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Monthly Archives: May 2011

Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (AATI, MRVL, OVTI)

Posted: May 27, 2011 at 8:55 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Advanced Analogic Technologies, Incorp. (NASDAQ: AATI), Marvell Technology Group, ...
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The Tide Turns for Mosaic (MOS, POT, CF)

Posted: May 27, 2011 at 8:47 am

Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) was brutalized going into its huge secondary offering where Cargill and affiliated parties were selling 100 million shares.  Right before the offering, we had noted that ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (5/27/2011) AT&T Review

Posted: May 27, 2011 at 8:33 am

Updated throughout the day. California may review the AT&T (NYSE: T) offer for T-Mobile (Bloomberg) The Indian government may raise the amount it charges for diesel fuel (Bloomberg) Douglas A. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AEG, AFL, ANDE, BCSI, BRCM, CSC, DNDN, ETR, ITRI, RRGB, UIL, WY)

Posted: May 27, 2011 at 8:06 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. AEGON (NYSE: AEG) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML. AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: ...
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Some Regions Of US Completely Abandoned

Posted: May 27, 2011 at 6:39 am

Austerity measures have gutted parts of the national budget and are about to go farther. Parts of the defense budget may disappear. Billions could be cut from federal discretionary spending ...
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A G8 Promise To The Middle East Already Broken

Posted: May 27, 2011 at 6:28 am

The FT recently pointed out that aid from the G8 to new democracies in the Middle East and North Africa may be undermined by austerity movements in the world's large ...
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How Much Are China Sales Worth To Microsoft ?

Posted: May 27, 2011 at 6:21 am

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) says that the sales of Windows in China are about 5% of what they are in the US although each country has about the same number of ...
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Media Digest (5/27/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 27, 2011 at 6:18 am

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) was sued by PayPal and Ebay (NASDAQ: EBAY) over the use of trade secrets in its new e-commerce payment system. (Reuters) A power shortage in China may ...
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The Arguments Begin to Form for QE3

Posted: May 26, 2011 at 3:59 pm

The bank and financial bailouts followed by the subsequent $1.5 tillion (or $2.2 trillion) spent and the actions after a zero-rate environment were quantitative easing enough and became called "QE2" on Wall ...
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Wisconsin Anti-Union Law Goes Down In Flames: Daily Austerity Watch

Posted: May 26, 2011 at 2:39 pm

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) became a hero to fiscal conservatives  earlier this year for pushing a law through the state Legislature that stripped most of the collective bargaining rights ...
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Commodities Watch: Mega-deals Ahead in Metals; Copper Miner Can’t Sell Itself; Grain Prices Rising as Stockpiles Fall (CLF, LUNCF, ABX, IEMMF, MOO, DBA)

Posted: May 26, 2011 at 2:00 pm

Today's commodities news leads off with a new report on mergers and acquisitions in the metals sector, including a failed try at selling a copper miner. There's also a new ...
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National Bank of Greece Earnings, A Mere Distraction (NBG)

Posted: May 26, 2011 at 1:21 pm

If you have invested in or traded around news in the lands of the PIIGS, Greece is perhaps the prominent problem child and National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) ...
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Bracing For New MakeMyTrip Shares (MMYT)

Posted: May 26, 2011 at 12:21 pm

MakeMyTrip Limited (NASDAQ: MMYT) was at one point one of the best IPOs of 2010 after its August 2010 debut.  This was no reverse merger either. The stock had risen to ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Biofuel IPOs; Hedge Fund Manager Short on Wind, Solar; GE Offers New Gas-Fired Design (CDXS, AMRS, GEVO, MON, FSLR, VWDRY, TAN, FAN, GE)

Posted: May 26, 2011 at 12:03 pm

Alt-energy news today looks at some coming IPOs in biofuels, some comments from a hedge fund manager on clean energy, and a new design for a natural gas-fire power plant.  ...
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Bill Clinton Was Right About The Debt Ceiling: Daily Austerity Watch

Posted: May 26, 2011 at 11:42 am

Former President Bill Clinton got in hot water yesterday for arguing that a default on the U.S. might not be as calamitous as some have suggested.  The "Comeback Kid" quickly ...
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