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Monthly Archives: September 2011

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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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