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Monthly Archives: January 2011

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARO, APC, DO, MMM, FDX, SOLR, IPG, JBHT, KLIC, LIZ, MON, MWW, JWN, NSC, PM, RAX, UPS)

Posted: January 7, 2011 at 8:01 am

These are some of this Friday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) Cut to Underperform at Wells Fargo. Anadarko Petroleum ...
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ESPN and Monday Night Football: The $2 Billion Cost (DIS, NWS, CBS, GE, DTV, SIRI)

Posted: January 7, 2011 at 7:21 am

The cost of carrying Monday Night Football is about to go from being expensive to off the charts.  We Americans probably never think of the costs behind carrying the game.  ...
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More Hopeless US Political Pressure On China Trade

Posted: January 7, 2011 at 5:40 am

Aged Senate liberal Charles Schumer has asked the president to put more pressure on China over the trade issue. Schumer believes that the People's Republic manipulates the yuan and continues ...
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A Bet Against Europe Is A Bet Against Global Economy

Posted: January 7, 2011 at 5:23 am

Several sources report that credit default swaps on the debt of some EU nations has reached record levels. The cost to insure against default of Ireland and Spain's debt rose ...
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CES And The Race Toward Oblivion

Posted: January 7, 2011 at 4:55 am

CES is best known for one thing beyond its place as the world's largest display of new consumer electronic products. It is also the largest display of consumer products that ...
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Media Digest (1.7.2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 7, 2011 at 4:00 am

The Administration wants to cut $78 billion from the defense budget. (Reuters) Facebook has substantial profits. (Reuters) Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) says Kraft (NYSE: KFT) is blocking its grocery store plans. ...
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The Most Profitable Companies For 2011

Posted: January 6, 2011 at 8:33 pm

Wall Street analysts often believe that they know how much money large public companies will make before the companies actually post quarterly and annual profits. The most widely followed public ...
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2011 Energy & Commodity Trends

Posted: January 6, 2011 at 3:28 pm

Standard & Poor's Equity Research has issued some of its key trends for 2011 in energy and materials which calls  for "largely positive signs for both the Energy and Materials ...
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IPO FILING: Greenwich Kahala Aviation Ltd. (GKH)

Posted: January 6, 2011 at 2:46 pm

Greenwich Kahala Aviation Ltd. has filed its F-1 (foreign issuer) paperwork with the SEC for a proposed Initial Public Offering today.  Terms were not set but the filing is for ...
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Chesapeake’s Debt Cut, More of the Same (CHK)

Posted: January 6, 2011 at 1:50 pm

Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) has announced that it will reduce its long-term debt by 25% by the end of 2012 while increasing production by 25%. In its announcement, the ...
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Chinese Solar Maker Buys Majority Share in Project Firm (LDK, SOPW, FSLR, SPWRA, WFR, TSL, JASO)

Posted: January 6, 2011 at 1:39 pm

A Chinese supplier of solar PV products has purchased a 70% stake in a US project development firm, marking the first entry of a Chinese solar provider into the project ...
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Monsanto’s Long Turnaround Finally Being Realized (MON, DD, MOS)

Posted: January 6, 2011 at 11:47 am

Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) appears to finally be on the road to redemption.  The seed and ag giant showed a profit in its first quarter and it is not lowering ...
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HTC Earnings and Other Smartphone Developments (MSFT, GOOG, T, AAPL, VZ, S, RIMM)

Posted: January 6, 2011 at 11:16 am

Smartphone maker HTC Corp. has reported that fourth quarter net profit more than doubled from the same period a year ago, to $499 million. The Taiwanese manufacturer makes more handsets ...
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Geithner: US Out Of Money By End Of March

Posted: January 6, 2011 at 10:36 am

Tim Geithner wants the public, and Congress to know that the US is virtually out of money. His letter to Harry Reid: January 6, 2011 The Honorable Harry Reid Majority ...
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Netflix Holders Digest Sell Rating (NFLX)

Posted: January 6, 2011 at 9:52 am

When traders and investors see a hi-beta stock get a downgrade they generally take note.  But what about when they see a SELL rating?  That is exactly what happened to ...
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