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Monthly Archives: March 2011

Toyota–What A Difference A Year Makes

Posted: March 2, 2011 at 5:50 am

The sales of  Toyota (NYSE: TM) cars and light trucks rose 42% in February to a total of 141,826. Toyota sold nearly as many cars last month as Ford Motor ...
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States Overestimated Receipts–Pew

Posted: March 2, 2011 at 5:27 am

The Pew Center on the States and the Rockefeller Institute of Government have released a report which says that states overestimated the amount of money they would bring in by an ...
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GAO Report On Government Waste Has Nothing New

Posted: March 2, 2011 at 5:04 am

In its first annual report to Congress, called "Opportunities to Reduce Potential Duplication in Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance Revenue" the Government Accountability Office argued that the federal ...
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Media Digest (3/2/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 2, 2011 at 4:12 am

Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) is in talks to sell its part of a Japanese joint venture for $8 billion. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will release its iPad 2 today. (Reuters) The ...
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Italian Solar Subsidies Endangered (SOL, TSL, STP, YGE, SPWRA, FSLR, TAN)

Posted: March 1, 2011 at 1:05 pm

In the drive to increase solar power generation in Europe, Italy has trailed only Germany in subsidies and installed megawatts. Germany has lowered its subsidies for solar installations, though not ...
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US Gulf of Mexico Opens for More Deepwater Drilling (NBL, ESV, HLX, NE, DO, RIG, CVX)

Posted: March 1, 2011 at 11:23 am

Two weeks ago, Federal Judge Martin Feldman told the Obama administration to act within 30 days on a number of drilling permits for the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The Bureau ...
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J. Crew’s Surprise Vote in Favor (JCG)

Posted: March 1, 2011 at 10:20 am

J. Crew Group Inc. (NYSE: JCG) is perhaps one of the more strange mergers out there involving retail and private equity. TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners offered $43.50 ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: Goldman Hit By Legal Fees, Blackrock M&A

Posted: March 1, 2011 at 10:07 am

For reasons that are hard to understand, Noble Energy (NYSE: NBL) was hit with a wave of bad news after it announced that the company had received a permit drill ...
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Discounts & More Setting High Retail Expectations for February Data (LTD, KSS, JCP, CHS, TJX, COST, WMT)

Posted: March 1, 2011 at 9:40 am

Retail may be getting another good month of numbers for February 2011 if Retail Metrics is correct.  The research firm noted, "Expectations for discounters, department stores, drug chains and specialty ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (CEDC, NVAX, SONS, YRCW)

Posted: March 1, 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 Central European Distribution Corp (NASDAQ: CEDC), Novavax, Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (3/1/2011) Gas Prices Up 7 Days

Posted: March 1, 2011 at 8:53 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 Rumor (3/1/2011) Yoplait M&A, Morgan Stanley Hack

Posted: March 1, 2011 at 8:42 am

Updated throughout the day. China based hackers broke into Morgan Stanley's (NYSE: MS) network (Bloomberg) The Sustainable Apparel Coalition which is a "green" association of retailers will measure the use of ...
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YRC Again Escapes Bankruptcy, Barely (YRCW)

Posted: March 1, 2011 at 8:24 am

YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) announced a deal that saves the company from bankruptcy, but the deal also dilutes holders yet again.  The troubled trucking giant reached a deal with ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AONE, BSX, CHKM, DECK, GM, LVS, LBTYA, NTGR, RRC, SAP, SWN, TSM, WIN)

Posted: March 1, 2011 at 8:00 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. A123 Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE) Raised to Neutral at BofA/ML. ...
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The World Most Valuable Brand (s)

Posted: March 1, 2011 at 6:15 am

The debate over brand values becomes more confused by the year. Several consultancies rank brand values. Each uses different methodologies, perhaps to defend why their figures differ from their rivals. ...
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