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Monthly Archives: June 2011

GE Invests in Solar Thermal Developer (GE, GOOG, TAN, KWT)

Posted: June 7, 2011 at 11:35 am

In a continuing quest to poke its nose into all things alternative, General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has made an investment in solar thermal developer eSolar, Inc. The amount of ...
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Before E3, Activision Blizzard Still Stuck in the Mud (ATVI, ERTS, SNE, GME)

Posted: June 7, 2011 at 11:18 am

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) is probably looking for anything it can find to drive its share price higher.  Whether it is social gaming or more MMORPG platform games, The ...
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FriendFinder Tries To Use The Media After Earnings (FFN)

Posted: June 7, 2011 at 10:48 am

FriendFinder Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: FFN) has managed to be one of the worst IPOs of 2011.  The performance was bad enough that you might think it was a Chinese reverse ...
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Austerity Watch: Portgual, North Carolina, Minnesota Fiscal Fights Get Nasty

Posted: June 7, 2011 at 10:33 am

The top priority for Pedro Passos Coelho,  the incoming Prime Minister of Portugal, is  to ensure that his country sticks to the austerity measures mandated by the IMF's and EU's ...
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Majesco Adds NBA Game On Top Social Game Efforts (COOL)

Posted: June 7, 2011 at 10:15 am

Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL) has had one of the those "fun and cool stock tickers for some time, which until recently had not been too cool for the stock.  ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: The Companies With The Most Negative Press (6/7)

Posted: June 7, 2011 at 9:41 am

Halliburton coverage moved negative after courts approved a class action suit by shareholders. GE and Capital One were hurt because of plans to buy ING Direct. An Airbus move ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (AEZS, STKL, ZN)

Posted: June 7, 2011 at 8:52 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of AEterna Zentaris Inc. (NASDAQ: AEZS), SunOpta, Inc. (NASDAQ: STKL), ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, ATML, CTXS, CMI, ENZN, HD, HBC, PFCB, PLD, RSH, RS, RIMM, SCCO, S, TXN, XLNX)

Posted: June 7, 2011 at 8:17 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Buy with $415 target at ...
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Online Finance Consolidation Continues, Maybe (ING, GE, COF, ETFC, SCHW, AMTD, C, BCS, RF)

Posted: June 7, 2011 at 8:01 am

ING Groep NV (NYSE: ING) is all over the news this morning after reports that its online U.S. bank assets may fetch as much as $9 billion.  Bloomberg has reported ...
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M&A Watch: Does Major Insider Buying at Cost Plus Put It Back In Play? (CPWM, PIR)

Posted: June 7, 2011 at 7:45 am

Cost Plus Inc. (NASDAQ: CPWM) is one company which we might generally skip due to its size and volume.  The insider buying of late has been too large to ignore.  ...
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Among The Apple Announcements, No Move Toward 4G

Posted: June 7, 2011 at 6:51 am

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced its new iCloud multimedia storage system and a new version of its OS called Lion. Nothing was said about updated versions of the iPad or iPhone ...
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Greece Telecom Sale Not Enough

Posted: June 7, 2011 at 6:46 am

The Greek government will sell 10%  of the Hellenic Telecommunications Organization, the nation's telecom company, to Deutsche Telekom of $585 million. That it not much for a country that has ...
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A Misguided Plan To Cut The Federal Workforce By 10%

Posted: June 7, 2011 at 6:43 am

Three Congressmen, Reps. Darrell Issa of California, Dennis Ross of Florida and Jason Chaffetz of Utah are proposing to cut the federal workforce by 10% before 2015. There plan is ...
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Media Digest (6/7/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 7, 2011 at 6:39 am

A Washington Post/ABC poll showed Obama's ratings on the economy hit a low. (Reuters) Steve Jobs of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) introduced the company's new iCloud product. (Reuters) Wall St. stocks ...
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The Countries Where Internet Use Will Explode

Posted: June 7, 2011 at 6:38 am

Think the Internet is big now?  You ain’t seen nothing yet. A recent report from Cisco Systems Inc. has some astounding predictions, including one that global Internet traffic will rise ...
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