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Monthly Archives: February 2011

Europe: The Land Where No One’s At Fault

Posted: February 7, 2011 at 11:17 am

The international media is full of reports about the battle between France and Germany on one side and the balance of the eurozone nations on the other. Germany in particular ...
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Potash Industry M&A Fights Valuation Premium (BHP, POT, MOS, IPI, TNH, CMP, KCLOF, CF, MOO)

Posted: February 7, 2011 at 10:51 am

When BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE: BHP) made its $38.6 billion offer for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT), the size of the deal put a spotlight on the fertilizer makers, ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report 2.7.2011 Harbro Earnings, AOL M&A

Posted: February 7, 2011 at 9:12 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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Why Wal-Mart Is the Embodiment of Economic Stimulus

Posted: February 7, 2011 at 9:01 am

By John Tamny of Forbes A recent story in the New York Post revealed that if Wal-Wart were allowed to open in the five boroughs, that New Yorkers would save ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (OREX, PGNX, YONG)

Posted: February 7, 2011 at 8:54 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: OREX), Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (2/7/2010) New Yahoo! Sites, FCC Plans

Posted: February 7, 2011 at 8:51 am

Updated throughout the day. FCC will spend $8 billion from a special fund to extend broadband to areas with low popularity (NYT) Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) will launch vertical mobile sites ...
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Mergers As Far As The Eyes Can See (AOL, BEC, DHR, BRK-A, BRK-B, WSC, ESV, PDE, SNY, GENZ, GGOX, ENWV)

Posted: February 7, 2011 at 8:49 am

They call it "Merger Monday" for a reason.  Today's news is not dominated by football hangovers.  It is dominated by a slew of headlines over mergers, mergers, and more mergers.  ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADTN, AET, CLWR, GLW, D, NFLX, NVDA, SPLS, STP, UNH, UTX, VLO, WY)

Posted: February 7, 2011 at 8:13 am

These are some of this Monday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML. Aetna ...
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Venezuela: $200 Oil

Posted: February 7, 2011 at 6:09 am

The oil minister of Venezuela, Rafael Ramirez, said a shutdown of the Suez Canal could push oil prices above $200. "There is sufficient oil (in the market) and there have been no ...
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Broadband For Farmers

Posted: February 7, 2011 at 5:52 am

The New York Times reports that the FCC will announce intentions to use about $8 billion from the Universal Service Fund for rural broadband. The fund taxes phone bills to help ...
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More Land To Grow Cotton, Less For Other Crops

Posted: February 7, 2011 at 5:28 am

To state the obvious, there is only so much farmland in the US. The National Cotton Council of America says that farmers will plant 14% more cotton this year compared to ...
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Nokia: Shaking Up Officers On The Titanic

Posted: February 7, 2011 at 5:08 am

A number of news media have recently reported that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) CEO Stephen Elop will replace a large number of the top managers at the world's largest cellphone company. ...
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AOL Buys Huffington Post

Posted: February 7, 2011 at 4:45 am

AOL (NYSE: AOL) bought The Huffington Post for $315 million of which $300 million is cash. Huffington management will run all AOL content sites. The combined US audience of the ...
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Media Digest (2/7/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 7, 2011 at 4:15 am

AOL (NYSE: AOL) bought the Huffington Post for $315 million. (Reuters) Sanofi-Aventis and Genzyme (NASDAQ: GENZ) are closer to a deal (Reuters) Hackers who broke into the NASDAQ will undermine ...
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The Ten States Running Out Of Smart People

Posted: February 7, 2011 at 12:54 am

There are several states in the U.S. that are losing the eduction race to most of the others. In the past decade, these states have declining math and reading scores, ...
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