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Monthly Archives: July 2011

An Alarming Rise In Layoffs

Posted: July 20, 2011 at 6:26 am

The number of layoffs at large companies dipped as the recession ended in 2009, but the practice is back with a vengeance, renewing concerns the trend will cause another period ...
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Media Digest (7/20/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 20, 2011 at 6:22 am

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) reported better than expected earnings and its shares soared (Reuters) Yahoo!'s (NASDAQ: YHOO) revenue fell (Reuters) A settlement of the debate over the U.S. debt pushed ...
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Ten Companies That Will Never Trade At Their All-Time Highs

Posted: July 20, 2011 at 6:00 am

Some of the best known publicly traded companies in the world have stocks that will never reach their all-time highs again. Many of them are not troubled firms. In a ...
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Major After-Hours Earnings Movers On Earnings & Developments (AAPL, CMG, CTAS, CRUS, CSX, FTNT, GOV, ISRG, RVBD, VMW, EMC, YHOO)

Posted: July 19, 2011 at 5:15 pm

We are tracking many movers in the after-hours session, mostly on earnings reports.  The movers and shakers are Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG), Cintas Corporation ...
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Apple Massively Rocks Earnings (AAPL, QQQ)

Posted: July 19, 2011 at 4:41 pm

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares were halted for its earnings report today and the numbers are just baffling.  The company reported earnings for its third quarter of 2011 of $7.79 ...
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The Day After the Implosion: How Long Can Nabi Survive? (NABI)

Posted: July 19, 2011 at 3:34 pm

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: NABI) actually finds itself in a strange situation after Monday's awful news that its NicVAX nicotine conjugate immunotherapeutic failed to meet its primary endpoint in the first ...
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Can Apple iTunes Compete with Free? (AAPL, AMZN, P)

Posted: July 19, 2011 at 1:43 pm

Last week, the long-awaited (by some) US launch of the Spotify streaming music service finally got out of the gate. At the time of the launch, the service was available ...
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Facebook Share Buyer GSV Files To Raise More Capital (GSVC)

Posted: July 19, 2011 at 1:15 pm

GSV Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: GSVC) is a regulated business development company which many investors still are unaware of.  That may change now that the BDC has filed to raise more ...
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360-Degree Apple Earnings Preview (AAPL)

Posted: July 19, 2011 at 12:45 pm

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is set to report earnings after the close of trading today.  Shares broke the all-time yesterday and that happened yet again today before the report is ...
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The Unloved Winner of the Borders Bankruptcy Liquidation (BKS, AMZN, BAMM)

Posted: July 19, 2011 at 11:57 am

Sometimes a death of a brand can take quite a bit longer than many might expect.  Borders Group was one of our brands to disappear picks in late-2010 despite a ...
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Copper’s Gain, Risk On (JJC, CU, COPX, FCX)

Posted: July 19, 2011 at 11:15 am

Today's surprise report on the increase in housing starts has put some added energy into copper futures, which have been holding more or less steady this month following a rise ...
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Troublesome Redemption Data in Equity Funds, Where That Money Goes…

Posted: July 19, 2011 at 11:04 am

Troubling data keeps coming out of the old world mutual fund universe.  Battered by two bear markets in a decade, mutual fund investors have continued to flee positions in ...
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Counter-Take: Should Housing Really Be Recovering Yet? (ITB, XHB, KBH, HOV, DRI, LEN, TOL)

Posted: July 19, 2011 at 10:37 am

This week is starting to look a bit different for housing and homebuilders and it is a serious matter in considering that the news of the world and the less ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: The Companies With The Most Bad Press (7/19)

Posted: July 19, 2011 at 9:58 am

Earnings dominated the press coverage of today's shares. Novartis and Harley-Davidson released numbers Icahn Enterprise was thumped after it made a bid for Clorox, which was rejected. Boeing was hit ...
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2011 Becomes Year of Biofuel IPOs… Renewable Energy Files (REGI, KIOR, SZYM, GEVO, AMRS, CDXS)

Posted: July 19, 2011 at 9:50 am

2011 may be off to a "Web 2.0 IPO Year" but it might just as easily be "The Year of Biofuel IPOs"... Biodiesel maker Renewable Energy Group Inc. has filed ...
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