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Monthly Archives: May 2011

Cisco Peers Facing Mixed Judgement After Earnings (CSCO, ALU, ERIC, JNPR, RVBD, BRCD, HPQ)

Posted: May 12, 2011 at 10:47 am

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is somehow down all over again despite most of the forecasted bad news already being known ahead of time.  We'll spare you the details of ...
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Daily Austerity Watch: Why Non Profits Are Getting Squeezed

Posted: May 12, 2011 at 10:32 am

Non-profits are being squeezed like they have never been squeezed before by state and local governments, and the situation is only going to get worse. Providence Mayor Angel Tavares, whose ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report: Wholesale Prices, Retail Sales, Job Claims

Posted: May 12, 2011 at 9:09 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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Today’s Best Market Rumors (5/12/2011) Takeda M&A, AIG Shares

Posted: May 12, 2011 at 8:54 am

Updated throughout the day. Takeda may buy Nycomed for $12 billion (Reuters) AIG (NYSE: AIG) may cancel its $9 billion stock offering (Reuters) Goldman Sachs has a deal with the ...
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Commodity ETFs Heading South, Again, Cheer (SLV, GLD, USO)

Posted: May 12, 2011 at 8:53 am

Silver and gold, and oil and other commodities, are heading south all over again this morning.  Whether you want to blame reports of higher prices or a slowing of global ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (CSCO, SLV, WIBC)

Posted: May 12, 2011 at 8:51 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: ...
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Weekly Jobless Claims Still Far Too High

Posted: May 12, 2011 at 8:37 am

The data on weekly jobless claims from the Labor Department fell by 44,000 in the last week to 434,000.  We had expectations of about 430,000 for the week.  Sadly, the ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AEO, ADI, MT, BCS, CSCO, DMND, FSLR, FWLT, FITB, HSY, PLCM, ROST, STX, SYMC, TWGP, MTN, WDC)

Posted: May 12, 2011 at 8:28 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO) Cut to Hold at ...
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Foreclosures Hit 40-Month Low As 50-Month High Lies Ahead

Posted: May 12, 2011 at 6:31 am

Foreclosures reached a 40-month low in April, and the news is more negative than positive. Real estate research firm RealtyTrac reported that its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report for April 2011 ...
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National Employee Morale Day At Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO)

Posted: May 12, 2011 at 6:23 am

Cisco CEO John Chambers should get to live through the disgrace of rebuilding the company he made and to stand at the door of the firm and hand out the ...
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Hatred Of Goldman Sachs May Help Business

Posted: May 12, 2011 at 5:12 am

Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) may be the most hated large financial firm in the world. That does not seem to have hurt its business prospects. It may even help ...
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The Cities With The Best And Worst Public Transportation

Posted: May 12, 2011 at 4:40 am

The nation's public transit systems are rated on everything from cleanliness to on-time performance.    A unique report issued by the Brookings Institution seeks to add a new and potentially useful ...
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Media Digest (5/12/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 12, 2011 at 4:07 am

The government may stop the sale of $9 billion in AIG (NYSE: AIG) shares if it does not do well. (Reuters) Taketa may take over Nycomed for $14.2 billion. (Reuters) ...
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Debunking the Summer Stock Market Crash (QQQ, AAPL, GE, DOW, CAT, XLE, XLI, SLV)

Posted: May 11, 2011 at 5:07 pm

Certainly by now you have heard the term "Sell in May and go away!"  This was just one of the ten reasons that we noted why investors might need to worry ...
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Cisco Earnings, Recapturing Lost Luster (CSCO)

Posted: May 11, 2011 at 4:28 pm

It was just yesterday that we named Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) as a company that might regain its mega-cap status by getting a market cap back above $100 billion.  If ...
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