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Monthly Archives: October 2011

GAP to Close 200 Stores — Which Retailer Is Next?

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 6:29 am

Gap (NYSE: GPS) took the coward’s way out. Buried among announcements about its global sales plans, it reported that “the company is committed to rebalancing its specialty and outlet stores ...
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Google and New York Times: One Struggles as the Other Thrives

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 6:27 am

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced monster earnings on the same day that the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) said it would cut more workers. This news shows once again how great ...
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Media Digest (10/14/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 6:21 am

When the G20 meets, the focus will be on the EU crisis. (Reuters) Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Q3 numbers kill concerns about U.S. ad markets. (Reuters) JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) earnings pull ...
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Six Brands That Have Come Back From the Dead

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 5:39 am

It is not unusual for brands to disappear. It is unusual to see major brands resurrected. Scores of brands like New Coke, Circuit City, and Borders are likely to be ...
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The Retailers Hiring the Most Workers This Holiday Season

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 3:34 am

Each year, hundreds of thousands of temporary workers are hired by retailers to handle the demands of the holiday season. The number of seasonal workers added is considered a bellwether ...
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Cramer Kicks First Solar While It Is Down (FSLR, ECXC, SPWRA, TAN)

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 6:59 pm

When were panning the hell out of the solar sector earlier in the year at significantly higher share prices, we were very certain that the sector was going to be ...
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Google Kicks “Assets” on Earnings (GOOG)

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 4:20 pm

What advertising recession? What advertising slowdown?  Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) just rocked the house on earnings.  It may have been punished after July's earnings report but that is far from ...
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Can This Many Tech Buyouts Take Place? Rumor Mill Overdrive (AKAM, LVLT, LLNW, AOL, EK, IDCC, MOTR, NFLX, NUAN, PTGI, RIMM, SNE, ERIC, YHOO)

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 3:57 pm

You know the Wall Street rumor mill goes into overdrive from time to time.  This is not so much of a "today" issue but an "all of them, right now!" issue.  ...
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Has Gold Moved From ‘Safe Haven’ To ‘Risk-On’?… Reading the Charts (GLD, IAU)

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 3:08 pm

Paper money was supposed to be dead, the dollar was supposed to implode, and hyperinflation from all of the bailout money and deficit spending was supposed to eat us alive.  ...
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Expected Upside Gains for Leading Metals Companies (X, NUE, STLD, NEM, ABX, SLW, FCX, SCCO, TIE, AA, MCP)

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 2:28 pm

Companies focused on mining and metals have been experiencing high volatility this year based on both the overall global economy and, in some cases, expected demand, especially from China. We ...
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Credit Cards, Partial Havens After J.P. Morgan Credit Comments (JPM, AXP, COF, V, MA, PAY)

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 1:36 pm

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is trading lower after its earnings report, but there were some bright spots inside an otherwise confusing earnings report.  The most noticeable area ...
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Pets Are Recession-Proof! (PETM, PETS, WOOF)

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 12:10 pm

Whether or not the U.S. is truly going into another recession is still up for grabs.  What is not up for grabs is that earnings are coming in less robust ...
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Serious New Regulatory Risks Arise for Oil Contractors (BP, RIG, HAL, CAM, SLB, BHI, NOV)

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 11:36 am

Responsibility is going to get spread around for the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon that killed 11 people and poured millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico ...
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The Ten American Cities With The Worst Credit Scores

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 11:35 am

After the credit crisis, it’s been encouraging to see that across America credit scores have been slowly improving. Despite the improvements, many scores are still lacking. As to be expected, ...
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Detailed Google Earnings Preview (GOOG, MMI, YHOO, AOL)

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 11:27 am

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is set to report earnings after the close of trading today and this will set up how the investing world is willing to value content and ...
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