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Monthly Archives: December 2010

Massey Energy Gets New CEO, May Get Another Coal Company (MEE, ANR, MT, ACI, CNX, ICO, PCX)

Posted: December 6, 2010 at 11:01 am

After the markets closed on Friday, the board of directors of Massey Energy Co. (NYSE: MEE) issued a press release announcing that its long-time board chairman and CEO, Don Blankenship, ...
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Carl Icahn Keeps After Lions Gate Bid (LGF)

Posted: December 6, 2010 at 10:13 am

Carl Icahn just won't give up in his fight to take control of Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation (NYSE: LGF).  Icahn has now launched a website called savelionsgate.com and he is ...
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JA Solar Collects Bonus from Lehman Bros., Sort Of (JASO, ESLR)

Posted: December 6, 2010 at 9:52 am

In November 2008, JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) wrote off $100 million in 3-month index-linked note it had issued that was guaranteed by Lehman Brothers' European subsidiaries and ...
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Raised Guidance Highlights Suntech Value (STP, TAN)

Posted: December 6, 2010 at 9:30 am

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP) may be down by more than half from its 52-week highs, but that is not going to keep it from seeing a rather ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (12/6/2010) Facebook Facelift, Kellogg And Pfizer CEOs

Posted: December 6, 2010 at 8:55 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 (CISG, VRGY, NVMI, LTXC, RDWR)

Posted: December 6, 2010 at 8:51 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of CNinsure Inc. (NASDAQ: CISG), Verigy Ltd. (NASDAQ: VRGY), Nova Measuring ...
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Gold Challenging Highs Again, Silver Shines Over Gold (GLD, SLV)

Posted: December 6, 2010 at 8:29 am

SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) is ready for another day of gains if this morning strength holds, and the current price of $1,414.55 is going to be crucial to watch ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors 12/6/2010 AOL M&A, Massey Buyer

Posted: December 6, 2010 at 8:18 am

Updated throughout the day. AOL (NYSE: AOL) may break itself into two pieces and attempt a merger with Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) (Reuters) Massey (NYSE: MEE) may try to buy another ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ANF, APD, AMZN, ACGL, BWLD, CSCO, GLW, ELN, ERJ, HES, JEC, LEAP, MOT, OGE, RY, SD, WBD)

Posted: December 6, 2010 at 8:02 am

These are some of this Monday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Added to Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy ...
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Ackman Offers To Help Borders Bid For Barnes & Noble

Posted: December 6, 2010 at 7:12 am

The regulator filing reads: The Reporting Persons have informed the Issuer that they would be prepared to finance, on mutually acceptable terms, an offer by the Issuer to purchase all ...
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The Five Companies That Should Leave The Dow, And The Five That Should Replace Them

Posted: December 6, 2010 at 6:23 am

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (also called The Dow, Dow 30 and the DJIA) is what most Americans think of as the "stock market."  The widely followed benchmark of 30 ...
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Pfizer CEO Gone, Who Is Next? Boeing, Sprint, And Nvidia

Posted: December 6, 2010 at 6:06 am

Pfizer's (NYSE: PFE) CEO Jeff Kindler resigned because he was tired, he says. "The combination of meeting the requirements of our many stakeholders around the world and the 24/7 nature ...
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QE3, QE4, Qe5 Or Just A Larger QE2?

Posted: December 6, 2010 at 5:32 am

Ben Bernanke, out on another tour of the country to support the Fed's policies, told "60 Minutes" that the $600 billion planned purchase of US bonds may be inadequate. “We’re not ...
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Europe Face Moral Hazard Again And Again

Posted: December 6, 2010 at 5:01 am

There have been recent reports that German chancellor Angela Merkel threatened to pull her nation out of the euro zone. That would almost certainly cause a collapse of the euro ...
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Media Digest (12/6/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 6, 2010 at 4:04 am

AOL (NYSE: AOL) may break itself into pieces in preparation for a potential merger with Yahoo! (NASDAQ YHOO). (Reuters) Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, told "60 Minutes" that ...
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