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Monthly Archives: August 2011

America’s 10 Poorest Suburbs

Posted: August 16, 2011 at 9:48 am

While high poverty in some urban areas comes as no surprise, the growing poverty rates in a few suburban areas have been more unexpected. In an attempt to better understand ...
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Fitch Fights S&P: USA Reaffirmed ‘AAA’ With Stable Outlook

Posted: August 16, 2011 at 9:45 am

The first re-review by the ratings agencies is now out on The United States sovereign credit rating after Standard & Poor's downgraded the "AAA" sovereign rating.  Fitch has just reaffirmed ...
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Oil Spill Lessons: Boom for Environmental and Clean-Up Outfits (NLC, CLH, NR, XOM, COP, CEO, RDS-A, TRP, ECL)

Posted: August 16, 2011 at 9:20 am

Companies that provide the tools and services to clean up oil spills made the news following last year's disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Speciality chemical companies that make the ...
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Home Depot Upstages Lowe’s When It Comes to Earnings (HD, LOW)

Posted: August 16, 2011 at 8:48 am

The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD), like its competitor Lowe's Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW), managed to beat EPS estimates by a bit, but, unlike its competitor, Home Depot also beat ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (8/16/2011) US Housing Starts, Walmart Earnings

Posted: August 16, 2011 at 8:44 am

CNNMoney: Permits to build new homes slump 3.2% and new home construction drops 1.5% in July, the government says. MarketWatch: U.S. housing starts fall 1.5% in July as building permits ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARO, AGU, AGN, AIG, CI, DTV, DISH, DWA, GLGL, MMI, RIMM, RVBD, MOBI, S, RIG, VMW, DIS)

Posted: August 16, 2011 at 8:38 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) Raised to Hold at Jefferies. Agrium ...
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Top Ten Active Trader Alerts (BIDU, CDII, DG, HSFT, NLST, PPDI, RIMM, SODA, URBN, VRSK)

Posted: August 16, 2011 at 8:25 am

We have many stocks on the move this morning, some on earnings and some on other news.  The ten key movers and shakers we are tracking are in shares of ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (8/16/2011) Manchester United IPO

Posted: August 16, 2011 at 8:24 am

Updated throughout the day High frequency traders made large profits during recent period of market volatility (WSJ) ABN Amro will sell its Swiss bank operations (FT) Manchester United will stage ...
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Can The Wal-Mart Family Afford Its CEO Anymore?

Posted: August 16, 2011 at 7:22 am

Sam Walton left his children his share of the world's largest retailer--Walmart (NYSE: WMT). The family still has the control block--1.68 billion shares or over 48% of outstanding. S Robson ...
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Bomb on Natural Gas Pipeline in Oklahoma Epitomizes Their Vulnerability

Posted: August 16, 2011 at 6:37 am

Last Wednesday morning, August 10, two Enerfin Resources employees discovered a suspicious parcel attached to an the company's natural gas pipeline near the intersection of Oklahoma Highway 27 and a ...
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Are Chryslers Still Junk?

Posted: August 16, 2011 at 6:35 am

Chrysler has tried to rebuild its image under the management of Italian car company Fiat. The number three U.S. manufacturer even makes money. The issue that continues to nag the ...
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The Germany Economy’s Turn to Fall Apart

Posted: August 16, 2011 at 6:31 am

Germany reported that its second-quarter gross domestic product rose only 0.1%. That disappointing number can be added to the U.S. growth rate of 1.3%, the 0.2% rate in the UK  ...
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More Advice from the World’s Greatest Financial Minds

Posted: August 16, 2011 at 6:28 am

In an op-ed piece for the Financial Times, IMF chief Christine Lagarde wrote about the world's current economic and sovereign debt troubles: "So there are no easy answers. But that ...
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Media Digest (8/16/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 16, 2011 at 6:25 am

A sell-off of major bank stocks and sovereign securities makes it likely that France and Germany will determine the short-term future of the eurozone in upcoming meetings. (Reuters) Google (NASDAQ: ...
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The Nine iPad Apps Changing Business

Posted: August 16, 2011 at 5:42 am

It was not long ago that computers revolutionized the way people do business across the world, fully changing the way that people communicate and organize their personal and professional lives. ...
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