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Monthly Archives: November 2010

Adapting to Change: Electronic Arts Furthers Social Network Gaming (ERTS, GME)

Posted: November 2, 2010 at 1:17 pm

Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) has announced a five-year strategic relationship with Facebook.  The timing of this is odd considering its earnings are due today, but the company and other ...
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Archer Daniels Midland, Where Inventory Valuation Takes A Bite (ADM, BG, POT, VLO, ANDE)

Posted: November 2, 2010 at 12:31 pm

Farm products giant Archer Daniels Midland Co. (NYSE: ADM) posted EPS of $0.54 on revenue of $16.8 billion. Analysts were expecting EPS of $0.75 on revenue of $15.66 billion, so ...
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How Many Companies Can One Company Buy? (ORCL, ARTG)

Posted: November 2, 2010 at 11:00 am

Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) might as well be called "King Of Acquisitions."  The company has acquired more companies than can easily be  counted, and now it is acquiring Art Technology ...
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Gold Investors…’Wait & See’ Reaction on Newmont (NEM, GDX, ABX, GG)

Posted: November 2, 2010 at 10:01 am

Newmont Mining Corp. (NYSE: NEM) is up this morning after beating earnings expectations.  It seems that they might be implying that gold producers will not just have to beat earnings ...
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New Airline Security Rules: Govt or Industry to Pay? (DAL, LCC, AMR, UAL, LUV, JBLU, FDX, UPS)

Posted: November 2, 2010 at 9:51 am

The airline industry has recovered solidly from a string of losing quarters, but it now faces another issue brought on by the discovery last week of an explosive device in ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (11/2/2010) Cost Of Air Terror, BP Profit

Posted: November 2, 2010 at 8:50 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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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (BP, CGNX, CCUR, OFC, ESLR, MPEL, WFR, MVIS, NTRI, TEAM)

Posted: November 2, 2010 at 8:44 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of BP plc (NYSE: BP), Cognex Corp. (NASDAQ: ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/2/2010) GM IPO

Posted: November 2, 2010 at 8:41 am

Updated throughout the day. The government will cut its stake in GM as low as 30% with the car company's IPO (WSJ) The Fed will buy $500 billion worth of ...
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Allied Irish Flirts With Penny Stock Status Despite UK Sale Attempt (AIB)

Posted: November 2, 2010 at 8:17 am

Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB) is one that flew under the radar last week because of the floodgates of earnings reports.  Last night the company issued an update to ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ARO, ARRS, BIOD, XCO, INCY, LEAP, MPEL, PCS, SANM, S, TC, VZ)

Posted: November 2, 2010 at 8:05 am

These are some of this Tuesday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) Cut to Underweight at KeyBanc. Arris Group Inc. ...
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Potash Buyout Heats Up (POT, BHP)

Posted: November 2, 2010 at 7:39 am

The fight over winning a Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) is heating up.  Whether BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP) can ultimately win backing of the merger at its current ...
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With Profit On AIG, US Should Buy More Troubled Banks

Posted: November 2, 2010 at 6:07 am

The Treasury Department says it will make a profit on the investment it made for taxpayers when it bailed out AIG. That leads to the question of whether the US ...
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The Midterm Election: The Deficit Does Not Go Away

Posted: November 2, 2010 at 5:42 am

The Republicans will win the House of Representatives it seems. They may also control the Senate, although that is less likely. The President could face two hostile chambers of Congress. ...
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Does Anyone Want To Buy A New Car? Not While The Old One Still Runs

Posted: November 2, 2010 at 5:19 am

Car manufacturers will announce their domestic sales for October today. Analysts expect them to be good, although that is relative. The annual run rate of US vehicle sales will probably ...
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Twitter Sells Ads

Posted: November 2, 2010 at 4:55 am

Twitter has begun to sell ads. These will appear in the streams of tweets that go back and forth between subscribers. Twitter faces the same questions that Facebook does now ...
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