Monthly Archives: October 2010

US Companies Have $1 Trillion, But Won’t Spend It, At Least Not On Jobs

Posted: October 27, 2010 at 4:48 am

Moody's reports that US corporations have amassed $1 trillion in cash. The document, entitled "U.S. Corporate Cash Hoard Near $1 Trillion, But Unlikely To Be Used for Expansion" explains that ...
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Media Digest 10/27/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 27, 2010 at 3:59 am

The Federal Reserve will begin monetary easing shortly. (Reuters) Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison claims he can prove wrongdoing by Hewlett- Packard's (NYSE: HPQ) new chief executive. (Reuters) The ...
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Apple To Further Delay White Version Of iPhone 4

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 8:16 pm

Like the Ford Model-T, the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone is available in any color as long as it is black. That will be true until spring of next year, so ...
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GlaxoSmithKline Papers Over Importance Of $750 Million Government Settlement

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 8:01 pm

GSK agreed to pay $750 million to settle false claims suit over the distribution of some of its drugs. The press statement by the company makes it appear almost as ...
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Top After-Hours Stocks on the Move (BRCM, BWLD, DWA, EQIX, GTXI, JDAS, PNRA, RFMD, SIMG, AAPL)

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 5:15 pm

There are many big movers in Tuesday's after-hours session. We are tracking key moves in Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BWLD), Dreamworks Animation SKG, Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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Rethinking Cuba Investing After U.N. Resolution? (CUBA)

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 2:57 pm

The United Nations General Assembly "adopted a resolution calling for the lifting of the decades-old economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba in the aftermath ...
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A 50-Year Debt Offering From Goldman Sachs (GS, MS, JPM)

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 2:18 pm

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) has an amazing bond offering that is selling today with a caveat. The Goldman Sachs bond issue is $1.3 billion with a 6 1/8% ...
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Cardinal Denies Buyout Rumors (CAH)

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 1:41 pm

Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) is breaking ranks by responding to market rumors that have had shares higher all day. The company noted, "While it is our longstanding practice not ...
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An Apple A Day… (AAPL, MSFT, SNE, GOOG)

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 1:10 pm

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has maintained its solid go-to reputation despite its most recent earnings concerns that margins were continuing to compress. We wanted to take a look at the ...
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Hot Apple Rumors Of The Day 10/26

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 12:56 pm

Along with the scuttlebutt about a potential Sony acquisition and chatter about a planned mammoth data center in North Carolina, the Apple rumor sites had some tantalizing tidbits. Here is ...
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Is the United States Getting More Corrupt? The Most (And Least) Corrupt Nations In The World

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 12:44 pm

People think that the United States is more corrupt this year than last year, according to Transparency International's widely followed Corruption Perceptions Index. To be precise, the U.S. scored a ...
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Airgas Meets Expectations and Rebuffs Takeover Offer Again (ARG, APD, AXE)

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 12:32 pm

Industrial equipment supplier Airgas, Inc. (NYSE:ARG) reported second fiscal quarter 2011 results today that were pretty much in line with expectations. EPS, excluding items, came in at $0.83 on sales ...
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Tech/Comm Acquisition Target Updates (CSCO, BRCD, NOVL, PGI, STX, WDC, XLK)

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 11:52 am

Mergers and Acquisitions are still coming in the world of technology and communications. Many deals have been announced in technology that are around the Ciscoization of the data center and ...
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IBM Buybacks So Big, Almost Taking Itself Private (IBM)

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 11:10 am

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) is at it again with returning capital. The company announced this morning that it declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.65 per share. ...
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Valero Leads Off for Refiners on Profits and Revenue (VLO, TSO, MRO, FTO, WNR, SNP, PTR)

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 10:18 am

Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE:VLO) is the first of the oil refiners to report earnings this quarter, and this morning's release is a lot better than a year ago, when diluted ...
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