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Monthly Archives: December 2010

“Me Too” Movie Dowloads from Sears (SNIC, SHLD, ROVI, BBY, NFLX, WMT)

Posted: December 28, 2010 at 8:29 am

Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC) has announced that its RoxioNow platform will be used for a new video download and distribution platform for none other than Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD).  ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMZN, GM, HSFT, LPLA, MCD, PBR, VRGY)

Posted: December 28, 2010 at 8:04 am

These are some of this Tuesday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Reiterated Buy and $190 price target at BofA/ML ...
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How To Become A Penny Stock Millionaire

Posted: December 28, 2010 at 5:53 am

The advertisement at several financial website reads "23-year-old college student John Bell isn't like most of his classmates. In 2009 he turned a $10,000 student loan into $1,000,000 by betting ...
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Amazon: Too Little Data For Shareholders

Posted: December 28, 2010 at 5:25 am

The third generation of Amazon.com's (NASDAQ: AMZN) Kindle e-reader was the best selling product in the e-commerce firm's history. The announcement was confused with a number of pieces of data ...
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Short Sellers Make Big Push Into Telecom, Tech

Posted: December 28, 2010 at 5:00 am

Short sellers elbowed their way into telecom stocks in the period that ended December 15. The move is probably due to several reasons. Landline subscriber counts continue to drop as ...
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Media Digest (12/28/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 28, 2010 at 3:57 am

Obama will delay the release of his new budget by a week (Reuters) US gas prices moved above $3, the highest since October 2008 (Reuters) Gold rose on Asia purchases ...
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American Cities That Are Running Out Of People

Posted: December 27, 2010 at 11:11 pm

The population of the United States has increased steadily by roughly 2.5 million people every year since World War II. Throughout prosperity and hard times, Americans continue to have families. ...
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Rare Earths: When Bubbles Have No Limits (MCP, REE, AVL, REMX)

Posted: December 27, 2010 at 11:51 am

Rare earth oxides (REOs) rare earth elements (REEs) aren't just hot, nor are they just on fire.  The have gone supernova.  While there is an obvious bubble forming due to ...
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Start-Stop Technology Coming to Ford Cars

Posted: December 27, 2010 at 11:23 am

We've often noted that energy efficiency is the low-hanging fruit of US efforts to reduce energy consumption, lower polluting emissions, and decrease US dependence on foreign sources of energy. One ...
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Another Chip War May Be Heating Up (INTC, AMD, NVDA, QCOM, ARMH, BRCM)

Posted: December 27, 2010 at 10:27 am

Next week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas could well see the beginning of the next round of technology development. Chip giants Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices ...
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Spain & Solar Subsidy Cuts Meet the Grinch (YGE, LDK, JASO, FSLR)

Posted: December 27, 2010 at 9:13 am

The government of Spain has officially cut its subsidies to the solar power industries by 30% in a move that is expected to save the government about $970 million. The ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ALIM, APWR, MAIL, PSDV, TSLA)

Posted: December 27, 2010 at 8:47 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Alimera Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: ALIM), A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd. ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (12/27/2010)

Posted: December 27, 2010 at 8:18 am

Updated throughout the day. Sonic Solutions (NASAQ: SNIC) may find a buyer to top a bid by Rovi (NASDAQ: ROVI) Logitech will delay shipments of set-top boxes because of delays ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (APC, APA, ITT, KEM, PENN, PCG, SEE, TWC, WLL)

Posted: December 27, 2010 at 8:13 am

Today's research section is being hampered due to post-holiday absence and due to the Northeast blizzard having shut much of the Northeast down.  These are some of this Monday's key ...
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NGAS Takeover… Take-Under For Many Holders (NGAS, MHR)

Posted: December 27, 2010 at 7:49 am

NGAS Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ: NGAS) is no longer as actively known as it was previously.  That will change temporarily as the company is now being acquired.  The horizontal drilling and ...
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