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Monthly Archives: January 2011

America’s Worst Board Members: Henry McKinnell of Moody’s

Posted: January 5, 2011 at 5:58 am

Henry A. McKinnell, Jr, has been a board member at Moody's (NYSE: MCO) since 1997. He serves as the head of the governance and compensation committee and is the firm's ...
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The US Car Market: Making Money Vs. Making Sales

Posted: January 5, 2011 at 5:19 am

The Ford (NYSE: F) brand outsold the Toyota (NYSE: TM) brand in 2010. That crown has to be worth something. Ford makes popular, well-designed cars. Toyota's image has been hurt ...
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Who Cares Who Buys Facebook Shares?

Posted: January 5, 2011 at 4:59 am

There is a notion that Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) should not be allowed to buy shares in Facebook for $450 million and sell them to clients. The SEC plans ...
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Media Digest (1/5/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 5, 2011 at 4:05 am

The SEC is faced with the challenge between disclosure of public and private companies as Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) invested $450 million in Facebook. (Reuters) US officials said it ...
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Mosaic Sets Positive Ag-Potash-Fertilizer Tone for 2011 (MOS, VALE, POT, IPI, MOO)

Posted: January 4, 2011 at 5:06 pm

The Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) just set the tone for a positive reception for the potash and fertilizer market stocks. The company was the first real earnings report after the ...
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What Dell Sees in Security Services Acquisition (DELL)

Posted: January 4, 2011 at 2:34 pm

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) has been making its acquisitions to diversify away from just the world of PCs and hardware.  Its focus has been into IT rather than just hardware, ...
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FOMC MINUTES: Justification For QE2; Up is Down, Down is Up

Posted: January 4, 2011 at 2:20 pm

The FOMC Minutes from the December 14, 2010 meeting are out, and you can forget the bulk of the commentary.  This is about justification and rationalizing its second round of ...
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Limited Partnership IPO From Tesoro (TSO, TLLP, VLO)

Posted: January 4, 2011 at 1:03 pm

The oil refining business was a tough business for much of 2010 and 2009.  Now that some of the stocks have recovered, there is a move happening which could be ...
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Wind Turbine Maker Sinovel Prices IPO (GE, SI, VWDRY, CLPXF)

Posted: January 4, 2011 at 12:02 pm

Another Chinese wind turbine maker is preparing to hold an Initial Public Offering of shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Sinovel Wind Group Co. has priced shares at 80-90 yuan, ...
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The 2011 Gold Flop? Seeking The Best Gold Stock for 2011 (GLD, IAU, NEM, GG, ABX, KGC, GDX, GGN)

Posted: January 4, 2011 at 11:48 am

Gold was the darling trade for commodity investors and those seeking safe harbors as central banks printed money and promised to dilute their currencies for the future.  The first trading ...
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Deepwater Drilling in Gulf of Mexico to Start Again (BP, APC, ATPG, BHP, CVX, CIE, E, HES, MRO, MUR, NBL, RDS-A, STO)

Posted: January 4, 2011 at 11:18 am

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, BOEMRE, has notified 13 companies that they will be able to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico without needing ...
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Robust Auto Sales in China for 2011, But No New Records (GM, F, TM, HMC)

Posted: January 4, 2011 at 10:44 am

Chinese buyers are projected to have purchased up to 18 million cars in 2010, more cars than have ever been sold in one country in one year. Those cars represent ...
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Meet the New Motorola, Actually Motorolas (MOT, MMI, MSI)

Posted: January 4, 2011 at 9:52 am

The old perpetually restructuring Motorola is now gone, reverse splits have taken place, and the new companies are trading on the NYSE.  Starting today, we have the official launch of ...
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Annaly Gets Opportunistic on Share Sale (NLY)

Posted: January 4, 2011 at 9:30 am

Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) is taking a very opportunistic approach to raising more capital to buy mortgages.  The mortgage REIT is raising roughly $1.3 billion in gross proceeds.  ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (1/4/2010) Bankruptcies Rise

Posted: January 4, 2011 at 9:09 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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