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Monthly Archives: April 2011

Dividend Watch: Making More Income Off Your Health Insurer (HUM, UNH, AET, WLP, CI)

Posted: April 26, 2011 at 10:48 am

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) just became the newest dividend player when it comes to health insurers.  Maybe you aren't happy about the cost of healthcare, but at least you can ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: Companies With The Most Negative Press (4/26/2011)

Posted: April 26, 2011 at 10:07 am

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) was badly beaten by the press as concerns about privacy rose after disclosures that iPhone software can track customer locations. The Flame Index started as a research ...
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Valero Brings Refining Caution After Earnings (VLO, TSO, FTO, WNR, HOC, MRO, HES)

Posted: April 26, 2011 at 10:01 am

With pump prices for gasoline approaching $4/gal everywhere and $5/gal in some US cities, it would seem logical that crude oil refiners are a good bet to do well. It's ...
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Analyst Caution Takes Hold At Netflix (NFLX, AMZN, AAPL, GOOG)

Posted: April 26, 2011 at 9:53 am

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) had some impressive growth numbers on the surface.  The problem is that Wall Street and investors look ahead, and the devil is always in the details.  ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (4/26/2011) Sony Tablet, Ford P&L

Posted: April 26, 2011 at 8:59 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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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (LWSN, NFLX, USAT)

Posted: April 26, 2011 at 8:54 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Lawson Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: LWSN), Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), USA ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (4/26/2011) Volvo M&A

Posted: April 26, 2011 at 8:47 am

Updated throughout the day. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) may sell its enterprise division (Reuters) Volvo may buy Saab (various) Douglas A. McIntyre ...
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Coca-Cola Earnings Set Caution in Beverage Group (KO, PEP, DPS)

Posted: April 26, 2011 at 8:39 am

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) has turned in its first quarter earnings for 2011.  The beverage giant said earnings rose to $1.9 billion, or $0.82 EPS... On an adjusted basis ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (APD, MO, ARMH, ATHN, BRCD, CPO, GE, HON, IR, MGM, MS, NFLX, OXY, PAAS, CODE, VICL, WYNN, YUM)

Posted: April 26, 2011 at 8:09 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (NYSE: APD) Reiterated Buy and ...
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Saudis Admit Oil Price Trouble, Do Nothing

Posted: April 26, 2011 at 6:15 am

The head of Saudi State oil firm Aramco, Khalid al-Falih, said that his country is concerned about the effect of high crude prices on the global economic recovery. He also ...
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Will States Break Pension Promises?

Posted: April 26, 2011 at 5:59 am

The Pew Center on the States released new research that says "The gap between the promises states have made for public employees’ retirement benefits and the money they have set ...
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The Ten Big US Government Failures Of The 21st Century

Posted: April 26, 2011 at 4:58 am

Taxpayers are more on guard about what the federal government spends than they have been in years, or perhaps longer, as threats of a high deficit and national debt highlight ...
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Exclusive Interview With Glam CEO Samir Arora

Posted: April 26, 2011 at 4:47 am

Glam Media is the latest media company to claim that it will soon become the largest employer of journalists. At a dinner in San Francisco earlier this month, CEO Samir ...
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Media Digest (4/26/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 26, 2011 at 4:16 am

A review of data from the damaged Southwest Air (NYSE: LUV) 737 raised questions about Boeing's (NYSE: BA) manufacturing process.  (Reuters) Sony (NYSE: SNE) has begun to market a tablet ...
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The Royal Wedding, Unlike All Others–Financially

Posted: April 25, 2011 at 7:31 pm

What's the difference between this week's wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton and everyone else's? Logistics and money. The affair -- no, make that spectacle -- is rumored to ...
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