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Monthly Archives: September 2011

Postal Service ‘Timing’ Changes, The Allure of FedEx & UPS (FDX, UPS)

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 10:57 am

The U.S. Postal Service is proposing "sweeping changes" to how the mail system works in America.  Some is good, and some is not enough.  The aim is to save up ...
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Chipotle Going Asian (CMG, PFCB, MCD)

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 10:38 am

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (NYSE: CMG) opens its first Asian-themed store today, called ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen, in a move calculated to take advantage of consumer demand for limited-service Asian ...
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HCA Kills Private Equity Overhang, BofA Raises Another $1.5 Billion (HCA, BAC)

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 10:03 am

HCA Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HCA) is surging on news this morning that could be a very valuable lesson for private equity IPO situations.  The company is repurchasing a whopping 80,771,143 ...
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Double-Dip Alert: Foreclosure Pace Picks Up (TOL, DHI, NVR, LEN, PHM, MHO, RYL, BZH)

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 9:37 am

It appears that the slowdown in foreclosure filings has reached an end. Issues surrounding foreclosure processing, state foreclosure laws, and other court rulings are getting resolved and the pace of ...
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Weekly Jobless Claims, More Poverty on the Way!

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 9:09 am

Weekly jobless claims are heading the wrong way and all we can hope is that there is some hurricane and storm bump that has been in this report.  The Labor ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (FNDT, NFLX, TSPT, UBS)

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 8:54 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Fundtech, Ltd. (NASDAQ: FNDT), Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), Transcept Pharmaceuticals ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (9/15/2011) Jobless Claims, UBS $2 Billion Trade

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 8:35 am

Yahoo! Finance: Housing market: Foreclosures rise in August WSJ: Netflix Cuts Subscriber Estimates FT: Return of the rogue trader: UBS has discovered potential losses of $2bn ascribed to "a trader" ...
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American Express Is Going Shopping For Acquisitions (AXP, MA, V, EBAY, GOOG, AAPL, PAY)

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 8:30 am

The number of ways consumers can spend their money is poised to get larger. The familiar credit and debit cards are threatened by all manner of electronic payment methods, and ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (9/15/2011) Facebook And Groupon IPOs

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 8:27 am

Updated throughout the day Groupon plans to go public this fall (NYT) The SEC will expand its CDO investigation (WSJ) Facebook will delay its IPO until late 2012 (FT) Douglas ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARX, AMSF, AMAT, MT, BP, BTI, CRZO, LFC, DOLE, ITMN, LNKD, MCD, MHP, NCR, ONXX, PTEN, PAA)

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 8:21 am

These are some of this Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Aeroflex Holding Corp. (NYSE: ARX) Raised to Conviction Buy ...
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Netflix Forecast, Economies of Scale Meet Management Misstep (NFLX, CSTR)

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 8:05 am

Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has a new name... Growth Interrupted.  Much of its problems are tied to the new pricing as well, perhaps much more so than the slowing economy.  ...
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Dunkin’ Donuts Problems Rise

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 6:32 am

Stock in Dunkin’ Brands (NASDAQ: DNKN) has soared 34% since an initial public offering in July at $19 a share, driven by investor optimism on the coffee and doughnut chain’s ...
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Tech Patent Wars Escalate as Google Buys from IBM

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 6:29 am

The borrow-a-patent, rent-a-patent, buy-a-patent industry is growing by the day. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) just bought 1,023 patents from IBM (NYSE: IBM). The big hardware company will hardly miss them. It ...
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World Bank Chief: The Time to Muddle Through Is Over

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 6:14 am

Global policy makers should thank World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick for his comments about the future of the economy,  though almost all of what he said in a ...
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Worry About Unemployment Surges

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 6:03 am

Americans can see the writing on the wall. The economy is no longer creating new jobs. August unemployment was flat. Private sector job additions have slowed to a few thousand ...
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