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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMD, HD, INTC, IBM, LOW, LULU, MGM, MAN, SCHN, SPLS, X, YOKU)

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 8:28 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Raised to Outperform at ...
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Beyond the Pharma Patent Cliff, Dividends Galore (LLY, BMY, MRK, PFE, ABT)

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 8:10 am

Many drug companies face a what is called a patent cliff ahead, where the Big Pharma players will have key drugs go off-patent and there will be new generic competition.  ...
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Boeing Predicts $4 Trillion Aircraft Market–How Much Will Airbus Get?

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 6:55 am

Boeing says that the global market for aircraft will yield $4 trillion in sales over the next 20 years. That's according to the Boeing 2011 Current Market Outlook (CMO) released ...
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Greek Government Changes Don’t Solve Greek Problem

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 6:44 am

Prime Minister George Papandreou said he would try to create a coalition government which would include the major opposition party. His offer may be turned down, and there is a ...
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Changes In Social Network Use Mean Very Little

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 6:36 am

The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project has released another one of its heavyweight studies on how people use social network sites (SNS). The growth of these services ...
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Five Huge American Cities Battle Climate Change

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 6:31 am

The risks posed by global climate change is still uncertain. What is known is that the polar ice caps have melted quickly over the last decade, the hole in the ...
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A New Move To Attack China’s Currency Policy, Tied To Deficit Debate

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 6:19 am

The powerful senior Senator from New York State, Charles Schumer (D), has begun to revive legislation which would require China to no longer keep its currency, the yuan, artificiality low. ...
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Media Digest (6/16/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 6:14 am

Hackers attacked the CIA website. (Reuters) Citigroup (NYSE: C) said data on 360,000 customers was stolen nearly a month ago. (Reuters) Greek debt and concerns about economic slowdown hurt stock ...
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Certain Stanford Investors Get Some SEC Support

Posted: June 15, 2011 at 2:53 pm

It looks like at least some of the investors who were screwed by Stanford may get to recover some assets.  This is not meant to be a catch-all recovery nor ...
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Even Dollar Stores Get To Bash LeBron James (NDN)

Posted: June 15, 2011 at 1:51 pm

99 Cents Only Stores (NYSE: NDN) has launched nothing short of a funny nearly free advertising campaign that is local to the Texas market. The company has a "Go Texan" ...
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Carbonite Updates IPO Paperwork, Growth Continues As IPO Approaches (CARB)

Posted: June 15, 2011 at 12:49 pm

Carbonite, Inc. is closer to coming public.  The online subscription service for data storage backup for consumers and businesses has just filed its first amendment to its prospectus filing and ...
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Commodity Watch: Gold Getting Attractive Again, But Not Silver (GLD, GDX, GDXJ, SLV, SIL, NAK, MIDSX)

Posted: June 15, 2011 at 12:08 pm

The failure of the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund to reach an agreement on a second bailout package for Greece, combined with a variety of other poor ...
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Rumors We Would Like To Hear: Alan Mulally To Rejoin Boeing

Posted: June 15, 2011 at 11:59 am

The Boeing board could finally do something for its long-suffering shareholders. It can offer Ford (NYSE: F) CEO Alan Mulally a huge compensation package to return to the aerospace firm. ...
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Macau Drives Very Positive Credit Metrics For Casino Operators, Upgrades Seen and More To Follow (WYNN, LVS, MPEL)

Posted: June 15, 2011 at 11:18 am

The ratings agencies get bashed a lot, including by us, for being extremely late to the downgrade party.  The fault of one area is still not the fault of all.  ...
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The $2 Billion DOE Solar Loan Guarantee Question (NEE, ABGOF, PCG, GOOG, TAN)

Posted: June 15, 2011 at 10:40 am

The U.S. Department of Energy has conditionally committed another $2 billion in loan guarantees for construction of two concentrated solar power (CSP) projects in southern California.  With all of the ...
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