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Monthly Archives: March 2011

The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (3/11/2011) Japan Earthquake

Posted: March 11, 2011 at 9:16 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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Today’s Best Market Rumors (3/11/2011) Hulu Board, IPOs

Posted: March 11, 2011 at 8:59 am

Updated throughout the day. Hutchison Port Holdings Trust will raise $5.4 billion with a Singapore IPO (Reuters) Nomura Holdings may sell Japanese restaurant chain Skylark to Bain Capital $3.4 billion ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ARO, LIME, RCRC)

Posted: March 11, 2011 at 8:52 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO), Lime Energy Co. (NASDAQ: LIME), ...
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The Awful Financial Impact From Japan’s 8.9-Quake (EWJ, JEQ, JOF, DXJ, SNE, TM, HMC, BRK-B, SNDK, MU)

Posted: March 11, 2011 at 8:46 am

It is hard to focus solely on the economic impact of tragedy and catastrophe when you read headlines such as "death count 60..." and "death count exceeding 100..."  Unfortunately, the ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BYD, BKE, CSIQ, CLNE, ENER, ESLR, HANS, IM, JCP, MBT, PL, USI, VLO)

Posted: March 11, 2011 at 8:15 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Boyd Gaming Corp. (NYSE: BYD) Reiterated Outperform at Credit Suisse. ...
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How Many iPads Are Enough?

Posted: March 11, 2011 at 6:04 am

The Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad 2 goes on sale today both online and in stores. Securities analysts and thousands of self-proclaimed Apple experts will await the weekend sales count like ...
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Concerns About The Economy Broaden

Posted: March 11, 2011 at 5:33 am

Concern about the economy has begun to rise after a drop in mid and late 2010. There are a number of reasons for this, but these worries will persist until ...
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Saudi Arabia Unrest: The Advantage Of Bribes

Posted: March 11, 2011 at 5:01 am

Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi might have been better off to use the billions of dollars he has hidden around Libya to bribe his opposition than to wage war on his countrymen. ...
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Media Digest (3/11/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 11, 2011 at 4:13 am

Japan was hit by an 8.9 magnitude earthquake. (Reuters) Chinese insurance regulators passed on details of the AIG (NYSE: AIG) disaster to local insurance companies, according to WikiLeaks. (Reuters) Apple ...
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Japan Hit By 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake, Followed By 10 Foot Tsunami

Posted: March 11, 2011 at 3:33 am

Japan was hit by one of the most powerful earthquakes in recent memory--an 8.9 magnitude tremor which has caused a 10 foot tsunami in the areas it hit in the ...
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Unusual After-Hours Stocks on the Move (ARO, CLNE, CLWR, ENER, GNVC, LIME, NSM, ZUMZ)

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 5:14 pm

We are tracking after-hours movers on news this evening.  The largest moves on after-hours volume are being seen in Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO), Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE), Clearwire ...
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Today’s Winning Trade: The Impoverished Consumer Returns (WMT, MCD, DG, DLTR, FDO)

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 3:23 pm

On a day when lower oil has not prevented a triple-digit drop in the DJIA and a larger 1.7% drop in the S&P 500, we wanted to see what was ...
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Can America Afford The Rising Cost Of Autism?

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 3:00 pm

If past trends are any indication, autism rates could rise by as much as 75% in the next five years. This could not have come at a worse time for ...
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Google’s Drop In Search: New Trend or Blip? (GOOG, MSFT, YHOO)

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 2:55 pm

The online intelligence research firm Experian Hitwise put out new monthly data that is showing a continued trend... or a blip: Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is slowly losing its dominance ...
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IPO Watch: GM CFO Exit and Busted IPO, Bad For Chrysler (GM, F)

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 1:03 pm

General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) did not do its new shareholders much of a favor today by allowing Chris Liddell to resign this soon after the initial public offering.  The ...
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