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Monthly Archives: January 2011

Why Baidu Keeps Hitting New Highs (BIDU)

Posted: January 31, 2011 at 5:04 pm

Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) is managing to keep its growth track on the same path as the investor path if the after-hours reaction is any true barometer of how investors ...
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Mixed Gains in Africa and Middle East Shares & ETFs (EGPT, AFK, FFD, TUR, TKF, ISL, EIS, GAF, APA, PTNR, VIP)

Posted: January 31, 2011 at 2:31 pm

Oil was hitting highs earlier today despite a recovery in the markets that fell the most on Friday.  The situation in Egypt is not exactly getting better, but it has ...
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Will Rising Crude Prices Pull Solar’s Wagon? (XOM, CVX, COP, JASO, FSLR, SPWRA, TSL, JKS, LDK, DIG, TAN)

Posted: January 31, 2011 at 1:36 pm

The price of a barrel of North Sea Brent crude broke through $100 this morning, while the price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate is hovering around $90. Does ...
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Genzyme Pact Seems to Indicate $80 More Likely in Merger (GENZ, SNY)

Posted: January 31, 2011 at 12:09 pm

Genzyme Corporation (NASDAQ: GENZ) is getting closer to capitulating to the offer to be acquired by Sanofi-Aventis (NYSE: SNY).  At issue this morning is that Genzyme has agreed to open ...
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Apple Loses Market Share in Tablets, Nokia in Smartphones (AAPL, GOOG, NOK, SSNLF, MMI, RIMM)

Posted: January 31, 2011 at 11:41 am

The iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) lost nearly 20% of its 96% share of the tablet market in the fourth quarter of 2010 to tablets using the Android operating ...
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Chipset Design Errors to Hit Intel Margins (INTC)

Posted: January 31, 2011 at 10:30 am

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) has been trying to recover and things seemed to be going well for its core business.  A new issue has come up in a chipset design ...
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Title: Chesapeake Sells More Assets to Chinese (CHK, CEO, BP, SLB, HAL, BHI)

Posted: January 31, 2011 at 10:15 am

Ever since 2005, when its offer to buy Unocal was withdrawn following cries of political rage, Cnooc Ltd. (NYSE: CEO) and other Chinese oil companies kept a low profile on ...
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The US Cities With The Worst Water

Posted: January 31, 2011 at 9:28 am

By Douglas A. McIntyre Unknown to most Americans, a surprising number of U.S. cities have drinking water with unhealthy levels of chemicals and contaminants. In fact, some organizations and state ...
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Exxon: What $100 Billion in Quarterly Revenue Looks Like (XOM, CVX, COP, DIG)

Posted: January 31, 2011 at 9:24 am

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) is helping to stabilize stocks this morning after Big Oil reported its 2010 and fourth quarter earnings.  The largest fully integrated oil and gas giant ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report 1.31.2011 Exxon Earnings, Consumer Spending

Posted: January 31, 2011 at 8:54 am

Twitter  has, by most estimates, 175 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 (DEPO, NPSP, MTSN, XNPT)

Posted: January 31, 2011 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 Depomed, Inc. (NASDAQ: DEPO), NPS Pharmaceuicals (NASDAQ: NPSP), Mattson Technology, Inc. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (APA, BRCM, BG, CIEN, HD, LOW, MEE, PETS, PWER, DGX, SAP, SBUX, RDS-A)

Posted: January 31, 2011 at 8:35 am

These are some of this Monday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) Removed from Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumor 1/31/2011 Barai Investigation, Wal-Mart Discount

Posted: January 31, 2011 at 8:20 am

Updated throughout the day. The head of Barai Capital may be a target of the insider trading probe (WSJ) Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) has begun to offer sharp discounts to clear ...
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WikiLeaks Probably Is No Threat To Banks

Posted: January 31, 2011 at 5:53 am

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told "60 Minutes" that he enjoys watching banks sweat as they await the release of documents about their internal conversations, plans and operations. Assange has threatened the action ...
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Ten Industries In Which The US Is No Longer No.1

Posted: January 31, 2011 at 5:31 am

Americans are used to being No.1 in nearly all the world’s businesses, and athletic endeavors. The foundation of that certainly began to erode in the 1970's, when much of America’s ...
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