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Monthly Archives: April 2011

Daily Austerity Watch: Playing Fiscal Chicken

Posted: April 21, 2011 at 10:17 am

In today's Daily Austerity Watch, we struggled to find an appropriately macho analogy to describe the Republican's attempts to fight efforts to raise the debt ceiling.   About the best we ...
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Honeywell, United Technologies Earnings Jump (HON, UTX, GE)

Posted: April 21, 2011 at 9:54 am

US manufacturers like Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON), United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), and General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) could be signalling a broader recovery coming in the US and ...
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Schlumberger Earnings, Revenues Fall Short; BP Sues Halliburton (SLB, WFT, HAL, BHI, BP, RIG, CAM)

Posted: April 21, 2011 at 9:20 am

Bad weather in North America and Australia, political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, and a slow return to drilling in the US Gulf of Mexico have all ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (AAPL, AIB, NOK, TRAD)

Posted: April 21, 2011 at 8:57 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Apple Corporation (NASDAQ: AAPL), Allied Irish Banks (NYSE: ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (4/21/2011) HSBC Restructure

Posted: April 21, 2011 at 8:51 am

Updated throughout the day. Zynga and Lady Gaga are at work on a promotional partnership (WSJ) Jiayuna, a Chinese dating site, will have a US IPO (FT) The CEO of ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACH, ARW, HBAN, KIRK, MPEL, PETM, PHM SINA, STLD)

Posted: April 21, 2011 at 8:16 am

Live from the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, or what is left of it, outside the NYSE Euronext HQ in Amsterdam... No Rembrandt, no Dutch East India Company, and not even Van ...
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GE: Good Sales, Poor Cost Controls

Posted: April 21, 2011 at 7:02 am

GE's (NYSE: GE) bottom line looked very good, until the numbers were examined by division. Revenue from continuing operations was up 6% to $38.4 billion. GAAP EPS was up 48% ...
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The End Of The Landline Phone

Posted: April 21, 2011 at 6:08 am

For increasing numbers of Americans, a landline phone is a superfluous expense that they can do without. According to a survey released yesterday by the Centers for Disease Control and ...
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As Market Rises, Americans Flee Stocks

Posted: April 21, 2011 at 6:05 am

It is ironic that just as the stock market hits 3-year highs after a surge from March 2009 lows,  Americans are unloading stocks. A new Gallup poll shows that "the ...
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Fiat’s Long Shot On Chrysler

Posted: April 21, 2011 at 5:39 am

Fiat is about to buy another 16% of Chrysler which would take its total stake to 46%. The deal would involve a payment of $1.5 billion, which does not value ...
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The States With The Worst Income Inequality

Posted: April 21, 2011 at 4:51 am

There was never any chance that in America income would be distributed like it was supposedly done in the Soviet Union - to each according to his ability and his ...
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Media Digest (4/21/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 21, 2011 at 4:08 am

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) earnings surpassed expectations and the company said iPad 2 units were backlogged (Reuters) BP plc (NYSE: BP) sued Transocean (NYSE: RIG) for $40 to cover costs related ...
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Full 360-Degree Preview of GE Earnings Expectations (GE, BRK-A)

Posted: April 20, 2011 at 3:00 pm

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is set to report its first quarter earnings on Thursday morning and investors will view it as a proxy for the broader economy. Investors seem ...
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Commodities Watch: Wheat Powers Ahead; Lumber Continues to Slumber; Metals Still Rising (DE, MON, POT, PCL, LPX, WY, GLD, SLV)

Posted: April 20, 2011 at 1:40 pm

Wheat prices show no signs of slowing down as dry weather continues to plague the winter wheat crop in Texas and Oklahoma. The May contract price is about $8/bushel and ...
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Economists Thrilled About Surge

Posted: April 20, 2011 at 1:04 pm

Two different reports painted an upbeat picture of the U.S. economy as Obama administration and Republicans in Congress remain at odds over how to tackle the federal government's debt problem. ...
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