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Monthly Archives: October 2011

Baidu, Better For Now Than Apple & Google Combined (BIDU, AAPL, GOOG)

Posted: October 28, 2011 at 9:55 am

Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) is proving that it was far too oversold during the September market tank.  The company is surging after earnings and it needs to be noted that ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/28/2011) Amazon In China, RIM In India

Posted: October 28, 2011 at 8:34 am

Updated throughout the day. Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) may launch the Kindle in China (Reuters) Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) will set up a surveillance network to track Blackberry messages in ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMD, XOM, FSLR, GDI, JCOM, MDR, OXY, PAAS, PLXS, POT, SPB, S, TSM, VMED, WFM)

Posted: October 28, 2011 at 8:20 am

These are some of this Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this morning. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Raised to Outperform at ...
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Does MF Global Get To Survive On Its Own? (MF, BCS, GS, JPM, C)

Posted: October 28, 2011 at 7:38 am

To say that MF Global Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: MF) is in trouble might be the understatement of the year.  The commodities and derivatives broker has reportedly been caught on the ...
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Ten Indicators Predicting No Double-Dip Recession (AAPL, CAT, JPM, BAC, AA, MMM, FDX, BRK-A)

Posted: October 28, 2011 at 6:43 am

The economy remains in a climate with a very weak recovery.  There is still some good news though.  All of the recent calls for a "double dip recession" grew too loud and are ...
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World Running Out of Water

Posted: October 28, 2011 at 6:30 am

The world is low on water, from the standpoint of supply needed for human use, and the problem has grown rapidly. Worse still, the problem has no ready solution -- ...
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Spain’s Unemployment Rate at 21.5% as Europe Flounders

Posted: October 28, 2011 at 6:28 am

Spain’s unemployment rate reached 21.5% in the third quarter. It is an example of the huge barriers economies in the region face. These barriers make the chances of balancing nations’ ...
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Can the Chinese Save Saab?

Posted: October 28, 2011 at 6:25 am

Two Chinese car companies are about to buy Saab, but that hardly ensures that anyone will purchase cars from the nearly defunct manufacturer. “Zhejiang Youngman Lotus Automobile and Pang Da ...
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Samsung Ahead of Apple in Smartphones, but at What Cost?

Posted: October 28, 2011 at 6:23 am

Samsung boasted that it sold more smartphones than Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) in the third quarter, but it may not have made much money in the process. Volume is nearly useless ...
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Unemployment Begins to Look Better

Posted: October 28, 2011 at 6:19 am

For the first time in almost a year, it appears that unemployment has begun to improve. October jobless numbers could fall well below 9% for the first time since the ...
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Media Digest (10/28/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 28, 2011 at 6:16 am

Spain’s unemployment rate rose to 21.5% last quarter. (MarketWatch) EU officials not expecting China to invest in the region’s bailout, despite reports to the contrary. (Reuters) Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) to ...
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The American Cities Sunk by Underwater Mortgages

Posted: October 28, 2011 at 3:38 am

Earlier this week, President Obama announced he would extend the mortgage refinancing program in an effort to provide relief to homeowners whose mortgages are worth more than the value of ...
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SanDisk Stock Buyback May Imply a Near-Term Top (SNDK, AAPL)

Posted: October 27, 2011 at 5:29 pm

SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) is still considered a value stock by many metrics, but we are concerned about this freshly announced share buyback plan. In fact, we wonder if after seeing ...
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America’s Worst Female CEOs: Andrea Jung of Avon (AVP): Update

Posted: October 27, 2011 at 4:32 pm

Update: Avon shares dropped 18% today on poor earnings and word of an SEC investigation. Our earlier comments: Andrea Jung, the chief executive of Avon Products (NYSE: AVP) since 1999, ...
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24/7 Closing Bell (F, NFLX, ITRI, V, RRC, PG, CL, XOM, OXY, ABX, JCI, BMY, MO, QUIK, KELYB, LDK, CENX, MDR, AVP)

Posted: October 27, 2011 at 4:11 pm

The DJIA jumped above 12,000 in the opening minutes of trading this morning and had topped 12,200 by mid-afternoon. European Union leaders have agreed on a deal that would ...
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