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Monthly Archives: November 2010

Media Digest 11/19/2010 (Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg)

Posted: November 19, 2010 at 4:11 am

Dell's (NASDAQ: DELL) margins rushed past expectations and shares moved higher (Reuters) Bernanke said a strong US recovery is essential to global economic health (Reuters) Lawmakers attacked regulators and banks ...
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Economists” Group Says 2011 Will Be A Hard Year

Posted: November 18, 2010 at 6:38 pm

Next year will not be much of an improvement over this one if a large group of prominent economists is to be trusted. The Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics at the ...
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Most Republicans Don’t Believe In Global Warming

Posted: November 18, 2010 at 5:02 pm

New Jersey Gov.  Chris Christie, a rising star in the Republican party, recently  stunned the media by expressing doubts about global warming. Four scientists from universities in the state even ...
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What Saving Ireland Looks Like (AIB, IRE, IRL, NBG)

Posted: November 18, 2010 at 3:32 pm

Want to see just how much the saving of Ireland added to the key ADRs today? Look no further than Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB), The Bank of Ireland ...
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Commodity Trader’s Profits Up 45%

Posted: November 18, 2010 at 1:45 pm

Swiss-based Glencore International AG is the world's largest commodity trader posted earnings of $979 million for the third quarter, up from $677 million in the second quarter. For the first ...
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Rail Dividends Trending Higher, 2011 Outlook (UNP, GSH, NSC, CSX, CNI, CP, BRK-A, BRK-B)

Posted: November 18, 2010 at 12:44 pm

It turns out that Warren Buffett was right about railroads. They are part of a country's fabric, and their place as a relatively low-cost shipper is well-fixed in a country's ...
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New “Call of Duty” on Way to $1 Billion in Sales (ATVI, GME)

Posted: November 18, 2010 at 12:27 pm

To call the new mega-hit game "Call of Duty: Black Ops" a success would be the understatement of 2010 in video games.  Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) has set a ...
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House Could Extend Long-Term Unemployment Benefits, Maybe

Posted: November 18, 2010 at 10:42 am

Two million people are scheduled to lose their long-term unemployment benefits between now and year's end. Unless friends or relatives elect to be generous, this would essentially make them indigent ...
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Good News For The Economy, At Least In Philadelphia

Posted: November 18, 2010 at 10:17 am

The economy has begun to show signs of life, at least in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Federal Reserve said: "Results from the Business Outlook Survey suggest that regional manufacturing activity showed ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (11/18/2010) Sears, Jobs, And Ireland Take Beating

Posted: November 18, 2010 at 9:06 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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GM’s IPO Sets Stage for Other Autos (GM, F, TTM, HMC)

Posted: November 18, 2010 at 9:03 am

Government Motors is now back to being General Motors (NYSE: GM).  The taxpayer will start to recollect some of the bailout money, although shares would have to be far far ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (DRYS, EXEL, HUM, LTXC)

Posted: November 18, 2010 at 8:51 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Dry Ships, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS), Exelixis, Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/18/2010) Blackberry Sales

Posted: November 18, 2010 at 8:49 am

Updated throughout the day. Ireland's banks will get loans from the IMF and EU. (Reuters) Glencore may have an IPO next years (Reuters) Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) has sold ...
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Jobless Claims Still Too High For Unemployment Changes

Posted: November 18, 2010 at 8:37 am

The U.S. Labor Department is out with its weekly jobless claims, and so far there are no real changes despite the numbers being slightly lower than what had been historic ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ABT, ALU, ATI, CSCO, EL, F, GRMN, GMR, MOT, QCOM, RIMM, SAP, STP, SVN, TIVO)

Posted: November 18, 2010 at 8:20 am

These are some of this Thursday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ...
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