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Monthly Archives: February 2011

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, BBVA, STD, CAP, CNW, DYN, INTU, KEY, LEAP, ODFL, PLXS, SWIR, SBUX, SNPS, TTWO, YUM)

Posted: February 9, 2011 at 8:21 am

These are some of this Wednesday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Raised to Outperform as the Bull ...
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Ten States With The Deadliest Eating Habits

Posted: February 9, 2011 at 6:30 am

Americans are fat and getting fatter by the year. Recent data reported in medical journal Lancet showed that BMI (Body Mass Index), a recognized measurement of obesity, is higher on ...
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, And The Housing Crisis

Posted: February 9, 2011 at 6:11 am

Housing prices may not return to pre-credit crisis levels for another five years, so experts say. They may never recover to those levels at all in  hard-hit areas such as ...
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What If Global Warming Is Real?

Posted: February 9, 2011 at 5:34 am

The U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report in 2007 which said that "up to 40 percent of the Amazonian forests could react drastically to even a slight reduction in ...
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GM: Where Are The Taxpayer’s Bonuses?

Posted: February 9, 2011 at 4:59 am

GM (NYSE: GM) workers will probably get about $3,000 in profit-sharing for 2010. The reward would cover 53,000 union members who are also hourly workers. The program is part of ...
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Media Digest (2/9/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 9, 2011 at 4:10 am

The  SEC will try to make market traders less reliant on ratings agencies. (Reuters) GM (NYSE: GM) will set up a profit-sharing plan for workers. (WSJ) S&P warned Japan on ...
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Disney’s Earnings Marvel, No Mickey Mouse Report (DIS)

Posted: February 8, 2011 at 4:17 pm

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is finding some love after The Mouse House managed to beat earnings handily.  The entertainment and media giant, and DJIA component, reported earnings for ...
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GE’s New Push… Moving Executives Closer to High-Growth Markets (GE)

Posted: February 8, 2011 at 2:26 pm

The gains of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) have yet to abate and the shares just have refused to pull back to a point to let new investors in at ...
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How Many Retailers Can Be Taken Private? (BIG, BJ, JAS, JCG, AEO, ARO, DG)

Posted: February 8, 2011 at 1:59 pm

Shares of Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG) jumped more than $5/share just before closing yesterday on a report from Bloomberg that the company may sell itself to a buyout firm.  ...
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Economy Is Getting Better, Except For The Aged

Posted: February 8, 2011 at 1:00 pm

A new Gallup poll says people are more optimistic than they have been in three years. Forty-one percent of Americans in January said the economy is "getting better," up ...
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An IPO For Chinese Hogs (SCLI)

Posted: February 8, 2011 at 12:20 pm

American investors looking for Asian growth opportunities are soon to get a chance to hear "Squeal like a pig!" from China.  A company called Southern China Livestock, Inc. is now ...
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AIG Share Sale Snag Brings On More Market Risks (AIG)

Posted: February 8, 2011 at 11:58 am

American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) has run into a snag on its giant secondary offering.  The troubled insurance giant that nearly took down the financial system before being bailed ...
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Homebuilders Looking at Spring Sales Through Rose-colored Glasses (DHI, LEN, KBH, XHB)

Posted: February 8, 2011 at 11:53 am

Spring is traditionally the best season for new home builders. In 12 of the past 14 years, sales of new homes peaked in March or April. If 2011 is going ...
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Molycorp’s Share Float Set to Double (MCP)

Posted: February 8, 2011 at 11:12 am

Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) is about to have a lot more shares on the market, with no real benefit to the company at all.  The lock-up expiration was a known ...
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McDonald’s Needs to Step-up China Expansion (MCD, YUM)

Posted: February 8, 2011 at 10:15 am

With the US landscape just about full of fast-food outlets, the major players are looking elsewhere for revenue and profits. Not surprisingly, the sweet spot is China, with its 1.3 ...
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