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Monthly Archives: May 2011

What Does It Cost? $10 Trillion, Decline In US Home Value Since 2006

Posted: May 9, 2011 at 5:08 pm

> Total Home Value Lost: $10.06 Trillion > Total Home Value, June 2006: $31.75 Trillion > Total Home Value, March 2011: $21.69 Trillion The total decline in US home values ...
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Re-Rise in Crude Plays Games With Airlines (AMR, LCC, UAL, LUV, FAA)

Posted: May 9, 2011 at 3:41 pm

Crude oil is already the most volatile of all economic factors for airlines and their earnings.  Last week we saw oil drop from $110 to under $100 in very short ...
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Scientific Study Links Flammable Drinking Water to Fracking

Posted: May 9, 2011 at 3:27 pm

by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, May 9, 2011, 3 p.m. For the first time, a scientific study has linked natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing with a pattern of drinking water ...
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What Does It Cost? $60 Billion, Companies That Lost Brand Value In The Past Year

Posted: May 9, 2011 at 3:24 pm

Total Brand Value Lost:$60 Billion (11%) The three companies that lost the most brand value: > Santander: Lost $6.6 Billion (37%) > Nintendo: Lost $6.5 Billion (37%) > Bank of ...
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Commodities Watch: Silver Miner Misses Targets; Food Producer Also Misses, Raises Prices; Copper Prices Recovering (CDE, SIL, SLV, TSN, SFD, FCX, JJC)

Posted: May 9, 2011 at 2:31 pm

Today's commodities watch looks at a silver miner's and a food producer's quarterly earnings. And a quick look at how copper is coming back today. Silver and gold miner Coeur ...
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IPO Watch: Freescale Value Around $5.6 Billion (FSL, BX)

Posted: May 9, 2011 at 2:24 pm

Freescale Semiconductor Holdings is closer to its IPO.  It has now set the initial terms for the initial public offering and it plans to trade under the ticker "FSL" on ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Solar to Reach Grid Parity in 2013; Nuclear Plant to Close in Japan, New Licenses on Track in US; UN Report Predicts Renewable Surge (SPWRA, JASO, AONE, CLNE, SO, SHAW)

Posted: May 9, 2011 at 1:01 pm

Today's alternative energy news reports on a prediction that the cost of solar power generation will reach parity with other fuels by 2013. A nuclear power plant in Japan will ...
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Apollo Post-IPO Watch: Analysts Get Aggressive After Quiet Period (APO)

Posted: May 9, 2011 at 12:52 pm

Apollo Global Management, LLC (NYSE: APO) has been public for just over a month and its quiet period has ended for research analysts.  The private equity giant sold almost 30 ...
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Alternative Energy Earnings Coming in Droves, Full Previews on All (LDK, ABAT, RSOL, AONE, CLNE, CSIQ, JASO, HEV, ENER, SPWRA, VRNM)

Posted: May 9, 2011 at 11:30 am

Nearly a dozen alternative energy companies will be reporting quarterly earnings this week, and the following preview might be useful as you try to wade through what's happening. The companies ...
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Dividend Watch: Income from Your Storage Unit Owners (PSA, EXR, SSS, UHAL)

Posted: May 9, 2011 at 11:11 am

Who hasn't had a off-site storage unit at some point in their lives?  These are all over the country and they are plentiful.  Some are high-end and some look like ...
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Hertz Makes A Crazy Offer For Dollar Thrifty

Posted: May 9, 2011 at 10:34 am

Hertz (NYSE: HTZ) made a wildly high offer for Dollar-Thrifty (NYSE: DTG). The value of the possible buyout is $2.24 billion.  That equals$72 a share, although the real value of ...
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Daily Austerity Watch: Capitol Hill Meets Wall Street

Posted: May 9, 2011 at 10:18 am

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) is in a pickle.    On the one hand, the Ohio Republican has to convince his political base that he is serious about cutting the nation's ...
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S&P Plays PIIGS Killer in Greece Downgrade (NBG)

Posted: May 9, 2011 at 10:07 am

The credit ratings agencies are notorious for being reactionary and calling problems long after the issues have already begun.  Now this morning came a call from Standard & Poor's attacking ...
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In Fine Print, Banks Require Struggling Homeowners to Waive Rights

Posted: May 9, 2011 at 9:14 am

by Paul Kiel, ProPublica, May 9, 2011, 7 a.m. This story was co-published with Slate. A few months ago, Bank of America offered Sergio Cortez of Staten Island, N.Y., the ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (BSFT, ERIC, SQNM, ZRAN)

Posted: May 9, 2011 at 8:40 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Broadsoft Inc. (NASDAQ: BSFT), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson ...
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