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Monthly Archives: October 2010

This Week’s Top Earnings Reports & Previews (DD, X, CMCSA, COP, PG, MMM, DOW, XOM, POT, FSLR, MSFT, CVX, MRK)

Posted: October 25, 2010 at 2:54 pm

Earnings season is in full swing and is peaking this week in the frequency of market moving and sector moving companies reporting quarterly results.  There are several DJIA components reporting ...
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Has Netflix Found The Internet Video Holy Grail?

Posted: October 25, 2010 at 1:25 pm

Netflix Inc.  (NASDAQ:NFLX) is in the middle of the oldest dilemma on the Interne:  how to make money doing cool stuff. It's the old "why buy the cow when you ...
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Private Equity Firms Eye Shaky IPO for Harrah’s (LVS, WYNN, MGM, MPEL, BYD)

Posted: October 25, 2010 at 12:59 pm

Last week private equity firms Apollo Management LP and TPG filed documents with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for an IPO of Harrah's Entertainment Inc., the gaming firm the ...
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Microsoft Taking Longer To Reconcile Quarterly Earnings? (MSFT)

Posted: October 25, 2010 at 11:09 am

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is on deck to report earnings Thursday, October 28, 2010 after the close.  Microsoft used to be report at least in the middle of the pack ...
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National Association of Realtors: A Housing Recovery Or A Mirage?

Posted: October 25, 2010 at 10:45 am

The National Association of Realtors says exiting home sales rose a strong 10% in September. Existing home sales includes single-family, townhouses, condominiums and co-ops. The figure was a seasonally adjusted annual ...
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The Broad Commodity Boom Is a Negative Economic Signal

Posted: October 25, 2010 at 10:03 am

By John Tamny of Forbes Some economic commentators have decided that commodities hitting record highs across the board is a signal of a growing global economy.  Their argument might be ...
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LDK Solar Signs Buffett-Backed BYD (LDK, BYDDF, BRK-A, BRK-B, TSL, JASO, YGE)

Posted: October 25, 2010 at 9:57 am

Just a few days after disclosing a solid order book for 2011, LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) has announced that it has signed a two-year agreement with BYD Co. ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (APSG, ARNA, C, CTV, FWLT, NVTL, PPD, SVA, SOHU)

Posted: October 25, 2010 at 8:51 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Applied Signal Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: APSG), Arena ...
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The Twitter-247 Wall St. Market Report 10/25/2010 Geithner Visits China

Posted: October 25, 2010 at 8:39 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 (10/25/2010) B of A Mortgages, Adobe Free

Posted: October 25, 2010 at 8:29 am

Updated throughout the day. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) has found a number of errors in its mortgages (WSJ) Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) will try to stay independent. (Financial Times, Germany) ...
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Lockheed Martin To Keep Buying Its Own Stock (LMT)

Posted: October 25, 2010 at 8:28 am

Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) is going to retire more stock.  The defense giant announced this morning that it has approved a new share repurchase program that will allow the ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ALTR, ANSS, APSG, ATHN, BIDU, C, HIG, HD, JBLU, MSFT, PFG, LUV, WIT, XLNX)

Posted: October 25, 2010 at 8:11 am

These are some of this Monday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Altera Corp. (NASDAQ: ALTR) Started as Hold at Deutsche Bank. Ansys Inc. ...
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2006-2010 Trend in Expected Christmas Spending, October Forecasts (Not Adjusted for Inflation)

Consumer Holiday Spending To Drop Again This Year

Posted: October 25, 2010 at 6:28 am

The average American consumer plans to spend less on holiday gifts this year,  according to a new Gallup poll. Gallup's initial measure of Americans' 2010  spending intentions found that people ...
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Strikes Against Austerity May Cost France Over $200 Million A Day

Posted: October 25, 2010 at 6:07 am

Labor strikes in France, aimed to get the government to reverse plans for pension cuts and a higher national retirement age, may have cost the nation $200 million in lost ...
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Sony Finally Kills The Walkman

Posted: October 25, 2010 at 5:30 am

Sony lost the spot as the leader in portable music players when it failed to create a product like the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPod in 2000. Apple was still ...
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