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Monthly Archives: January 2011

America’s Worst Directors: Kenneth Duberstein Of Boeing: Update

Posted: January 26, 2011 at 8:20 am

Kenneth F Duberstein has been a Boeing (NYSE: BA) director since 1997. Prior to joining the board, he was, among other things, White House Chief of Staff in 1988 and 1989 ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BP, CIEN, IGT, JASO, MRO, MBI, RHT, CRM, STX, STM, STRA, TLAB, TSO, VZ, WDC)

Posted: January 26, 2011 at 8:13 am

These are some of this Wednesday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. BP plc (NYSE: BP) Cut to Hold at Societe Generale. ...
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Ten Ways Wall Street Crushes Retail Investors

Posted: January 26, 2011 at 8:02 am

In the late 1990’s and early 2000’s, the number of individual investors surged thanks to the rise of the Internet.  As information became instant and ubiquitous, and the fees associated ...
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The Financial Plight Of The Jobless Worsens

Posted: January 26, 2011 at 6:17 am

It seems logical that the longer that people are unemployed the worse their financial situations become. Some people are out of money within a few weeks of losing a job ...
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Toyota May Recall All Of Its Cars

Posted: January 26, 2011 at 6:00 am

Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) announced that it will recall 1.7 million cars, most of them in Japan. The vehicles may suffer from fuel leaks. The new recall can be added ...
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The New Apple iPhone 9 Specs

Posted: January 26, 2011 at 5:37 am

The new Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 will be released sometime later this year, according to rumors. It will have a number of features that the iPhone 4 and iPhone ...
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American Children Don’t Know Their Science

Posted: January 26, 2011 at 5:15 am

The 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress report on the ability of students to understand science at three grade levels had depressing results. The data was based on a sample ...
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Media Digest (1/26/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 26, 2011 at 4:09 am

Obama called for a spending freeze for some government discretionary spending. (Reuters) The Federal Reserve will probably stick to it plans to buy bonds and noted economic improvement. (Reuters) Toyota ...
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Twitter Use Falls Sharply As Site Tries To Prove Itself

Posted: January 25, 2011 at 7:19 pm

It was just yesterday that research firm eMarketer reported that microblog company Twitter will have $150 million in advertising revenue this year and as much as $250 million next year. ...
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Another Measure Of Economic Confidences Hits A Top

Posted: January 25, 2011 at 6:43 pm

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index reached 60.6 this month, which was better than expected. The positive signal was mirrored by data from a recent Gallup poll. "Gallup's Economic Confidence ...
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Verizon Shares Rise on Expectations for iPhone (VZ, AAPL, VOD, T, S, GOOG)

Posted: January 25, 2011 at 1:50 pm

Fourth quarter results for Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) were no better than so-so. The company reported revenue of $26.4 billion and EPS of $0.54, excluding one-time items, compared with ...
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Siemens Positive on 2011 Growth (SI, GE)

Posted: January 25, 2011 at 11:52 am

Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) carries a market cap about half that of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), but the German conglomerate does not have a financing arm comparable to GE ...
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Oscar By the Numbers: How Much the Nominated Films Made

Posted: January 25, 2011 at 11:14 am

How much did the “Best Picture”, “Best Actor”, and “Best Actress” nominated movies for this year’s Academy Awards make? Not much. Three of the “Best Picture” nominees brought in less ...
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IPO Hotlist: Demand Media, Nielsen, BankUnited (DMD, NLSN, BKU, BX)

Posted: January 25, 2011 at 10:23 am

The slate of 2011 initial public offerings is about to kick off into gear.  We have three top IPOs we will be closely watching this week.  In internet publishing we ...
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The Beer Index Spikes Up: Wheat, Barley, Hops, VATs (BUD, TAP, SAM)

Posted: January 25, 2011 at 9:51 am

The discussion in the financial world has turned back to food inflation after several years of slow price growth.  It has been hard to not notice how food prices have ...
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