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Monthly Archives: March 2011

Does Cisco Need $4 Billion More In Debt? (CSCO, HPQ, ALU, JNPR)

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 7:13 am

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is beginning to in some ways feel like the lost leader... a silver-back gorilla with poor eyesight if you will.  The company has incredibly high ...
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Moody’s Downgrades Spain, But Misses A Point

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 6:16 am

Moody's downgraded Spain's sovereign paper "by one notch to Aa2 from Aa1. The outlook on the Aa2 ratings is negative." The cost of fuel and inflation of goods were not ...
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China Trade Deficit Reaches $7.3 Billion, Hope For US Exports

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 5:45 am

China's trade deficit reached $7.3 billion in February, a number many experts say was due to the Lunar New Year holiday. Media sources say the number is the highest in ...
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High Gasoline Prices Soak Everything On $5 A Gallon Fears

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 5:15 am

Ben Bernanke and a number of prominent economists say that the US is in better financial shape to endure high gas and oil prices now than it was in 2008 ...
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The States With The Strongest and Weakest Unions

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 4:45 am

The size of American labor unions has fallen sharply in the last decade. Much of this has to do with the erosion of the US manufacturing base. The single best ...
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Media Digest (3/10/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 4:09 am

Moody's cuts Spain's rating and said current cuts were possible (Reuters) China posted a trade deficit of $7.3 billion. It was the worst in seven years and may have been ...
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Molycorp Earnings Meets Short Sellers (MCP, AVL, REE, REMX)

Posted: March 9, 2011 at 4:48 pm

Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) is almost surprisingly trading higher after its earnings report.  The surprise is that shares were already up 300% from last year's IPO and it already even ...
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HCA IPO Updated Pricing: $30? (HCA)

Posted: March 9, 2011 at 3:01 pm

The upcoming HCA Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HCA) IPO is turning out to be better than what we had expected.  The 124 million shares have been expected to price between $27 ...
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Exchange-Traded Scare: US Natural Gas Fund… The Split (UNG)

Posted: March 9, 2011 at 2:04 pm

The exchange-traded product of the United States Natural Gas Fund, LP (NYSE: UNG) has been controversial. Most active investors thought the exchange-traded product was basically buying exposure to natural gas ...
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Toyota’s Five-year Plan (TM, F, GM, HMC)

Posted: March 9, 2011 at 1:30 pm

Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) has just recovered from a year that could have sunk lesser companies.  Mere survival, though, is not Toyota's goal. The company's president and grandson of ...
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IPO Alert: Fusion-io… Beyond the Cloud (FIO, AAPL)

Posted: March 9, 2011 at 1:24 pm

A new IPO filing has been made by a company called Fusion-io, Inc. Terms have not been made public other than that the funds to be raised are up to ...
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Exxon Outlines Expansion to 2015 (XOM, CVX, COP)

Posted: March 9, 2011 at 12:11 pm

At a presentation to analysts today, Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) said it plans to invest about $34 billion in "high-quality" projects in 2011, and that spending through 2015 would ...
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M&A Daily: Catalyst Becomes a Major PBM Player (CHSI, WAG, CVS, ESRX, MHS, RAD)

Posted: March 9, 2011 at 12:01 pm

Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSI) is not as well known in American healthcare as it is about to be.  The pharmacy benefit management company has just signed a pact ...
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Large Companies Raising Dividends (TYC, TRIB, SPLS, PUK, BNS, QCOM, AMAT)

Posted: March 9, 2011 at 11:02 am

Investors love dividends and other methods companies use to return capital to shareholders.  Still, dividends are the easiest for shareholders to gauge because it translates to direct capital recognition.  Some ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: March 9 BP Apology

Posted: March 9, 2011 at 10:36 am

BP plc (NYSE: BP) CEO Dudley apologized for the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The gesture apparently did not go over well. Negative press on the UK-based oil firm moved it to ...
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