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Monthly Archives: July 2011

Deathwatch: RIM’s Evaporation Trail Could Hit Zero by Early-2013 (RIMM, AAPL, GOOG, HPQ)

Posted: July 5, 2011 at 4:11 pm

The new data from comScore on US carrier networks for smartphones is beyond alarming.  It is not just confirming a trend, but confirming that there is no sign of a ...
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Commodities Watch: Deep-sea Rare Earth Mining Likely a Long Ways Off (MCP, AVL, REE, SHZ, REMX)

Posted: July 5, 2011 at 3:25 pm

The announcement that Japanese scientists have found high concentrations of rare earth minerals on the Pacific Ocean sea bed could be far less than meets the eye. The report estimates ...
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Moody’s Downgrades Portugal: Junk Alert

Posted: July 5, 2011 at 2:23 pm

The financial domino game in the eurozone hasn't stopped. With Moody's downgrade of Portugal, the sovereign debt crisis has began to spread beyond Greece again, even as the funding of ...
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Conoco Holdings Could Offer a Boost to Some Mutual Funds (XOM, CVX, COP, PNEAX, FSENX, FISEX, AMADX)

Posted: July 5, 2011 at 1:46 pm

Since the beginning of the year, returns for the three largest US oil companies have been sturdy, if not blinding, and each has a lower than average P/E ratio. Exxon ...
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NBA & NFL Risks Not Reflected in Several Key Stocks (BWLD, DPZ, PZZA, DRJ, CLCT, UA)

Posted: July 5, 2011 at 12:30 pm

Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. (NASDAQ: BWLD) has been a phenomenal stock and it is a very well-run company.  It arguably has a brand leadership role, at least for public ...
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The Best Funds For Oil Rising To $150 (OIH, DIG, PSCE, COP, PXJ, FNARX, EBERX, USO)

Posted: July 5, 2011 at 11:21 am

After posting a three-month low last month, WTI crude oil prices have been making a comeback as the agreement on Greek debt appears to be set, which has put some ...
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Eastman Kodak Death Watch

Posted: July 5, 2011 at 10:45 am

Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK) has been on and off life support for years. Its shares trade just above $3 down from nearly $30 in mid-2007 and and $75 in 1999. ...
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GE, ConocoPhillips & NRG Venture Invests in Oil Recovery Tech (GE, NRG, COP)

Posted: July 5, 2011 at 9:40 am

Energy Technology Ventures is not exactly a household name, but its venture partners of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG), and ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) are household names.  ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (7/5/2011) China Vs. WTO, OECD Inflation

Posted: July 5, 2011 at 9:06 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 (BIDU, BLUD, CLWR)

Posted: July 5, 2011 at 8:53 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Baidu.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU), Immucor, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLUD), and ...
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Investors Throw Away More Money On LightSquared

Posted: July 5, 2011 at 8:31 am

Investors threw another $265 million at LightSquared, the troubled LTE 4G wireless provider with the audacity to compete with Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S), Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless. Many observers think ...
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RADVision: Not Expecting the Expected (RVSN, CSCO, PLCM, BBBB, PGI, MSFT)

Posted: July 5, 2011 at 8:25 am

RADVision Ltd. (NASDAQ: RVSN) is going to get hit today after lowering guidance.  This may have been worse than many expected, but RADVision is now in a spot that it ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACTV, AUO, BBBB, CNK, CLWR, CLF, DFS, EK, FSL, GIS, MAS, RGC, SNDK, SBUX, UA, WCG, YNDX)

Posted: July 5, 2011 at 8:01 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. The Active Network, Inc. (NYSE: ACTV) Started as Buy at ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (7/5/2011) Alibaba OS, Eurozone Banks Meet On Greece

Posted: July 5, 2011 at 7:40 am

Updated throughout the day. Canon may build a compact mirror less camera (Reuters) Alibaba will release a mobile operating system next quarter (WSJ) A meeting of eurozone banks will take ...
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What Can Moody’s Know About Local Chinese Banks?

Posted: July 5, 2011 at 6:49 am

Moody's generally sends teams of experts to review its ratings on international sovereign debt and the financial firms that are the core of an overseas government loan facilities. It is ...
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