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Monthly Archives: December 2011

BP Will Exit Solar Panel-Making Business (BP, FSLR, SPWR, JASO, LDK, TSL, STP)

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 1:49 pm

In September 2010, BP plc (NYSE: BP) fired 320 workers at its solar panel-making operation in Maryland because it could not compete with manufacturers like First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), ...
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Deutsche Telekom’s Windfall May Come Up Short (T, DTEGY, S, VZ, VOD, AAPL)

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 1:17 pm

When AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) killed the $39 billion deal for T-Mobile USA it had agreed to with Deutsche Telekom AG (OTC: DTEGY), the $4 billion break-up fee going to ...
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Eight Countries With Credit Ratings Set to Rise Next Year

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 12:14 pm

It seems that all of the nations around the world are facing sovereign credit ratings downgrades or warnings of downgrades. After the United States lost its prized "AAA" rating, the threat of downgrades ...
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Crude Inventory Drops Dramatically (XOM, CVX, SLB, HAL, BHI)

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 11:26 am

This morning’s weekly petroleum status report from the US Energy Information Administration noted a particularly steep -- and unexpected -- drawdown in oil stocks. Crude inventory fell by 10.6 million ...
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Morning Movers (ORCL, TDC, CMFB, MY, RIMM)

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 10:28 am

There are several stocks trading more heavily than usual this morning, and also experiencing large gains or drops in share prices. These include Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL), Teradata Corp. (NYSE: ...
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Oracle Fears and Risks Flow Downstream (ORCL, CSCO, IBM, EMC, VMW, RHT, SYMC, INTC, MSFT, IGV)

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 10:11 am

What happens when the industry leader who never misses earnings manages a huge disappointment?  This is the question regarding Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL).  The company has a near-decade of history ...
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the SEC’s Naughty list

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 10:11 am

From dumb and dumber investment decisions made to dramatic “You Can’t Handle the Truth” shout-outs roared by actor-wanna-be (Jack Nicholson’s) Colonel Nathan R Jessep-types (“A Few Good Men”), 2011 was ...
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Verizon’s Spectrum Purchase Being Investigated (VZ, VOD, CMCSA, TWC, T, DTEGY, S)

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 9:07 am

Earlier this month Verizon Wireless, the joint venture between Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone plc (NASDAQ: VOD), paid $3.6 billion for spectrum licenses belonging to SpectrumCo LLC, a ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (12/21/2011) RIM Takeover, China Hacks Chamber Of Commerce

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 8:10 am

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may have an interest in buying Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) (WSJ) Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) may have an interest in buying RIM (Reuters) ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BWA, CTL, CHKR, CTRN, EXXI, F, HON, ITMN, JEF, JPM, ORCL, RIMM, TDC, WPI)

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 8:03 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE: BWA) Started as Buy at Stern Agee. CenturyLink, ...
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Morning Wire — US Stock-Index Futures Holding to Slight Gains

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 7:57 am

The big story this morning is the euro489 billion ($641 billion) that Europe’s central banks took from the first of two long-term refinance operations (LTRO) offered by the European Central ...
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Eurozone Banks Borrow Half a Trillion

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 7:39 am

The European Central Bank this morning got its long-term refinancing operation (LTRO) off the blocks with a bang. Eurozone banks took €489 billion ($641 billion) of the 1%, three-year loans, surpassing ...
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Media Digest (12/21/2011) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 6:14 am

Prosecutors raid Olympus to gain data in a probe of the accounting scandal at the company. (Reuters) Bank of Japan says it will hold to current policies as the economy ...
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The American Cities That Added (And Lost) The Most Jobs

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 6:12 am

As economic conditions in the country improve, it is not enough to quote national statistics and vague data. Tangible, localized measures often paint a much clearer picture of the recovery ...
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Evidence of Huge Holiday Sales

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 6:10 am

Gallup data confirms what Comscore and National Retail Federation research have already hinted. Holiday sales in 2011 may rise to levels that were hardly dreamed of just months ago. This ...
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