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Monthly Archives: May 2011

Alternative Energy Watch: Electric Vehicles and Batteries; Solar Projects in India; Wind Will Blow for 50 Years (TM, HMC, GM, TSLA, STP)

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 11:00 am

Alternative energy news today ponders electric vehicles and the batteries that power them, takes a look at solar installation in India and the risks still involved with solar plants generally, ...
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America’s Worst Board Members: Thomas J. Tisch Of Sears Holdings

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 10:41 am

Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) has disappointed its shareholders so many times since the company was formed in 2005 as a marriage of Sears and K-Mart, that the disappointments can hardly ...
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Daily Austerity Watch: America’s Nutty Attitude Toward Taxes

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 10:21 am

During our brief medical leave,  Daily Austerity Watch come to the not-so-original conclusion that Americans have a nutty attitude about taxes.  We are not talking Charlie Sheen crazy, but it's ...
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Neostem Raising Cash For It and Holders (NBS)

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 9:51 am

Neostem, Inc. (AMEX: NBS) is a bit soft this morning after making two separate share sale filings with the SEC.  The company has filed to sell shares for existing holders ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (5/3/2011) Pfizer Earnings, NYSE M&A

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 9:03 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 (5/3/2011) Tokyo Electric’s $25 Billion Problem

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 8:54 am

Updated throughout the day. Tokyo Electric may have $25 billion in liabilities (Reuters) Shanghai Pharma has identified several large investors for its IPO (South China Post) Douglas A. McIntyre ...
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SIRIUS XM Growth Meets Headwinds (SIRI)

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 8:54 am

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) may have to take a breather after the satellite radio monopoly gave a mixed earnings report.  The company Reported Q1-2011 earnings of $0.01 EPS ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ANAD, CTSH, KLIC)

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 8:50 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Anadigics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANAD), Cognizant Technology (NASdAQ: CTSH), and Kulicke ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACI, DNDN, RE, GM, HERO, JBLU, ERIC, POOL, REE, X, VIA-B, VVUS, WFC)

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 8:18 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) Raised to Buy at Brean ...
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Gasoline About To Reach All-Time High Of $4.11

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 6:02 am

Regular gas prices are only three pennies short of $4, according to the closely followed AAA gauge of national daily averages. But, $4 may not be the threshold that eventually ...
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Sony Will Look Outside For New CEO

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 5:42 am

Howard Stinger, Sony's current CEO, is 69 and most analysts expected him to step down in the next year. The hack of the PlayStation Network, which has happened not once ...
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The Ten Cities Where People Cannot Afford To Rent

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 4:57 am

Some housing economists believe that there is a sea change taking place in home ownership in the US. Many of the people who bought homes during the boom years of ...
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Media Digest (5/3/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 4:09 am

The Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) and ICE bid for NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) became hostile. (Reuters) A new hack put 25 million more PS accounts at risk, Sony (NYSE: SNE) said. ...
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Sony Hacks Go From Bad To Worse

Posted: May 2, 2011 at 8:06 pm

The press reaction to Sony's (NYSE: SNE) latest news about another hack of its PlayStation network is predictable. How could it happen again? Sony just disclosed that 77 million of ...
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The Worst Best Companies Lists

Posted: May 2, 2011 at 7:57 pm

Harris Interactive came out with its new "Reputation Quotient" list. The research firm has conducted the study for 12 consecutive years. The poll is based on views about the "60 ...
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