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Monthly Archives: April 2011

Alternative Energy Watch: Nuclear Power Old and New; Cape Wind Farm Gets US Approval; Boeing Plant Going Solar (ETR, NRG, BA, FSLR)

Today's alt energy news leads off with the latest developments for two nuclear power plants. The Cape Wind project also got the go-ahead from the federal government, and a new ...
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Full Apple Earnings Preview (AAPL)

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is set to report earnings today after the close.  The stock just got a huge break today after Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) managed to blow out ...
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Daily Austerity Watch: What Obama Should Say At Facebook

Here at Daily Austerity Watch, we are going to take the bold step of offering President Barack Obama advice on how to convince people who spend every scrap of their ...
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Dividend Watch: EMC, Not Yet… Soon (EMC, CSCO, IBM, VMW)

EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is one of the giant technology behemoths out there that has been criticized for quite some time for holding all of its cash for acquisitions and ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: April 20 Companies With The Worst News

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) took a big hit in the news as shareholders sued over Sokol trades in Lubrizol. American Electric Power and NRG both pulled bad press over ...
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Japan’s Oil Demand Could Rise — or Fall

There are seriously diverging views on the demand for oil in Japan as the country works to recover from the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami that struck the ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (4/20/2011) AT&T Earnings, Gold Record

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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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (AIB, ALU, ASML, INTC)

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Allied Irish Bank (NYSE: AIB), Alcatel-Lucent (NASDAQ: ALU), ASML Holdings ...
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IPO Watch: Tesoro Launches at Premium (TSO, TLLP)

Tesoro Corporation (NYSE: TSO) is indicated slightly higher this morning as its Tesoro Logistics LP (NYSE: TLLP) is raising more than expected in its partial spin-off initial public offering.  Tesoro ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (4/20/2011) iPhone 5, GM China

Updated throughout the day Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will ship the iPhone 5 in September (Reuters) GM's (NYSE: GM) China sales may push it into the No.1 slot in global car ...
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Wells Fargo Delivers on Earnings, Value Catching Up (WFC)

Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) has just reported record net income of $3.8 billion on 49% year over year earnings growth to $0.67 EPS despite a near-5% sequential decline ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADBE, BAC, BBBB, BHP, CREE, CXS, CTCM, CBST, GS, HBAN, INTC, NBL, PAAS, PTR, PCG, VMW)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Cut to Underperform at FBR. ...
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Unemployment Rebounds In Industrial States

Unemployment rates have improved rapidly in the industrial Midwest, although it is a matter of conjecture about why this is true. March unemployment in Michigan went to 10.3% this year ...
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The iPhone 5, The 4G Question

Reuters reports that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will launch the iPhone 5 in September. The news agency said consumers should expect a faster processor. It reported no important details beyond that. ...
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Facebook Lurks Behind Yahoo! Earnings, As Portal Needs To Bet The Farm

Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs fell 6% in the first quarter to $1.13 billion. Net earnings dropped 28% to $223 million. Both numbers cheered Wall St. because ...
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