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Monthly Archives: March 2011

Today’s Best Market Rumors (3/21/2011) Nasdaq M&A, Intel CEO

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 8:51 am

Updated throughout the day. Nasdaq OMX (NASDAQ: NDAQ) worries it will face regulatory scrutiny if it bids for NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) (WSJ) Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) tried to hire a ...
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Universal Display Raising Capital (PANL)

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 8:38 am

Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ: PANL) has decided to raise capital.  The company is selling 5,000,000 shares of common stock in a registered public offering. The offering is to be led ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (UHAL, ATML, BBBY, EXH, FORM, IHS, LEAP, NKE, QCOM, RDN, S, TGT, TGB, TXM, RIG)

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 8:22 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. AMERCO Inc. (NASDAQ: UHAL) Raised to Outperform as Bull of ...
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Google Is World’s Most Valuable Brand

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 6:06 am

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is the world's most valuable brand with a $43.3 billion valuation. It is followed by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), ...
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Economic Fears That Won’t Go Away

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 5:33 am

Some economists look at American attitudes toward spending, stagnant wages, and high fuel prices and conclude that the recession has not ended--at least for the average citizen. A new Gallup ...
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Companies That Can’t Keep Their Products On The Shelves

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 5:13 am

It is not unusual for companies with highly successful products to run out of inventory. Oftentimes, companies are forced to scramble at the last minute to meet an unexpected upsurge ...
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A New Age Of Antitrust Activity

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 5:07 am

Antitrust regulators will get a great deal of exercise this spring. AT&T (NYSE: T) has announced it will buy T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom. Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S), the struggling wireless company, ...
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Media Digest (3/21/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 3:57 am

Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) says the Japan disaster is a buying opportunity for companies based there (Reuters) AT&T (NYSE: T) will buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom ...
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Is there Value left in Microsoft (MSFT)?

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 3:18 am

Its no secret, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) has been left in the dust by Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). In the past year, the NASDAQ increased 11% while Microsoft (MSFT) ...
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IMF Says Sovereign Debt Matches WWII Levels

Posted: March 20, 2011 at 9:07 pm

The IMF reports that sovereign debt has returned to the levels last reached 60 years ago . The organization unfortunately does not offer any novel solutions. John Lipsky, the First ...
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GM Makes Cuts: What Is “Nonessential” Spending?

Posted: March 20, 2011 at 8:44 pm

GM (NYSE: GM) management informed the company's workers this weekend that it would cut all "nonessential" costs because of parts shortages which are a result of the Japanese earthquake. GM ...
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The Trouble With Nuclear Plants

Posted: March 20, 2011 at 8:13 pm

Forget the horrendous images of the nuclear catastrophe in Japan, which seem to grow worse by the minute.  Most nuclear plants get themselves in trouble for not doing mundane things ...
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AT&T/T-Mobile Deal May Not Help Apple

Posted: March 20, 2011 at 3:55 pm

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), the preeminent provider of smartphones to AT&T (NYSE: T) Wireless, may not get any new customers if its deal with Deutsche Telekom AG to acquire T-Mobile USA ...
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AT&T Buys T-Mobile, Deprives Desperate Sprint

Posted: March 20, 2011 at 3:07 pm

Just days after rumors that Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) and T-Mobile would merge, AT&T (NYSE: T) bought the Deutsche Telekcom US division of $39 billion. The deal dashes Sprint's hopes to ...
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The Top Analyst Call of the Week (AAPL, MSFT, HPQ, GOOG)

Posted: March 19, 2011 at 10:47 am

A research report from JMP Securities this last week ended up having a significant impact on shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and may have been considered blasphemy by many ...
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