Monthly Archives: December 2011

Non-manufacturing Index Grows in November, But More Slowly

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 12:43 pm

The non-manufacturing portion of the US economy, which includes retail sales, mining, and agriculture, continued on its 24-month growth path in November, although more slowly than in October. The index ...
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Hawaiian Cutting-Edge Renewable Technology One for Smart Investors to Watch

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 11:29 am

Hey, investor thinking outside the box? How about a renewable energy technology that’s been around for more than seven decades and is now again attracting attention from the world’s largest ...
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Xbox Live Challenging Cable Supremacy? (MSFT, AAPL, GOOG, CMCSA, TWC, VZ, CVC, SSNLF, LOGI)

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 10:44 am

Tomorrow’s launch of an upgrade to Xbox Live from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is the latest shot in the battle for control of US TV sets. The Redmond giant isn’t ...
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When Car Sellers Pan Electric & Hybrid Cars (AN, GM)

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 10:12 am

Mike Jackson, CEO of AutoNation Inc. (NYSE: AN) was on a CNBC video this morning on the heels of news that the November sales figures were up 21% from a year ...
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Talbots Takes 24/7 Wall St. Advice, Sacks CEO

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 9:20 am

Last week, 24/7 Wall St. made the case that The Talbots (NYSE: TLB) fire its CEO Trudy F. Sullivan. Today, the company pushed her out and said it would start ...
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OPEC Going Green

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 9:05 am

At the triennial World Petroleum Congress in Qatar, a handful of representatives from Middle Eastern OPEC nations have indicated that their countries are beginning to take steps to reduce their ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (12/5/2011) Lehman Bros Board

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 8:40 am

Lehman Bros will name a new board of directors (WSJ) The EU may set fines for privacy breaches by large multinational companies (FT) Douglas A. McIntyre ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AA, AMGN, ADSK, CVC, CBI, LFC, INCY, LNKD, THC, TWC, TIVO)

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 8:29 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) Cut to Neutral from Buy at ...
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Euro Banks on the Rise for Merkel/Sarkozy (STD, BBVA, IRE, CS, UBS, DB, NBG, BCS, RBS)

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 7:45 am

Sarkozy and Merkel have gone from killers of the markets to saviors of the market, and oddly enough there is no full resolution yet to the Euro Zone debt crisis ...
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Potential Upside for Specialty Retailers (SPLS, OMX, BKS, BID, PETM)

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 7:30 am

With the focus on holiday shopping, now is a good time to have a look at potential upside gains in specialty retail stocks. We’ve looked at five stocks that we’ve ...
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E-commerce Continues to Set Records, Advantage to Amazon.com

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 6:51 am

Holiday e-commerce sales continue to set records. Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), which is the leader in e-commerce sales by far as a single company, is likely to be among the ...
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Americans Waste Massive Amounts of Time Online

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 6:50 am

There was a time, from the 1960s through earlier in this century, when television was considered a tremendous waste of time for Americans who should have been reading, working or ...
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India’s Retail Plan Kills Its Credibility

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 6:50 am

The cabinet in India has set new rules that would allow large outside retailers like Walmart (NYSE: WMT) to own 51% of local multiproduct retail establishments. But it appears that parliament ...
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New Italian Government vs. Labor Strikes

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 6:49 am

The government of the new Italian prime minister, Mario Monti, has approved new austerity measures of $40 billion. The cuts now move on to the nation’s parliament. But they ...
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