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Monthly Archives: April 2011

Hardware Earnings May Not Be Sustainable

Posted: April 20, 2011 at 5:03 am

Revenue from sales of IBM's (NYSE: IBM) System z mainframe server products rose 41% last quarter. Data Center Group revenue at Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) rose 32% in the last quarter. ...
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Media Digest (4/20/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 20, 2011 at 4:11 am

Reuters: Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will begin to ship the new version of its iPhone in September (Reuters) Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and VMWare (NYSE: VMW) both posted strong earnings (Reuters) A ...
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6 Key After-Hours Earnings Movers (CREE, ISRG, JNPR, VMW, WYNN, YHOO)

Posted: April 19, 2011 at 5:37 pm

We are seeing many stocks on the move in the after-hours session.  We decided to break these out into a group rather than individual reports over and over.  The after-hours ...
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Intel Overcomes Significant Earnings Hurdles (INTC, SMH)

Posted: April 19, 2011 at 4:37 pm

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is out with earnings and the results are far better than what was expected under the circumstances.  The chip and processor giant reported a monster number ...
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Higher Guidance & $142 Billion Backlog Driving IBM (IBM)

Posted: April 19, 2011 at 4:21 pm

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) is out with better-than-expected earnings and the stock is reacting positively.  Big Blue reported earnings at $2.41 EPS non-GAAP ($3.31 GAAP) and its revenues ...
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Commodities Watch: Auto Prices to Rise on Commodity Costs; Wheat-Corn Switching Places; Gold Busts $1,500/ounce (GM, TM, F, GLD, SLV)

Posted: April 19, 2011 at 2:45 pm

In today's commodities news another automaker is raising prices to meet higher commodity prices, corn and wheat continue to jostle for position as the higher-priced food, and gold prices keep ...
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Why This Suit Against Berkshire Hathaway & Sokol Does Not Matter (BRK-A, BRK-B, LZ, GS)

Posted: April 19, 2011 at 2:28 pm

Multiple reports are out that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B) has been sued by a shareholder who is seeking disgorgement of David Sokol's profits from Lubrizol Corporation (NYSE: LZ) and ...
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What To Expect From Yahoo! Earnings (YHOO, GOOG, MSFT)

Posted: April 19, 2011 at 1:06 pm

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is due with earnings after the close.  For starters, remember that Yahoo! and Google both have to be counted as ex-TAC revenues that backs out the ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Google Invests in More Wind; Another Federal Loan Guarantee; Clean Energy Acquisitions (GOOG, EIX, GE, FSYS, RTK, AMRS, CDXS, FTFL, AMAT, LCRX)

Posted: April 19, 2011 at 12:01 pm

Today's wrap-up of alt energy news includes a look at the latest investment by Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) in wind energy, another federal loan guarantee for a solar farm, and ...
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What to Expect From Intel Earnings (INTC, SMH, XSD)

Posted: April 19, 2011 at 11:46 am

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is due to report earnings after the close of trading Tuesday and shares are currently up in anticipation.  Thomson Reuters has estimates at $0.46 EPS and ...
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Can YRC Stay Afloat? (YRCW, JBHT)

Posted: April 19, 2011 at 11:01 am

The long-expected turnaround from YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) remains elusive despite the gains we are seeing in the stock so far today.  Even after a reverse stock split, YRC Worldwide has ...
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Fracking Chemicals Cited in Congressional Report Stay Underground

Posted: April 19, 2011 at 10:45 am

by Nicholas Kusnetz, ProPublica, April 18, 2011, 4 p.m. A report released Saturday confirmed details about what many already knew was happening: gas drillers have injected millions of gallons of fluids ...
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Daily Austerity Watch: The States’ Tax Dilemma

Posted: April 19, 2011 at 10:37 am

State legislators are going to be tempted to follow the dictate of that fiscal expert Mae West who famously opined that "too much of a good thing is wonderful."  Of ...
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Dividend Watch, A Score For Iron Mountain Holders in Restructuring (IRM, BRK-A)

Posted: April 19, 2011 at 10:07 am

Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) is further capitulating to Elliott Management in an activist move.  Its CEO left under pressure last week and the restructuring addresses what Elliott had previously proposed ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (STX, TXN, ZION)

Posted: April 19, 2011 at 8:58 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ: STX), Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN), ...
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