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Monthly Archives: April 2011

Today’s Best Market Rumors (4/6/2011) Borders Reorg, Dish Buy Blockbuster

Posted: April 6, 2011 at 8:17 am

Updated throughout the day. Dish Network bought the remaining assets of Blockbuster (WSJ) Success Factors will shift its IPO from NASDAQ to NYSE (WSJ) The head of Italian bank Generali ...
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Looking for Value Stocks (BBY, DPZ, JKS)

Posted: April 6, 2011 at 8:01 am

After the markets have been on fire and after valuation concerns are starting to grow among investors in a world full of international strife, maybe it is time to consider ...
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Apple Chart Watch: The Inevitable Breakdown (AAPL)

Posted: April 6, 2011 at 6:31 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is in trouble on its stock charts.  Its stock has now fallen five days in a row, a feat not seen in months.  Pure technical analysis ...
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Dish Network To Reboot Blockbuster

Posted: April 6, 2011 at 5:43 am

Just as it appeared that Blockbuster would be liquidated Dish Network bought it for $320.6 million in a process overseen by a federal bankruptcy court, according to The Wall Street ...
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Toyota Credit Rating–Another Quake Victim

Posted: April 6, 2011 at 5:17 am

Moody's may rob Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) of its Aa2 rating which would in theory make it more expensive for the world's largest auto manufacturer to raise money. In its ...
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Is John Chambers Too Old To Fix Cisco?

Posted: April 6, 2011 at 4:52 am

CEO years are like dog years. Most chief executives at large corporations are fortunate if they last a decade on the job. Cisco's (NASDAQ: CSCO) CEO John Chambers, who has ...
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Media Digest (4/6/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 6, 2011 at 3:54 am

The SEC has a plan to lower market volatility (Reuters) A re-balancing of the Nasdaq 100 cuts Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) influence on the index (Reuters) John Chambers, the head of ...
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Crush Depth Alert in American Superconductor (AMSC)

Posted: April 5, 2011 at 5:05 pm

American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC) is hardly looking super and hardly looking American after the close of trading this Tuesday.  The company gave a guidance update due to a key ...
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Will Intel Warn on Earnings? (INTC, SMH, AMD)

Posted: April 5, 2011 at 3:23 pm

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) has been the beneficiary of the great  NASDAQ 100 rebalancing act, but things have been a bit rough for holders of late.  Last Friday we noted ...
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Commodities Watch: Corn Price Sets New Record; Cocoa Prices Falling; WTI Crude Could Drop Significantly (DBA, MOO, TSN, SFD, HRL, DE, CNH, AGCO, MOS, HSY, KFT, GLD, SLV, GDX, GDXJ, SIL, USO)

Posted: April 5, 2011 at 2:30 pm

Time for our daily look at the world of commodity prices and key developments. Corn futures continue their seemingly inexorable march toward $8/bushel as wet and windy weather in the ...
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ETF Watch: Chinese ETFs Immune to Rate Hikes (FXI, GXC, HAO, YAO)

Posted: April 5, 2011 at 2:13 pm

China keeps tightening its monetary policy to fight inflation.  The Chinese central bank has raised rates four times and has taken other monetary tightening initiatives, but the moves are only putting ...
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IPO Watch: LinkedIn Amends IPO Filing (GS, MHP, SAP)

Posted: April 5, 2011 at 1:01 pm

LinkedIn Corporation has filed its second amended registration statement with the SEC regarding its upcoming Initial Public Offering.  There is still no size nor any indicated price range.  A ticker ...
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M&A Watch: Southwest & AirTran, Cracks Versus Merger (LUV, AAI)

Posted: April 5, 2011 at 12:08 pm

Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) has taken a bit of a blow to its safety reputation after this last weekend.  A few hundred flight cancellations are one thing, but a ...
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At The Core Of Republican Deficit Plan–Do Tax Cuts Work?

Posted: April 5, 2011 at 11:51 am

The Republicans released their proposed financial plan and it aims to balance America's budget by 2015. Called "The Path To Prosperity: Restoring America's Promise", its success is based as much ...
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BioWatch: Cubist Moves Beyond Patent Fears (CBST, TEVA)

Posted: April 5, 2011 at 11:30 am

Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: CBST) is going to be back in favor now that it has settled a key patent case against Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (NASDAQ: TEVA).  The company announced ...
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