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Monthly Archives: July 2011

Yet One More Credit Ratings Agency Downgrade For Greece

Posted: July 13, 2011 at 1:57 pm

As if you didn't know that Greece and other nations classified as PIIGS were in trouble, and as if you did not know that ratings agencies are busy slashing ratings ...
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What Does It Cost? $5 Billion: The Cost Of News Corp. Dropped BSB Bid

Posted: July 13, 2011 at 12:34 pm

> Market cap before dropped bid: $22.o billion  > Market cap after dropped bid: $18.7 billion pounds > Shareholder loss: $5 billion News Corp. has faced a wave of bad press and bad ...
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Demand for Crude Oil to Rise Again in 2012

Posted: July 13, 2011 at 11:39 am

In its July Market Report, OPEC predicts that demand for crude oil will rise by 1.32 million barrels/day in 2012. The International Energy Agency is predicting an increase of 1.5 ...
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BSkyB: How Soon Will Murdoch Be Back

Posted: July 13, 2011 at 10:51 am

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp (NYSE: NWS) withdrew its bid for the part of BSkyB that it does not already own. The question is when will News Corp be back with ...
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A Bubble In Ultimate Safety Currency?… The Swiss Franc (FXF, EWL)

Posted: July 13, 2011 at 10:05 am

You have witnessed the carnage spreading in Europe of late, nothing new there. But what is new is the increasing extreme reading that has been building in "the ultimate safety ...
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More US Corn for Ethanol Than Anything Else (ADM, VLO, PEIX, GPRE)

Posted: July 13, 2011 at 9:48 am

More than 40% of this year's US corn harvest, about 5.05 billion bushels, is expected to be used to produce ethanol. That surpasses an estimated 5 billion bushels that will ...
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JA Solar CFO Shuffle… More Worries? (JASO, TSL, APWR)

Posted: July 13, 2011 at 9:24 am

Shares of JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) fell more than -8% on July 6th and since that day have lost a total of -20%. The reason for the ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (7/13/2011) Capital One Earnings, Bernanke & Congress

Posted: July 13, 2011 at 9:00 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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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (GLUU, TSPT, NFLX)

Posted: July 13, 2011 at 8:54 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Glu Mobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLUU), Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (7/13/2011) News Corp UK Paper Sales, Oprah In Trouble

Posted: July 13, 2011 at 8:32 am

Updated throughout the day Oprah will take a larger role in her faltering cable network (WSJ) News Corp (NYSE: NWS) may sell all of its UK newspaper in the wake ...
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Market Aftermath: Finding Value Here & Abroad In ETFs and Mutual Funds (IWN, IWS, IVE, TAVFX, VTRIX, NIVAX, FSLSX, TGVIX)

Posted: July 13, 2011 at 8:32 am

Continuing uncertainty related to sovereign debt in Europe and the dispute in the US over raising the nation's debt limit are keeping markets hopping. Volatility appears once again to have ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMZN, AMCC, AUO, CLNE, DPZ, GOOG, HFC, IPG, MAR, MHP, MRH, NFLX, NWS, DGX, TEVA, UAL)

Posted: July 13, 2011 at 8:24 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan. Applied ...
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Rethinking the Coffee Merger Candidates (SBUX, GMCR, CBOU, PEET, JVA, FARM, JO)

Posted: July 13, 2011 at 8:01 am

We have seen a massive run-up, followed by a tempering of those gains, in the coffee sector.  Some are looking for consolidation to continue.  Others are looking at trying to ...
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Amazon Runs For Office In California

Posted: July 13, 2011 at 6:41 am

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) faces a sales tax in California that it is not willing to pay. As a result, its relationships with affiliates in the state became strained, and the ...
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A Silver Lining For Ireland

Posted: July 13, 2011 at 6:38 am

Almost all press coverage of the recent downgrades of sovereign paper among EU nations has focused on the new credit ratings and outlooks. The media rarely mentions factors that could ...
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