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Monthly Archives: November 2010

House Flippers: The Forgotten “Victims” Of The Real Estate Implosion

Posted: November 29, 2010 at 11:15 am

Ask not for whom the foreclosure bell tolls house flippers.  It tolls for thee. With profuse apologies to Ernest Hemingway, that butchered metaphor sums up the predicament facing many real ...
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Wal-Mart Takes Its Chances in South Africa (WMT)

Posted: November 29, 2010 at 10:28 am

Just two months ago Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) revealed that it had made a non-binding offer of $4.6 billion to acquire South Africa's Massmart Holdings Ltd. Almost immediately resistance ...
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10 Major Stock Movers For Monday (AMRN, AMAG, AIB, IRE, NBG, DRYS, NLST, ALU, RYAAY, VOLT)

Posted: November 29, 2010 at 9:42 am

Amarin Corporation plc (NASDAQ: AMRN) is indicated up 50% at $5.35, well above the $3.85 52-week high, after its AMR101 met pivotal phase 3 study endpoints with highly statistically significant ...
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Starbucks Wants Its Beans Back (SBUX, KFT)

Posted: November 29, 2010 at 9:21 am

When Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ: SBUX) filed its Form 10-K last week, it had this to say about its relationship with Kraft Foods Global, Inc., the division of Kraft Foods ...
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The World’s Ten Big Cities Running Out Of Air

Posted: November 29, 2010 at 9:11 am

A number of the world's largest cities have begun to run out of clean air, which leaves open the question of their long term futures. Disease which is a by-product ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (11/29/2010) Ireland Bailout Cyber Monday

Posted: November 29, 2010 at 9:03 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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7.1 Billion Reasons to Hate BP Less (BP)

Posted: November 29, 2010 at 9:01 am

BP plc (NYSE: BP) may still be very hated by many in the Gulf Coast region.  The company is still trying to make good on its capital raise efforts to ...
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With Unemployment Benefits, It’s the Invisible That Matters

Posted: November 29, 2010 at 8:55 am

By by John Tamny of Forbes The negative incentive effects of unemployments are well known.  What's maybe not discussed enough are the less visible effects of jobless benefits, which include reduced ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors 11.29.2010 Amazon Goes Overseas, Apple Lawyers Up

Posted: November 29, 2010 at 8:44 am

Updated throughout the day. Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) will enter a number of markets outside the US  (FT) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has begun to recruit an army of lawyers to fight ...
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optionsXpress: The Power of Large Special Dividends (OXPS)

Posted: November 29, 2010 at 8:43 am

optionsXpress Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: OXPS) is leveraging up a bit to reward shareholders with a one-time dividend while it knows taxes will be low.  The company's board of directors has ...
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Majority Holder Unloads Stillwater (SW)

Posted: November 29, 2010 at 8:29 am

Stillwater Mining Co. (NYSE: SWC) has seen a large run this year due to it being a miner in platinum and palladium.  It has also gotten back up close to ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AKAM, AEO, BA, KO, DE, EBAY, FDX, FSLR, LDK, NTSP, SQM, SSCC, SHO, SPWRA, TIN, TSO, YUM)

Posted: November 29, 2010 at 8:17 am

These are some of this Monday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Raised to Buy w/ $60 target at ...
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Capital Markets Assault Spain And Portugal Debt

Posted: November 29, 2010 at 6:59 am

The bailout of Ireland has not been nearly enough to cause capital markets investors to believe that Portugal and Spain are out of trouble. The concerns about sovereign defaults has ...
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The Five Businesses That Killed The DVD

Posted: November 29, 2010 at 6:33 am

The DVD industry rose to a breathtaking level nearly as fast as any entertainment medium in history. The basic technology for the product was created in the early 1990s. DVDs ...
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Illegal Websites: A Many-Headed Hydra

Posted: November 29, 2010 at 6:05 am

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shuttered more than 70 websites recently. Some were e-commerce operations. Others were set up to use filing sharing technology to transfer premium feature-length content which violates ...
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