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Monthly Archives: October 2011

The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (10/24/2011) Caterpillar And Kimberly Earnings, Oracle M&A

Posted: October 24, 2011 at 8:44 am

CNN Money: Some M&A activity this AM: Cigna to acquire HealthSpring in $3.8B deal; Oracle is buying RightNow Tech in $1.5B deal. $CI, $HS, $ORCL, $RNOW NYT: Sara Lee to ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/24/2011) FBI Probes Olympus, Swiss Bank Penalties

Posted: October 24, 2011 at 8:34 am

The FBI has began a probe into the fees from the Olympus takeover of a UK based company (Reuters) Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has joined the companies which may bid for ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AET, A, DECK, GPN, TV, HMIN, ITC, IVN, ERIC, MMC, MCD, PAL, RGLD, TEVA, TLAB, TCBI)

Posted: October 24, 2011 at 8:25 am

These are some of this Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this morning. Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) added to Strong Buy List at ...
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24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades of the Prior Week (ALU, BIDU, CHTR, FSLR, F, NUE, STX, WMT, WFM, ZLC, WDC, AAPL)

Posted: October 24, 2011 at 7:41 am

Each morning 24/7 Wall St. issued a list of some of the key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms.  At the end of the week ...
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R&D Spenders Get No Respect

Posted: October 24, 2011 at 6:33 am

A company can spend billions of dollars on R&D and get little respect as an innovator. Even though that is the conclusion of a new study by Booz & Co., ...
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Are U.S. Fortunes Really Tied to EU Trouble?

Posted: October 24, 2011 at 6:28 am

If the stock market is any guide, the fortunes of U.S. companies and the American economy are not linked to the problems in the EU at all. That would mean ...
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Business Confidence Takes Another Blow

Posted: October 24, 2011 at 6:24 am

Business confidence has suffered another setback, as indicated by a National Association of Business Economists report of cuts in its member forecasts for Q4 GDP. The news comes as a ...
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Media Digest (10/24/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTime, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 24, 2011 at 6:20 am

Obama to announce aid for student and home loans. Home loan proposals will include refinancing for underwater mortgages. (Reuters) EU leaders press Italy for more austerity measures. (Reuters) China’s October ...
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Flash: Eurozone PMI Hits Lows, Back to Recession Levels

Posted: October 24, 2011 at 6:00 am

Austerity, unemployment and low business confidence have pushed eurozone manufacturing levels to mid-recession lows. Research firm Markit reports: 􀂃 Flash Eurozone PMI Composite Output Index at 47.2 (49.1 in September). Lowest ...
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Nine Reasons The Economy Will Soar By 2020

Posted: October 24, 2011 at 3:38 am

No one can predict the future with absolute certainty but many make educated projections. 24/7 Wall St. has reviewed long-term economic forecasts issued by the government, financial analysts, and academics. ...
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Key Developments Driving The Financial World Today (10/22/2011) Google Buy Yahoo, T-Mobile In Trouble, Kodak Battle To Survive

Posted: October 22, 2011 at 9:41 am

The Obama Administration will release a plan on Monday to help people with underwater mortgages and good credit to get new refinanced home loans at present rates which are the ...
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Video On The Web: Nothing Matters But YouTube

Posted: October 22, 2011 at 9:18 am

YouTube has become more and more each month, the Facebook of online video. The Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) site's inventory of content which can be used to support video advertising dwarfs that on ...
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The Ten Cities With The Highest Inflation

Posted: October 21, 2011 at 4:35 pm

Inflation has not been an economic problem in the United States since the start of The Great Recession. Despite this, pockets of sharp increases in inflation have developed in several ...
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24/7 Closing Bell (BP, DRYS, STX, PETM, BHP, F, MCD, GE, CMG, FSL, APKT, CALX, GMCR, PCYO, SYNA, RCON)

Posted: October 21, 2011 at 4:27 pm

A raft of good earnings reports pushed the markets higher at opening this morning, sending the Dow Industrials up about 200 points at mid-day. For some reason traders are hopeful ...
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Significant Price Gains Expected For Airlines Stocks (AMR, DAL, UAL, LUV, LCC, JBLU, ALK, HA, SAVE)

Posted: October 21, 2011 at 1:38 pm

The airlines industry is in a very bad way, unless you are a Wall Street analyst making upside predictions for a sector that Warren Buffett hates. High fuel costs and ...
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