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Monthly Archives: January 2011

SandRidge Tries Trust IPO To Unlock Value (SD, SDT)

Posted: January 5, 2011 at 6:04 pm

SandRidge Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SD) is trying its hand again at getting its asset focus better for return of shareholder value.  The company has announced that has filed its paperwork ...
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Starbucks Logo Change: Reflections on Coke and Gap (SBUX, KO, GPS)

Posted: January 5, 2011 at 3:14 pm

Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) has been known for changing and revolutionizing an industry.  The company changed everything about coffee, from price to the climate of drinking coffee to ultimately making ...
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Rival J. Crew Bids Could Bring CEO Drama and Showdown (JCG, SHLD, URBN, GPS)

Posted: January 5, 2011 at 1:14 pm

Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) and Urban Outfitters Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) may seem like unlikely companies to get in a bidding war over a rival retailer.  Logic and analysis aside, ...
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Shell: ‘No’ from US EPA, ‘Yes’ from EU (RDS-A, CZZ, ADM, VLO, COP, BP, XOM, CVX)

Posted: January 5, 2011 at 12:05 pm

The US Environmental Protection Agency's appeals board has essentially canceled permits that would have allowed Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS-A) to operate a drillship in the Chukchi and Beaufort ...
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More on Life at Berkshire Hathaway After Warren Buffett (BRK-A, BRK-B)

Posted: January 5, 2011 at 10:19 am

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) will not be the same without Warren Buffett.  The succession plan for the 80-year old Buffett seems to still be perhaps the biggest ...
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A Chink in the Armor for Dollar Stores? (FDO, DLTR, DG, WMT, BJ, WAG)

Posted: January 5, 2011 at 9:42 am

Sales at Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) were the best in 12 years.  That sounds great until the realization that earnings missed analysts' estimates and the company's shares are ...
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The Big Vonage Forecast (VG, CALL)

Posted: January 5, 2011 at 9:36 am

Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE: VG) is surging early this morning ahead of a presentation from the company's CEO ahead of the Citi 21st Annual Global Entertainment, Media & Telecommunications Conference ...
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Food Riots on the Horizon?

Posted: January 5, 2011 at 9:30 am

The Food and Agriculture Organization of The United Nations has released their food price indices for last month. The index reached 215 in the December, the highest it has ever ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report 1.5.2011 Qualcomm M&A, ADP Jobs

Posted: January 5, 2011 at 9:15 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 (ATHR, KUTV, GLUU, NVDA, XING)

Posted: January 5, 2011 at 8:53 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Atheros Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHR), Ku6 Media Co. Limited ...
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Atheros Buyout Sets Tone for More Tech Deals Ahead (ATHR, QCOM, INTC, TXN, ARMH, BRCM, MRVL)

Posted: January 5, 2011 at 8:50 am

Yesterday brought on a very unusual volume alert for active traders in shares of Atheros Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHR), which was briefly halted on a circuit breaker spike.  The cause ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors 1.5.2010 Porsche, Borders

Posted: January 5, 2011 at 8:48 am

Updated throughout the days Porsche will release its 918 coupe at the Detroit auto show (Bloomberg) Borders Group (NYSE: BGP) has gotten book publishers to accept deferred payments Douglas A. ...
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Jobs Data Calls for Massive Employment Gains in December (CTAS, PAYX, ADP, MAN)

Posted: January 5, 2011 at 8:31 am

ADP is out with its pre-unemployment and payrolls figure with its guess for what happened on the jobs front in December.  ADP is often not on target, but the number ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AA, AMZN, AEP, ADSK, AAPL, BKS, BA, KO, HBAN, NFLX, GOOG, PEP, PCLN, Q, SONC, YHOO)

Posted: January 5, 2011 at 8:11 am

These are some of this Wednesday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) Cut to Hold at Citigroup. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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Ireland Fix Becomes Harder As Home Prices Continue Collapse

Posted: January 5, 2011 at 6:18 am

The enemies of economic recovery among the developed nations are high national debt, high unemployment, and a drop in home prices. The three are linked. It is hard get good ...
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