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Monthly Archives: May 2011

IPO WATCH: Boingo Wireless IPO Arrives Strong (WIFI)

Posted: May 4, 2011 at 8:00 am

Boingo Wireless Inc. NASDAQ: WIFI) has priced its IPO toward the top of its range.  The operator of wireless Internet hotspots raised gross proceeds of about $77.9 million as it ...
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Ten Consumer Product Prices About To Rise Dramatically

Posted: May 4, 2011 at 6:47 am

If the great magician Harry Houdini were alive today, the one thing he could never escape from would be inflation. It affects the rich and the poor -- though of ...
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The Battle For Portugal’s Financial Future Begins

Posted: May 4, 2011 at 6:03 am

The effort to keep the sovereign paper of Portugal viable was to begin when the country asked for aid from the EU and IMF. Departing Prime Minister José Sócrates said ...
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China Investment In US Could Be Hampered By Poor Judgement

Posted: May 4, 2011 at 5:39 am

A new study from the Asia Society published in The New York Times says that China may invest $1 trillion in markets outside its borders before 2020. Much of the ...
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US Car Sales Loser–VW

Posted: May 4, 2011 at 5:09 am

VW has stated that it cannot overtake GM (NYSE: GM) and Toyota (NYSE: TM) as the world's No.1 car company without a large expansion of its US sales. The German ...
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Media Digest (5/4/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 4, 2011 at 4:12 am

Glencore's IPO will be for about $11 billion. (Reuters) The slide of the dollar has caused concerns about how it may hurt the stability of the credit markets. (Reuters) Portugal ...
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The 15 Countries With The Highest Inflation Rates

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 10:55 pm

Like death and taxes, no one escapes the ravages of inflation.   These days, it's the talk of folks from Caracas to Lagos to Moscow.   Americans who are complaining about the ...
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Big After-Hours Movers, Earnings & More… (AXTI, BTUI, FSLR, GLUU, GMCR, LVS, MYGN, OPEN, QSFT, SGI, THQI, WWWW)

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 6:34 pm

Earnings season may be on the back-nine, but there are still many companies whose shares are on the move in the after-hours.  Some of the big key movers we are ...
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First Solar Earnings Face Headwinds (FSLR)

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 4:23 pm

First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is getting snubbed in the after-hours after the solar leader reported disappointing earnings.  The company reported $1.33 EPS and said sales were $567.3 million.  This ...
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Top Earnings Previews for Wednesday (AGN, AOL, GRMN, GG, JDSU, MET, NWS-A, PCG, TSLA, TWX, RIG, VG, WFMI)

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 3:56 pm

This week marks the beginning of the end of corporate earnings season for the first quarter of 2011.  Many off-calendar quarters will be seen starting next week or the week ...
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Revenge of the Cult Stocks (SIRI, MCP, REE, AVL, LVLT, SLV, ZSL, YRCW, BIDU, LOCM, REDF, SIFY)

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 2:14 pm

There is a common belief of the skeptics that the market is designed to cause the most financial pain possible, and the moves in cult stocks can be more painful ...
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Commodities Watch: Aluminum Prices Reach 3-Year High; Silver Still Sliding; Not Much US Corn in the Ground Yet; USDA Lifts Cotton Import Quota (CORN, DBA, BAL, AA, RIO, SLV, ZSL)

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 1:04 pm

Today's commodities news starts off with new highs for aluminum, and still falling silver prices, low numbers on corn plantings, and lowering of the outlook for cotton. As prices for ...
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Launching the New ‘Food ETF’ (EATX, BRFS, GIS, KFT, HNZ, K, SLE, CAG)

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 12:42 pm

There is an ETF for just about everything, and now there is one geared solely around the consumption of food.  Global X Funds has launched yet another niche ETF with ...
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Dividend Watch: Making American Utilities Pay For Your Retirement (AEP, DUK, PGN, FE, XLU)

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 11:38 am

It would be easy to worry about the share prices of utility companies after the recession and after the most recent rise in commodity prices, and that brings up the ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: Companies With The Worst Press (5/3/2011)

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 11:29 am

The Flame Index started as a research tool in 2008 at the NY Innovation Design Lab (nyidlab). It was used as a general metric to evaluate companies and their ...
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