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Monthly Archives: June 2011

The President’s Jobs and Competitiveness Council Fairy Tale

Posted: June 13, 2011 at 6:32 am

The President's Jobs and Competitiveness Council made one of its first public statements on how the pace of US economic growth could be accelerated. The document is not useful because ...
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Media Digest (6/13/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 13, 2011 at 6:29 am

A blue ribbon jobs council told Obama to put fewer restrictions on construction and make it easier for tourists to visit the US. (Reuters) Indonesia backed LeGarde for IMF chief. ...
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The Biggest Cities Running Out Of Government Workers

Posted: June 13, 2011 at 6:26 am

The drumbeat of negative economic news has continued at an alarming rate. For residents of some regions in the U.S., the noise is even louder. These are the areas where ...
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Key Stocks To Watch This Coming Week, The Unusual Suspects (ADP, CSX, FVE, GILD, LYV, LULU, RMBS, REGN, RIMM, SIRI, P, SIX, VRX)

Posted: June 12, 2011 at 9:40 am

The upcoming week is not very active on the earnings front but we do have some key events to watch for individual equities and companies.  This our cast of "The ...
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24/7 Wall St. Top 10 Analyst Calls of the Week (AIG, COG, CPST, CBOE, CTXS, JDSU, MMYT, RSH, S, WYNN)

Posted: June 11, 2011 at 9:47 am

Each morning we cover about 15 to 20 analyst upgrades and downgrades which we think will have an impact on the underlying stocks.  After each week we review those research ...
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America’s Worst Directors–Gary M. Pfeiffer Of The Talbots

Posted: June 11, 2011 at 8:22 am

Gary M. Pfeiffer holds a remarkable number of important jobs on the board of directors of retailer The Talbots. He is chairman, head of the compensation committee, and a member ...
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Sleeper of an IPO? Mattress Firm Files To Come Public (MFRM)

Posted: June 11, 2011 at 8:01 am

Mattress Firm Holding Corp., owner and franchise giant of The Mattress Firm, has filed to come public.  Yes, it is a bedding company.  The listing exchange has not been picked ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: Companies With The Worst Press (6/10)

Posted: June 10, 2011 at 4:12 pm

American Electric Power received bad press because it shuttered some coal facilities and will lay-off workers. Toyota said its profits will fall 35% The Washington Post's Kaplan division will ...
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Key Earnings To Watch This Coming Week (COOL, BBY, CPST, FNSR, JRJC, KR, PIR, RIMM, SFD)

Posted: June 10, 2011 at 3:42 pm

While earnings season is over, we are still getting earnings reports from many of the off-cycle and off-quarter companies.  Some of the companies on deck to report earnings next week ...
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POLL: Giving Up DJIA 12,000… Do You Care?

Posted: June 10, 2011 at 3:34 pm

Edited for closing bell levels...  The Dow Jones Industrial Average went under 12,000 today for the first time since March 23, 2011 and we are now looking at six straight ...
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A Regional Bank Demutualization, An IPO for North Carolina Banking

Posted: June 10, 2011 at 2:49 pm

If you are reading this, chances are extremely high that you have seen the ticker tape bleeding red week after week here in the U.S. equity markets.  So what ...
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Natural Gas Prices Expected to Rise, But Value Is Not in the Commodity (UNG, FCG, SGY, COG, HK, SWN, SD, XOP, WTI, EQT, PXJ, BHI, NBR, HAL, FTI, DO)

Posted: June 10, 2011 at 1:38 pm

Late Wednesday night, natural gas prices inexplicably dropped by about 8% on the NYMEX, well after the exchange had closed for the day. It took only a few seconds for ...
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The Pandora Premium IPO Matters, A Page From LinkedIn’s Playbook (P, SIRI, AAPL, LNKD)

Posted: June 10, 2011 at 12:25 pm

Pandora Media, Inc. (NYSE: P) is not only about to come public, it is really bucking the trend of the markets.  It looks like the only threat to SIRIUS XM ...
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Alt-Energy Watch: England Cuts Solar Subsidies (FSLR, TSL, JASO)

Posted: June 10, 2011 at 12:04 pm

Joining Germany and Italy in their efforts to slow down government spending, the United Kingdom has lowered its subsidies for solar power installations, both large and small. Large, utility-scale projects ...
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Short Sellers Keep Growing in SIRIUS XM, Now Starting To Win (SIRI)

Posted: June 10, 2011 at 10:49 am

Short Sellers are starting to win in their bets against SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI).  If you are a short seller, this would come with a "Finally!" exclamation.  Short ...
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