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Monthly Archives: October 2011

D-Day at First Solar as CEO Out! (FSLR, HON, GE)

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 2:30 pm

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) must be in real trouble, even worse than what we have all been fearing.  Rob Gillette is out as CEO.  The circumstances behind the news ...
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Full 360-Degree Preview of Amazon.com Earnings (AMZN, BBY, AAPL, NFLX)

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 1:16 pm

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is set to report earnings after the close of trading on Tuesday.  What makes Amazon so different from many peers in technology, internet and virtual companies ...
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Consumer Confidence at Three-Year Low

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 12:40 pm

US consumers simply don’t believe that the US economy is recovering. That shouldn’t be surprising, considering that wages are stagnant, unemployment remains above 9%, and the prospects for the US ...
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Mining Stocks Undervalued According to BlackRock (BLK, BHP, RIO, VALE, FCX, SCCO)

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 11:47 am

Investors appear to have lost faith in mining stocks, sending share prices down steadily throughout the year. Both iron ore and copper prices are down nearly 20% since the beginning ...
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3M, No Indicator of Conglomerate Business & Upside (MMM, GE, HON, UTX)

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 10:55 am

3M Co. (NYSE: (NYSE: MMM) is standing apart from its competing conglomerate peers.  Not for the better.  United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON), and General Electric ...
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BP Shows What Is To Come For Big Oil Earnings (BP, COP, XOM, CVX)

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 10:02 am

A year ago, shares of BP plc (NYSE: BP) closed near $41. Yesterday the shares closed near $42, about 15% below the stock’s 52-week high. When the company reported third ...
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Case-Shiller Housing Price Gains Actually Losses

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 9:39 am

There is already a debate over whether or not the underwater mortgage bailout plan can do any good at all.  Now we have data from the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices that some ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (FTNT, JASO, MMM, NFLX)

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 8:58 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of 3M Company (NYSE: MMM), Fortinet, Inc. (NASDAQ: FTNT), JA Solar ...
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Healthways: The Implosion of the Day (HWAY, CI)

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 8:55 am

Healthways Inc. (NASDAQ: HWAY) could be named "The Implosion Stock of the Day."  Revenues rose 3.3% from a year earlier to $176.2 million, but that sequential earnings gain is actually more ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (10/25/2011) Deutsche Bank Warns, Netflix Killed

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 8:44 am

Yahoo! Finance: UPS reports higher profit, affirms outlook WSJ: 3M Profit Slips, Cuts Year View CNNMoney: Netflix stock sinks 35% as subscribers flee http://cnnmon.ie/vMQnaP $NFLX WSJ: Vital Signs: Gasoline Still ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (T, BK, CELL, FDO, FRX, HWAY, JASO, LVLT, LOW, NFLX, RGLD, VECO)

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 8:26 am

These are some of this Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this morning. AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein. ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/25/2011) Zynga IPO, Tony Hayward’s New Life

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 8:14 am

Updated throughout the day. Zynga's IPO will happen the third week of November (Reuters) A group led by former BP plc (NYSE: BP) CEO Tony Hayward may offer to buy ...
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“How to Kill a Brand”: the Reed Hastings Biography (NFLX)

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 7:48 am

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has managed to do what many thought was impossible.  The leadership's changes have managed to kill the growth and direction of the brand, and it has ...
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Novartis Cuts 2,000 as Pharma Industry Continues to Falter

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 6:24 am

Novartis (NYSE: NVS) said it would cut 2,000 workers and outsource some functions to companies that will do the work for less than it can. Novartis will take a restructuring ...
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The Debate About Whether the Underwater Bailout Plan Works

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 6:23 am

The new White House plan to help people with underwater mortgages is already a success or a failure, according to comments from the media and some housing experts. They cannot ...
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