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Monthly Archives: December 2010

Loss Leaders: How Seven American Companies Lose Money To Make Money

Posted: December 22, 2010 at 5:01 am

'Tis the season for loss leaders. Maybe retailers were scared by the ho-ho horrible recent holiday seasons or maybe they were concerned that consumers remained as worried as ever about ...
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Media Digest (12/22/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 22, 2010 at 4:40 am

Bonuses for bankers around the world will drop 7%. (Reuters) FCC commissioners voted along party lines to approve new internet access rules. (Reuters) Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will launch a version ...
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Clouds of Question Form Over Xilinx (XLNX, ALTR, AVT, LSCC, MSCC)

Posted: December 21, 2010 at 5:05 pm

Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) is making its shareholders fell as though they bought Cry-Linx rather than Xilinx this evening.  Investors need to know that there may be much more to ...
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Beware Of Greeks Bearing Debt

Posted: December 21, 2010 at 2:46 pm

Just as it appeared that Greece could not be downgraded any further, Fitch warned that it may take down the debt of the nearly dead sovereign paper another notch. "Fitch ...
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Molycorp Scores Another Rare Earths Pact (MCP, SSUMY, HTMLF, CEO, REE, QREDF)

Posted: December 21, 2010 at 2:22 pm

For the second time in two weeks, Molycorp Inc. (NYSE: MCP) has announced a deal with a Japanese company to help expand Molycorp's Mountain Pass rare earth element mine. Two ...
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Darden Guidance: Full Valuation For It & Peers (DRI, EAT, DIN)

Posted: December 21, 2010 at 11:03 am

Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) is experiencing what investors need to recognize as an equilibrium imbalance between unrealistic expectations and the growth realities of the economy.  Last night the company ...
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Massey Energy Deal in the Works? (MEE, ANR, MT, PCX, ICO, WLT, WTNCF, KOL)

Posted: December 21, 2010 at 10:53 am

Since the CEO of Massey Energy Co. (NYSE: MEE) resigned earlier this month, the odds improved that the company would either be acquired or that it might go through a ...
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Ethanol Gets a Reprieve, Lawnmowers Don’t (ADM, VLO, PEIX)

Posted: December 21, 2010 at 10:10 am

Tucked neatly away in the recently passed tax bill was a renewal of the $0.45/gallon subsidy for corn ethanol. The subsidy renewal also includes a continuation of the $0.54/gallon tariff ...
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Today’s Top Rumors (CSCO, GOOG, MEE, MOT, SNE)

Posted: December 21, 2010 at 9:03 am

There are several rumors and developments happening this morning.  We are tracking these and other situations, with updates throughout the day pending developments. China is considering a tightening of credit ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AEIS, AMZN, AN, BA, GLW, EBAY, EMC, EL, JBL, MA, OVTI, PWER, SBUX, STT, X)

Posted: December 21, 2010 at 8:08 am

These are some of this Tuesday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: AEIS) Started as Hold with $14 target ...
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Oil Spill Effects May Be Negligible

Posted: December 21, 2010 at 5:42 am

Ken Feinberg is a lawyer and not a scientist . It was surprising to hear him say that the long-term effects of the BP plc (NYSE: BP) oil spill may ...
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Michael Dell Buys Dell Stock: No One’s Fooled

Posted: December 21, 2010 at 5:21 am

Michael Dell bought $100 million of Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) stock. He clearly wants the market to believe he has faith in the health of the company he founded. His action ...
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HP: Special Discounts For Cisco Customers

Posted: December 21, 2010 at 5:06 am

The SEC investigation into Mark Hurd's departure from Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) which eventually led him to the president's job at Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) will be the front page story about ...
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Portugal Downgrade? Rolling Debt Problems Across Europe

Posted: December 21, 2010 at 4:43 am

Sovereign debt downgrades are usually a self-fulfilling prophecy. Moody's or another agency threatens a downgrade or actually makes one. This causes the country which faces the action to explain to ...
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Media Digest (12.21.2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 21, 2010 at 4:01 am

The FCC will approve standard which allow carriers to restrict access for heavy users. (Reuters) The SEC will investigate the details around Mark Hurd's departure from Hewlett-Packard. (NYSE: HPQ) (WSJ) ...
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