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Monthly Archives: August 2011

Google Android Market Share Moves To No.1

Posted: August 2, 2011 at 6:24 am

Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android mobile OS has the largest share of the smartphone market worldwide, research company Canalys reports. Based on its survey of 56 countries, Android's share was 48% in ...
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Toyota And BMW Forecasts Surge

Posted: August 2, 2011 at 6:16 am

Toyota (NYSE: TM) is supposed to be a company in trouble. BMW, on the other hand, is the car industry's darling. But both raised their sales forecasts for the balance ...
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Media Digest (8/2/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 2, 2011 at 6:13 am

The House approved a debt-ceiling compromise (Reuters) Fake Ikea stores have been set up in China (Reuters) Central Falls, RI declared Chapter 9 (Reuters) Canalys says Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android ...
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The Countries With The Fastest Growing Populations

Posted: August 2, 2011 at 12:09 am

The world’s population is likely to exceed 10 billion by the end of the century, up from 7 billion this year, according to research based on United Nations data. While ...
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Top After-Hours Stocks on the Move (IDTI, MHP, OPWV, SPIL, SNCR, TXRH)

Posted: August 1, 2011 at 5:30 pm

We are tracking several key movers and shakers after the close in this Monday's after-hours evening trading session.  Some are earnings related but some moves are from other data.  Those ...
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Currency Intervention From Japan & Switzerland, Protecting the Dollar from the Dollar (YCL, FXY, JYF, FXF, FXE, UUP)

Posted: August 1, 2011 at 4:19 pm

The Japanese Yen took a breather today on some similar news that we saw last week regarding intervention.  The Nikkei News reported this afternoon that Japan was about to intervene ...
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As Kodak Saves NOL Assets, It Screws Shareholder Ambitions (EK)

Posted: August 1, 2011 at 3:22 pm

Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) is a company that is in trouble.  Maybe that should read "is, has been, and will continue to be" in trouble.  For all practical purposes, ...
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Chasing & Understanding Volatility: Sify’s Wild Move (SIFY)

Posted: August 1, 2011 at 1:29 pm

Securities that rise more than 10% in a day, like shares of Sify Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: SIFY) did Friday and have done today, can easily fall more than 10% in ...
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NovaGold Might Have Struck it Rich (NG, TCK, GDXJ, GLD)

Posted: August 1, 2011 at 12:48 pm

NovaGold Resources Inc. (AMEX: NG)may have struck it rich.  Last month when we looked at value in gold mining stocks, NovaGold was among the group.  We noted at the time ...
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AK Steel Versus Peers, Downgrade Against Value (AKS, X, CMC, HSC)

Posted: August 1, 2011 at 12:36 pm

After considering the comments made, it its difficult to tell whether Moody’s recent announcement of a pending downgrade of AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE: AKS) is company-specific or motivated by ...
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Gabelli’s Major Quarterly Changes to Focus Five Stock Pick List (ARG, CF, LNCE, TE, YHOO, ASCMA, CCE, CVS, NAV)

Posted: August 1, 2011 at 12:21 pm

August 1 might not sound like the start of a quarter to most, but this is that date of a key report from a unique brokerage and advisory firm.  Today ...
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Level 3 Communications and the Long Road to Redemption (LVLT, NFLX)

Posted: August 1, 2011 at 10:47 am

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT), a provider of broadband and wholesale communications services, has struggled mightily to meet an impressive set of challenges. If the company can get back ...
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New Gas Mileage Standards Creating Winners & Losers (JCI, XIDE, MXWL, BWA, HON, TSLA, GM, F, TM)

Posted: August 1, 2011 at 10:29 am

Last week's announcement on new corporate average fuel economy rules, known as CAFE, got a lot of coverage for its headline number of average fleet mileage of 54.5 miles/gallon by ...
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July 2011 Manufacturing ISM Report Makes Stocks Nosedive

Posted: August 1, 2011 at 10:21 am

The July 2011 Manufacturing ISM Report was devastating and sent stocks reeling downward. The report was issued today by Bradley J. Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of the Institute for Supply ...
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Medicare & Medicaid Killing Nursing Homes & Skilled Nursing Facilities (KND, SUNH, SKH, FVE, SRZ, NHC, AMED, AFAM, SNH)

Posted: August 1, 2011 at 10:03 am

Maybe you can blame overly inflated healthcare costs or maybe you can blame more austerity measures.  In the end, all that matters is that nursing home coverage, rehab, and skilled ...
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