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Monthly Archives: December 2010

Obama Meets CEOs: A Bridge To Nowhere

Posted: December 13, 2010 at 4:59 am

President Obama will host a meeting for a number of large company CEOs in Washington this week. The heads of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), IBM (NYSE: IBM), and ...
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Media Digest (12/13/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 13, 2010 at 4:11 am

The Senate is close to a vote on the new tax package. (Reuters) China extended its reserve requirements for top banks. (Reuters) A&P filed for bankruptcy. (Reuters) Oil rose after ...
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The 21 Companies That Exclude Women From Leadership

Posted: December 13, 2010 at 3:26 am

More than half of the American workforce is comprised of women. It is well-known that they are paid less than their male counterparts. Several studies show that female workers make ...
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The Unusual Suspects for the Week Ahead (AAPL, BEC, FFIV, GM, GAP, GMCR, HHWW, MAT, PAA, WES, ORCL, PG, RIMM, RAD, SIRI, THC, YOKU)

Posted: December 12, 2010 at 12:25 pm

We have a different cast of characters in this weekend's UNUSUAL SUSPECTS for the week ahead.  Many bits of news and rumors are carrying over from last week into the ...
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Ugly Christmas Gifts From Starbucks

Posted: December 12, 2010 at 6:47 am

24/7 Wall St. continued its ongoing evaluations of Starbucks stores, this times visiting a number of locations in Manhattan. A few of the special Christmas gifts from the coffee retailer: 1. ...
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OPEC Holds Firm As Gasoline Hits Two-Year High

Posted: December 11, 2010 at 11:31 am

OPEC said it would maintain production levels. The cartel defended its decision by noting that the world's economy is barely out of recession. The current $90 price of oil was ...
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China Inflation Hits Multi-Year High

Posted: December 11, 2010 at 7:29 am

China's inflation hit at 28-month high last month at 5.1% The People's Republic has begun to pay the price for its yuan policy, increased exports, and the cost of imports ...
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S&P Hikes SIRIUS XM Rating, Not Just On Howard Stern (SIRI)

Posted: December 10, 2010 at 3:09 pm

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) was already in the news all week after Howard Stern announced that he will be staying on the air in a new five-year pact ...
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The iPad Erodes Newspaper Print Subscriptions

Posted: December 10, 2010 at 3:06 pm

First, video killed the radio star.  Now, it looks like the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad is causing the same sorts of disruption to newspaper publishers. According to a survey of ...
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Next Week’s Must See Earnings (BBY, DFS, FDX, ORCL, RIMM, RAD, CCL)

Posted: December 10, 2010 at 1:46 pm

We are now about as far away from 'earnings season' as one can get but that does not mean there are not some market-moving and sector-moving stocks due with earnings.  ...
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China Bumps Bank Reserves Ratio Again, Sixth Time This Year

Posted: December 10, 2010 at 1:14 pm

The People's Bank of China has announced another 50 basis points increase in the country's required reserves ratio for China's banks. This is the sixth such increase in a year, ...
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GE Dividend Hike, One More Reason To Own For A Decade (GE)

Posted: December 10, 2010 at 12:00 pm

There had been a rumor that General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) was going to hike its dividend again, and that rumor turned out to be true.  GE just announced that ...
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Some Renewable Energy Not Generating Much Green (PEIX, FSLR, SPWRA, VWSYF, SAP)

Posted: December 10, 2010 at 11:46 am

It's no accident that the investing scene in renewable energy stocks resembles the boom-and-bust cycle familiar to hard-rock mining. When the stuff is scarce, a new discovery can get rich. ...
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Brand Death & Bankruptcy Watch: Great Atlantic & Pacific (GAP, WMT)

Posted: December 10, 2010 at 11:29 am

Better economies do not always help all players.  The grocery business is already one which operates on razor-thin margins, so any hiccup can cause great pain for investors in the ...
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Short Sellers’ Mass Exit In High-Priced Leaders (AMZN, AAPL, BIDU, BRK-B, FFIV, GS, GOOG, IBM, ISRG, MA, NFLX, POT, PCLN, CRM, VMW, WYNN)

Posted: December 10, 2010 at 10:23 am

The short sellers ran for cover in the actively traded high priced market leaders at the end of November.  With only a few exceptions of our "high-priced leaders," almost all ...
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