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Monthly Archives: November 2011

Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/8/2011) Hewlett-Packard Sell WebOS

Posted: November 8, 2011 at 8:39 am

Updated throughout the day. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) may sell its webOS business (Reuters) The SEC will set new regulations for money market funds (FT) Douglas A. McIntyre ...
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McDonald’s Wins Again, Same Store Rockets

Posted: November 8, 2011 at 8:31 am

The recession-proof, big-dividend-paying, 52-week-high-trading, largest fast food company on the globe, McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) posted remarkable same-store sales worldwide. McDonald's global comparable sales growth of 5.5% in October. In the U.S., ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AIXG, ALU, AZN, CXW, EMR, GSK, HON, HUM, KEX, MCHP, OVTI, PAA, RAX, STJ, TEVA, TRMB, VRTX, WFM)

Posted: November 8, 2011 at 8:10 am

These are some of Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Aixtron SE (NASDAQ: AIXG) Raised to Equalweight at Morgan Stanley. Alcatel-Lucent SA (NYSE: ...
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The Battle Over Forecasts for the Holiday Season

Posted: November 8, 2011 at 6:42 am

Many forecasts expect consumer holiday spending to rise this year. An equally impressive set of data forecasts that it will not. The difference in the two points of view shows how ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (11/8/2011) Oil Price Surges, NOOK Dead

Posted: November 8, 2011 at 6:41 am

Sovereign debt crisis update. Some analysts claim the sovereign debt crisis in the eurozone has worsened in the past day. Others say it has gotten better. Each group is only guessing. Greece ...
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Seven Pro Teams on the Brink of Collapse

Posted: November 8, 2011 at 6:38 am

The owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers have recently agreed to sell the team, following a bankruptcy filing in June of this year. The team may sell for more than ...
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The Swift Rise of Italy’s Problems

Posted: November 8, 2011 at 6:35 am

The most astonishing thing about the disintegration of Italy’s financial situation is that its problems were barely mentioned a month ago. The focus was on Greece, Portugal, Spain and even ...
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Wall St. Pay Tumbles After Weak Year

Posted: November 8, 2011 at 6:31 am

What the Occupy Wall Street crowd could not do, the financial sector of the economy has done. People who work at banks and investment banks will make less money this ...
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As Young Buy More Soda, A Victory for Consumers

Posted: November 8, 2011 at 6:24 am

Several states regulate the consumption of soft drinks in schools. The action does not work if the goal is to lower overall drinking of these products. Young people just buy their ...
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Media Digest (11/8/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 8, 2011 at 6:20 am

Olympus says it concealed losses for decades. (Reuters) Italy’s sovereign debt interest rates rise sharply. (Reuters) Toyota’s (NYSE: TM) profits fall and it withdraws its full-year forecast. (Reuters) Greece cannot ...
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Kodak Image Sensor Unit Sale… Is It Giving Away Its Future? (EK)

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 6:27 pm

Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) is trading higher in the after-hours on news that it has completed the sale of its Image Sensor Solutions business to Platinum Equity.  Our question ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (K, ALU, TOL, PAY, YRCW, GRPN, TESO, BSFT, CCJ,CDE,KWK, NAT, FRPT, ADPI, TKLC, OVTI, DMND)

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 4:09 pm

Markets opened up a bit this morning, but by 10:00 a.m. equities had turned back down, with the DJIA sliding down nearly -200 points before rallying back to its opening ...
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Best Buy: When Exits Don’t Help Value (BBY, AMZN, WMT, TGT, RSH)

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 3:35 pm

Best Buy Co. (NYSE: BBY) is facing yet one more tough reception of a company action after news that the electronics manufacturer is buying out its British partner of its ...
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Applied Gets Deeper Into Client Base With Varian Buyout Nod (AMAT, VSEA, INTC, IBM, MU)

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 2:42 pm

Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) has just submitted a SEC filing disclosing that the Chinese Ministry of Commerce has now approved its acquisition of Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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Economy Wounds Bank Loans

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 2:40 pm

Banks have returned to the period when a rough economy kept them out of the loan business. This is particularly bad news for those seeking mortgages and small businesses. Unfortunately, ...
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