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Monthly Archives: February 2011

Cisco Tries to Find Earnings Redemption (CSCO)

Posted: February 9, 2011 at 4:22 pm

John Chambers needed some redemption for Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) today.  The company reported quarterly earnings of $0.37 EPS on $10.41 billion in revenues, while Thomson Reuters had estimates ...
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Irish Banks: When Financial Delay May Actually Help (AIB, IRE)

Posted: February 9, 2011 at 1:45 pm

Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB) and The Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) are both suffering today.  News is out that Ireland's Finance Minister has postponed making more capital injections ...
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Intel Capital Still Holds Many Public Company Shares (INTC, CLWR, MU, VMW)

Posted: February 9, 2011 at 1:12 pm

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is not really making any strategy changes to its portfolio of public stock holdings under its Intel Capital unit.  That does not mean that it is ...
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Pentagon Wises Up To Risks of Defense Mergers (LMT, BA, NOC, GD, RTN, UTX)

Posted: February 9, 2011 at 12:50 pm

In a major reversal from a policy promoted in the early 1990s, the US Defense Department is now warning defense contractors to beware of mergers and acquisitions in the defense ...
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Oversupply Threatens Solar Revenues and Profits (FSLR, EIX, SRE, SPWRA, STP, YGE, LDK, TSL, TAN)

Posted: February 9, 2011 at 11:57 am

The story on solar energy in 2011 is manufacturing capacity. Or, more accurately, over-capacity. The termination of incentives in Germany and Italy are expected to slow solar installations in those ...
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Shareholder “Q Investments” Flames Cedar Fair Entertainment Company

Posted: February 9, 2011 at 11:46 am

Q4 Funding, L.P.  and Q Funding III, L.P. which own 10,021,418 units in LP Cedar Fair (NYSE FUN), which constitutes approximately 18.1% of the total number of units outstanding, attacked the public ...
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More Exchange Mergers; Regulators Should Say No! (NYX, NDAQ, CME, CBOE, ICE)

Posted: February 9, 2011 at 11:35 am

Exchanges are already too powerful.  Now comes word that NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) is in advanced talks with Germany's Deutsche Boerse.  Shares were halted per the NYSE request.  The good ...
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An Odd Chart Read on Gold, Silver, and Rare Earths (GLD, SLV, AGQ, MCP, REMX, REE, AVL)

Posted: February 9, 2011 at 11:14 am

Using charts alone is something that may not make sense to most people. Still, thousands of investors make a living at just that.  Fundamentals be damned!  We do not subscribe ...
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Bernanke: No Jobs, No Recovery

Posted: February 9, 2011 at 10:58 am

"Until we see a sustained period of stronger job creation, we cannot consider the recovery to be truly established." Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, February 9, Before the Committee on ...
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Can Nokia Still Jump from its “Burning Platform”? (NOK, AAPL, GOOG, IT, RIMM)

Posted: February 9, 2011 at 10:05 am

Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) CEO Stephen Elop is scheduled this Friday to announce a plan to turn the Finnish phone giant around. An internal memo from Elop has hit the ...
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Biofuels IPO: Gevo Prices (GEVO)

Posted: February 9, 2011 at 9:05 am

Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO), a developer and manufacturer of renewable chemicals and biofuels, is coming public today.  The initial public offering was for 7.15 million shares at $15.00 per share, ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ATML, MOTR, PLAB, TTWO, SMSI, SWIR)

Posted: February 9, 2011 at 9:02 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), Motricity, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOTR), Photronics, Inc. ...
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Summit Hotel Priced IPO With Mixed Results (INN, IHG)

Posted: February 9, 2011 at 8:48 am

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. (NYSE: INN) has priced its IPO and is set to begin trading Wednesday morning.  The deal has a bit of a mixed win-loss here in the ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (2/9/2011) AIG $4.1 Billion, GM Bonus

Posted: February 9, 2011 at 8:44 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 (2/9/2011) Arcos Dorados IPO, New iPad

Posted: February 9, 2011 at 8:34 am

Updated throughout the day. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has begun to build the next generation iPad (WSJ) Arcos Dorados, the world's largest McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) franchisee will file for an IPO ...
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