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Monthly Archives: August 2011

August’s New Massive Stock Buybacks… Over $30 Billion (LOW, CVS, CELG, COV, INTU, DISCA, HRS, LMT, RSG, LOW, ABC, MXIM, ANR, AVT, JAH, LUV, STJ, ECL, IPG, FRX, ACE, CLF, CTSH, KBR, NWL, VRX, AKAM, AOL, DLB, URBN, ACM, CHTR, MYGN, PFG, HSIC)

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 3:00 pm

The pace of stock buyback announcements in the month of August was almost unbelievable.  The pace was stronger at the start of the month when earnings were still coming in ...
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Boeing Saves The 737: New Engine Trumps New Design (BA, EADSY, GE, AMR, LUV)

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 2:25 pm

After nearly a year of dithering around, Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) has apparently scrapped the idea of building an all new version of its best-selling 737 and chosen instead to ...
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GE Developing Massive New Wind Turbines (GE, SI, VWDRY, AMSC, PHG)

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 1:06 pm

Get ready for massively larger new wind turbines... Currently available wind turbines for land-based wind farms typically generate between 1.5 and 3 megawatts. Most include a gearbox to transfer the ...
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New Dual Hurricane & Tropical Storm Threats Going Into Labor Day Weekend

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 12:22 pm

Sometimes it is hard to know whether or not the weather reports are meant to scare or inform.  The media has already been accused of over-hyping the hurricane news and ...
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Government To Kill AT&T Deal For T-Mobile, Sprint Merger Back?

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 11:14 am

It looks like Uncle Sam has taken a stand on the buyout by AT&T (NYSE: T) of T-Mobile, which is owned by Deutsche Telekom AG (OTC: DTEGY). The biggest winner ...
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Sony Walks Into The Tablet PC Market… Too Late or Too Expensive? (HPQ, AAPL, AMZN, SNE, GOOG, NVDA)

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 10:52 am

So what if Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) cannot keep its tablet PC efforts straight.  The raw success of the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is emboldening new tablet competition ...
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Goldman Sachs Says Yes On Metals & Mining: Growth Vs. Value (FCX, AA, CENX, RS, WOR, XME, COPX)

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 10:22 am

Is the world economy slowing or are we at the trough?  It depends upon whom you ask.  A report today from Goldman Sachs is highlighting the great value in the ...
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Zipcar Wins A Coup With Ford (F, ZIP)

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 9:45 am

There's really something odd about the latest deal from Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) to team up with Zipcar, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZIP). Ford will provide up to 1,000 of its ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (BIDU, DRYS, F, JOYG)

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 8:47 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU), DryShips, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS), Ford ...
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Carl Icahn Punts Lions Gate, Tries Again for Clorox (LGF, CLX, PG, CL, KMB, DYN, MMI, GOOG, MNTR)

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 8:34 am

Investor Carl Icahn has agreed to sell his stake in Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (NYSE: LGF) at a discount to yesterday's closing price of $7.52. That announcement came shortly after ...
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Tepid Jobs Data Mounts Ahead of Unemployment

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 8:29 am

Each month before the Labor Department issues its report on unemployment and in payrolls, we get a myriad of non-governmental forecasts that attempt to front-run the official government data.  Sometimes ...
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Apple, Google Increase Mobile Phone Shares (AAPL, GOOG, SSNLF, MMI, RIM, MSFT, NOK)

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 8:14 am

The rich are getting richer in the mobile handset and mobile platform market. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) now claims 9.5% of the handset market with its iPhone, and Google Inc. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALU, AMTG, BMC, BXP, CTXS, GLW, CRD-B, FRAN, HMC, LLTC, NCI, RHT, STLD, TSO, TM, VMW)

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 8:08 am

These are some of this Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Maintained Underperform and cut estimates at ...
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Nevada Wallops Bank of America With Sweeping Suit; Nationwide Foreclosure Settlement in Peril

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 7:55 am

by Paul Kiel ProPublica, Aug. 30, 2011, 5:46 p.m. This post has been updated to reflect Bank of America's response. The state of Nevada dramatically expanded its lawsuit against Bank ...
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August Lay-Off Plans Up 47%

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 7:42 am

US employers announced plans to lay-0ff 51,144 people in August up 47% from a year ago, according to Challenger Gray The numbers may worsen because of austerity moves by government ...
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