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Monthly Archives: October 2011

Sprint’s Few Positive Analysts Revolt Against It (S, AAPL, T, VZ)

Posted: October 10, 2011 at 10:44 am

When it comes to the world of cellular telecom providers, Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) is the weakling on the block.  Despite its release of the iPhone for Sprint from Apple ...
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Deutsche Telekom CEO Thinks AT&T Deal is Safe (T, DTEGY, VZ, VOD, S, LEAP, PCS)

Posted: October 10, 2011 at 10:08 am

Even though AT&T's (NYSE: T) offer to pay $39 billion for the T-Mobile USA unit of Deutsche Telekom (OTC: DTEGY) is being contested in court by the US Department of ...
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Netflix Backs Down on Qwikster (NFLX, AMZN, WMT, CSTR, DISH)

Posted: October 10, 2011 at 9:58 am

The management team at Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) apparently spent the weekend trying to come up with a way to back down from the company's recent announcement that it would ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CAB, EMR, HTGC, MU, MSM, NFLX, LUV, S, THO, THS)

Posted: October 10, 2011 at 8:44 am

These are some of this Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Cabela's Inc. (NYSE: CAB) Started as Neutral at Credit ...
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E.U. Bailout Promise Poses “AAA” Ratings Question for France & Germany

Posted: October 10, 2011 at 8:24 am

Germany's Angela Merkel and France's Nicolas Sarkozy announced some loose plans that would save European banks.  The notion that no formal debt rescue plans.  The two noted on Sunday that ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/10/2011) Yahoo! Offer From Yang?

Posted: October 10, 2011 at 8:16 am

Updated throughout the day. Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) founder Jerry Yang may try to buy the company (Reuters) Alibaba and Tamesak my try to buy Yahoo!'s interest in the China e-commerce ...
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An Odd Mix of Buyers Scouts Yahoo!

Posted: October 10, 2011 at 6:35 am

Many M&A experts have considered Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) or private equity interests like Silver Lake to be the most likely buyers of Yahoo! Instead, it appears that founder Jerry Yang ...
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The “Recovery” Has Done Nothing to Help Wages

Posted: October 10, 2011 at 6:32 am

The economic “recovery” in the U.S. has not helped the income of most Americans. That seems counterintuitive. A recession is supposed to depress pay, and pay is supposed to rebound ...
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Saudis Say Oil Demand Steady as World Economy Falters

Posted: October 10, 2011 at 6:29 am

Saudi Arabia, the largest member of OPEC, based on crude production, says it sees no drop in the demand for global oil. That runs against forecasts for demand made by ...
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Sprint Does Not Deserve More Money

Posted: October 10, 2011 at 6:25 am

Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) does not deserve the money it soon will request from Wall St. The company caused consternation among investors last week when its management said the firm would ...
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Media Digest (10/10/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 10, 2011 at 6:18 am

Dexia rescued, part nationalized and part receives guarantees from Belgium. (Reuters) Germany and France agree to crisis plans for the region’s banks. (Reuters) A huge growth of debt in China ...
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The Most Popular Companies On Facebook

Posted: October 10, 2011 at 4:11 am

Walmart announced a partnership today with the world's largest social media service offering unique Facebook pages for 3,500 of its stores. The move, according to the world's largest retailer, ...
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Bank Of American: $5 Card Fees And $11 Million Severance Packages

Posted: October 9, 2011 at 8:49 pm

The media has struggled to understand why thousands of protesters have occupied Wall St for days and seem to have no plans to leave. It is simple on one level:  ...
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Investors Lose All Hope

Posted: October 9, 2011 at 12:42 pm

Whatever faith investors regained in the stock market between the huge sell-off that caused lows in the spring of 2009 and the recovery that peaked this last July is gone. ...
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Media Digest (10/8/20110) AT&T Sells 200,000 iPhones In Twelve Hours

Posted: October 8, 2011 at 7:53 am

AT&T (NYSE: T) sold 200,000 Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 4S smartphones in the first 12 hours it was available (Reuters) Fitch cut its ratings of Spain and Italy (Reuters) Sprint-Nextel ...
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