Monthly Archives: February 2011

Top Active Trader Alert Stocks: Dell, Comcast, Dollar Tree Rock

Posted: February 16, 2011 at 9:00 am

Shares moving sharply up or down in the pre-market include: Genzyme (NASDAQ: GENZ), higher on news of a buyout by Sanofi-Aventis. Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), up 7% after posting strong earnings ...
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Dean’s Earnings, A Turnaround Yet? (DF)

Posted: February 16, 2011 at 8:53 am

Dean Foods Company (NYSE: DF) is finding that no good deed goes unpunished. The dairy seller reported that adjusted earnings were $0.15 EPS versus the Thomson Reuters target of $0.14 ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (2/16/2011) Vegetable Prices

Posted: February 16, 2011 at 8:47 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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Today’s Best Market Rumors (2/16/2011) RIM & Nokia, Goldman Traders

Posted: February 16, 2011 at 8:40 am

Updated throughout the day Fairholme Capital will try to replace the St. Joe board (WSJ) Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) turned down a joint venture with Nokia (NYSE: NOK) (TechCrunch) ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AEIS, AWK, ADM, AVGO, CTL, GPS, HAL, HAS, LVS, RIMM, SLB, S, DIS)

Posted: February 16, 2011 at 8:19 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: AEIS) Raised to Buy and ...
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Borders Bankruptcy, Opportunity For Competitors (BGP, BKS, BAMM, AMZN)

Posted: February 16, 2011 at 7:35 am

Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE: BGP) has confirmed what most thought was inevitable. It has filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11. It has secured a commitment for $505 million in ...
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Value in Dollar Stores After Family Dollar Buyout Offer (FDO, DG, DLTR, NDN, BIG)

Posted: February 16, 2011 at 7:31 am

Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) soared last night after announcing that it has received an unsolicited conditional buyout proposal from Nelson Peltz' Trian Group to acquire Family Dollar in ...
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Global Investors Turn To Equities As Equities Turn To Records

Posted: February 16, 2011 at 6:03 am

The BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers comes out once a month. The February reports says that institutional money managers are more bullish about equities than at any time ...
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YouTube–The Next Netflix

Posted: February 16, 2011 at 5:38 am

Many reports about the consumption of streaming media delivered by the Internet were released recently. Nielsen data showed a sharp increase in the use of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). The Nielsen ...
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Redefining Inflation With Poverty

Posted: February 16, 2011 at 5:13 am

Inflation is often defined as the overall increase in the price of goods and services. That oversimplifies how inflation works and does not include the drop in currency values or ...
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The Last Countries Left With Triple-A Rating

Posted: February 16, 2011 at 4:38 am

Ratings agencies missed the meltdown in the housing market and the rising debt tide that swept over European capitals. We wanted to see if they are awarding Triple-A ratings to ...
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Media Digest (2/16/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 16, 2011 at 4:07 am

Sanofi-Aventis will buy Genzyme (NASDAQ: GENZ) for $20.1 billion. (Reuters) Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) beat earnings targets but investors remained concerned about future prospects amid growing competition. (Reuters) BHP Billiton (NYSE: ...
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