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Monthly Archives: November 2011

An Unlikely & Indirect Analyst Defense of Green Mountain (GMCR, SBUX, WMT, TGT)

Posted: November 4, 2011 at 10:42 am

If you have been watching shares of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR), you would know that the high-flyer has fallen from grace.  After a prominent short seller became ...
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Sprint’s Note Offering Rescues Clearwire (S, CLWR)

Posted: November 4, 2011 at 10:19 am

Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) is coming to the aid of Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR).  Sprint has been known (or thought of) to be a capital raising entity and this ...
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The Groupon IPO Price Conundrum (GRPN)

Posted: November 4, 2011 at 9:39 am

This story was updated for live coverage throughout the day.... with 6 updates....    Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) not only made it to the public market, but it managed to come at a ...
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Top Active Trader Stocks This Morning (ALU, CEDC, CHK, ENTR, FSLR, LNKD, MTZ, OXGN, SBUX, SPWRA, VVUS, YRCW)

Posted: November 4, 2011 at 8:44 am

We have several big movers in the after-hours session.  We have compiled a news summary and shown the after-hours moves in the following shares this Thursday evening: Alcatel-Lucent, S.A. (NYSE: ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BIG, CHS, DAL, ERII, PPG, PLXS, GOLD, RGLD, SD, SWK, SPWRA, RIG, TSL, VICL, VVUS, YRCW)

Posted: November 4, 2011 at 8:25 am

These are some of Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Big Lots Inc. (NYSE: BIG) Raised to Outperform at Wedbush. Chico's FAS Inc. ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/4/2011) Bank Of America Raise Money, Bank of NY Mellon Settlement

Posted: November 4, 2011 at 7:57 am

Bank of NY Mellon is in talks with federal prosecutors about charges it inflated fees for currency trades (WSJ) Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou will leave office (CNBC) Bank of ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (11/4/2011) MF Global Scandal, Groupon IPO, AMD Layoffs

Posted: November 4, 2011 at 6:32 am

The fate of Greece remains undetermined. Rumors are that Prime Minister George Papandreou will leave as part of a brokered agreement to get the opposition party to support austerity measures. ...
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Without Papandreou, Greece’s Problems Will Continue

Posted: November 4, 2011 at 6:26 am

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou may leave his job to get members of the opposition party, and some of his own, to support government plans for austerity. But Greeks still ...
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Where Was Kodak’s Board of Directors?

Posted: November 4, 2011 at 6:23 am

Eastman Kodak’s (NYSE: EK) board of directors has been invisible as the company first intimated it would not need new funds, and then a short time later said it had ...
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Why Monthly Unemployment Does Not Matter

Posted: November 4, 2011 at 6:20 am

October unemployment figures will matter little, at least as far as the health of the economy. Job losses in 2009 ranged over 500,000 some months. More than 14 million Americans ...
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Media Digest (11/4/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT

Posted: November 4, 2011 at 6:17 am

Greece may kill a referendum to get an EU bailout and its prime minister may resign in the process. (Reuters) Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) raises $700 million with its IPO. (Reuters) ...
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Top After-Hours Stocks on the Move (CHK, ENTR, FSLR, KEYN, LNKD, MTZ, OXGN, SBUX, VVUS)

Posted: November 3, 2011 at 5:54 pm

We have several big movers in the after-hours session.  We have compiled a news summary and shown the after-hours moves in the following shares this Thursday evening: Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: ...
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America’s Eight Worst-Performing Retail Chains

Posted: November 3, 2011 at 5:15 pm

Filene’s Basement and parent company Syms declared bankruptcy recently. The situation is so grim that Syms will shutter all 46 locations, and 2,500 employees will lose their jobs. The company, ...
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AMD Fires 10% Of Staff–1,400

Posted: November 3, 2011 at 4:55 pm

AMD (NYSE: AMD), the perpetually badly run chip company, will cut 10% of its workers. The firm has labored in the shadow of larger rival Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) for over ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (FCX, CECO, CLX, COL, BSX, MDT, FICO, LAMR, OWW, KSWS, RIG, MDVN, SNSTA, SONO, DNDN, ANF, CLWR)

Posted: November 3, 2011 at 4:05 pm

Stock markets. Equity markets opened sharply higher this morning before falling into negative territory before the ISM and factory order reports were released. The ISM index came in lower than expected, ...
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