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Monthly Archives: November 2010

Media Digest 11/11/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 11, 2010 at 4:04 am

The US has tried to hold together discussions on currency and trade among unruly members of the G20 conference in Seoul. (Reuters) Cisco's (NASDAQ: CSCO) grim outlook stunned investors. (Reuters) ...
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Why The Deficit Commision Doesn’t Matter

Posted: November 10, 2010 at 5:17 pm

Remember when Mary Poppins sung that it  "takes a spoon full of sugar to make the medicine go down?"  Well, President Obama's fiscal commission told the American people nothing could ...
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Cisco, When ‘Moderate & Challenging’ Trumps 19% Growth (CSCO)

Posted: November 10, 2010 at 4:23 pm

Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is seeing some real volatility in the after-earnings trading session this evening.  The networking, communications and now data center giant in tech reported first quarter ...
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How Long Before We Can Replace Oil?

Posted: November 10, 2010 at 12:10 pm

Everyone's heard about peak oil, that elusive point when production of oil begins its inevitable and irreversible decline. The problem with defining that elusive point comes from a few ...
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Outrageous CEO Perks: This Year’s Top Picks

Posted: November 10, 2010 at 12:05 pm

By Douglas A. McIntyre Thanks to gross excesses in executive compensation exposed during the financial crisis, CEO pay has come under increased scrutiny in recent years.   At the prodding ...
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October Inflows & Outflows: More Trends for ETFs Over Mutual Funds (GLD, USO)

Posted: November 10, 2010 at 11:37 am

Did retail investors catch the top of the market?  Many individual investors missed the huge market gains from the lows in early 2009 and now many are playing catch-up.  Fresh ...
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Boeing 787 Hits Another Snag, Dreamliner’s Timeline of Pain (BA)

Posted: November 10, 2010 at 9:50 am

Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) keeps having problems with its upcoming 787 Dreamliner.  The freshest news out is that a 787 Dreamliner caught fire on a test flight and was forced ...
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DCP Midstream Partners Raising Capital (DPM)

Posted: November 10, 2010 at 9:26 am

DCP Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: DPM) has priced its public secondary offering of 2,500,000 common units at $34.96 per common unit for gross proceeds of close to $87 million. The ...
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Enbridge Energy Partners Raising Capital (EEP)

Posted: November 10, 2010 at 9:17 am

Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: EEP) has priced its pending public secondary offering of 5.2 million Common Units.  The deal priced at $60.12 per unit, raising more than $300 million ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (CAGC, LLNW, PCBC, SMT, VCGH)

Posted: November 10, 2010 at 8:48 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of in China Agritech (NASDAQ: CAGC)n Limelight Networks, Inc., ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St Market Report 11/10/2010 Ireland Debt, GM Profit, Jobless Claims

Posted: November 10, 2010 at 8:35 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 ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AAP, AMD, BKD, SCHW, MY, DF, DNN, IHG, PAAS, PWRD, VFC)

Posted: November 10, 2010 at 8:31 am

These are some of this Wednesday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Advance Auto Parts Inc. (NYSE: AAP) Raised to Perform at Oppenheimer. Advanced ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/10/2010) Google Raises, Hedge Funds

Posted: November 10, 2010 at 8:26 am

Updated throughout the day. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will give 10% raises to all employees (Business Insider) David Tepper's hedge fund had a 20% return through October (NYT) Douglas A. McIntyre ...
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Rapaport Brings Auctions to the Diamond Market

Posted: November 10, 2010 at 8:15 am

Diamonds come in many shapes and sizes, and to add to the mix in valuations they come in various color grades and have grades based upon how perfect the diamond ...
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Short Sellers Move Into Financials, Out Of Tech

Posted: November 10, 2010 at 6:18 am

Short sellers moved into the shares of large financial firms, perhaps sensing the effects of new regulation and an exit from proprietary trading businesses. The short interest in Citigroup (NYSE: ...
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