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Monthly Archives: September 2011

Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ADBE, ORCL, OREX)

Posted: September 21, 2011 at 8:53 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE), Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL), ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (9/21/2011) Saab Bankruptcy, SAB Miller M&A

Posted: September 21, 2011 at 8:37 am

Yahoo! Finance: Fed is expected to take new action to lift economy Zerohedge: Greece's main labour union calls 24-hour anti-austerity strikes for October 5th and October 19th according to a ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADSK, DG, GTIV, HUM, JEF, LVS, ORCL, OREX, HOT, TOT, VRSN, WYNN, YNDX)

Posted: September 21, 2011 at 8:18 am

These are some of this Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan. ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (9/21/2011) Apple China Patents

Posted: September 21, 2011 at 8:17 am

Updated throughout the day Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been granted 20 patents in China (Reuters) Samsung may use courts to try to block sales of the new Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) ...
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Chanos Keeps Shorting China… and Winning (FXI, GXC, TAO, CHN, TDF, MPEL)

Posted: September 21, 2011 at 7:56 am

Fund manager Jim Chanos has been pretty vocal about the risks in China from its economy to its debt levels to its real estate market.  He goes on to say ...
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Eighty Percent of Americans Say U.S. Is Still in Recession

Posted: September 21, 2011 at 6:23 am

If pessimism is a marker for the ability, or lack thereof, to turn the economy around, there is little reason to be optimistic that things will get any better soon. ...
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Coal in the Holiday Stocking for Retailers in Touble

Posted: September 21, 2011 at 6:20 am

There has been a fair amount of media coverage of the forecast for holiday sales released by the International Council of Shipping Centers. The numbers are worse than they seem ...
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Media Digest (9/21/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 21, 2011 at 6:18 am

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) posts strong earnings due to corporate IT strength. (Reuters) Federal Reserve probably will ease monetary policy to help a struggling economy. (Reuters) GM’s (NYSE: GM) labor deal ...
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The Biggest CEO Apologies

Posted: September 21, 2011 at 5:18 am

“Never apologize. It’s a sign of weakness” -- John Wayne as Captain Nathan Brittles in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) CEOs are rarely in the business of apologizing. They ...
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Microsoft Dividend Increase May Not Be A Sign Of Slow Growth

Posted: September 20, 2011 at 6:17 pm

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), with too much cash and too little growth in Wall St.’s opinion, increased its dividend. But, investors could well be wrong. Microsoft may be about to experience ...
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How To… Interpret the FOMC ‘Twist’

Posted: September 20, 2011 at 3:37 pm

The FOMC decision on interest rates on Wednesday is going to be a rather unique one.  Ben Bernanke cannot really lower rates but it can use its balance sheet that ...
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Top Debt & Credit Rating Agency Actions (IRM, DFS, EADSY, HLX, RDEN, YUM, MON, BBG, DYN, T)

Posted: September 20, 2011 at 2:39 pm

Debt and credit rating agencies made a number of changes yesterday, led by the downgrade of Italian sovereign debt by Standard & Poor's. The agencies also issued changes to debt ...
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Netflix Subscribers Beating Hasty Retreat (NFLX, CSTR)

Posted: September 20, 2011 at 1:27 pm

It does not appear that CEO Reid Hastings' 'mea culpa' for mis-communicating the recent changes in the operations of Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) will quell the anger caused by the ...
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Consumers May Buy Less, But Satisfaction Stays High (AAPL, HPQ, DELL, SNE, WHR, GE, SHLD)

Posted: September 20, 2011 at 12:28 pm

Customer satisfaction with purchases of durable goods in 2011 remains virtually identical with 2010 levels most likely as a result of falling prices. A survey of customer satisfaction with personal ...
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360-Degree Preview for Oracle Earnings (ORCL, IBM, CSCO, HPQ, SAP)

Posted: September 20, 2011 at 11:18 am

Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) is set to report earnings after the close of trading Tuesday and investors are likely to be paying close attention to the body language offered up ...
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