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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMZN, AMGN, T, BAC, BHI, CIM, COP, DANG, HGR, MMM, MU, GAS, GOLD, SKX, VRS)

Posted: March 24, 2011 at 8:05 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Raised to Outperform at William Blair. ...
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Google’s Shares Continue Their Retreat

Posted: March 24, 2011 at 6:08 am

Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) shares have continued a three-month retreat that has pushed them down by 4% compared to a 5% improvement for the NASDAQ. It has occurred to investors that ...
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Optimism About Jobs Turns Higher

Posted: March 24, 2011 at 5:46 am

Eighty-three percent of people think that it is a "bad time to find a job", according to a new Gallup Poll. The number is depressing but it is at the ...
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This Summer: A Stay-At-Home Vacation

Posted: March 24, 2011 at 5:23 am

The AAA reported recently that the number of miles driven by Americans increased for the first time in two years. The AAA also keeps daily gas price numbers. The average ...
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No Recovery At Best Buy

Posted: March 24, 2011 at 5:09 am

The market does not expect much from Best Buy (NYSE: BBY). The company is about to release quarterly figures. Analysts think that results will be hurt by low TV sales. ...
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Portugal Plays Chicken

Posted: March 24, 2011 at 4:53 am

Minority parties within the Portuguese government have rejected an austerity program proposed by Prime Minister Jose Socrates. He stepped down. As MarketWatch pointed out, the incentives for politicians in debt ...
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Media Digest (3/24/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 24, 2011 at 4:03 am

The head of Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) said that an ex-director leaked confidential information. (Reuters) The prime minister of Portugal stepped down as his austerity plan was rejected by ...
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Austerity Watch 3/23/11 Update: Portugal Government Falters

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 6:24 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. Late today, Portugal's prime ...
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Commodities Daily: Rebuilding & Global Growth Back On (FCX, NEM, IVN, TCK, RIO, TM, HMC, GLD, SLV, GDX, GDXJ, SIL, GIS)

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 4:17 pm

Time now for our daily look at commodity prices and news. Copper prices rose to their highest level in nearly three weeks as the estimated cost to rebuild quake-devastated areas ...
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Alternative Energy Daily: Nuke Slowdown No Long-term Help for Solar Makers (CREE, VECO, AIXG, RBCN, LEDS, EXC, ETR, NRG, FSLR, JASO, TSL, LDK, SPWRA)

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 3:01 pm

It's time for our "Alternative Energy Daily" report covering solar, nukes, utilities and more. Utilities with large nuclear power generation assets are also seeing pressure as more concerns surface related ...
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ETF Daily: Has Japan Come Too Far Too Fast? (EWJ, JOF, DXJ, EWV, JEQ)

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 2:32 pm

Our "Daily ETF Watch" begs a question... Have the record inflows of investing capital that have recently into Japan been too much too fast for too volatile of a situation?    ...
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IPO Daily: Sequans Communications, 4G Chips (SQNS, MSI)

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 1:05 pm

There was an interesting IPO filing from a company called Sequans Communications S.A., a French fabless semiconductor company that makes chipsets for 4G communications such as wireless broadband applications. Its ...
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M&A Daily: Biotech Buyouts and Debt Offerings, More to Come (SNY, GENZ)

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 12:10 pm

It is time for "The M&A Daily" and we have what might normally appear as a red flag alert here today.  Yesterday's news that Sanofi-Aventis SA (NYSE: SNY) was borrowing $7 ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: March 23 Companies With The Worst Press

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 12:09 pm

Delta (NYSE: DAL) suffered from bad press after its CEO noted the airline could lose $400 million in sales due to flight reductions to Japan. Honda was hurt by news ...
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Daily Dividend: BofA Dividend Denial May Be Immaterial (BAC, JPM, WFC, C, BRK-B)

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 11:03 am

It's "The Daily Dividend."  Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is getting hit this morning on news that the Federal Reserve denied a request by the largest bank by deposits ...
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