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Monthly Archives: January 2011

Alaska Pipeline Shutdown Gives Taste of Things to Come (BP, COP, XOM, CVX, RDS-A)

Posted: January 10, 2011 at 9:22 am

The Alaska oil pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez was shut down early Saturday morning following a spill of about 10 barrels of oil into the basement of a pump ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (CNXT, HILL, STRA)

Posted: January 10, 2011 at 8:53 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Conexant (NASDAQ: CNXT), Dot Hill Systems (NASDAQ: HILL), and Strayer ...
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Utility M&A Wave Goes Into Overdrive (DUK, PGN, DYN, IEP, NU, NST, XLU, AEP)

Posted: January 10, 2011 at 8:44 am

Another deal has been confirmed in the land grab for utilities.  Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE: DUK) has confirmed fresh reports that it was acquiring Progress Energy Inc. (NYSE: PGN).  Duke's ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADBE, AMD, ACAS, BCS, CPST, DNDN, XOM, FCX, GE, INTC, LOCM, MPEL, SYMC, TGT, VOD, WMT)

Posted: January 10, 2011 at 8:20 am

These are some of this Monday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Raised to Buy with $35.50 ...
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Playboy Finally Going Private (PLA)

Posted: January 10, 2011 at 8:03 am

Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: PLA) has been in talks to go private for some time.  It appears to be happening.  The company just announced this morning that Icon Acquisition Holdings, ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (1/10/2011) Goldman Hedge Fund, Sara Lee M&A

Posted: January 10, 2011 at 7:49 am

Updated throughout the day. Several senior Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) traders will leave to start a hedge fund (FT) The insider trading probe by the federal government is likely ...
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The Ten States With Miraculous Recoveries In Unemployment

Posted: January 10, 2011 at 6:51 am

Unemployment numbers  give very little information about how the recession has damaged the economies of cities and states which had relatively high unemployment before the recession. The media have not ...
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China Trade Surplus Shrinks To $13.1 Billion: A Month Does Not A Trend Make

Posted: January 10, 2011 at 6:00 am

China's December trade surplus was only $13.1 billion, a 17.9% increase. That would be a boom for any other nation. But, November's improvement was a more impressive 34.9%. Some economists ...
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The 2010 Patent Kings: Top Ten Patent Grants By Company

Posted: January 10, 2011 at 5:41 am

Patents approved by the US Patent and Trademark Office rose 31% in 2010 , according to IFI Claims Patent Services. The surge may have something to do with a pick-up ...
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The Irony Of EU Pressure On Portugal

Posted: January 10, 2011 at 4:57 am

Germany, France, and the IMF has recently put pressure on Portugal to accept financial aid from the EU. They are concerned that the bond market will turn on the small ...
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Media Digest (1/10/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 10, 2011 at 4:06 am

DuPont (NYSE: DD ) will buy Danisco for $5.8 billion to move into food business (Reuters) A number of Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) traders will depart to start a ...
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Verizon To Offer Unlimited Data iPhone Plan, Price War

Posted: January 9, 2011 at 4:43 pm

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) will offer unlimited data plans when it rolls out the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone next month, according to The Wall Street Journal. AT&T (NYSE: T), previously the ...
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Can Tobacco Company Dividends Stay High? (MO, PM, BTI, RAI, LO, VGR)

Posted: January 9, 2011 at 1:44 pm

Some of the highest dividend-paying stocks have been the tobacco companies. Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO), Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM), British American Tobacco plc (AMEX: BTI), Reynolds American ...
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Three Million Jobs Created By The Fed, But No One Can Find Them

Posted: January 9, 2011 at 10:47 am

Federal Research Vice Chair Janet L. Yellen, speaking at the The Brimmer Policy Forum, Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting, argued that asset purchases by the central bank in 2008, ...
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The Unusual Suspects For The Week Ahead (AA, APOL, DUK, PGN, ENDP, FE, AYE, GENZ, INTC, JPM, MMI, RVBD, THC, UNP, WFC, USB)

Posted: January 9, 2011 at 10:18 am

Our feature of "The Unusual Suspects" is back after not having enough consistent planned events during the last two weeks of the holidays.  We have earnings due, cases happening, FDA ...
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