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Monthly Archives: October 2010

Housing Market Crushed: Case-Shiller

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 9:38 am

Unemployment, falling housing prices, and a relentless increase in foreclosures damaged home prices again, according to August Case-Schiller. Data through August 2010, released by Standard & Poor’s for its S&P/Case-Shiller ...
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Major Oil & Energy Earnings On Deck (COP, XOM, CVX, FSLR, DIG)

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 9:38 am

This is the peak of earnings season and the flow of earnings is coming on strong.  This week is jammed full of energy companies reporting earnings and it will be ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (DRIV, FTLK, LXK, PCL, PLD, RF, SUPG, TLAB, TXN, VECO, X, ZRAN)

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 8:50 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Digital River Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV), Funtalk China ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report 10/26/2010 Ford, Ford, Ford

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 8:50 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 (10/26/2010) ITA Deal Danger

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 8:31 am

Updated throughout the day. Online travel companies want to block the Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) buyout of ITA Software (various) Chemical company China National BlueStar, backed by Blackstone, may buy Norway ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ACH, ATHR, EAT, CTV, FSLR, ICE, MPEL, NAT, PNRA, SFL, TRV, TK)

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 8:16 am

These are some of this Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Aluminum Corp Of China (NYSE: ACH) Cut to Undeweight at JPMorgan. Atheros ...
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Things Keep Looking Better for JA Solar (JASO)

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 8:12 am

Things are still looking up at JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd., (NASDAQ:JASO).  The maker of high-performance solar cells raised its guidance for its third quarter which ended September 30, 2010.  ...
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Ford Become World Class Again, Posts Big Earnings But Weakness Outside US

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 7:19 am

VW and Toyota (NYSE: TM) have competition from a US car company again--Ford. Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) Q net income of $1.7 billion, $.43 cents per share, a $690 ...
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Digg, Once The Darling Of Web 2.0, Near Death

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 6:07 am

Digg.com was once so important to web 2.0, the spread of information and social media behavior that its executives were often interviewed about the future of news on the internet. ...
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Fed Easing And The Debate Over Inflation

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 5:38 am

PaulVolcker, the aged former Fed chairman, says that quantitive easing poses little threat to the economy. "Inflation is not a problem right now. It won't be a problem next year, it ...
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Nissan’s Big New Hybrid

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 5:19 am

Nissan's flagship brand is Infiniti which competes with BMW, Mercedes, the Lexus brand of Toyota (NYSE: TM), and the Acura brand of Honda (NYSE: HMC). The Cadillac brand of GM ...
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An Apple Buyout Of Sony?

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 5:00 am

Sony (NYSE: SNE) shares have moved up recently on rumors that the company might be bought by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). Apple could easily afford the deal. It has over ...
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Nine Great Brands That Had To Change Their Name

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 4:43 am

Many companies keep the names that they used to brand themselves when they were founded. Firms such as Ford (NYSE: F) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have changed their corporate ...
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Media Digest (10/26/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 4:06 am

Reuters: American International Group (NYSE: AIG) CEO Benmosche has cancer. (Reuters) Ford Motor (NYSE:  F) may post record profits. (Reuters) William Dudley of the New York Fed said the central ...
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Berkshire Hathaway Names New Investment Manager (BRK-A, BRK-B)

Posted: October 25, 2010 at 4:22 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) announced that thirty-nine year old Todd Combs will soon join the conglomerate as an investment manager.  Combs has been managing Castle Point Capital ...
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