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Monthly Archives: February 2011

Verizon iPhone Order Shutdown

Posted: February 4, 2011 at 6:02 am

Consumers who want an Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone from Verizon Wireless can no longer order it online. The Verizon Wireless website posted a message which says iPhone 4. Verizon. It ...
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Ten Housing Markets Where Prices Rose During The Recession

Posted: February 4, 2011 at 5:41 am

The average value of a home declined by 25% to 30% from the period from the third quarter of 2005 to the third quarter of last year. The end of ...
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A Little US Government Shut Down

Posted: February 4, 2011 at 5:37 am

The fight over the increase in the US debt ceiling is on hold for awhile. The Treasury Department said tax receipts were higher than expected so the ceiling may not ...
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Bernanke Is Not A Farmer

Posted: February 4, 2011 at 5:04 am

No one knows for certain why food prices around the world have risen so quickly. Ben Bernanke said the Federal Reserve's Quantitative Easing program is not the cause. He argues ...
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Media Digest (2/4/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 4, 2011 at 4:13 am

Unemployment most likely improved last month but the jobless rate may rise. (Reuters) JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) may have ignored signs that Madoff was committing fraud. (Reuters) Ben Bernanke said that ...
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Many PA Gas Wells Go Unreported for Months

Posted: February 3, 2011 at 3:57 pm

by Nicholas Kusnetz, ProPublica, Feb. 3, 2011, 11:05 a.m. On Sept. 14, 2009, natural gas operators finished drilling the 3H well on the Lbros farm in southwest Pennsylvania. Just over ...
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Gold Trading: More Gold Mining Mergers Coming! (GDXJ, NEM, FRG, ANV, HL, GRS, CDE, GLD)

Posted: February 3, 2011 at 3:02 pm

Today's action is showing a very favorable move to Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDXJ) after news that Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) is acquiring Fronteer Gold Inc. ...
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Viacom Posts Lower Profit, Re-Signs Deal with Hulu (VIA, NWS, DIS, CMCSA)

Posted: February 3, 2011 at 12:28 pm

For its first fiscal quarter of 2011, Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA) reported that profit fell -12% and revenue fell by -4.8% due mainly to weakness in the company's film business. ...
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Facebook Ads No Threat To Google (GOOG, YHOO, MSFT, IACI)

Posted: February 3, 2011 at 12:08 pm

Facebook is now worth $50 billion and has become the hottest property on the Internet.  The problem is that the site may find it more difficult to generate revenue than ...
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Retail Sales Triumph Over Nasty Weather (COST, TGT, BJ, BIG, WMT, LTD, GPS, AEO, DDS, M, JCP)

Posted: February 3, 2011 at 10:54 am

All that snow in January didn't keep shoppers at home, apparently, as retailers posted a 4.2% increase in same-store sales for the month. That topped estimates that had started at ...
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Hot Kinder Morgan IPO, Closer & Closer (KMI, KMP, KMR)

Posted: February 3, 2011 at 10:06 am

Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) is soon to be public again.  We have covered this on multiple occasions and listed it as one of our Top 17 IPOs to Watch ...
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Dow Chemical Hits the Jackpot (DOW, DD, LYB, BRK-A, BRK-B)

Posted: February 3, 2011 at 9:47 am

Rising commodity prices didn't hurt fourth quarter earnings or revenues at Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW). The company posted EPS of $0.37 from profits of $511 million on revenue of ...
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Another Internet Acquisition, Answers.com Going Private (ANSW)

Posted: February 3, 2011 at 9:24 am

Another small internet search assistance company is being acquired.  Answers.com, (NASDAQ: ANSW) is being taken private by AFCV Holdings, LLC, a portfolio company of growth equity investor Summit Partners. The ...
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Gold Consolidation Continues: Newmont Buys Fronteer (NEM, FRG)

Posted: February 3, 2011 at 8:56 am

Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) is doing what we would have expected to see more of in late 2009 and into 2010.  It is making an acquisition. The company is ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (GMCR, HNSN, ONNN, OTIV)

Posted: February 3, 2011 at 8:55 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR), Hansen ...
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