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Monthly Archives: March 2011

Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (SNBC, SQNM, VOD)

Posted: March 17, 2011 at 8:56 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Sun Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNBC), Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM), ...
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The Elusive Inflation Data for Consumers

Posted: March 17, 2011 at 8:39 am

Wholesale inflation continues, but the supply side is having a hard time passing on the price increases if the Labor Department is right on its inflation data.  The February Consumer ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AKAM, ALXA, AAPL, CMA, DELL, DVN, EP, EMC, HPQ, IBM, LMT, NTAP, NVTL, SQNM)

Posted: March 17, 2011 at 8:07 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Raised to Buy at Stifel ...
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The Ten Most Miserable States

Posted: March 17, 2011 at 6:13 am

“Well-being” is an inexplicable state of mind. How well people feel is based on their own internal compasses. Researchers have enough trouble defending the methodology used in testing people’s IQs. ...
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What Does France Do About Nuclear Power?

Posted: March 17, 2011 at 6:09 am

France gets almost 80% of its electricity from nuclear power. It is also the world's largest net exporter of electric power with Italy, the UK, Belgium, and Germany as its ...
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Does Diet Coke Taste Better Than Pepsi?

Posted: March 17, 2011 at 5:38 am

The Wall Street Journal reports that sales of Diet Coke in the US have passed those of Pepsi. Regular, sugary Coke holds the top spot. The Journal's analysis of the ...
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Apple’s Chase For No.1 Market Cap Position Ends

Posted: March 17, 2011 at 5:11 am

The market capitalization of Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) moved ahead of Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) last year. It was a humiliation for the world's largest software company which held the distinction ...
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Relieving Taxpayers From Crisis Costs

Posted: March 17, 2011 at 4:42 am

Ireland's new leadership does not believe that either companies that operate within its borders or its citizens should carry the entire cost of pulling the nation out of debt. That ...
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Media Digest (3/17/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 17, 2011 at 4:15 am

FedEx (NYSE: FDX) profits will probably be higher but hurt by gas prices. (Reuters) Lehman Bros has set November 17 as the date to get approval of its bankruptcy plan. ...
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Chocolate As Expensive As Caviar? That’s Absurd

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 7:35 pm

Chocolate lovers, who are facing price hikes in the wake of record cocoa prices, can take solace in one thing:  the cost of their deliciousness likely will never reach the ...
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Are U.S. Nuclear Power Plant Operators Really at Business Risk? (CCJ, USU, XLU, AEE, CEG, ETR, EXC, FE, PGN, SO)

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 4:35 pm

It goes without saying that nuclear power has hit skid row.  The damage to the industry that has been caused by the earthquake and the tsunami which followed in Japan ...
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Netflix Analysis: Risk in Own Content (NFLX, AMZN, TWX, CBS, LINTA)

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 2:54 pm

In the past 12 months, shares of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) have shot up nearly 300%, from around $70/share to around $220/share, after peaking at near $250/share. The trailing P/E ...
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Imminent Change in Japan’s Fuel Sources for Electricity

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 1:17 pm

As of March 15th, Japan had shut down more than 12,000 megawatts of nuclear electricity generation, mostly because of  the effects of last week's earthquake and tsunami. Nearly 11,000 megawatts ...
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IPO Daily: Cortina Systems Files for IPO (INTC)

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 1:01 pm

Cortina Systems, Inc. has filed to come public in an initial public offering.  We do not have financial terms other than that the first filing indicates that the sale will ...
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M&A Daily: Lawson Likely To Get More Interest (LWSN, HPQ, ORCL, SAP, NOVL)

Posted: March 16, 2011 at 12:01 pm

Lawson Software Inc. (NASDAQ: LWSN) is trading well above its current fresh $11.25 cash buyout from Golden Gate Capital and Infor.  There is a reason... Investors believe more is coming.  ...
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