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Monthly Archives: January 2011

VW America: No Chance To Get US Foothold, A Defeat For Martin Winterkorn

Posted: January 9, 2011 at 8:58 am

VW wants to be the largest car company in the world. It already has strong presences in the EU, much of South American, and Asia--particularly China. The US is the ...
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Ford Launches Electric Focus

Posted: January 8, 2011 at 9:11 pm

Ford (NYSE: F) announced an all-electric version of its Focus model. The car will be sold in 2012. Ford will work with Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) to offer a 240-volt home ...
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The Top 8 Analyst Calls of the Week (ALU, AA, APC, AAPL, ATML, GLD, IAU, KGC, NFLX, POT)

Posted: January 8, 2011 at 11:23 am

This week's "Top Analyst Calls" is a much more inclusive list than it has been of late, and this week have selected "8 Top Analyst Calls of the Week" rather ...
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Verizon Gets The Apple iPhone

Posted: January 8, 2011 at 8:19 am

This week Verizon will announce that the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone will be available through its wireless network, which it co-owns with Vodaphone (NYSE: VOD). The deal will be part ...
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Consumer Credit Back On The Rise

Posted: January 7, 2011 at 3:25 pm

Americans are borrowing again, although the message from the release is "little changed" despite this being the second month of gains.  The Federal Reserve just released data from November-2010 showing ...
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Oil Rig Counts Confirming Trends (BHI, OIH, USO)

Posted: January 7, 2011 at 1:35 pm

Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE: BHI) has just released its weekly rig count, and the rig count is back up.  In the rig count data for services business there is the ...
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Earnings Warnings Foreshadow Less-Robust Earnings Season Ahead (AA, BTU, LIZ, LOCM, YHOO, AMZN, EBAY, XRTX, TGT, BBY, TRID, WMT, AAPL, GOOG, MSPD, CSCO, JNPR, FDO)

Posted: January 7, 2011 at 12:09 pm

The next round of earnings officially kicks off next week with Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) first out of the blocks on Monday. We're taking advantage of the occasion to preview ...
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Ben Bernanke: 4 to 5 Years Before Normalized Employment!

Posted: January 7, 2011 at 10:11 am

You saw the convoluted data from the Labor Department this morning with reports that unemployment magically went down to 9.4% and with 103,000 added to the non-Farm Payrolls.  This morning ...
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Investors See Signs of Hope for Homebuilders (KBH, LEN, RYL, DHI, PHM, TOL, XHB)

Posted: January 7, 2011 at 9:58 am

Homebuilder KB Home (NYSE: KBH) posted a surprise EPS gain of $0.23 for its fourth quarter of 2010 ended in November. Analysts had expected an EPS loss of -$0.17. The ...
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Steve Jobs: $1 Salary, $620 Million Stock Gain in 2010 (AAPL)

Posted: January 7, 2011 at 9:51 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has filed its proxy materials ahead of its annual meeting slated for February 23. There is a whole slew of data noted in the two SEC ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Rumors (1/7/2010) Unemployment

Posted: January 7, 2011 at 9:03 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 (BPOP, DNDN, LIZ, XOMA)

Posted: January 7, 2011 at 8:54 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Popular, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPOP), Dendreon Corporation (NASDAQ: DNDN), Liz ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (1/7/2010) CitiFinancial M&A

Posted: January 7, 2011 at 8:46 am

Updated throughout the day. Documents from Facebook show it is profitable (Reuters) Citigroup (NYSE: C) is looking for a buyer for CitiFinancial (FT) Douglas A. McIntyre ...
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Convoluted Unemployment and non-Farm Payrolls Data

Posted: January 7, 2011 at 8:40 am

The US Labor Department has released the Unemployment data and the change in non-Farm Payrolls for December-2010.  The headline figure on unemployment is 9.4% but the more closely followed figure ...
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Intuit’s IRS Delay Exposure Looks Manageable (INTU)

Posted: January 7, 2011 at 8:26 am

Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ: INTU) is among a handful of companies which are close to being entirely dependent upon the business around tax filing season.  The company has quantified what some ...
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