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Monthly Archives: September 2011

The Worst Performing Stocks of 2011 (ARO, BAC, RIMM, TLB, AMSC, CIS, FRO, MOTR, LEDS, MTG)

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 4:38 pm

2011 has been an incredibly choppy year, the economy is flirting between snail-paced growth and recession, and many companies and entire sectors are experiencing some severe business pressures or their ...
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Stamps.com Becomes An Unlikely Winner (STMP, UPS, FDX)

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 2:41 pm

Stamps.com Inc. (NASDAQ: STMP) is not just up in the double-digit percentage gains today.  The company hit a 52-week high.  Actually, this is a high going back to 2006.  The ...
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E-Reader Explosion, Changing Behavior (AMZN, BKS, AAPL, SNE, RIMM)

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 2:05 pm

The number of adults using e-readers like the Kindle from Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and the Nook from Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) has nearly doubled in the past year, ...
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Americans Believe Government Wastes Half Of Money It Spends

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 1:54 pm

How could the federal government waste over 50% of the money it spends? Where could it possibly go? A new Gallup poll shows that "Americans estimate that the federal government ...
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Changing Morale During Layoffs (BAC, UBS, GS, HBC)

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 12:41 pm

When companies announce that they are going to lay off thousands of employees, it shouldn't be any surprise that employee morale drops like a stone. So why do they do ...
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Against the Grain: Mid-Day Movers (KIPS, BFLY, GR, GEDU, CVOL, EDZ, VALV, MNTA, JKS, AMBT, EDC)

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 12:06 pm

The DJIA was down about -230 points at mid-morning and now that the European markets have closed the DJIA is down "only" about -175 points.  Continuing concerns about Greek debt ...
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What Economic Worry? Yet Another All-Time High For Apple (AAPL, XOM, MSFT)

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 11:54 am

Today marks another milestone for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL).  You might see a new 52-week high of $411.00, but that is no ordinary 52-week high.  That is an all-time high! ...
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Wind Power… Blowing Again (AMSC, ED, GE)

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 10:51 am

The wind power industry has taken something of a back seat to the solar PV makers in the last few months. News of bankruptcies, missed earnings targets, and collapsing prices ...
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LDK & Mr. Dumas: How To Wreck A Stock Buyback! (LDK)

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 10:28 am

This may be a first.  Have you ever seen a company repurchase stock and then announce that it repurchased too much stock and has sold shares to get the cash ...
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Recent Blackout Highlights Nation’s Rickety Power Grid

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 9:32 am

by Ariel Wittenberg, ProPublica, Sep. 16, 2011, 1:38 p.m. Experts say the cascading blackout that put millions of Westerners in the dark last week was no surprise: Major power outages have ...
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Garmin Expanding in South Africa (GRMN)

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 9:32 am

Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) is a company that most Americans have historically used for auto navigation.  Now that smartphones have taken over much of that market for free or nearly ...
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Netflix Splits Operations… Another Strange Move (NFLX, AMZN, WMT, BBY, DISH, CSTR)

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 8:55 am

According to Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings, the company's recent diving stock price reflects a failure on his part to communicate clearly what the company is doing. That ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (BAC, C, CAT, NFLX, TYC, SVU)

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 8:47 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC), Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (9/19/2011) United Technologies M&A

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 8:41 am

Updated throughout the day. United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) is considering a takeover of Goodrich (Reuters) Obama will offer a plan to cut the deficit by $3 trillion though 2020 (WSJ) ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMAT, CAR, BMY, BRCM, CTRN, CL, ENB, HUN, LRCX, MU, PIR, RENN, TEF)

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 8:19 am

These are some of this Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) Cut to Sell at ...
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