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Monthly Archives: March 2011

Oracle Delivers on Earnings & Dividend (ORCL)

Posted: March 24, 2011 at 4:10 pm

Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) just reported earnings for the quarter.  The enterprise software giant posted $0.54 EPS and $8.8 billion in revenues.  Thomson Reuters had estimates of $0.50 EPS and ...
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Commodities Daily: Strong Metals Through 2014, Southwest Drought & Wheat Prices (CGA, BP, RDS-A, HMY, SLW)

Posted: March 24, 2011 at 4:01 pm

Time now for our daily look at commodity prices and news. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (NYSE: RBS) has issued its latest version of the 'Commodity Companion,' and ...
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Alternative Energy Daily: Geothermal in Japan; Solar PV Standard Equipment on New Homes (MSBHY, TOSBF, ORA, CPN, OGFGF, IDKOY, RZTI, KBH, SPWRA, IRDVY, ACXIF, SRWRY)

Posted: March 24, 2011 at 3:01 pm

Here's our daily report on developments in solar and wind power, alternative fuels, and other news related to the alternative energy sector. As Japan works to rise from the rubble, ...
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Austerity Watch 3.24.11 — UK, California, New York

Posted: March 24, 2011 at 2:57 pm

Austerity Watch Daily covers critical news about national sovereign debt,  Credit Default Swaps, state and municipal deficit actions, and discussions about the US deficit and debt. States -- Call it ...
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Daily Dividend: Triple-Leverage ETFs Versus Dividends and S&P (SPY, FAZ, FAS, BAC, C, WFC, JPM)

Posted: March 24, 2011 at 2:22 pm

Investors are still trying to key off of which banks can and cannot hike their dividends under Federal Reserve approval.  In short, it is the healthy versus the unhealthy.  We ...
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Earnings Previews: Oracle Versus RIM (ORCL, RIMM, SAP, CSCO, HPQ, AAPL, GOOG)

Posted: March 24, 2011 at 1:52 pm

After the close of trading today will come earnings from two key players in technology and communications: Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM).  Traders and investors alike ...
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IPO Daily: SunCoke, Promise in Metallurgical Coal (SUN, SXC, MT, X, AKS)

Posted: March 24, 2011 at 1:01 pm

We have seen a filing from SunCoke Energy, Inc. to come public via an initial public offering.  What makes this deal stand out more than other IPO filing is that ...
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M&A Daily: Is Drugstore.com Worth the Price? (WAG, CHSI, DSCM)

Posted: March 24, 2011 at 12:27 pm

It was not that long ago that Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) sold off its PBM unit to Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSI).  The deal was valued around $525 million, ...
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Daily Dividend: Will Amgen Finally Start Paying Shareholders? (AMGN, PFE, MRK)

Posted: March 24, 2011 at 11:10 am

It is time for "The Daily Dividend" and we have an interesting call ahead.  How long has it been that Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) has been touted as a "Should Be" ...
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Randgold: A Gold Call With 49% Upside (GOLD)

Posted: March 24, 2011 at 9:48 am

Randgold Resources Ltd. (NASDAQ: GOLD) is a gold mining and exploration company with operations mostly in Western and Central Africa.  Needless to say, it operates in some countries where many ...
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Weekly Jobless Claims Get To Manageable Levels

Posted: March 24, 2011 at 8:54 am

The good news from the US Department of Labor is that the old floor of 400,000 in weekly jobless claims may now be acting as a bit of a ceiling ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (CSUN, DSCM, MU)

Posted: March 24, 2011 at 8:52 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of China Sunergy Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: CSUN), Drugstore.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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Silver Wheaton Proves Its Worth (SLW, SLV)

Posted: March 24, 2011 at 8:42 am

Silver Wheaton Corp. (NYSE: SLW) is out with its reserves news this morning and it is showing why it has risen so much in the last year.  The company showed ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (3/24/2011) Best Buy EPS, Portugal Bailout, Jobless Claims

Posted: March 24, 2011 at 8:39 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 (3/24/2011) UK Bank Deal, FDIC Chair

Posted: March 24, 2011 at 8:09 am

Updated throughout the day. The UK government may sell its stake in RBS (Reuters) FDIC executive Martin Gruenberg will become the next chief of the agency (WSJ) Douglas A. McIntyre ...
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