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Monthly Archives: October 2011

24/7 Closing Bell (BIDU, MON, T, CRUS, PLCM, PM, NOK, SCSS, RVBD, AMLN, CLWR, BWLD)

Posted: October 20, 2011 at 4:17 pm

The market sure didn't feel too great through much of the warning, but the day turned out a lot better than it was looking. Weekly jobless claims remained stubbornly above ...
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Full 360-Degree GE Earnings Preview (GE, BRK-A, MMM, UTX, HON)

Posted: October 20, 2011 at 3:03 pm

General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) is due to report earnings early on Friday morning in the pre-market hours.  Thomson Reuters has estimates for the DJIA component and conglomerate of $0.32 ...
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Full Microsoft Earnings Preview Expectations (MSFT)

Posted: October 20, 2011 at 2:33 pm

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is due to report after the close of trading today and Thomson Reuters has estimates for the DJIA component of $0.68 EPS and $17.25 billion in ...
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Huge Gains Expected for Automotive Sector Stocks (GM, F, HTZ, CAR, ZIP, AN, KMX, CRMT, ORLY, AZO, PBY)

Posted: October 20, 2011 at 1:37 pm

New car sales in September are estimated to have risen 19% year-over-year, though down -5.5% sequentially. The seasonally adjusted annual rate of new car sales is now set at about ...
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(Over)Valuing Groupon IPO (GRPN, GOOG, LOCM)

Posted: October 20, 2011 at 1:03 pm

Groupon is fighting a serious headwind to come public.  We have raised flags of caution on this numerous times and the calls against the company are only seeming to become ...
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Riverbed… Back From The Dead (RVBD)

Posted: October 20, 2011 at 11:24 am

Riverbed Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: RVBD) lost its way for a while.  After a huge disappointment in July, Riverbed shares tanked from $40 to $30.  Then it from $30 to $25 ...
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Lilly’s Drugs Closer to Edge of Patent Cliff (LLY, PFE, JNJ, BMY, SNY, MRK)

Posted: October 20, 2011 at 10:58 am

Drug maker Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) reported third-quarter earnings this morning, and the company did a little better than analysts expected, but worries persist that the company will ...
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In Memory of Gadaffi

Posted: October 20, 2011 at 10:11 am

Muammar Gadaffi   June 7, 1942 - October 20, 2011(?) ...
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Nokia — Maybe Not as Bad as You Think (NOK, MSFT, AAPL, GOOG, SSNLF, ARMH, INTC, HPQ)

Posted: October 20, 2011 at 9:17 am

The headline number from Nokia Corp.’s (NYSE: NOK) third quarter earnings report is that sales fell by -13% year-over-year. But there were some positives as well. Instead of an expected ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ERIC, FITB, HBAN, PLCM)

Posted: October 20, 2011 at 8:50 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB), Huntington Bancshares ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/20/2011) UBS Cuts, Groupon IPO

Posted: October 20, 2011 at 8:45 am

Updated throughout the day Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) has asked potential buyers to sign highly restrictive non-disclosure agreements (Reuters) Groupon has cut the size of its IPO (WSJ) Hedge fund SAC ...
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Weekly Jobless Claims Show That Misery Persists

Posted: October 20, 2011 at 8:36 am

The Labor Department has released its tally on the weekly jobless claims and the net post-revision data does not show much.  The prior week's reading was revised from 404,000 to ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BIDU, CYOU, CLB, CSX, EBAY, HLF, M, MON, PVH, PLCM, REG, WDC, WU, WYNN, YOKU)

Posted: October 20, 2011 at 8:28 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs. ...
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Why Doesn’t Yahoo! Sell Its Own Asian Assets?

Posted: October 20, 2011 at 6:25 am

Why will Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) not sell its own Asian assets and run its core business with an additional $10 billion from the proceeds from those sales on its balance sheet? ...
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Samsung Boasts of Higher Sales Than iPhone’s

Posted: October 20, 2011 at 6:19 am

Management at Samsung recently boasted that it sold 20 million handsets in the past quarter, compared with Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) 17 million iPhone sales, the Wall Street Journal reports. The ...
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