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Monthly Archives: January 2011

Media Digest (1/20/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 20, 2011 at 4:01 am

Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) results will be helped by holiday spending (Reuters) Ebay's (NYSE: EBAY) turnaround helped increase earnings (Reuters) Nintendo said the negative reports about its 3D products were out ...
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eBay Delivers on Earnings (EBAY)

Posted: January 19, 2011 at 4:30 pm

Online auction giant eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) has just reported is fourth quarter earnings ahead of expectations.  The company's earnings were $0.52 EPS and revenues rose 5% to $2.5 billion ...
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Top Earnings Previews For The Rest Of The Week (AMD, F, FFIV, UNH, UNP, GOOG, APD, ARG, BAC, GE, SLB)

Posted: January 19, 2011 at 3:20 pm

Earnings season is well under way now and we wanted to offer previews for the biggest impact stocks which have earnings on Thursday and Friday.  The remaining most important earnings ...
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U.S. Defense Cuts Present A Huge Opportunity For The Chinese

Posted: January 19, 2011 at 12:54 pm

Defense Secretary Robert Gates won kudos earlier this month when he announced plans to slash $78 billion over 5 years from the Pentagon's budget and cut the size of the ...
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Sony Game Launch Versus 3D Nintendo (SNE, NTDOY, MSFT, AAPL, GOOG)

Posted: January 19, 2011 at 12:48 pm

A report from Bloomberg this morning has got the online gaming world abuzz. Bloomberg cites "two people with knowledge of the plans" who say that an updated PlayStation Portable, or ...
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Uncle Sam’s AIG Sale, Lessons Learned from Petrobras and GM (AIG, JPM, GS, BAC, DB, PBR, GM)

Posted: January 19, 2011 at 12:42 pm

The saga over government ownership of American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) is one which is likely to be with us for quite some time.  It is hard to believe ...
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US Firms Sign Up to Deliver the Goods to China With Special Hope For GE

Posted: January 19, 2011 at 11:32 am

The visit of China's president Hu Jintao has given several US companies an opportunity to announce deals with a variety of Chinese companies in everything from clean energy projects to ...
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MGIC Earnings: Losses Prevail With Premium to Book Value (MTG, PMI, RDN, GNW)

Posted: January 19, 2011 at 10:49 am

The world of mortgage insurers is not looking too hot after MGIC Investment Corp. (NYSE: MTG) gave its earnings report this morning.  The largest insurer for conventional mortgages reported a ...
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Revisiting the Rare Earth Bubble (MCP, REMX, REE, AVL)

Posted: January 19, 2011 at 10:16 am

If the situation around rare earth elements and rare earth oxides has not created a bubble, it is hard to at least not call it overly frothy.  China's curb of ...
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Cargill to Sell Stake in Mosaic, Setting Off Another Fertilizer Chase (MOS, BHP, POT, AGU, MON, RIO, VALE)

Posted: January 19, 2011 at 9:54 am

Time to get ready for another chase scene in the fertilizer business. Privately held agricultural giant Cargill Inc. plans to sell its 64% stake in Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) for ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (1/19/2011)

Posted: January 19, 2011 at 9:01 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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China Should Call Washington’s Obtuse Currency Bluff

Posted: January 19, 2011 at 8:54 am

By John Tamny of Forbes If the dollar were remotely strong now, calls from Washington for China to revalue its currency upward would be problematic.  But since the dollar's weak, ...
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Bank Earnings Lack Gusto (GS, STT, USB, WFC)

Posted: January 19, 2011 at 8:54 am

There was a slew of bank and broker earnings out this morning and we broke out the top four for investors.  The results are broadly mixed and a quick snapshot ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (AAPL, CREE, HEV)

Posted: January 19, 2011 at 8:52 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE), and Ener1, Inc. ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (1/19/2010) Starbucks Pay By Phone

Posted: January 19, 2011 at 8:50 am

Updated throughout the day. Citigroup (NYSE:C) will name John Havens as president (WSJ) Starbucks (NYSE: SBUX) will launch a new product that will allow customers to pay via smartphone (NYT) ...
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