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Monthly Archives: November 2010

Major Insider Selling To Set Records in December (AMZN, BRK-A, DDS, DTV, DG, EMC, EXPE, FDX, GPS, GENZ, INTC, JBHT, MSFT, JWN, ORCL, RL, CRM, SLB, SBUX, SCHW, VMW, WMT, WFMI, WYNN, DELL, LVS, GOOG)

Posted: November 24, 2010 at 8:02 am

Insider selling by millionaire and billionaire corporate insiders is already rising, but it is about to go through the roof.  Forget the politics and forget the morale left behind as ...
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Non-Apple Tablet Opportunity for PC Makers in 2011 (AAPL, QCOM, INTC, ARMH, HPQ, DELL, RIMM)

Posted: November 24, 2010 at 7:52 am

The craze of late-2008 into 2009 was the netbook.  The new craze is the tablet PC, and you do not need to be told about the iPad from Apple Inc. ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/24/2010) Bank Of Ireland

Posted: November 24, 2010 at 7:48 am

Updated throughout the day. Ireland may take over the Bank of Ireland as part of its massive debt restructuring (NYT) Research from KBW says banks are rushing to dump troubled ...
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Ireland Debt Downgraded, A Little Late

Posted: November 24, 2010 at 5:58 am

Credit rating agencies often downgrade debt after  some disaster. That is certainly the case with Ireland, which appears to have gotten a rescue package from the EU and IMF in ...
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Portugal Takes To The Streets

Posted: November 24, 2010 at 5:40 am

It may turn out that the great barrier to austerity and spending cuts in debt-ridden European nations may not be politicians. People who fear a cut in their standard of ...
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More News Of The End Of The PC: Web Browsing On Mobile Devices Surges

Posted: November 24, 2010 at 5:22 am

Use of mobile devices for internet access accelerated last month. It is unlikely that total online activity rose by 100% year-over-year last month, so PC activity must have lost momentum ...
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Facebook Makes People More Social, And Perhaps More Isolated

Posted: November 24, 2010 at 4:59 am

Researchers at the University of  Texas claim they have conducted a survey that finds that "Facebook is making us more social, albeit in ways unique to the digital age."  Online ...
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Media Digest 11/24/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 24, 2010 at 3:58 am

Reuters: SAP will pay Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) $1.3 billion for copyright infringement. Reuters: The  FBI sent warnings to a number of more hedge funds. Reuters: The euro fell to two ...
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Tackling the Deficit: This Is Not Fun

Posted: November 23, 2010 at 8:51 pm

The pundits are all abuzz over the initial proposals to cut the deficit. The extremes on left and right are united in a spirit of condemnation: the left won’t broach ...
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SAP Owes Oracle (ORCL) $1.3 Billion: Suit Could Last Years

Posted: November 23, 2010 at 7:07 pm

A  federal jury ruled in favor of Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) in a copyright infringement case against SAP, according to a number of media reports. The sum of the award was ...
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The Daily Black Friday Gimmick: Apple (AAPL)

Posted: November 23, 2010 at 4:56 pm

Gimmicks are generally considered unique or special features to make something stand out that would have otherwise been lost in the shuffle or been ignored.   Gimmick often do nothing other ...
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FOMC Minutes: Currency Manipulation & Duration Dissent

Posted: November 23, 2010 at 3:32 pm

The minutes of the most recent FOMC meeting from November 2 and 3 showed that Fed governors were not exactly unanimous over all of the issues around quantitative easing or ...
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The Ten Most Prosperous Thanksgivings Since The Great Depression

Posted: November 23, 2010 at 3:29 pm

Thanksgiving is one of the few national holidays which is distinctly American - although, there is a “Turkey Day” in Canada, too. The date of the first Thanksgiving is put ...
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New Study Urges Development Of Energy Storage (AES, AONE, BCON, AMSC)

Posted: November 23, 2010 at 1:17 pm

There are several big knocks on the development of renewable energy solutions. The first, of course, is cost. The second is intermittency, that is the inability of wind or solar ...
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Thanksgiving Gets More Expensive This Year All Around

Posted: November 23, 2010 at 1:06 pm

The cost of Thanksgiving is going to be higher for 2010.  There is often no better comparison than any fixed points in time around key memorable events, and Thanksgiving is ...
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