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Monthly Archives: February 2011

Research Points To Starbucks & Green Mountain Tie-Up (SBUX, KFT, GMCR)

Posted: February 14, 2011 at 9:42 am

It is no secret that the end of the relationship between Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) and Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) has been without much love.  In fact, Starbucks wanted ...
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Visa: Everywhere you want to be, except your Portfolio

Posted: February 14, 2011 at 9:27 am

Americans love to "charge it". This is why the darlings of plastic American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), MasterCard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) have made solid investments in the past. In the ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Rumors (2/14/2011) Air Travel Lift, Federal Budget

Posted: February 14, 2011 at 8:58 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 (HAWK, HERO, JNPR, OPWV, STEC)

Posted: February 14, 2011 at 8:56 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Seahawk Drilling, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAWK),  Hercules Offshore, Inc. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CAH, CLX, DRYS, ENOC, EXPE, GME, MU, NOK, RLI, WMT)

Posted: February 14, 2011 at 8:30 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Cardinal Health Inc. (NYSE: CAH) Raised to Buy with $52 ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors 2/14/2010 JP Morgan New Media, Zynga Valuation

Posted: February 14, 2011 at 8:14 am

Updated throughout the day Zynga may raise money which would value the social game company at $7 billion (WSJ) BaFin, a German regulator, is involved in the restructuring of WestLB ...
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GE Could Double Down On Conglomerate Status: A Buyout Of United Tech

Posted: February 14, 2011 at 6:29 am

GE (NYSE: GE) has decided to maintain its position as the world's largest conglomerate. It is old news that the company has been attacked for this. Recent evaluations of the ...
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Roadblock To Growth Of New Internet Superpowers Is Overseas

Posted: February 14, 2011 at 5:59 am

Social game network Zynga is about to be valued at $7 billion as it raises more capital. Groupon was recently valued at $6 billion, and Facebook at $50 billion. These ...
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The Global Recovery Now Has Two Big Engines

Posted: February 14, 2011 at 5:32 am

China's trade surplus was $6.45 billion in January. Some economists believe that China's import rise were partly due to higher prices that the People's Republic must pay for commodities. Another ...
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Greece Again Sovereign Debt Flash Point

Posted: February 14, 2011 at 5:05 am

The debate over the fate of Europe's poorer nations continues to return to Greece. It has become the canary in the coal mine as capital markets investors and other EU ...
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Media Digest 2/14/2011 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 14, 2011 at 4:10 am

The size of the Japanese economy dropped in the fourth quarter of last year, but exports may aid a rebound. (Reuters) The Obama budget will cut $1.1 trillion in costs ...
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The Coming Week’s Must-See Stock Events (AAPL, T, VZ, BRK-A, BIG, BGP, CSCO, DVN, DISH, HRL, FLWS, UNTD, JDSU, JPM, EGPT, NYX, HAWK, SIRI)

Posted: February 13, 2011 at 11:23 am

We have many big events to watch for in the coming week at American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), Verizon Communications ...
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Pandora Coming Public in IPO, What You Need to Know (SIRI, AAPL, RNWK, AMZN, MSFT)

Posted: February 13, 2011 at 9:40 am

Pandora Media, Inc. will likely soon be a public company.  The leader in internet radio filed its preliminary IPO paperwork on Friday evening.  Terms such as a share count and ...
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The Week’s Largest Market Losers

Posted: February 12, 2011 at 1:21 pm

S&P 500 WEEK: BOTTOM 10 (04FEB-10 FEB) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 10Feb11 Close Price 04Feb11 Market Cap($Mil) Akamai Technologies Inc AKAM -14.9 40.75 47.88 7430.4 Cisco ...
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US Agriculture Department Approves Ethanol-Ready Corn (SYT, GIS)

Posted: February 12, 2011 at 10:28 am

Agribusiness giant Syngenta AG (NYSE: SYT) has gotten approval from the US Department of Agriculture to grow a strain of corn that has been genetically modified to make it  cheaper ...
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