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Monthly Archives: October 2011

Fewer Americans Can Afford the Basics

Posted: October 15, 2011 at 2:32 pm

Among the large numbers of issues that are said to prove that the recession never ended is whether Americans can afford the “basics” that have been part of what the ...
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Administration Dodges China Currency Dispute

Posted: October 15, 2011 at 2:10 pm

The Administration--the Treasury Department in particular--has decided to delay its twice-annual International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies report to Congress. The reason is certainly the dispute about whether China will be ...
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24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Calls of the Week (BK, BEAM, CTIC, CSCO, DMD, FSLR, GE, GS, RAX, S, VPRT, AAPL)

Posted: October 15, 2011 at 8:54 am

Each morning 24/7 Wall St. compiles a summary of the analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research firms that are having an impact on stocks. At the ...
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Expected Upside Gains for Leading Retailers (COST, WMT, TGT, M, JWN, KSS, BBY)

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 3:01 pm

The retail sales growth outlook for the coming holiday season has been cut to around 3%, only half the growth retailers saw in the 2010 holiday season. Of course, last ...
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Moody’s Downgrade Highlights Sprint’s Finance Issues (S, AAPL, CLWR)

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 2:40 pm

Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) just can't catch a break.  Even getting the iPhone from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is going to be a real problem for Sprint.  Dan Hesse ...
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GE Challenges First Solar (GE, FSLR, STP, JASO)

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 1:27 pm

Last April General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) announced that it would build a thin-film solar plant with a capacity of 400 megawatts of annual production, but it did not specify where the ...
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Hulu is No Longer for Sale (NWS, DIS, CMCSA, YHOO, GOOG, DISH, AMZN, NFLX, AAPL)

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 11:17 am

Streaming video provider Hulu LLC has been taken off the auction block by owners News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA), among others. Rumored ...
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Ubiquiti Breaks IPO Drought (UBNT)

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 10:15 am

After no IPOs for about two months, we finally have an IPO.  Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: UBNT) is said to be a "next-generation communications technology company" that is actually a wireless ...
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Google’s Mobile Advertising Up 2.5x (GOOG, AAPL, MSFT, SSNLF)

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 9:46 am

When Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) reported third-quarter earnings last night, CEO Larry Page noted that the company's mobile advertising revenues are currently running at an annual rate of $2.5 billion, ...
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Zynga Continues IPO Push (ZNGA)

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 9:41 am

Zynga Inc. is still planning to come public in an initial public offering.  The online and social gaming company has been making strides of late to distance its dependence solely ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ALU, BIDU, F, GOOG)

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 8:59 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU), Baidu.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU), Ford Motor Company ...
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Today’s Best Rumor (9/14/2011) Hulu Sale, InnKeepers USA

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 8:47 am

Updated throughout the day. Cerberus and Chatham Trust will buy Innkeepers USA (Reuters) Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) will license "Gossip Girl" and other premium content from CBS (NYSE: CBS) and Time ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BHI, BEAM, BA, CSCO, ECL, FXCM, GPS, GE, HPQ, IBM, IBKR, ITT, KMP, PAA, TAL, TER)

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 8:31 am

These are some of this Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) Cut to Market Perform ...
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Dell Struggles to Stay in Third Place

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 6:34 am

Dell (NYSE: DELL) has held the number two spot in the world’s PC market share ranks for years. It has been just behind Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), which is still trying ...
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China’s Car Market Slows to a Halt

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 6:32 am

China was supposed to be the salvation of the global auto manufacturing business as sales in the U.S. and Europe have slowed in the past half decade. Now, the China ...
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