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Top Technology Earning Previews For This Week (ADI, DELL, HPQ, ADSK, BRCD, INTU, CRM)

Posted: May 16, 2011 at 4:00 pm

This week will feel more like a retail earnings-season week rather than a technology earnings-season week.  Still, we have some key earnings due in the market which could move the ...
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Facebook IPO Talk Getting Closer, Sort Of

Posted: May 16, 2011 at 3:33 pm

Facebook has remained an elusive IPO so far.  The company has maintained that this IPO would not likely be in 2011, but CNBC's Kate Kelly has just reported that Facebook executives ...
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Top Retail Earnings For This Week (URBN, HD, SKS, TJX, WMT, BJ, DDS, SPLS, TGT, DLTR, GME, SHLD)

Posted: May 16, 2011 at 2:54 pm

We have already seen earnings come in as a disappointment from Lowe's Companies today.  We still have quite a few retailers on deck to report earnings this week.  We compiled ...
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Interview: Haverford Shares 8-Pack of Dividends (WHR, HD, UNP, UTX, APD, COP, PEP, JNJ, INTC, MSFT, HAVGX)

Posted: May 16, 2011 at 12:07 pm

Investors love dividends, particularly from companies which are raising dividends or which have a history of raising dividends.  There is a new diversified sample dividend portfolio for investors called the ...
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The Good News From Some States: Daily Austerity Watch

Posted: May 16, 2011 at 10:36 am

Finally, there is some good news about state finances. Lawmakers in Delaware, for instance, are debating about how to spend a projected $320 million surplus.  You read that right.   Special ...
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Great Risks of Being Too Conservative with Retirement Funds

Posted: May 16, 2011 at 10:27 am

Inflation hurts most investors and it really hurts most on fixed budgets.  It can absolutely annihilate retirees and those who are just about to retire.  Another consideration is that as investors ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (5/16/2011) Glencore IPO, RIM Playbook

Posted: May 16, 2011 at 9:09 am

Updated throughout the day. Glencore raised the mid point of its IPO price (Reuters) Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) will recall 1,000 PlayBooks (Engadget) Chrysler's deal to refinance its debt ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (CISG, VITA, SIGA)

Posted: May 16, 2011 at 8:55 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of CNinsure, Inc. (NASDAQ: CISG), Orthovita, Inc. (NASDAQ: VITA), and ...
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Does Google Need to Raise Capital? (GOOG)

Posted: May 16, 2011 at 8:38 am

The headlines throughout the day on internet stocks may read "Google Raising Cash" after its automatic shelf registration.  Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) did file an automatic shelf registration statement this ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AEO, AAPL, AMR, ENOC, F, INTC, JCOM, JBLU, MA, MGM, NIHD, PETS, SLE, TKC)

Posted: May 16, 2011 at 8:19 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO) Raised to Positive at ...
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Screening Large Cap Value Stocks (DELL, KMB, DGX)

Posted: May 16, 2011 at 7:42 am

This week we bring reviews of "value stocks" for long-term investors by 24/7 Wall St.   Monday's focus is mostly on large-cap stocks that are easily recognized and which have large positions ...
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American Despair About The Economy Rises, As US Future Dims

Posted: May 16, 2011 at 6:45 am

Americans' optimism about an economic recovery, which was already very fragile, has turned downward. A new Gallup poll says that "Three in four Americans name some type of economic issue ...
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn, International Monetary Fund Chief, No One Is Indispensable

Posted: May 16, 2011 at 6:42 am

The arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the IMF, on sexual assault and other serious crimes, immediately raised the question of how the organization would carry on. His able deputy, John ...
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National Academies Alarmed About Climate Control: More Hot Gas

Posted: May 16, 2011 at 6:23 am

The National Academies, which includes The National Academy of Science and the National Research Council among its members, has released its America's Climate Choices study which is the final volume ...
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Geithner’s Debt Letter To Sen Michael Bennet: Trouble Without Solutions

Posted: May 16, 2011 at 6:20 am

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner should be the Administration’s standard bearer as it negotiates furiously to raise the debt ceiling. He sent another one of a series of letters to members ...
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