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Monthly Archives: November 2010

The Taxman Will Come To The Web

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 5:53 pm

The one group of people who were almost as happy as the retailers by the unexpectedly strong Black Friday sales were tax collectors whose appetite for taxing online sales grows ...
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Can Trina and Others Escape Solar Darkness? (TSL, LDK, STP, JASO, TAN, PBW, FSLR)

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 5:03 pm

Oil may still be above $80.00, but solar stocks are on skid row.  The dollar/euro is heading the wrong way, new government uncertainty growing louder, and a concern over all ...
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New 52-Week Lows Keep Surprising (APOL, BAC, CSCO, DF, STP, WINN, SVU)

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 4:29 pm

The market is entering a shaky period, but it is still way up for the year.  As you usually see, many stocks are actually at new 52-week lows. Imagine how ...
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Industrial Power Sector Highlighted by M&A (BEZ, ABB, AOS, RBC, AME)

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 2:55 pm

Baldor Electric Co. (NYSE: BEZ) is a company most investors have either never heard of or that they decided to not care about.  Many might even guess it is even ...
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Apple iPad Sinks Amazon.com Kindle In E-Reader War

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 2:49 pm

It was always Amazon.com's (NASDAQ: AMZN) dream that its Kindle could hold off the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad's incursion into the e-reader market. The problem is that the Kindle does one ...
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Gold Bugs Face Chart Dilemma (GLD, IAU, SGOL, DGP)

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 1:01 pm

It has been impossible to ignore the sideways trading pattern in gold of late. Despite a 1.5% move up on Tuesday, gold bugs, traders, and investors in the SPDR Gold ...
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BP Unveils Plan to Move Ahead in Canadian Oil Sands (BP, CEO, XOM, SU, ENB)

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 12:27 pm

Now that BP plc (NYSE: BP) has topped $20 billion in divestments to help pay for the estimated $40 billion in damage caused by its Macondo well blow-out in April, ...
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Why Car Sales May Not Improve In 2011

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 11:46 am

Car sales are expected to be moderately good for November. Most car companies will have results which are an improvement over October, but comparisons with last November are quite likely ...
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Best BioHealth Stocks of 2010, Outlook for 2011 (JAZZ, DNDN, HGSI, ARIA, AMRN, NBIX, THRX)

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 11:32 am

2010 has been an interesting year in biotech and in biohealth stocks, even if it has lacked some of the ten-baggers that were seen in 2009.  In 2009, companies like ...
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Americans: Cut Government Spending, Don’t Touch Taxes

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 11:02 am

Americans believe that the pain of reducing the deficit should be based on government cuts and not changes in the tax code. They do not, however, expect their own taxes ...
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The Next Round of Fighting Over Net Neutrality (NFLX, LVLT, CMCSA, GE, VZ, GOOG)

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 10:39 am

When Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) recently signed a contract with Level 3 Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) to store and deliver streaming video, the stage was set for the next round ...
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Housing Crushed Horribly

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 9:59 am

The S&P/ Case-Shiller Home Prices Indices could not have been worse for September. They showed a near collapse in house prices. Earlier this month, an S&P analyst opined that home ...
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This Toyota Recall is Different (TM)

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 9:38 am

After the hit to its reputation for its slow-motion recall of more than 8.5 million cars earlier this year, Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) has apparently learned its lesson. The ...
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Advanced Battery Raising Capital (ABAT)

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 9:31 am

Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABAT) is taking a small hit this morning on news that it is raising capital.  The developer of rechargeable polymer lithium-ion batteries and electric vehicles ...
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Several Oil & Gas Deals (XOM, CHK, MRO)

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 8:49 am

While there are no major mergers being announced in the energy patch, we do have several expansion deals from energy leaders in oil and gas.  ExxonMobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) has ...
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