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Monthly Archives: October 2010

Next Week’s Must See Earnings (YUM, STZ, COST, MON, MAR, PEP, AA, MU)

Posted: October 1, 2010 at 1:29 pm

Next week will mark the unofficial start of earnings season.  While it will take another week or two for earnings to get into full swing, there are many key companies ...
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Ford Sales Close In On GM In September, But Lincoln Dies

Posted: October 1, 2010 at 12:33 pm

Ford Motor (NYSE: F) wants to be the No.1 car company in America. It came close in September. Ford's sales rose 46% to 160,873. GM's units sold rose 22% to ...
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Airline Sector Review: Post UAL-Continental and Southwest-AirTran (UAL, AMR, LUV, AAI, JBLU, LCC, DAL, SKYW, XJT, FAA)

Posted: October 1, 2010 at 12:12 pm

Today marks the game-changing merger of Continental and United and the two are one as United Continental Holdings Inc. (NYSE: UAL).  America's new #1 airline will have a long integration ...
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Healthcare Reform Watch: Wal-Mart, Humana, and Low-Cost Drug Insurance (WMT, HUM, TGT, WAG, CVS, RAD)

Posted: October 1, 2010 at 11:03 am

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) has just pumped up the pressure on its competitors in the pharmacy business. The retailing giant has announced a joint program with Humana Inc. (NYSE: ...
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SIRIUS XM Keeps Raising Targets (SIRI)

Posted: October 1, 2010 at 10:26 am

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is at it again on the raised guidance front for subscribers.  CEO Mel Karmazin has now announced that SIRIUS is expected to end 2010 ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AIB, AMZN, ADM, CAT, COP, DE, EBAY, GOOG, HBC, JASO, NFLX, NSC, UNP, XLNX)

Posted: October 1, 2010 at 9:07 am

These are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB) Cut to Sell at Societe Generale. ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (AIB, DVOX, GMCR, GYMB, HPQ, NFLX, UNFI)

Posted: October 1, 2010 at 8:47 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this morning.  We are tracking moves in Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB), Dynavox Inc. (NASDAQ: DVOX), Green Mountain ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report 10/1/2010 Personal Income Up .5%, BMW Recall, Gold Record

Posted: October 1, 2010 at 8:42 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 (10/1/2010) Flash Crash, Icahn’s Dream

Posted: October 1, 2010 at 8:26 am

Updated throughout the day A trade by Waddell & Reed Financial triggered the flash crash (Reuters) Carl Icahn will attempt to merge MGM studios with Lions Gate (NYT) Bank of ...
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BP Well Costs Move About $11 Billion

Posted: October 1, 2010 at 8:11 am

BP plc (NYSE: BP) said it has pledged collateral to cover the costs of the independent escrow fund meant to cover claims and liabilities from the Deepwater Horizon spill. That ...
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Two Chinese IPOs: ChinaCache and China Ming Yang Wind Power (CCIH, MY)

Posted: October 1, 2010 at 7:59 am

We have two Chinese initial public offerings today.  ChinaCache International Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ: CCIH) is a Chinese internet company and China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (NYSE: MY) is ...
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Unemployment May Not Recover Until 2015

Posted: October 1, 2010 at 6:20 am

The level of unemployment may not return to pre-crisis levels until 2015. The International Labour Organization reports that "if current policies persist, a recovery in employment to pre-crisis levels will ...
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Microsoft Prepares Large Smartphone Launch Which Could Work

Posted: October 1, 2010 at 6:00 am

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may be late to launch a line of smartphones with its Windows 7 Mobile OS, but it plans to make up for that with a major foray ...
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IMF: Budget Cuts Will Hurt Growth

Posted: October 1, 2010 at 5:40 am

Among the profound conclusions in the IMF's new "World Economic Outlook" is that "initially fiscal retrenchment typically has contractionary short-term effects on economic activity, with lower output and higher unemployment." ...
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Why BP Does Not Need A Dividend

Posted: October 1, 2010 at 5:16 am

BP plc (BP) eliminated its dividend as the cost to the company of the Deepwater Horizon spill rose into the billions and billions of dollars. The UK-based firm says it ...
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