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Monthly Archives: August 2011

Key Issues for the Week Ahead, The Unusual Suspects (AAPL, BKS, CLWR, EGPT, E, SLV, MORT, PUDA, SAFM, TWC, TUDO, VZ, WAMUQ, WETF)

Posted: August 22, 2011 at 8:02 am

We have many carryover issues this Monday from last week and the weekend that will be feature issues to watch this week.  These are "The Unusual Suspects" for the week ...
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Hurricane Season: Another Worry for the Economy

Posted: August 22, 2011 at 6:34 am

Hurricane season is not just underway; it is in full swing. This poses a new danger to the economy due to the threat to rigs and refineries in the Gulf ...
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Walmart Keeps Huge Online Advantage

Posted: August 22, 2011 at 6:30 am

Walmart's (NYSE: WMT) domestic sales may have stumbled, but its online presence is still dominant. July Comscore figures show that Walmart's sites had 38.7 million unique visitors. That is nowhere ...
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Apple May Build 4G iPhone Soon, Dominate New Market

Posted: August 22, 2011 at 6:28 am

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be in the midst of the development of a 4G iPhone. It is not clear when the product will be released, but if it is in ...
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Nine Signs That a New Global Recession Has Arrived

Posted: August 22, 2011 at 6:25 am

Economists and policy makers in large countries and organizations like the International Monetary Fund and World Bank have expressed concern that the world has entered a global recession barely a ...
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Media Digest (8/22/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 22, 2011 at 6:19 am

The Federal Reserve to make a modest number of steps to keep the economy moving higher. (Reuters) Wall St. layoffs, already begun, will hurt morale as the industry tries to ...
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JC Penney: Ackman’s Mistake

Posted: August 21, 2011 at 8:24 pm

William Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management has dumped more money into J.C. Penney. It is a mistake, unless he has some undisclosed plan to mine assets which are not obvious ...
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Martha Strewart Living Omnivision Shares Tank

Posted: August 21, 2011 at 8:12 pm

Martha Stewart Living Omnivision (NYSE: MSO) retained Blackstone on May 25 to find potential investment partners and explore other opportunities. The announcement was widely viewed as the start of a ...
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24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Calls of the Week (BAC, BBY, BIIB, BCSI, GOOG, LXK, MMI, NOK, ODP, ORCL, PAAS, RIMM, RVBD, S, SBUX, TEVA, VRSK, V)

Posted: August 20, 2011 at 7:45 am

We won't bother telling you what hard week this was, but we will tell you that at least some smart-money investors are out looking for bargains right now since stocks ...
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Cities Where Americans Can’t Get To Work

Posted: August 19, 2011 at 1:54 pm

There are over 7.5 million households in the U.S. in which the residents do not own an automobile. Of course, these homes rely on public transportation to commute to work, ...
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Top Earnings Previews For The Week Ahead (FMCN, COCO, HNZ, TSL, WSM, AEO, AMAT, GES, TOL, ENER, KKD, OVTI, P)

Posted: August 19, 2011 at 1:30 pm

Earnings season has mostly wound down as far as the big market movers but there are still many companies dribbling out earnings reports.  This coming week we have many companies ...
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No Ethanol Subsidy, No Problem (BG, RDS-A, CZZ, ADM, VLO, PEIX, GPRE, PBR, FUE)

Posted: August 19, 2011 at 12:01 pm

What will happen to ethanol makers when the US subsidy ends in December, as appears increasingly likely? Bunge Ltd. (NYSE: BG) apparently believes that demand  will continue strong, at least ...
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Four States Account For Over 75,000 Lost Jobs In July

Posted: August 19, 2011 at 11:41 am

Among four states, the economy lost over 75,000 jobs last month compared to June. The BLS reported that "Over-the-month statistically significant declines in employment occurred in Illinois (-24,900), Florida (-22,100), ...
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Whole Foods M&A Rumors: Reality Check, Weekend Food For Thought (WFM, KKR, KR, SWY, TFM)

Posted: August 19, 2011 at 11:07 am

If you have ever seen a private equity wish list if companies, Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) would be on it.  The stores are sleek, the products are at ...
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Marvell Still Relies Too Much on Blackberry (MRVL, RIMM, WDC, AAPL, GOOG, MMI, MSFT)

Posted: August 19, 2011 at 9:35 am

Any good news is rewarded on a day when equities fall nearly 4%. One of yesterday's bright spots was Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL), which reported second quarter 2012 ...
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