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Monthly Archives: July 2011

Medco-Express Deal Makes PBM Winners & Losers; Antitrust Issues Arise (MHS, ESRX, WAG, CVS, CHSI)

Posted: July 21, 2011 at 10:00 am

MedcoHealth Solutions Inc. (NYSE: MHS) is a company we have somewhat expected might succumb to consolidation in the arena surrounding healthcare.  Express Scripts Inc. (NASDAQ: ESRX) is offering some $29 ...
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ETF Watch: Does Value Exist in Telecom ETFs? (IYZ, VOX, IXP, TTH)

Posted: July 21, 2011 at 9:21 am

The headline grabber in the telecommunications sector is the pending $39 billion acquisition of Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile by AT&T. The deal is running into opposition in Congress from both Republicans ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ESRX, INTC, IRE, NBG, NOK, ERIC)

Posted: July 21, 2011 at 8:52 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Express Scripts, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESRX), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St Market Report (7/21/2011) Jobless Claims, Morgan Stanley Earnings

Posted: July 21, 2011 at 8:51 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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Today’s Best Market Rumors (7/21/2011) Google To Buy InterDigital

Posted: July 21, 2011 at 8:40 am

Updated throughout the day. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) may buy InterDigital (Reuters) EU officials may support a deal which would cause a partial default of Greek debt (WSJ) Cisco's (NASDAQ: CSCO) ...
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Weekly Jobless Claims Heads Wrong Way from 400,000 Mark

Posted: July 21, 2011 at 8:35 am

The U.S. Labor Department has just turned in its report on weekly jobless claims and the most recent data shows another gain and another week above 400,000.... the new data ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMR, BAC, STD, CREE, DELL, EMC, EPB, INTC, NRGY, IRDM, MAS, NTAP, QCOM, RVBD, SEM, TOL, X, VCLK, VECO, WLP, XLNX)

Posted: July 21, 2011 at 8:11 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. AMR Corporation (NYSE: AMR) Cut to Sell at Ticonderoga. Bank ...
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Expanded SunCoke IPO Unlocks Sunoco Value (SXC, SUN)

Posted: July 21, 2011 at 7:48 am

SunCoke Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SXC) has announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 11,600,000 shares of common stock at $16.00 per share.  As a reminder, SunCoke Energy will ...
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States Where People Pay The Most (And Least) In Taxes

Posted: July 21, 2011 at 6:39 am

Different states tax their residences at different levels. In some states, like New Jersey, residents pay 12.2% as a percentage of their income. In others, like Alaska, they pay as ...
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Budget Cap Settlement: A Bridge To Nowhere

Posted: July 21, 2011 at 6:28 am

President Obama has signaled that he may accept a "short term" solution to matters that have blocked Congress from raising the debt ceiling. The problems is that short term solutions ...
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News Corp Moves Back Toward 52-Week High

Posted: July 21, 2011 at 6:24 am

There has been enough good news about News Corp in the last two days that the stock appears headed back to the level where it traded before the phone hacking ...
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China Manufacturing Dips For Now

Posted: July 21, 2011 at 6:13 am

China's purchasing manufactures index contracted in July for the first time since mid-2010 when the recession was hardly over. HSBC, which publishes in index, reported that a reading of 48.9 ...
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The E*Trade Sales Catastrophe

Posted: July 21, 2011 at 6:13 am

Hedge fund Citadel wants E*Trade (NASDAQ: ETFC) to sell itself, so that it can make back the money it invested in the online broker. Citadel waited too long to make ...
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Media Digest (7/21/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 21, 2011 at 6:09 am

Germany and France reached a deal on how to handle the Greek debt crisis (MarketWatch) China's PMI growth rate slowed to the lowest level since July 2010 (MarketWatch) Apple (NASDAQ: ...
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Intel Posts Record Revenue, Surge In Internet Data Centers (INTC, SMH)

Posted: July 20, 2011 at 5:47 pm

Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) has released its second quarter earnings report and the company posted record non-GAAP revenue of $13.1 billion. The chipmaking giant's non-GAAP EPS came in at $0.59. ...
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