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Monthly Archives: December 2011

iPhone 4S Satisfaction Rating at 96% (AAPL, SSNLF, MMI, GOOG)

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 9:29 am

The iPhone 4S from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) gets top marks for customer satisfaction according to a new survey from Changewave Research. Some 77% of customers are “very satisfied” with ...
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Investors Learning to Live with Disappointment in Lululemon (LULU)

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 9:02 am

Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) is getting blasted this morning on its guidance after earnings.  Nothing can last forever, maybe not even the endless exponential growth of yoga. The yoga ...
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Top Active Trader Alerts (LULU, TSPT, YHOO)

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 8:51 am

Crude oil is at $100.08, down 0.29% Gold is at $1,750, down 0.02%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng closed up 5.61% to 19,002. Japan’s Nikkei closed higher by 1.93% to 8,597. The U.S. 10-year is at 2.13%, up ...
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Jobless Claims Heading Wrong Way, No Help For Unemployment Friday

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 8:44 am

The U.S. Labor Department has issued its coverage of weekly jobless claims.  There may be some volatility due to the report being around the Thanksgiving holiday week, but the figures ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AGN, CRZO, XRAY, DWA, ERTS, IAG, GOOG, LLTC, ONXX, STX, SIG, VRSN, YHOO, DGI, GEOY)

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 8:34 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Allergan Inc. (NYSE: AGN) Raised to Buy at Argus. Carrizo ...
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United Continental and American Air: A Tale of Two Carriers

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 6:27 am

American Airlines parent AMR (NYSE: AMR) has entered Chapter 11 and begun tense talks with its pilots. New carrier United Continental (NYSE: UAL) was granted a certificate from the FAA to begin ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (12/1/2011) Yahoo! Japan, EU PMI

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 6:27 am

China’s PMI declined as the nation’s factory economy contracted for the first time in almost three years. The state-sponsored China Federation of Logistics & Planning reported its manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ ...
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Unemployment Plague Ruins EU’s Future

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 6:26 am

lEurostat announced the October unemployment level for what is calls the euro area, or the 17 nations at the heart of the eurozone. The number was 10.3%, up from 10.1% a ...
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A Move Toward Digital Comes Too Late at Time Inc.

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 6:26 am

 Time Warner’s (NYSE: TWX) publishing arm, Time Inc., has hired a senior digital media executive to run the largest magazine publisher in the U.S. Laura Lang, who headed digital ad agency ...
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Media Digest (12/1/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, Bloomberg

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 6:26 am

Blackstone (NYSE: BX) and Bain may bid for Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) along with Asian partners Alibaba and Yahoo! Japan. (Reuters) China’s PMI contracts for the first time in three years. ...
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Online Retailers Stealing Bricks And Mortar Business

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 5:18 am

The Monday following this year’s Thanksgiving, also known as Cyber Monday, was the highest-grossing online shopping day in U.S. history. According to research firm comScore, spending reached $1.25 billion, an ...
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