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Monthly Archives: April 2011

Windows’ Future In Question As Sales Reach 350 Million

Posted: April 23, 2011 at 9:58 am

Odd, that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) should announce that it had sold 350 million copies of Windows 7 just as Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) cloud computing service collapsed and left clients' website ...
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The Week’s Largest Market Losers

Posted: April 23, 2011 at 8:54 am

Iron Mountain's proxy fight with Elliott Management continued, as the company added an Elliott board member and said it may sell its digital assets. Harley fell on weak earnings. Gilead ...
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Week’s Largest Stock Gainers

Posted: April 23, 2011 at 8:33 am

Biogen Idec shares rallied on news that its MS drug has posted positive trial results. F5 reported a strong quarter as did Intel. S&P 500 WEEK TOP 10 (15 APR ...
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Daily Austerity Watch: Rich People Can Withstand Tax Increases

Posted: April 22, 2011 at 7:23 pm

Daily Austerity Watch learned long ago that there lies, damned lies and lies about taxes. One of the most often-told tales involves the notion that when the going gets tough ...
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Are CEOs Sacrificed Too Quickly?

Posted: April 22, 2011 at 6:19 am

Peter A. Darbee has been CEO of PG&E (NYSE: PCG) since 1999. The company has made strong profits and its stock has performed well over the period since he got ...
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Unlocking The Mystery About How Android Makes Money

Posted: April 22, 2011 at 5:58 am

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) investors have been puzzled about how the company will make money on its Android mobile operating system. It is offered to mobile and portable hardware firms for free. ...
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Americans Mourn The Future As Deficit Grows

Posted: April 22, 2011 at 5:38 am

A new New York Times/CBS poll shows that the number of Americans who think the country is on the wrong track has risen sharply to 70%. The figure has not ...
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Microsoft Pay Raises: The Death Of Growth

Posted: April 22, 2011 at 5:14 am

There are at least two ways to look at the cash pay raises that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)  will give employees.  One is that it is a way to retain talent. Another ...
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Media Digest (4/22/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 22, 2011 at 4:54 am

Samsung filed patent lawsuits against Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) over smartphone technology (Reuters) The Japanese government will release $50 billion to cover initial costs of the earthquake (Reuters) The Administration will ...
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Earth Day Special: The Most And Least Green States

Posted: April 21, 2011 at 5:02 pm

April 22 is Earth Day. This year, its theme is "A Billion Acts of Green." The idea behind the 2011 program is to demonstrate that millions of small acts can ...
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A Year After Gulf Tragedy, Offshore Oil Companies Still Shielded by Liability Limits

Posted: April 21, 2011 at 4:42 pm

by Marian Wang ProPublica, April 19, 2011, 11:25 a.m.April 18, 2011April 20, 2011 When the Deepwater Horizon disaster killed 11 men at sea last April and set off the worst ...
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Commodities Watch: Transparency, and its Lack, in the Oil Market; Someone Cornering Supply of Lead; Global Corn Supply Estimate Raised

Posted: April 21, 2011 at 1:37 pm

Commodity news today begins with a look at counting barrels of oil. There are also reports of a single buyer holding as much as 89% of the lead in storage ...
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11 Key Earnings To Watch For Early Next Week (FSLR, HGSI, MPEL, NFLX, VECO, MMM, AMZN, BRCM, KO, F, VLO)

Posted: April 21, 2011 at 12:30 pm

Next week is going to get off to a slow start because of the post-Easter blues after a three-day weekend.  We have pulled eleven earnings which we think traders will hone ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Redirecting Ethanol Subsidies; Heritage Foundation Proposes Cuts to Energy Department Funding; Wind Generation Subsidies Suspended in New Jersey

Posted: April 21, 2011 at 11:51 am

Today's alt energy news leads off with some comments from Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, reports on some problems with wind generation in New Jersey, and comments on a ...
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Dividend Watch: Making The Casinos Pay You (WYNN, ASCA, LVS, MGM, MPEL)

Posted: April 21, 2011 at 11:00 am

Casinos are not generally thought of for having the world's highest dividend payouts.  That may be slowly changing, particularly now that it seems that Las Vegas is fully mature and ...
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