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Monthly Archives: December 2010

Media Digest (12/10/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 10, 2010 at 4:03 am

The new Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad may have front and back cameras. (Reuters) Strength in the Chinese economy pushed crude back above $89. (Reuters) The strength of China's trade may ...
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Air Products to Airgas: $70! Take It Or Leave It! (APD, ARG)

Posted: December 9, 2010 at 1:42 pm

If you have followed mergers and acquisitions for the last year or more, you are probably growing rather sick of the proposed merger where Air Products (NYSE: APD) wants to ...
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The American People Are Mad As Hell and Can’t Take It Anymore

Posted: December 9, 2010 at 12:55 pm

Americans are so mad about the economy that they can't think straight, if two recent Bloomberg News of  polls of 1,000 people are any indication. In one survey, more than ...
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Lululemon Furthers Path to a Monopoly (LULU)

Posted: December 9, 2010 at 12:39 pm

Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) is proving exactly why we recently named it one of several companies that could be the next future monopolies.  The yoga-themed retailer  and apparel maker ...
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Ethanol Producers On Track For More Tax Credits (ADM, VLO, PEIX)

Posted: December 9, 2010 at 12:15 pm

The tax bill negotiated between President Obama and Republican legislators reportedly contains an extension to the various government supports for ethanol producers. The Renewable Fuels Association has said that the ...
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Helen of Troy Makes Value Screen With Kaz Buyout (HELE, PG, HON)

Posted: December 9, 2010 at 12:08 pm

Helen of Troy Limited (NASDAQ: HELE) is an unknown stock to many investors, but that appears to be changing after what most investors would skim over as news too small ...
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LED & China Investing: SemiLEDs IPO (LEDS, DANG, YOKU)

Posted: December 9, 2010 at 11:07 am

The demand for Chinese IPOs in America is hot.  The light-emitting diodes (LEDs) market is also one that has major opportunities for energy efficiency and growth investing ahead.  Marrying LEDs ...
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Gold-Plated Dividend Stocks Don’t Get Much Help from Tax Bill (LLY, SVU, TEG, MKC, HRL, ECL, USB, BK, GE, PFE)

Posted: December 9, 2010 at 10:56 am

To make the cut onto the Standard & Poor's Dividend Aristocrats Index a company has to have paid a dividend every year for at least 25 consecutive years. The index ...
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Dell M&A: A Take-Under in Data Storage (DELL, CML, HPQ, CVLT, ISLN, EMC, IBM, SAP, ORCL, CSCO)

Posted: December 9, 2010 at 10:14 am

How many ways are there to cause a company's share price to fall -15%? PC maker Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) and storage provider Compellent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: CML) may have ...
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Dean Foods Able to Raise Capital (DF)

Posted: December 9, 2010 at 9:40 am

Dean Foods Co. (NYSE: DF) has been an awful stock for investors in the dairy sector in 2010.  Shares are actually down more than 50% from the year's high.  This ...
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PIIGS Banks Hot Again, One Doubled in Two Weeks (AIB, IRE, NBG, STD, BBVA)

Posted: December 9, 2010 at 9:24 am

The banks in the lands of the PIIGS are seeing some bids yet again today.  That makes three in a row of big moves in Ireland, and now we have ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (12/9/2010) Howard Stern Renews, Jobless Claims

Posted: December 9, 2010 at 8:53 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 (AGNC, ASML, LULU, TEVA)

Posted: December 9, 2010 at 8:53 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ: AGNC), ASML Holding ...
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Weekly Jobless Data Still No Help

Posted: December 9, 2010 at 8:34 am

The Labor Department has just released its latest round of Weekly Jobless Claims fell 17,000 to 421,000 claims from an upwardly revised 438,000 the week before.  Bloomberg had estimates pegged ...
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Howard Stern Sticks With SIRIUS XM (SIRI, AAPL)

Posted: December 9, 2010 at 8:25 am

We have been following the contract negotiation saga between Howard Stern and SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) quite closely and for some time.  Last night we even hit a ...
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