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Monthly Archives: January 2011

Another Year Of Big Profit For Airlines

Posted: January 17, 2011 at 5:11 am

AirlineFinancials.com estimates the eight largest US airlines, starting this week, will collectively report $3.95 billion in profits from $122.2 billion in revenues for 2010. The average net profit margin ...
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Media Digest (1/17/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 17, 2011 at 5:06 am

Chinese President Hu Jintao remained firm on his country's yuan policy. (Reuters) Eurozone finance ministers will debate an increase in the region's bailout fund. (Reuters) Investors are looking for more ...
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OPEC OKs $100 Oil

Posted: January 16, 2011 at 10:09 am

Oil ministers from both Venezuela and Libya said they did not believe $100 oil prices would do any damage to the world economy. Libya's minister believes that crude at $120 ...
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The Top 5 Analyst Calls of the Week (GE, JASO, MRO, NANO, AMAT, KLAC, NVLS)

Posted: January 15, 2011 at 10:46 am

This week's "Top 5 Analyst Calls of the Week" feature is back to normal as analysts tweak their price targets and estimates for the next quarter and out to two ...
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The Worst Stocks Of The Week (SVU, WMT, MRK, VZ, S, T, AAPL)

Posted: January 15, 2011 at 9:34 am

S&P 500 WEEK: BOTTOM 10 (07 JAN-13 JAN) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 13Jan11 Close Price 07Jan11 Market Cap($Mil) SUPERVALU INC. SVU -13.4 7.50 8.66 1591.3 Merck ...
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Americans Hate Their Lives

Posted: January 15, 2011 at 9:06 am

Americans are told, almost every day, that their lives are getting better. The recession is over. They are about to get the benefits of tax laws. US citizens will keep ...
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Best Stocks Of The Week (NVDA, ITT, AAPL, GOOG, APOL, NFLX, CSTR)

Posted: January 15, 2011 at 8:37 am

S&P 500 WEEK TOP 10  (07 JAN -13 JAN) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 13Jan11 Close Price 07Jan11 Market Cap($Mil) NVIDIA Corp NVDA 17.7 23.39 19.87 13589.6 ...
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The Real Reason Why Retail Sales Rose? Discounts

Posted: January 14, 2011 at 4:29 pm

Lost in the fog about the record 0.5% growth in December and 6.6% gain in 2010 retail sales was the reason behind it: discounts. Retailers -- both large and small ...
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Will New Verizon 4G Phones Threaten iPhone Sales?

Posted: January 14, 2011 at 2:50 pm

The availability of the iPhone 4 from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) on the Verizon Wireless network is expected to be be a big win for the carrier, a joint venture ...
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Seven Companies That Rely On Aging Products

Posted: January 14, 2011 at 2:23 pm

Some of America’s largest companies rely heavily on products which they have owned for decades to account for a very large part of their sales and a significant part of ...
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Tax Refunds for Some Headed to Prepaid Debit Cards

Posted: January 14, 2011 at 12:01 pm

The US Treasury Department will be sending out 600,000 invitations to taxpayers who are unlikely to have a bank account offering them an opportunity to receive their tax refunds through ...
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Sterling Sets Up Regional Bank M&A Trends for 2011 (SBIB, CFR, SBIBW, SBIBN)

Posted: January 14, 2011 at 10:56 am

Sterling Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ: SBIB) is one of those banks that no one has ever heard if they are outside of Texas.  The reason that investors and consumers outside of ...
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Google’s ITA Acquisition Could Launch US Anti-Trust Complaint

Posted: January 14, 2011 at 10:22 am

The $700 million acquisition of ITA Software by Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has been opposed by other travel sites practically from the moment it was announced in July 2010. Now, ...
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Kinross Forecasts In-Line; Gold Challenges Prevail (KGC)

Posted: January 14, 2011 at 10:04 am

Kinross Gold Corporation (NYSE: KGC) is not having the greatest debut for 2011.  As gold is not currently shaping up to look like a 2010 year, many gold miners have ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (CPIX, CSTR, INTC)

Posted: January 14, 2011 at 8:53 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPIX), Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR), ...
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