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Baidu’s Cloud Effort Likely a 2013 (or Beyond) Story (BIDU, MSFT, GOOG, YHOO)

Posted: March 29, 2012 at 6:57 am

Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) is among the latest of companies joining in on the cloud storage initiative.  The company's recent initiative at pan.baidu.com is set to ultimately compete against Microsoft Corporation ...
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When Closed-End Funds Buy Back Shares (CHN, FXI)

Posted: March 28, 2012 at 12:15 pm

The China Fund, Inc. (NYSE: CHN) is a closed-end mutual fund rather than an exchange-traded fund.  It also has traded in a sloppy manner where the fund often tracks its ...
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Randgold, a Mali Coup, and the Price of Timbuktu (GOLD)

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 11:38 am

Randgold Resources Limited (NASDAQ: GOLD) is paying a price for where it does business.  The political situation in the African nation Mali is in a coup.  The gold mining outfit ...
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Analyst Kicks The Irish While They Are Down (IRE)

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 11:18 am

The Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) is getting hit hard this morning.  Today's move is not due to new developments in the lands of the PIIGS, is not on a ...
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Punishing Chinese Solar Makers, With Candy (TSL, STP, LDK, JASO, FSLR, STP)

Posted: March 20, 2012 at 1:54 pm

Solar shares are in a bit of flux after reports that the U.S. Commerce Department has ruled that Chinese solar panel makers have received illegal subsidies from China's government.  U.S. ...
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OLED Player Novaled AG Files for U.S. IPO

Posted: March 20, 2012 at 7:05 am

Another LED player is going public. A German outfit called Novaled AG has filed its paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell up to $200 million in American ...
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Perfection at Perfect World (PWRD)

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 9:19 am

Perfect World Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: PWRD) is leading the gainers list this morning.  With less than 25 minutes until the open we have seen some 300,000 shares trade hands and ...
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Are Gold Stocks a Bargain at 52-Week Lows? (GLD, ABX, NEM, GG, GDX)

Posted: March 15, 2012 at 1:55 pm

Gold is trying to recover on Thursday as it moves back and forth between being a risk-trade asset and an end of the world trade.  While gold may be on the mend or ...
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BRIC Woes Move From China To Brazil (GOL, PBR, VIV, VALE, EWZ)

Posted: March 6, 2012 at 11:50 am

The growth engines of the world are called the BRIC nations for Brazil, Russia, China, and India.  What happens when growth rates are just not as robust as they are ...
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S&P Cuts Greece to ‘Selective Default’ (NBG)

Posted: February 27, 2012 at 4:47 pm

Greece has all but formally defaulted on its debt if you remove the winks and nods from the 'exceptions to the rules' of what constitutes a default.  Standard & Poor's ...
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Dividend Investors Have To Weigh Shipping Fundamentals and Outlook (NAT, ALEX, OSG, ESEA, SFL, DRYS, SHIP, SEA)

Posted: February 15, 2012 at 2:30 pm

The world of shipping dry goods, sea containers, and oil and commodities has been in a very strange place so far in 2012.  Dividend investors need to start evaluating whether ...
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Greek Default Fears On Again, Off Again (NBG, GREK)

Posted: February 14, 2012 at 3:55 pm

If you are watching the market news, the status of Greece is on again and off again.  It sounds like a Greek deal is no longer a sure thing and ...
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Alcatel-Lucent Pulls a Rabbit Out of Its Hat on Earnings (ALU)

Posted: February 10, 2012 at 8:13 am

Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) is surging after earnings.  Amazingly enough, the short sellers greatly lightened up in the new data that came out of the NYSE last night.  There was a ...
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More Short Covering Exaggerates Solar Rallies (TAN, FSLR, SPWR, ENER, TSL, WFR)

Posted: February 9, 2012 at 3:10 pm

Solar stocks are on fire.  Still, they are so far down from a year ago that celebrating the move it difficult to do.  To show just how powerful this move up ...
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Greek Debt & Austerity Deal, Cheered With a Thud (NBG, GREK, FXE, ALU, DB, STD)

Posted: February 9, 2012 at 9:06 am

Reports are out that parties in Greece have finally agreed to a debt and austerity deal that will allow it to get its bailout funding and to remain part of ...
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