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Monthly Archives: December 2010

Media Digest 12/8/2010 Reuters, WSJ, FT, NYT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 8, 2010 at 4:08 am

The US government has broadened it probe of insider trading. (Reuters) The euro will not last more than a few years, according to Jim Rogers. (Reuters) Fannie Mae and Freddie ...
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The 24/7 Wall St/Harris Poll On Investing: Investors Turn Optimistic

Posted: December 8, 2010 at 3:23 am

Investors are starting to believe the talk that better times lie ahead. According to just released 24/7 Wall St./Harris Poll on Investing, many plan to increase the amount of money ...
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Consumer Credit Rises For Second Month

Posted: December 7, 2010 at 3:17 pm

Who said borrowing is dead?  We have now seen two consecutive months of rising credit in America.  While September consumer credit was revised to a gain of $1.2 billion rather ...
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Is Apple Worth More Than Gold? (AAPL, GLD, SPY, QQQQ)

Posted: December 7, 2010 at 2:52 pm

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and gold have both been major gainers this year.  That makes it hard to ignore the notion that the gold trade may have become almost the ...
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Apple’s iPad 2 On Track for February Shipments (AAPL)

Posted: December 7, 2010 at 2:32 pm

Taiwan's Digitimes is reporting that Foxconn's plants in Shenzen, China, are preparing to ship the iPad 2 for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) "within the next 100 days with initial shipments ...
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GE Capital Presentation, Almost An All-Clear Sign (GE)

Posted: December 7, 2010 at 2:26 pm

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is often hard to evaluate but if any unit will rule the roost, that is arguably GE Capital.  This continued improvement was part of our ...
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GNC: Chinese Food Company Wants to Muscle Up (IBM, BX)

Posted: December 7, 2010 at 1:05 pm

It appears that the talk about China's Bright Food Group Co. wanting to buy US nutritional retailer GNC Holdings Inc. is about to prove true. The Wall Street Journal is ...
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Google’s New Smartphone is Not the Big News (GOOG, BBY, AAPL, RIMM, NOK, MOT, NVDA)

Posted: December 7, 2010 at 11:55 am

It's probably an overstatement to say that we have now gotten our first look at the long-awaited Nexus S smartphone from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG). The new phone, introduced a ...
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Cree: From Penthouse to Outhouse and Back Again (CREE, VECO, RBCN, AIXG)

Posted: December 7, 2010 at 11:28 am

LED lighting maker Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) set a 52-week high in April 2010 at over $83/share. The stock hadn't hit that mark for more than 10 years. Then some ...
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After Gov’t Exit, Citi Can Still Double (C, MS)

Posted: December 7, 2010 at 10:16 am

The U.S. Treasury has exited its stake in Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C).  Normally you would expect shares to drop when you see 2.4 billion shares sold out or so, but ...
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Austerity Vote Creates All Green in Irish Stocks (AIB, IRE, IRL, RYAAY, ELN, WCRX)

Posted: December 7, 2010 at 9:34 am

Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB) and The Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) are soaring on ahead of an expected approval vote for the Irish budget full of austerity measures ...
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Nicor Gets All-Time High Valuations in Merger (GAS, AGL)

Posted: December 7, 2010 at 9:06 am

Nicor Inc. (NYSE: GAS) got the merger that was speculated about in the market, as it was just last Thursday that shares spiked to $47 from $43 in minutes.  AGL ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors 12.7.2010 BP Asset Sales, GNC M&A

Posted: December 7, 2010 at 8:29 am

Updated throughout the day. Samsung will try to push cellphone unit sales up 18% next year to 330 million (Electronic Times)   BP plc (NYSE: BP) may sell its North ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMGN, AZN, BIIB, CELG, GSK, GFI, HGSI, LDK, MWV, NVS, RHT, RIMM, STX, SFD, STP, TIN, TSL, WDC)

Posted: December 7, 2010 at 8:08 am

These are some of this Tuesday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) Started as Neutral at Credit Suisse. AstraZeneca (NYSE: ...
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Oil Rockets Past $90, As Forces Push It Toward $100

Posted: December 7, 2010 at 7:01 am

Oil, just $75 a barrel two months ago, rocket past $90 which raises the specter of $3 a gallon gasoline for at least the next two months. The factors which ...
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