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Monthly Archives: July 2011

America’s Fastest Growing Cities Rue Their Successes

Most newspapers, TV stations, and websites did stories about the fastest growing cities when the Census put out its list of municipal population size for 2010. The media compared these ...
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Starbucks: The Return Of The Wealthy Consumer

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) made one thing clear when it reported earnings. It will depend on affluent consumers to continue its success, which at this point is unquestionable. The slowing economy ...
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Contagion Concerns Resurface In Europe

While the eyes of the financial world are fixed on the U.S. budget debate and refinancing of Greece, Moody's has put Spain's sovereign debt on credit watch and the country ...
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Apple’s iPhone Sales Double, Set To Double Again

The juggernaut that is Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone sales grows more powerful each day. New data show that Apple thrashed its smartphone competitors in the second quarter and may have ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (7/29/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Plans for a budget vote by Republicans in the House fell apart (Reuters) Moody's threatened to downgrade Spain (Reuters) BSkyB will have a $1.6 billion share buyback (Reuters) S&P said ...
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Verizon: The Largest Dividend In The World

Verizon Wireless is owned 55% by Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and 45% by UK-based Vodafone (NYSE: VOD). Yesterday, the cellular service provider said it would pay a dividend of $10 billion ...
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Despite Share Price Stagnation, Great Value Remains in Teva (TEVA, CEPH)

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (NASDAQ: TEVA) now has its earnings out of the way and analysts have had enough time to chime in with their opinions on whether or not ...
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Winners & Losers of Health Insurance Earnings (UNH, AET, WLP, HUM)

Earnings season is so far turning out to be a mixed bag and is so far being overshadowed by the elected officials in Washington D.C. threatening a gridlock that could ...
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Another Bruise in For-Profit Education Players (STRA, APOL, COCO, DV, EDMC)

Publicly traded for-profit college stocks have been on a two-year roller coaster ride that looked like it was sorting itself out early in June. At that time, the US Department ...
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More Than 20 Great Companies Which Refuse To Pay Dividends (AMZN, AMGN, AAPL, BBBY, BRK-A, CBB, DELL, DG, DLTR, EBAY, ERTS, EMC, ESRX, FLEX, GOOG, JACK, NDAQ, SYMC, UAL, URBN, WDC, YHOO, ZBRA, CSCO, VMW, MHS)

If you have been a reader of 24/7 Wall St. for long, you know that we appreciate companies that pay dividends just about as much the investors who buy ...
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Gold Mining Earnings Shine, But Less Than Gold Itself (ABX, GG, GLD, GDX, GDXJ)

Senior gold miners Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE: ABX) and Goldcorp Inc. (NYSE: GG) reported earnings this morning, and the reports varied by enough to cause some wonder, if not concern, ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (AKAM, ASML, ECYT, LOGI)

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), ASML Holding N.V. (NASDAQ: ...
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Seeking Safety in High-Yield Energy Stocks (TOT, WHX, PWE, GLP, FGP, EXLP)

As the US staggers toward a conclusion to the seemingly endless debate over the debt ceiling, many investors might be thinking of parking some assets in a nice safe place. ...
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Finally, Weekly Jobless Claims Back Under 400,000

Weekly Jobless Claims from the U.S. Labor Department managed to break about a long streak of being back above 400,000.  This week's reading came in 398,000 versus a 425,000 estimate ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CSCO, CTXS, GLW, CTB, DDS, DOW, EM, EQIX, GPS, HES, IPI, MANT, SANM, SI, SXL, WEN)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) Raised to Buy at Goldman ...
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