Monthly Archives: October 2011

Walmart’s China Problems Are Not Unique (WMT, YUM, AAPL, NKE, CRRFY, GUCG)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 9:34 am

The US Senate has passed legislation that could make it easier for the Treasury Department to hit China with sanctions as a currency manipulator. China's response, so far, has been ...
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Stabilizing Flash Memory Prices To The Rescue (SNDK, MU, ISSI, CODE)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 8:56 am

Flash memory makers might not be going gangbusters on raw memory pricing power this fall, but the good news is that the price declines from earlier have abated and prices to ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ANDS, BEXP, C, WFC)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 8:54 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANDS), Brigham Exploration Company (NASDAQ: ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (10/17/2011) Citi Earnings, Lowe’s Layoffs

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 8:50 am

Zerohedge: Empire Fed Manufacturing Misses Expectations; Hopium Ends As Future Conditions Index Lowest Since February 2009 http://www.zerohedge.com/node/439229 MSNBC: Citigroup’s net income jumps 73 percent http://on.msnbc.com/qpgJkt MarketWatch: Empire State regional factories ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/17/2011) Dell M&A, Air France CEO

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 8:43 am

Updated throughout the day. The board of Air France will meet to fire the carrier's CEO (WSJ) Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) may target Citrix (NASDAQ: CTSX) and Informatica (NASDAQ: INFA) (Bloomberg) ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AGNC, AAPL, ADM, CALM, CAT, DLTR, FDO, HPQ, KIRK, LNC, MON, NAV, TIF, VECO)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 8:16 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. American Capital Agency (NASDAQ: AGNC) Cut to Market Perform at ...
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Citi Sneaks Past Earnings Estimates, Huge Discount To Book Value (C, JPM)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 8:11 am

Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) is out with earnings and the headline figure looks like a substantial beat at $1.23 EPS versus $0.82 EPS estimates. The headline number includes an accounting ...
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Kodak Scores Patent Licence Royalty Pact From IMAX (EK, IMAX)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 7:48 am

Eastman Kodak Co. (NYSE: EK) is a troubled company where any bit of good news can help. News is out on Monday that IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) will broaden the ...
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Occupy Wall Street Protests: The Million Message March

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 6:32 am

The Martin Luther King, Jr., memorial was dedicated in Washington about the time that the Occupy Wall Street movement grew in southern Manhattan and elsewhere. It was a reminder of ...
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Another Weekend of Mass Layoffs

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 6:27 am

Challenger, Gray said planned layoffs announced in September were up more than 200% from a year earlier to 115,000. That figure appears to be on the rise, and the latest ...
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Banks Ready to Kill Greek Bailout

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 6:24 am

Several large banks, with Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) in the lead, are prepared to kill a bailout of Greece. Well-known DB chief Josef Ackermann says new plans to have banks ...
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Obesity Drags on the Economy

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 6:20 am

Obese people do not just risk their own health; their health problems cripple the economy. GDP would be given a boost if the number of fat people fell sharply. The ...
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Media Digest (10/17/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 6:18 am

Philips Electronics may be unable to shed its TV operation and will fire 4,500. (Reuters) Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI) to buy El Paso (NYSE: EP) for $21 billion and will ...
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Kinder Morgan to Take Over El Paso for $38 Billion (EP)(EPB)(KMI)

Posted: October 16, 2011 at 4:28 pm

Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI) and El Paso (NYSE: EP) released an agreement for Kinder to acquire the outstanding shares of El Paso in a deal that will create the fourth ...
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Top Earnings Previews for the Week Ahead (C, IBM, AAPL, BAC, KO, GS, INTC, JNJ, SCCO, YHOO, AXP, T, MSFT, GE, HON, MCD, VZ)

Posted: October 16, 2011 at 12:37 pm

Earnings season is upon us and so far things are shaping up either a bit better, or less-bad, than what the news reports and headlines might have led investors to ...
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