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Monthly Archives: May 2011

Daily Austerity Watch: Organized Labor Losing Credibilty

Posted: May 23, 2011 at 11:01 am

Fewer people are madder about fiscal austerity than leaders of labor unions. Richard Trumka, the head of the AFL-CIO, was quoted last week as saying that Democrats better get on ...
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Solar Outlook, Rough Seas In Margin Contraction (TSL, YGE, FSLR, SPWRA, TOT, STP, CSIQ, JKS, LDK, TAN)

Posted: May 23, 2011 at 10:12 am

Last week's action in the solar sector was not just a reaction to a poor earnings reports from Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL) and Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. (NYSE: ...
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IPO Watch: Freescale Terms Set For Trading This Week (FSL)

Posted: May 23, 2011 at 9:52 am

We have covered enough of the background work in the Freescale Semiconductor Holdings IPO that we want to just focus on the terms of this week's IPO.  We currently are ...
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IPO Watch: BioEnergy Seed IPO Filing from Ceres (CERE, MON)

Posted: May 23, 2011 at 9:31 am

We have another initial public offering most likely coming this way.  Ceres, Inc. has filed to come public in an IPO and will trade under the "CERE" ticker on NASDAQ.  ...
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Dell Trouble: Giving Out Xboxs

Posted: May 23, 2011 at 8:59 am

If you are a student you can buy a Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) PC and get a free Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) XBox. The Dell PC can cost as little as $699. ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (AIXG, ERIC, INVE)

Posted: May 23, 2011 at 8:56 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Aixtron AG (NASDAQ AIXG), Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), and Identive Group, ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (5/23/2011) LinkedIn Short Sellers

Posted: May 23, 2011 at 8:44 am

Updated throughout the day. Lone Star may be the top bidder for Tokyo Star (Reuters) Congress is looking at trades made by SAC Capital Advisors to see if it made ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACOR, BP, ED, FICO, BEN, GPS, IRBT, KMP, LDK, LTD, ERIC, MXIM, MRGE, MOS, OVTI, PNK)

Posted: May 23, 2011 at 8:22 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACOR) Raised to Neutral at Piper ...
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A Mini Collapse In Gasoline Prices

Posted: May 23, 2011 at 6:44 am

The price of regular gasoline never reached its all-time national record of $4.11  as some had feared. Several research firms show the price of a gallon of regular has dropped ...
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Yum! Brands Rapid Growth Is Over

Posted: May 23, 2011 at 6:25 am

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) buried some of its essential P&L data and information about its US operations in its first quarter earnings release. Most of the highlights of the report ...
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Media Digest (5/23/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 23, 2011 at 6:20 am

European debt concerns have dragged stocks down. (Reuters) Foxconn said a third person had died following an explosion in a plant  where Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPads are made. (Reuters) GT ...
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S&P Warning On Italy, A Signal To The US

Posted: May 23, 2011 at 5:03 am

There is a negative change in the sovereign rating of an EU nation each week it seems. Greece was downgraded again by Fitch last week, by three notches to B+. ...
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The Ten Costliest Floods In American History

Posted: May 23, 2011 at 3:25 am

The United States Army Corps of Engineers flooded valuable farmland west of Vicksburg, Miss. to save New Orleans. The waters crested May 19 in the old southern city at 57.1 ...
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The Unusual Suspects, Stocks To Watch This Coming Week (BKS, BRLI, BA, CTICD, LNG, ESRX, NEM, ABX, GG, EWI, LNKD, LULU, MCP, PT, RYAAY, STEC, YHOO)

Posted: May 22, 2011 at 10:29 am

Each weekend we review the issues of the week before and look to the calendar ahead to see which issues are going to stand out with news or events.  We ...
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24/7 Wall St. Top 7 Analyst Calls of the Week (BRCD, EGO, HCA, LNKD, PM, QIHU, ZLC)

Posted: May 21, 2011 at 8:37 am

Each morning we publish the top analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen in Wall Street research calls that morning.  After you dig through enough research reports there are always ...
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