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Monthly Archives: December 2011

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACI, AMT, BRK-B, CLF, CCI, DE, DPZ, GES, LOW, LULU, SINA, SNN, WNR, WAG, SLF, WPI, TEVA)

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 8:19 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) named as Bear of the ...
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Zynga Aims for $1 Billion IPO

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 7:49 am

Social game-maker Zynga Inc. has filed an amended Form S-1 with the US Security and Exchange Commission indicating that the company plans to sell 100 million shares at a price ...
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The Newest Fortune 100 Companies

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 6:42 am

Most of America’s largest companies are also among its oldest companies. In fact, many of the Fortune 100 firms are more than a century old. Almost none were founded in ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (12/2/2011) Chrysler Victory, Google Chrome Surge

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 6:41 am

The sovereign debt problem in Europe gets more complex by the hour. The European Central Bank said it may intervene to buy paper issued by nations that are economically weak. ...
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More DJIA Stocks Set to Hike Dividends Very Soon (DIS, DIA, T, VZ, CSCO, KO, IBM, JNJ, JPM, MMM, PFE, MRK, WMT, DVY, VIG, PFM, HDV)

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 6:31 am

Dividends are still rising and equity and income investors should expect more of the same for 2012. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) joined in on the dividend hike brigade with ...
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Google E-commerce Plan May Further Damage Traditional Retailers

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 6:23 am

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will start an e-commerce business to compete with Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). Amazon is the devil to struggling bricks-and-mortar companies that want more online sales. But Google eventually ...
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Media Digest (12/2/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 6:22 am

Auto sales reach a two-year high. (Reuters) Tom Glocer, the head of Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI), resigns and will be replaced by the COO. (Reuters) The intellectual property battle between ...
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Those Who Lost Jobs in the Recession Also Lost Ground

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 6:21 am

The Heldrich Center at Rutgers has issued a new report that says only 7% of people who lost their jobs after the financial crisis have made it back to their former ...
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A New Case to Oust Talbots’ CEO

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 5:23 am

Trudy F. Sullivan is still the CEO of The Talbots (NYSE: TLB). The retailer continues to be one of the least successful in its sector. Sullivan has overstayed whatever welcome she ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (GOOG, IAG, ERTS, STX, ONXX, CRZO, GIL, BKS, LULU, ISLE, KR, TLB, PEIX, LAVA, CLWR, STNG, HOVNP)

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 4:05 pm

Equity markets opened slightly lower this morning, following yesterday’s big share price increases. For most of the day stocks traded slightly lower, although they have moved to a very slight ...
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Has Potential Upside Gone Missing in Transport Stocks? (CSX, NSC, UNP, CP, JBHT, LSTR, DSX, DRYS, EXM, FRO)

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 2:30 pm

Railroads and trucking companies have, for the most part, seen share prices rise over the past 12 months, while ocean-going shippers have taken a severe beating. Of four railroads, CSX ...
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Corning Back to Attractive Long-Term Valuation, Chart Shows Trouble (GLW)

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 11:26 am

Corning Inc. (NYSE: GLW) has filed to raise capital in an automatic shelf registration today.  The reality is that this is just a shelf registration and it is not unusual ...
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November Same-Store Sales Mixed, Winners and Losers (LTD, TLB, COST, TGT, M, DDS, JWN, KSS, GPS, ROST, JCP, TJX, LULU, SSI, PIR)

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 10:17 am

Retailers are reporting November sales this morning and the results are decidely mixed. The best report we’ve seen so far this morning is from Limited Brands, Inc. (NYSE: LTD) and ...
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ISM Data Still Supports Growth, Beating All Estimates

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 10:14 am

The Institute for Supply Management has released the November ISM data on manufacturing at levels which are frankly better than expected.  The levels are also out of the red zone. ...
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Sprint Locks in Clearwire, Avoids Restructuring For Now (S, CLWR)

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 9:40 am

Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) has decided not to leave Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) in the dust.  The two companies have had a history of tie-ups and the risk that ...
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