Monthly Archives: November 2011

Details: Moody’s Says All Eurozone Debt Ratings Threatened

Posted: November 28, 2011 at 3:43 am

Moody's said the eurozone crisis threatened the sovereign ratings of all nations in the region. In a note the credit agency reported. The continued rapid escalation of the euro area ...
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Black Friday E-Commerce Sales Up 26%

Posted: November 27, 2011 at 3:53 pm

comScore (NASDAQ : SCOR) reported U.S. retail e-commerce spending for the first 25 days of the November – December 2011 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date, $12.7 billion has been spent ...
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US Black Friday Sales Reach Record

Posted: November 26, 2011 at 5:53 pm

Americans apparently disregarded the state of the economy, the failure of Congress to agree on a deficit package, unemployment, and low home values. ShopperTrak reported that Black Friday retail sales ...
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Belgium Downgraded by S&P

Posted: November 25, 2011 at 1:15 pm

Ratings On Belgium Lowered To 'AA' On Financial Sector Risks To Public Finances; Outlook Negative ...
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Beyond the T-Mobile Charge… AT&T’s Big Dividend Conundrum (T, VZ, S)

Posted: November 25, 2011 at 12:23 pm

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has been in the news because of what is turning into a more and more likely failed acquisition of T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom. While a $4 ...
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24/7 Wall St. Preview – Week of November 28 – December 2 (ZOLT, TIF, ARO, AEO, BKS, JOSB, LULU, ZUMZ, BIG)

Posted: November 25, 2011 at 12:01 pm

With one holiday down and another on deck, the coming week offers something of a breather. Most quarterly earnings are out already, but there are several due next week that ...
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Groupon’s Busted IPO Status, A Warning For Other IPO Ambitions (GRPN)

Posted: November 25, 2011 at 11:24 am

Groupon, Inc.(NASDAQ: GRPN) was the talk of the IPO world and the market was willing to overlook all of the concerns we had about the offering in early November. Now ...
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ETF, ETN, and Funds For Germany’s Debt Concerns (BUNL, BUND, EWG, GF, BUNT)

Posted: November 25, 2011 at 10:35 am

The new question of the week is whether or not Germany will get pulled down into the soup with the rest of Europe on the growing debt woes. A horrible bond ...
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Uranium Processor Still Waiting Federal Loan (USU, ARVCY)

Posted: November 25, 2011 at 10:18 am

Ever since the Energy Act of 2005 was passed and signed by President Bush, USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) has been working on a loan guarantee of $2 billion to build ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AEG, AZO, ABX, FCN, PEP, RSH, RTN, SOL, WAG)

Posted: November 25, 2011 at 8:44 am

Most U.S. research analysts do not make research calls the day after Thanksgiving but these are a few analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this ...
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What’s Happening In The Financial World (11/25/2011) Apple Customer Loyalty, Walmart India

Posted: November 25, 2011 at 5:55 am

The sovereign debt forest fire moved to Hungary, the debt of which was downgraded to junk status by Moody's . Other factors were even more important as the fate of ...
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Media Digest (11/25/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomerg

Posted: November 25, 2011 at 5:18 am

Research firm GfK reports that brand loyalty to Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is much higher than to other wireless products (Reuters) AT&T (NYSE: T) began to ready itself for the probable end ...
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Will Walmart (WMT) Fail In India?

Posted: November 25, 2011 at 5:17 am

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) has waited for years to gain the ability to have 100% ownership in a large retail company in India. It should be careful what it wishes for. It has ...
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Do Strong “Black Friday” Sales Mean Success?