7, 2010 at 4:48 am

Verizon Wireless will begin to market the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone next year, if media reports are correct. The large cellular provider will also launch a super-fast 4G LTE ...
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First Solar Increases 2011 MW Sales Outlook (FSLR, PBW, TAN)

Posted: October 6, 2010 at 6:00 pm

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) has raised its guidance, of a sort.  While the company did not give financial guidance it did raise its Megawatt order expectations.  The lack of ...
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Is Ambac Closer To Being Saved? (ABK, LEHMQ, BAC)

Posted: October 6, 2010 at 4:50 pm

Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABK) is neither a company nor a stock that is without controversy.  It has a lot of fans who have been buying shares before and ...
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Daily Gimmick: Target’s 10% Off Day With New Credit Accounts (TGT)

Posted: October 6, 2010 at 3:40 pm

Giving a discount on goods as a reward for opening up a credit account is not exactly a new trick by retailers.  That is what Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) is ...
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Rumors or News? Apple and iPhone for Verizon (VZ, AAPL, T)

Posted: October 6, 2010 at 2:07 pm

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) may finally be getting the iPhone from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL).  The Wall Street Journal is flashing headlines without much detail and we would not ...
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Stocks That Have Risen From The Dead

Posted: October 6, 2010 at 12:34 pm

As investors ready themselves for Halloween, images of the macabre are  hard to escape.   The stock market also is filled with death metaphors.  Companies SLASH costs and stocks are PUMMELED ...
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Beyond Gold Trading… E-Micro Gold Contracts (GLD, IAU, PHYS, CME)

Posted: October 6, 2010 at 11:54 am

Exchange traded funds cover almost every strategy that the retail investor can imagine.  If you can't find an ETF, there may be a futures contract out there to trade an ...
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Google Loses To Apple And RIM In Mobile OS Market Share

Posted: October 6, 2010 at 11:50 am

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is not the number 1 mobile operating system used in smartphones in the US. It is not number 2. Google is now in third place with only ...
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GE Has Its Acquisition Checkbook Out (GE, C, CMCSA)

Posted: October 6, 2010 at 10:56 am

When I interviewed General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) CEO Jeff Immelt at the company's annual meeting in Houston earlier this year, there were two key things that stood out on ...
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BP Throws More Solar Orders to JA Solar (JASO, BP)

Posted: October 6, 2010 at 10:40 am

Shares in JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) are up more than 5% this morning on news that the company has signed a contract with the solar division of ...
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Wind Power’s Foe: Wind Noise

Posted: October 6, 2010 at 10:25 am

As wind farms get built closer to where people live, the downsides to the massive installations get a lot more attention. Well, at least from nearby residents, who discover that ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Stock Market Report (10/6/2010) Trouble With US Jobs And Ireland

Posted: October 6, 2010 at 9:07 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 ...
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IMF Downgrading 2010 & 2011 Growth Forecasts, No Double-Dip Recession

Posted: October 6, 2010 at 9:07 am

The International Monetary Fund is out taking the wind out of the sails of growth.  Not just in the United States.  Elsewhere too.  The good news is that this is ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/6/2010) Rio Deal Falls Apart, Red Sox M&A

Posted: October 6, 2010 at 8:57 am

Updated throughout the day. BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) will kill an iron ore joint venture. (Sydney Morning Herald) Liverpool F.C. has agreed to sell itself ...
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Fitch Downgrades Ireland, Higher Taxes Unavoidable

Posted: October 6, 2010 at 8:51 am

Moody's recently downgraded Ireland's debt. Now Fitch has done the same, which makes a restructuring of the nation's individual and corporate tax rates inevitable. The government cannot cut costs enough ...
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