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Monthly Archives: November 2011

Media Digest (11/30/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 6:20 am

The EU continues to work on its bailout fund and may ask the IMF for help. (Reuters) American Airlines parent AMR (NYSE: AMR) files for Chapter 11. (Reuters) S&P cuts its ...
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An IPO for the Empire State Building

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 6:19 am

The Empire State Building was erected in 1930, at the beginning of the Great Depression. It took only 18 months to complete the 102 story structure, which would be impossible in ...
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Will Italy Turn to the IMF?

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 6:18 am

Rumors suggest that Italy may turn to the International Monetary Fund to cover its deficits. The costs for the nation to borrow money in the capital markets has become too ...
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Cisco and the Zettabytes Internet

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 6:18 am

Almost no one knows what a zettabyte is. Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) uses the term to measure the volume of data center IP traffic. According to the router giant, “Annual ...
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Farming Pays Big: Higher Income & Asset Values Drive Farming in 2011 into 2012

Posted: November 29, 2011 at 6:31 pm

The next time you sing "Old McDonald Had a Farm" you might want to consider that it is really "Rich Man McDonald" if the USDA report is as clear as ...
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Cyber Monday–Largest E-Commerce Sales Day In History (WMT, AMZN)

Posted: November 29, 2011 at 5:26 pm

It is clear that e-commerce sales growth has begun to race ahead of bricks-and-mortar revenue growth this holiday season. Comscore reports that Cyber Monday was "The Heaviest Online Spending Day ...
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S&P Downgrades All Major Banks, Criteria Changes (WFC, BAC, C, JPM, BK, STT, GS, MS)

Posted: November 29, 2011 at 4:54 pm

Standard & Poor's is at it again... more downgrades and this time in the ailing banking sector.  While we focused solely on the U.S.-based banks here, the downgrade was handed ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (RIMM, QCOM, AMAT, HPQ, NFLX, TIF, MAGS, RIMM, STX, INHX, GLW, AMR)

Posted: November 29, 2011 at 4:04 pm

Markets opened higher this morning but the day ended up mixed between stock winners and losers.  Janet Yellen talked more about her outlook inside the Federal Reserve, but more poor ...
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Bank of America’s $5.00 Stock Chart Challenge (BAC)

Posted: November 29, 2011 at 2:32 pm

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) has not done well with a good market nor with a bad market.  The big gap-up Monday was sold off and now the lows ...
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Negative Equity Continues Fight Against Housing Prices

Posted: November 29, 2011 at 1:57 pm

Housing prices are back to where they were at the start of 2003, and things are not getting any better.  CoreLogic showed that negative equity data showed that 10.7 million, ...
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Expected Share Price Gains on Some Internet Stocks (GOOG, YHOO, AOL, LNKD, MWW, DMD, RATE, TST, BIDU)

Posted: November 29, 2011 at 1:43 pm

Over the past month, a number of internet stocks have received new target prices from analysts. We’ve seen five targets rise: Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), LinkedIn Corp. (NASDAQ: LNKD), AOL ...
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Gasoline Prices Continue Falling… More Cash for Holiday Gifts

Posted: November 29, 2011 at 11:50 am

As the price for WTI crude oil continues to hover around $100/barrel, up from about $75/barrel just two months ago, consumers are seeing pump prices fall. The latest survey from ...
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Winners as Pfizer Loses Lipitor Patent (PFE, TEVA, MYL, WPI)

Posted: November 29, 2011 at 11:28 am

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) has a big day ahead of it.  While it has been known for years, it is a massive date: Lipitor goes off-patent and will have generic ...
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AMR Bankruptcy, A Real Boon For Airlines (AMR, UAL, LCC, LUV, DAL, JBLU)

Posted: November 29, 2011 at 10:51 am

The news flow around the AMR Corporation (NYSE: AMR) filing for bankruptcy is rampant.  Some say it was expected and others believe it was premature.  The aim to work its ...
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Consumer Confidence Soars

Posted: November 29, 2011 at 10:34 am

The tug of war between proofs of recession and recovery received some weight on the recovery side. The Consumer Confidence Index soared in November, at a rate last posted in ...
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