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Monthly Archives: March 2011

Canadian Solar Earnings Hang Over Solar Stocks (CSIQ, LDK, JASO, STP, YGE, FSLR, SPWRA, TAN)

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 12:15 pm

Ontario-based Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) reported EPS well below estimates this morning, and just about every solar PV maker is paying the price. Canadian Solar posted EPS of $0.58 ...
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S&P Cuts Libya To Junk

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 12:11 pm

Only the most intrepid global capital markets investors would put money into Libya's debt. Now even those buyers of sovereign paper have been forewarned. According to the S&P, "lowered its ...
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Daily M&A Outlook: Rethinking Human Genome Sciences as Target (HGSI, GSK)

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 12:06 pm

As you would expect now that Benlysta has been approved as the first Lupus treatment in more than 50 years, some investors are wondering and perhaps hoping that Human Genome ...
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Valero Looks To Get U.K. Refinery on the Cheap (CVX, VLO, HOC, FTO, RDS-A, BP)

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 11:29 am

Almost a year ago, Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) put out the word that it was looking to sell its Pembroke refinery in Wales. The offers didn't exactly come pouring in. ...
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Daily Dividend: Almost a 20% Yield (CYS)

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 11:07 am

Cypress Sharpridge Investments, Inc. (NYSE: CYS) is one REIT that many investors are not aware of.  With the dividend yield that it is sporting and which it has reconfirmed today, ...
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Iron Mountain: Elliott Goes Where Buffett Fled (IRM, BRK-A)

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 10:43 am

It was rather surprising when we saw that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A, BRK-B) had suddenly sold all of the Iron Mountain Inc. (NYSE: IRM) holdings back in ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: March 10 GM CFO Goes

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 9:55 am

BP (NYSE: BP) stayed at the top of the list of companies receiving the most negative news after skepticism about its CEO's apology about Deepwater Horizon. Dynegy (NYSE: DYN) threatened ...
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Icahn Bargain-Hunting for Dynegy (DYN, IEP, BX, NRG)

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 9:37 am

When Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN) reported earnings, or rather, losses, yesterday, the company also included the dreaded "going concern" statement telling investors that unless the company could restructure its debt, ...
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Unusual Mix of Short Selling in High-Priced Market Leaders (AMZN, AAPL, BIDU, FFIV, GS, GOOG, IBM, MA, NFLX, POT, PCLN, CRM, VMW, WYNN)

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 9:24 am

Short sellers are selectively making very mixed short selling activities in the high-priced market leaders.  Some are seeing gains, others are seeing lower short selling.  We tracked the moves for ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (3/10/2011) US Trade Gap & Jobs

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 9:05 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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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (GMCR, HGSI, SBUX)

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 8:57 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), Human Genome ...
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Weekly Jobless Claims Challenge 400,000 Yet Again

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 8:39 am

The weekly jobless claims from the US Labor Department did rise in the last week.  The good news is that there was not a 400,000 handle on the data.  The ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (3/10/2011) Glencore IPO

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 8:32 am

Updated throughout the day. Glencore's IPO has been approved by Hong Kong regulators (Reuters) Aol (NYSE: AOL) will lay off several hundreds employees this week (AllThingsD) Douglas A. McIntyre ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADBE, ALTR, BUD, CIEN, DOV, HGSI, ISRG, NTAP, NFLX, PEET, RL, SMTC, STP, UPS, WMB)

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 8:19 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Reiterated Buy and Raised target ...
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The Deal That Couldn’t Be Is: Starbucks & Green Mountain (SBUX, GMCR, KFT)

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 7:25 am

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) did end up signing a pact with Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR).  The move was obvious to some, but will be shocking to others.  ...
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