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Monthly Archives: November 2011

Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (CTSH, ERIC, GRMN, HGSI)

Posted: November 2, 2011 at 8:52 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (NASDAQ: CTSH), Ericsson Telephone (NASDAQ: ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AWK, BAC, BIP, CAT, C, CPO, DE, DMND, ECA, GPS, GOV, JOYG, JPM, OPEN, SSW, TXRH, USM, VLO)

Posted: November 2, 2011 at 8:24 am

These are some of Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) added to Strong Buy List at ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/2/2011) Sinopec M&A, MF Global

Posted: November 2, 2011 at 8:13 am

Updated throughout the day. The FBI may probe the causes of the MF Global bankruptcy (Reuters) Sinopec (NYSE: SNP) may buy a stake in Galp Energia SGPS SA  (Bloomberg) Douglas ...
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First Round Of October Jobs Numbers Is Strong

Posted: November 2, 2011 at 8:01 am

The first set of numbers the market watches to forecast October unemployment come from Challenger Gray. The figure for last month was strong. If they are confirmed by figures from ...
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Human Genome Sciences Back to Drinking from the Capital Well (HGSI)

Posted: November 2, 2011 at 7:39 am

Human Genome Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: HGSI) is raising capital.  The company announced the sale of $400 million in Convertible Senior Notes which will mature in 2018. These notes are convertible into ...
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Outlook: Sirius XM Still Interesting (SIRI, GM, F)

Posted: November 2, 2011 at 7:22 am

Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) has gone off the steadily climbing share price trajectory.  We argued before that Sirius in many cases may now be tied to Ford Motor ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World Today (11/2/2011) Fed QE3, EU PMI Drop

Posted: November 2, 2011 at 6:37 am

Germany's PMI contracts. Germany’s PMI contracted for the first time since September 2009, and to the lowest level since July 2009 -- in the midst of the recession. This signals that ...
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MF Global and Corzine’s Folly

Posted: November 2, 2011 at 6:32 am

MF Global Holdings (NYSE: MF) became the first U.S. casualty of the European sovereign debt crisis, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday. Chairman and chief executive Jon Corzine has ...
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HTC Takes U.S. Smartphone Industry by Storm

Posted: November 2, 2011 at 6:26 am

HTC, the Taiwan-based smartphone company, was barely known in the U.S. three years ago. It is now the number one manufacturer of the devices sold in America because of its ...
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Media Digest (11/2/2011) Reuters, WSJ

Posted: November 2, 2011 at 6:24 am

George Papandreou convinces the Greek cabinet of the virtues of a national referendum on budget cuts, but he now faces the leaders of France and Germany. (Reuters) The FBI may ...
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Sony and CEO Stringer’s Last Failure?

Posted: November 2, 2011 at 6:22 am

Sony (NYSE: SNE) has made another in a long line of disappointing announcements about earnings. This one should cost chairman and CEO Sir Howard Stringer his job. He has been ...
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Economics of Painkiller Abuse

Posted: November 2, 2011 at 6:19 am

The regions of the U.S. in which painkiller use is extremely high also tend to be the poorest sections of the nation. Some of the reasons for this are not ...
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Cities Where Home Prices Continue to Collapse

Posted: November 2, 2011 at 5:02 am

The rampant growth and subsequent collapse of the U.S. housing market has had far-reaching consequences that are still felt today. In some cities houses lost more than 60% of their value, ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (F, GM, NBG, ALU, YHOO, PFE, HD, ADM, BBX, EXEL)

Posted: November 1, 2011 at 4:08 pm

The markets are beyond jittery.  From a massively overbought market discounting a recession entirely back to a market dominated by the woes of Europe.  The Europeans cannot get their bailouts straight ...
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Expected Price Gains at For-Profit Education Companies (APOL, EDMC, APEI, STRA, DV, WPO, COCO, BPI, LOPE, CECO)

Posted: November 1, 2011 at 4:06 pm

Share prices at for-profit education companies peaked in June and July this year, following a slow start. At the beginning of the year there was widespread fear that new federal ...
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