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Monthly Archives: March 2011

Apple’s Primacy May Have To Move From Smartphones To Tablets

Posted: March 8, 2011 at 5:03 am

Steve Jobs said that the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad has 90% of the table PC market when he launched the new iPad 2. Industry experts confirmed the remarkable number. The ...
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Media Digest (3/8/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 8, 2011 at 4:13 am

Kuwait says OPEC may increase output (Reuters) Carl Icahn may sell Federal-Mogul (Reuters) China halted high reserve requirements for several banks (Reuters) The euro approached multi-month highs (Reuters) Sharp aims ...
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Wall St. Nerves Fray Over Jobs

Posted: March 7, 2011 at 7:10 pm

Market sentiment is better than it was two years ago, which means that the present market rally may have further to go. It could easily be thrown off course by ...
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Disk Drive Sector Getting Smaller (WDC, HIT, STX, TOSBF, FJTSY, SNDK, NVDA, MRVL)

Posted: March 7, 2011 at 3:07 pm

In 2010, disk drive makers shipped more than 653 million units. Of that number, Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) shipped more than 200 million and Hitachi Ltd. (NYSE: HIT) shipped ...
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IPO Daily Watch: GT Solar’s Great IPO Give-Back (SOLR)

Posted: March 7, 2011 at 1:00 pm

When investors lose money they are generally not happy campers.  When it happens in an IPO-related investment that is supposed to be a "Hot-IPO" they tend to feel duped far ...
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Oil Prices Could Kill Auto, Light Truck Sales (F, GM, TM, HMC)

Posted: March 7, 2011 at 12:05 pm

History could be about to repeat itself. In 2008, gasoline prices moved above $3/gallon and sales of gas-guzzling SUVs, pickups, and some cars plummeted. With gasoline prices moving inexorably toward ...
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M&A Daily: Siemens Aims to be Smart-Grid Player (SI, GRID, ITRI)

Posted: March 7, 2011 at 12:01 pm

Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) could be close to making a name for itself inside the world of smart-grid technology.  The company has said it plans to make a couple of ...
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Wal-Mart Dividend Squeezes Competition (WMT, SPG, COST, TGT, BJ, COST)

Posted: March 7, 2011 at 11:01 am

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) took a page from the dividend competition playbook when it raised its payout.  The stock market has not been a huge helping hand for the ...
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Refiners Getting Squeezed (VLO, HOC, FTO, TSO, MRO, XOM, CVX, COP)

Posted: March 7, 2011 at 10:34 am

As crude oil prices continue their steady trend above $100/barrel, US refiners are preparing for the worst. Actually, the worst is already here, in the form of spiking prices. Worse ...
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YRC… When Troubled Companies Lose Their CFO (YRCW)

Posted: March 7, 2011 at 9:19 am

YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) has not gone without loss, nor without shareholder controversy.  Now investors who are already facing severe losses get to digest news that the company's Chief ...
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JA Solar & MEMC Ink Solar Joint Venture (JASO, WFR)

Posted: March 7, 2011 at 8:34 am

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) and MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE: WFR) are offering some positive support to each other after announcing a joint venture agreement.  The J-V ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (3/7/2011) Gold Record, Barclays CEO Pay

Posted: March 7, 2011 at 8:26 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 (3/7/2011) Bank Stress Tests, Charity Merger

Posted: March 7, 2011 at 8:13 am

Updated throughout the day Charities Smile Train and Operation Smile will merge (NYT) The EU will make bank stress tests more challenging (FT) Bank of America's (NYSE: BAC) CEO Brian ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AVL, BYD, CAT, COP, DMD, JNS, MCP, TAP, NLSN, PPL, SLE, SBUX)

Posted: March 7, 2011 at 8:05 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Avalon Rare Metals, Inc. (AMEX: AVL) Started as Sector Outperform ...
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Skype Updates IPO Filing With Full 2010 Data

Posted: March 7, 2011 at 7:23 am

Skype S.A. Is closer to being a public company.  A late-Friday SEC filing showed the updated financial data for 2010 and showed more updated details.  Skype's Luxembourg-based ADRs will trade ...
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