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Monthly Archives: November 2010

Analyst Crushes Solar Sector (FSLR, TSL, JASO, SOLR, SOL, STP, WFR, TAN)

Posted: November 17, 2010 at 9:55 am

Oil is off the peak again, the markets went soft, and governments are going to have to review spending on all fronts... including most subsidies.  All of this aligns rather ...
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Housing Starts Crushed

Posted: November 17, 2010 at 8:57 am

"Privately-owned housing starts in October were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 519,000. This is 11.7% below the revised September estimate of 588,000 and is 1.9% below the October ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (AVNR, HGSI, JASO, LDSH, RINO)

Posted: November 17, 2010 at 8:50 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Avanir Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AVNR), Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Stock Market Report 11/17/1010 Target Earnings, Housing Starts

Posted: November 17, 2010 at 8:38 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 (11/17/2010) Wal-Mart M&A

Posted: November 17, 2010 at 8:28 am

Updated throughout the day. India and Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) are closer to settling their Blackberry communications dispute (Reuters) Wal-mart (NYSE: WMT) is closer to the purchase of Indonesia ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMD, BIDU, CHC, GLW, CTRP, CSX, DISCA, FSLR, GME, HON, HGSI, KEY, NSC, PWRD, SVVS, SHLD, SINA, SBIB)

Posted: November 17, 2010 at 8:25 am

These are some of this Wednesday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Cut to Market Perform at JMP ...
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Buffett’s Bond Bubble (BRK-A, BRK-B, TBT, TLT)

Posted: November 17, 2010 at 8:07 am

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has recently released its quarterly holdings and the changes were more than in any recent quarter.  This morning CNBC has been interviewing Warren Buffett about ...
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Video Game Sales Crash Before The Holidays,And May Be Replaced Altogether

Posted: November 17, 2010 at 5:39 am

The new Microsoft (NASADQ: MSFT) Kinect, which has already sold 1 million units, and updated versions of products from Sony (NYSE: SNE), and Nintendo had all better sell well in ...
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Another Useless Debt Reduction Plan

Posted: November 17, 2010 at 5:15 am

The Bipartisan Policy Center set up by former Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole and George Mitchell will offer a new plan to address the national deficit. It ...
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The Nine Worst Attempts To Create Brand Names

Posted: November 17, 2010 at 4:36 am

According to the The United States Trademark and Patent Office, a trademark is a brand name which includes any word, name, symbol, or device used, or intended to be used, in ...
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Media Digest (91/17/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 17, 2010 at 4:08 am

The GM IPO may be the largest in US history (Reuters) Fed officials defended their plan to lower rates (Reuters) Bonds issues by Ireland may have great value in the ...
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GM Is The Same GM It Was Yesterday: IPO Adds 30% More Shares.

Posted: November 16, 2010 at 5:17 pm

GM has increased the price per share of its IPO from about $26 to nearly $33 and ratcheted up the number of shares it will offer  by 30% to 478 ...
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Good, Bad, Or Irrelevant: New BlackBerry Tablet Three Times Faster Than iPad

Posted: November 16, 2010 at 4:50 pm

Verdict: Irrelevant The CEO of Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) told the Web 2.0 conference that his firm's new tablet PC is “three to four times faster” than the iPad. Jim ...
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Chinese Aircraft Maker Gets First Orders (BA, EADSY, GE, AIRYY, ZNH, CEA, BDRBF, ERJ)

Posted: November 16, 2010 at 10:20 am

It's probably too early to declare that there's a new sheriff in town, but it's not too early to keep an eye on a new Chinese aircraft maker. Commercial Aircraft ...
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Plains All American Raising Capital (PAA, NXY)

Posted: November 16, 2010 at 9:29 am

Plains All American Pipeline LP (NYSE: PAA) is raising cash.  The LP grew the size of the offering and this discount appears to be about 2%. The oil and nat-gas ...
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