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Monthly Archives: June 2011

Alt-Energy Watch: Pressure Rises on American Superconductor & Wind (AMSC, GE, SI, VWDRY, GCTAF, NRDXF, NEE, AES, FAN)

Posted: June 21, 2011 at 10:53 am

Shares in American Superconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: AMSC) have been taking a beating since early April. The company's largest customer, China's Sinovel, has refused to pay for $56 million in wind ...
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IPO Watch: PetroLogistics LP Files To Come Public (PDH)

Posted: June 21, 2011 at 10:43 am

PetroLogistics LP has filed its paperwork with the SEC to raise $600 million in equity capital in an initial public offering.  The company will list it common shares on the  ...
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Nine High Dividends & Dividend Gainers in Services: Value and the Kitchen Sink (RRD, GPC, CCL, BLC, TWX, TWC, MHP, EAT, IPG)

Posted: June 21, 2011 at 10:13 am

The “services sector” is almost too broad to be counted when screens are conducted. Throwing in publishers, media, cable, travel, restaurants, auto-parts and advertising into a single screen feels like ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (6/21/2011) Microsoft Deal For RIMM

Posted: June 21, 2011 at 8:58 am

Updated throughout the day. French aerospace firm Safran will pay 4 billion euros for Italian company Avio. (La Lettre de L'Expansion) Airbus may increase production A320 due to strong demand ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (RIMM, ESRX, PSEC, WAG)

Posted: June 21, 2011 at 8:51 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM), Express Scripts, Inc. ...
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Best Buy Proves Value Case, Second Time In Days (BBY)

Posted: June 21, 2011 at 8:40 am

We have already called Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) a great value stock before and after its last earnings report last week.  Despite a choppy market, its shares have ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMSF, AAPL, ARUN, BDX, BIIB, GLW, FST, JBL, MU, MMI, OXY, RIMM, SHLD, SPWRA, SRDX, SNCR)

Posted: June 21, 2011 at 8:28 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Amerisafe, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMSF) Cut to Underperform as Bear of ...
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Emerging Market Funds: Too Big to Fail? (ODMAX, VEIEX, VWO, EEM)

Posted: June 21, 2011 at 8:13 am

Investing in emerging markets was a good strategy in 2010. This year, however, many countries are confronting inflation, appreciating currencies, and, in some places, political and financial stability. There are ...
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Analysts Lightening Up on Apple, Mostly… iPad3 Looming (AAPL, HPQ, INTC)

Posted: June 21, 2011 at 7:55 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been in trouble as a stock since it broke under its 200-day moving average last week.  Actually, it has been in trouble for a while.  ...
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Sears May Move To Washington To Continue Its Failure

Posted: June 21, 2011 at 6:38 am

One of the major stories in the Washington press this mornings is not about the deficit, the Presidential race, or members of Congress who have resigned because of indiscretions. Sears ...
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Nokia Launches Windows Phone Into Smartphone Storms, With Aid From Microsoft

Posted: June 21, 2011 at 6:36 am

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) will launch its new N9 Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows-powered smartphone later this year. It does so as the entire industry faces slowing sales and a dizzying number ...
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Greece: Austerity Without A National Commitment

Posted: June 21, 2011 at 6:29 am

The IMF says it will not support future payments to Greece unless the government shows it has the will to pass more austerity measures. Eurozone finance ministers have already delayed ...
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Americans Rue Job Availability

Posted: June 21, 2011 at 6:26 am

It may be hard to find a job when jobs are so hard to find. A new Gallup poll reports that "Americans' assessments of the job market have soured in ...
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Media Digest (6/21/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 21, 2011 at 6:23 am

Fitch said a voluntary roll-over of Greece sovereign debt would be viewed as a default. (Reuters) This week is critical to US budget talks as an August 2 deadline looms. ...
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Which is a Better M&A Target for Dell: CommVault or Brocade? (DELL, CVLT, BRCD, NTAP)

Posted: June 20, 2011 at 3:31 pm

Are analysts on Wall Street becoming fortune tellers?  Or are they trying to force deals for their investment banking departments?  Actually, the answer may be "yes" to both questions.  It ...
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