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Monthly Archives: December 2011

Are Oracle’s Earnings a Fluke?

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 6:10 am

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) earnings missed almost all Wall St. estimates and its shares fell 8%. The company has been among the most successful in the tech sector for years. Was ...
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What’s New in the Financial World (12/21/2011) DT to Buy Sprint?

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 6:09 am

Italy’s GDP dropped o.2% from the second quarter to the third. This will undermine hopes that expansion coupled with austerity will quickly bring Italy’s deficit lower. That, in turn, should ...
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Italy’s Future Prospects Disintegrate as GDP Stumbles

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 5:04 am

The one hope that financially weak eurozone nations have to offset the effects of austerity on their economies is to show GDP growth. That not likely because austerity robs economies ...
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Chinese Hackers Hit U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 3:26 am

According to the Wall Street Journal, hackers hit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The paper reports that: A group of hackers in China breached the computer defenses of America's top ...
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Amazon (AMZN) Approaches RIM About Buyout? How About Nokia And Micrososft?

Posted: December 20, 2011 at 6:34 pm

Update: The Wall Street Journal reports that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MFST) may also have consider a join bid. The rumors that a company would offer to buy ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (T, FFIV, URBN, AMGN, BAX, CAG, GIS, NAV, SAFM, JEF, NKE, ORCL, TRGT, CIE, CSIQ, PBH, HOV, CVS)

Posted: December 20, 2011 at 4:06 pm

US equity markets opened sharply higher this morning and have been able to sustain and even add to those gains throughout the day. Business and consumer confidence indexes in Europe ...
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At Least Someone Still Loves Solar (GOOG, KKR, BRK-A, FSLR, TAN, KWT)

Posted: December 20, 2011 at 3:04 pm

If you have been watching the share prices of the solar stocks, you will understand the joke (and perhaps not even laugh) that investing in these has turned many 401-K ...
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Federal Reserve Issues Draft Dodd-Frank Compliance Rules (GS, MS, BAC, JPM, C, WFC)

Posted: December 20, 2011 at 2:34 pm

The US Federal Reserve has issued proposed regulations that would put additional requirements on large US banks. The banks sure to be affected by the new rules include Goldman Sachs ...
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Stocking Stuffer: Starbucks Hit All-Time High (SBUX, GMCR, CBOU, PEET)

Posted: December 20, 2011 at 2:16 pm

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) has given its shareholders the ultimate gift of all this holiday season.  This stock did not just hit a new 52-week high today.  Starbucks shares hit ...
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ConAgra, General Mills Look Ahead to 2012… Quite Differently (CAG, GIS, KFT, HNZ, K)

Posted: December 20, 2011 at 1:56 pm

Food producers have been battling rising commodity costs, higher fuel costs, and higher packaging costs by raising their prices. That appears to be working decently for ConAgra Foods Inc. (NYSE: ...
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Shell, Transocean Stop Leak in Gulf of Mexico Well (RDS-A, RIG, BP)

Posted: December 20, 2011 at 12:46 pm

A small leak in a line feeding drilling fluid to a well owned and operated by Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-A) and using a rig owned by Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: ...
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Full 360-Degree Oracle Earnings Preview (ORCL, INTC, CSCO, SAP)

Posted: December 20, 2011 at 12:30 pm

Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) is going to be an important earnings report for after the close.  The company now has some hardware component sales after the Sun Microsystems bailout, something ...
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Fannie Mae Forecasts Weak Economy in 2012

Posted: December 20, 2011 at 11:55 am

With the fourth quarter of 2011 racking up better-than-expected sales gains both in on-line and brick-and-mortar stores, and some encouraging reports from homebuilders and on employment, the US economy going ...
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On-line Sales Rise 15% Year-over-Year (SCOR)

Posted: December 20, 2011 at 11:05 am

Holiday shoppers have been spending in force this year, both in brick-and-mortar stores and, even more strongly on-line. Sales are up more than 3% overall and on-line sales are 15% ...
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MLP 2012 Sector Breakout? Outlook, Charts, Income (EPD, KMP, MWE, PAA, WPZ, MMP, BPL, EPB, KYN, AMJ, AMLP)

Posted: December 20, 2011 at 10:41 am

This is an interesting point in time for the sector of Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs).  The oil and gas business could greatly unlock much of the domestic unemployment woes (and ...
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