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Monthly Archives: October 2011

More Coal In The Stocking For Holidays

Posted: October 26, 2011 at 9:40 am

There will be more "Going Out Of Business" sales after the first of the year than was expected just weeks ago. Deloitte’s annual holiday survey data shows that: Consumers who ...
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First Solar Earnings… When Bad Is Finally Good Enough (FSLR, SPWRA, STP, TAN)

Posted: October 26, 2011 at 8:43 am

First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) went ahead and got its earnings report out of the way.  After all, it botched its "CEO exit" so badly yesterday that it was an unfair ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (AMZN, CLWR, FSLR, HGSI)

Posted: October 26, 2011 at 8:42 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR), First Solar, ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/26/2011) Nomura Job Cuts, Nintendo Loss

Posted: October 26, 2011 at 8:24 am

Updated throughout the day. Rajat Gupta, formerly a board member of Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) will face criminal charges for insider trading (Reuters) Nintendo will have a first half loss ...
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Bringing the Apple Television Set to Life (AAPL, GLW)

Posted: October 26, 2011 at 8:23 am

Everyone is still in love with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and many question how many years the products will have the hand and love of Steve Jobs still in them.  ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALB, AMZN, BBBY, BP, CELG, CHRW, FSLR, HAIN, HGSI, MMM, MIND, NYT, SKS, TLM, YGE, YOKU)

Posted: October 26, 2011 at 8:06 am

These are some of this Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this morning. Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) Raised to Neutral at BofA/ML. Amazon.com ...
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What’s Important Today (10/26/2011) Nokia’s New Phone, Berlusconi’s Trouble, Luxury Cars

Posted: October 26, 2011 at 6:37 am

Nokia's new Microsoft smartphone: Today will be remembered as the day that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) began an historic turnaround, or when it lost its bet on new smartphones that run ...
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Shorts Exit Weak Shares (EK, AMR, BP, LVLT)

Posted: October 26, 2011 at 6:28 am

Short sellers moved out of stocks that have fallen recently. Perhaps they believe there will be a large rally in the market. There is little else to make the shares ...
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Amazon’s Bezos Gambles on Long-Term

Posted: October 26, 2011 at 6:26 am

Amazon.com’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Jeff Bezos has gambled on his company’s long-term prospects before. He did so again last quarter, and it cost his shareholders, at least for a while. Bezos ...
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Analysts Upgrade Q3, Ignore Housing and Consumer Confidence

Posted: October 26, 2011 at 6:22 am

Armies of economists have begun to increase their estimates of third-quarter GDP and employment levels. That is a mistake. They seem to have overlooked consumer confidence, which hit a 31-month ...
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Media Digest (10/26/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 26, 2011 at 6:20 am

A deal to rescue the EU’s weak nations has stalled over political differences and objections by banks. (Reuters) IBM (NYSE: IBM) appoints Virginia Rometty as its new CEO. (Reuters) Amazon.com ...
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The Major League Teams Americans Bet On The Most

Posted: October 26, 2011 at 4:14 am

The sports gambling business -- legal and illegal -- is worth several hundred billion dollars worldwide. Of that, only $2.6 billion is wagered legitimately in the U.S. through the sports ...
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Valuation, Timing & Margins Catch Up To Amazon.com (AMZN)

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 4:21 pm

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has turned in earnings for its third quarter, and we will be paying extra attention to its fourth quarter.  The seller of everything online reported earnings ...
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24/7 Closing Bell (NFLX, FSLR, T, FRX, HWAY, JASO, LVLT, LOW, MMM, AKS, ARMH, CRDN, SHW, CI, ININ)

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 4:18 pm

Shares opened lower this morning on continuing concern about European bank debt. The Case-Shiller report on housing contributed to the weakness and then the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index ...
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Expected Price Gains for Internet Stocks (GOOG, YHOO, AOL, BIDU, DMD, LNKD, MWW, RATE, TST)

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 2:54 pm

As the internet has developed over the past 15 years or so, a variety of business models have appeared -- and some have disappeared. Revenue models are also different, running ...
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