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Monthly Archives: June 2011

Alt-Energy Watch: Areva Dumps CEO as Utility Sector Preps for Big Changes (ARVCY, GE, EXC, DUK)

Posted: June 17, 2011 at 10:09 am

France's government-controlled nuclear power behemoth, Areva SA (OTC: ARVCY), will not renew the contract of CEO Anne Lauvergeon, aka "Atomic Anne," when it expires at the end of June. Her ...
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Bankrate Re-IPO, Price Looks Mostly Fair (RATE)

Posted: June 17, 2011 at 9:40 am

Bankrate, Inc. (NYSE: RATE) is public again.  The company priced its 20 million share IPO at $15.00 per share.  This was right in the middle of the expected price range ...
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Food Chains That Will Challenge the McDonald’s Dividend (DRI, EAT, MCD, PFCB, YUM, BAGL)

Posted: June 17, 2011 at 9:00 am

The world of casual dining and dining is one which has survived bad times and thrived in good times.  It turns out that some of the casual dining segment, particularly ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (RIMM, HRBN, ZRAN)

Posted: June 17, 2011 at 8:57 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Research in Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM), Harbin Electric, Inc. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALTR, BWP, COF, CLS, CIEN, JRJC, DSX, DRYS, MDMD, MPEL, MWW, ORCL, POT, RIMM, SHLD)

Posted: June 17, 2011 at 8:34 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) Raised to Outperform as Bull of ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (6/17/2011) A Decade Of High Food Prices, BJ Takeover

Posted: June 17, 2011 at 7:36 am

Twitter  has, by most estimates, 225 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 (6/17/2011) Ackman IPO, Greek Rescue

Posted: June 17, 2011 at 7:19 am

Updated throughout the day. The SEC may file civil fraud cases against credit rating agencies (WSJ) Citigroup (NYSE: C) has not been able to sell its CitiFinancial unit (FT) William ...
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Greece: New Finance Minister, No New Policies

Posted: June 17, 2011 at 6:29 am

Greece's Socialist government announced that Evangelos Venizelos will replace George Papaconstantinou as finance minister. Whether a new cabinet created by Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou will help break the deadlock ...
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Media Digest (6/17/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 17, 2011 at 6:19 am

Research In Motion (NASDAQ RIMM) shares were badly hurt due to weak earnings and an anemic forecast.  (Reuters) Capital One will buy ING's online unit for $9 billion. (Reuters) Oracle ...
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The Ten States That Restrict Personal Freedom (And Those That Protect It)

Posted: June 17, 2011 at 4:24 am

The debate about who is “free” in the United States is older than the Bill of Rights. Whether people are better off with laws designed to protect them but limit ...
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Money Talk: Investing Strategies in Volatile Markets

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 9:20 pm

Many people find investing daunting. Some of us tend to be conservative and inert in our financial strategies. This is particularly true when the stock market is choppy. In the ...
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Greece Situation Clouds Reason About Bank Exposure

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 8:35 pm

The financial press expressed concern that a default of Greek sovereign obligations would badly hurt the balance sheets of American banks. The Wall Street Journal published a story with the ...
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Apple May Beat Back Android With A 4G iPhone

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 7:28 pm

The state of the smartphone industry is based largely on the public's perception of how well the Apple iPhone does against the legions of Android handsets.  Some Apple fans are ...
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Senate Votes to Kill Ethanol Subsidies, Now What… (ADM, VLO, PEIXD, GPRE, CZZ, RDS-A)

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 5:14 pm

The US Senate, by a 73-27 margin, has approved an amendment to an economic development bill that would end the $0.45/gallon ethanol credit and the $0.54/gallon tariff on imported ethanol. ...
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RIM, From Lower Guidance to Job Cuts to Share Buybacks (RIMM)

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 4:47 pm

Oh boy... A share buyback plan and a "cost optimization plan."  Can you just feel the excitement?  Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) has reported its earnings at $1.33 EPS ...
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