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Monthly Archives: January 2011

Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ACOR, VVUS)

Posted: January 21, 2011 at 8:58 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Acorda Therapeutics and Vivus Technologies. Acorda Therapeutics ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (1/21/2011) Bank Of America, GE Report

Posted: January 21, 2011 at 8:40 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 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AKAM, DHR, FLEX, FTO, GE, GOOG, HES, RNWK, RVBD, ROC, SVU, SYNA, UNH, VLO, WYNN)

Posted: January 21, 2011 at 8:23 am

These are some of this Friday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Started as Neutral at Collins ...
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Todays’ Best Market Rumors (1/21/2011) Apple iPhone, Lenovo M&A

Posted: January 21, 2011 at 8:00 am

Updated throughout the day. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) plans to change the security of hardware on the iPhone 4 (Reuters) Lenovo and NEC may merge PC operations (Reuters) Hughes Communications is ...
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Charges Cloud BofA Earnings (BAC)

Posted: January 21, 2011 at 7:24 am

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) has reported earnings and the headline data will come as a disappointment.  There are of course charges in the numbers, but the headline earnings ...
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GE Beats, But Not Where It Matters

Posted: January 21, 2011 at 6:55 am

GE (NYSE: GE) beat analyst estimates are its revenue last quarter rose 1% to $41.4 billion. Fourth-quarter 2010 earnings from continuing operations (attributable to GE) were $3.9 billion, or $0.36 ...
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Some In Congress Still Stay With $100 Billion Savings Plan

Posted: January 21, 2011 at 6:11 am

The new ‘‘Spending Reduction Act of 2011’" bill will be introduced to the House of Representatives shortly. It is a plan "To reduce Federal spending by $2.5 trillion through fiscal year ...
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HP’s Board Walks Out, Leaves A Void

Posted: January 21, 2011 at 5:25 am

Four members of the Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) board will leave and be replaced  by five new members. Those who will depart were at the center of the debate over the ...
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Google: The Non-CEO As CEO

Posted: January 21, 2011 at 5:01 am

The press made a great deal of the change in command at the top of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). It is hardly a change at all. The new CEO of the ...
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Media Digest (1/21/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 21, 2011 at 4:39 am

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) substantially changed its board. Four directors left and several, including former Ebay (NASDAQ: EBAY) CEO Meg Whitman, were added (Reuters) Paul Volcker will leave his post as ...
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Warren Buffett’s Greatest Investments Of All Time

Posted: January 21, 2011 at 1:30 am

Many investors find no better teacher than Warren Buffett. His place as one of the world’s wealthiest men speaks for itself thanks to the almost unimaginable gains seen by Berkshire ...
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Google Smashes Earnings, Major Management Changes (GOOG)

Posted: January 20, 2011 at 4:18 pm

Internet search giant Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) reported earnings after the close on Thursday of $2.98 billion from operations at $7.81 net but at $8.75 EPS on an adjusted basis ...
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Warren Buffett Ditches Washington Post, Sort Of (WPO, BRK-B)

Posted: January 20, 2011 at 3:22 pm

The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) was in the news today for its dividend hike, which we briefly addressed in our Top Dividend Gain Trends in 2011 today.  Unfortunately, about ...
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Mobile eMail Steals Relevance From PC Market (SCOR, GOOG, AAPL, YHOO, AOL, MSFT)

Posted: January 20, 2011 at 2:55 pm

As if any more evidence were needed that the mobile internet is the next big thing, research firm comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) today reported that web-based email usage is declining ...
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Epocrates IPO Closer As Terms Set (EPOC, GS)

Posted: January 20, 2011 at 2:45 pm

Epocrates, Inc. (NASDAQ: EPOC) is closer to its IPO.  The company offers mobile drug reference tools to healthcare professionals and interactive services to the healthcare industry.  The terms have been ...
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