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Monthly Archives: October 2011

Apple Bests Samsung in Australia — Who’s Next? (AAPL, SSNLF, GOOG, MMI)

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 10:22 am

An Australian court has ruled in favor of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in a patent dispute with Samsung Electronics (OTC: SSNLF). Apple won an injunction preventing Samsung from selling its ...
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America’s Worst Female CEOs: Andrea Jung Of Avon (AVP)

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 10:03 am

Andrea Jung, the chief executive of Avon Products (NYSE: AVP) since 1999, has done a terrible job for shareholders over the last several years. The company's stock is down 35% ...
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Lions Gate Secondary Clears Out Carl Icahn (LGF)

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 10:00 am

Carl Icahn was supposed to be done and through with his efforts against Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation (NYSE: LGF).  That was what we thought at any rate based upon prior ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ALU, FCLD, RIMM, YHOO)

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 9:06 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU), Fairchild Semiconductor, International (NASDAQ: FCLD), Research in ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (10/13/2011) JPMorgan Earnings, Jobless Claims

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 8:41 am

MarketWatch: First-time jobless claims little changed last week, dip to 404,000 mark CNBC: JP Morgan CEO On #OWS: We've added 13,000 new jobs in US in the last 12 months. In ...
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Builders, Bankers Hit by Foreclosures (HOV, PHM, KBH, WFC, BAC, JPM)

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 8:39 am

The number of foreclosures filed in the third calendar quarter of 2011 totaled 610,337, an increase of less than 1% from the second quarter and a drop of 34% from ...
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Weekly Jobless Claims Pressure Continues

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 8:35 am

The reading on the weekly jobless claims were down marginally after a slight revision higher from the prior week's report.  The Labor Department reported that weekly jobless claims were down ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/13/2011) AOL Merger With Yahoo!

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 8:32 am

Updated throughout the day AOL (NYSE: AOL) has told his large investors he would like to merge with Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) (Reuters) TPG will launch a $5 billion Asia fund ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALTR, BK, BRCM, CTIC, CLWR, COP, DG, GFI, HTS, KR, NTES, NVAX, RAX)

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 8:26 am

These are some of this Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) Cut to Neutral at Baird. Bank ...
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J.P. Morgan Earnings Confusion, Huge Discount To Book Value (JPM, BAC, WFC, C, FAS)

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 8:04 am

Whether or not you like the earnings report from J.P.Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) probably depends upon which news outlet you read.  The earnings are lower, but by less ...
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EU’s Big Retailer Cuts Forecasts Again

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 6:32 am

Carrefour is the largest retailer in Europe and the second largest in the world. Like Walmart (NYSE: WMT), it has struggled to make sales in it core market. Carrefour just ...
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Americans Who Have Trouble Buying Food

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 6:30 am

More Americans have trouble providing food to their families than the Chinese do. That is extraordinary news because the U.S. is the world’s leading consumer economy and China is only ...
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JCPenney Buys Liz Claiborne, A Brand No One Else Wants

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 6:27 am

JCPenney (NYSE: JCP) bought the Liz Claiborne brand from Liz Claiborne (NYSE: LIZ), along with other, smaller brand assets. The deal did not excite anyone on Wall St. JCPenney traded ...
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As Volt Sales Disappoint, GE Drives Further into the Electric Car Market

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 6:22 am

It is hard to understand why General Motors (NYSE: GM) would continue to punish itself by moving further into the electric car market. Sales of its Chevy Volt have been ...
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China’s Trade Trouble Grows

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 6:20 am

China’s trade balance fell and weakness of the EU economy was largely to blame. That problem is unlikely to come to an end soon and probably will worsen. China’s trade ...
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