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Monthly Archives: October 2011

Media Digest (10/13/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 6:16 am

Aol’s (NYSE: AOL) CEO approaches large investors about a merger with Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). (Reuters) The IMF says China can weather global financial and economic risks. (Reuters) Wall St. will ...
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Turkey To Diversify Energy Imports Following Gazprom Disagreement

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 6:03 am

n the wake of its recent decision to cancel its natural gas contracts with Russia’s state company Gazprom, the Turkish government is considering its energy import options. Black Sea Energy ...
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Iran’s Ayatollah Cheers for “Occupy Wall Street”

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 5:34 pm

The “Occupy Wall Street” movement has been supported by many, yet criticized by many as well. How does one cover such a controversial issue that runs this deep and when ...
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Expected Upside Gains for Leading Pharmaceutical Companies (JNJ, PFE, AZN, BMY, MRK)

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 2:10 pm

Sales for the big pharmaceutical companies are expected to be hit by pricing pressure in Europe, a lack of urgent new on the coming flu season, lower rates of prescription ...
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Google Ticks Back Up On Its Share Of Search (YHOO, MSFT, GOOG)

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 1:46 pm

Some have been wondering if Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) were going to be able to keep up in the battle for US search market share ...
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Business is Good for IT Outsourcers (INFY, WIT, IBM, CSC, CTSH, ACN)

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 12:32 pm

India's Infosys Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY) reported second-quarter earnings today, and EPS came in more than 10% higher than in the same period a year ago. The company also lowered ...
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Earnings Hat Trick: Ignore Bank Book Values (JPM, BAC, C, WFC, GS, MS, BBT, BK, COF, FITB, PNC, STI)

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 12:09 pm

You hear it all the time... "This bank is so cheap against book value that it cannot go lower."  Book value, and even tangible book value, has become a pre-recession ...
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America’s Disappearing Restaurant Chains

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 11:17 am

There is a school of thought that says the restaurant business is always a good business - people need to eat. A glance at the sales of many of America’s ...
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High-End Retail Lined Up for Holiday Sales Boost (TIF, SKS, M, JWN, RL, COH, WMT)

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 10:40 am

British high-end clothier Burberry PLC reported that sales for its first six months of the year rose 30% on strong demand for its signature trenchcoats and accessories. The company noted ...
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5 Huge Short Selling Surprises (BAC, FSLR, NFLX, SHLD, YHOO)

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 10:28 am

Twice a month we get to dig through the endless short selling and short interest data released by the NASDAQ and NYSE.  There are almost always some huge surprises in ...
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IEA Follows OPEC Downward on Oil Demand (CVX, VLO)

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 9:21 am

One day after OPEC released its monthly oil market report, the International Energy Agency published its monthly report. The two agree on most things, but differ on details. Most important, ...
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RIM Service Outage, Down The Drain (RIMM)

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 9:09 am

If there is one company that just can't catch a break it is Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM).  News that the company is having a large service outage in North and ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (AAPL, LIZ, PEP)

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 8:56 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of AAPL, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Liz Clairborne, Inc. (NYSE: LIZ), ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/12/2011) BNY Mellon Investigation

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 8:54 am

Updated throughout the day. A whistle blower named Grant Wilson tracked currency trades at BNY Mellon, trades which may have harmed pension funds returns (WSJ) News Corp (NYSE: NWS) is ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALGN, BIDU, BRCD, DMD, FSLR, HL, HGG, ITMN, LTD, MFN, NOK, PCX, STX, VPRT)

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 8:48 am

These are some of this Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Align Technology, Inc (NASDAQ: ALGN) Started as Neutral with ...
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