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The Death of R-I-M Earnings… From Value to Value Trap (RIMM, AAPL, GOOG)

Posted: December 15, 2011 at 4:40 pm

Research-in-Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) should change its name to 'RIM's Limited.'  The smartphone maker is turning out to be a 'dumbphone' maker if you look at industry figures.  Still, what is ...
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First Solar Lowers Outlook, Cuts Jobs (FSLR, TSL, YGE, LDK, JASO)

Posted: December 14, 2011 at 11:18 am

Thin-film solar panel maker First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) has conceded the inevitable. The company this morning lowered its sales and profit outlook for this year, announced it would cut ...
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Best Buy’s Dunn Should Be Next CEO Fired

Posted: December 14, 2011 at 6:25 am

Andrea Jung was forced out as CEO of Avon Products (NYSE: AVP) after years of poor financial performance at the company. The CEO of Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Brian Dunn, should ...
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Best Buy Screws Up Again: Is CEO In Trouble?

Posted: December 13, 2011 at 8:35 am

Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) shares plunged as it reported another weak quarter. CEO Brian J. Dunn may be closer to losing his job. Revenue rose only 2% to $12.1 billion ...
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Intel Warning Knock… Market Inefficiency Reigns (INTC, TXN, ALTR, WDC, SMH, AMD, MU)

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 9:23 am

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) may be a recent position added to the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) stock holdings portfolio, but the semiconductor and processor giant is now issuing an ...
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Two Big Semiconductor Warnings (TXN, ALTR)

Posted: December 8, 2011 at 4:49 pm

You have been hearing about forecasts coming down for the fourth quarter and for the full 2012 outlook in many cases by research groups.  Today's news pretty much sums it ...
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More Pain For Research in Motion: Lower Guidance On Playbook Inventory Charge (RIMM, AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, SSNLF, BBY, WMT)

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 8:48 am

Smartphone pioneer Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) has lowered its third-quarter guidance and said that it will take a “predominantly” non-cash charge of $485 million on its existing inventory ...
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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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What’s Important in the Financial World Today (11/2/2011) Fed QE3, EU PMI Drop

Posted: November 2, 2011 at 6:37 am

Germany's PMI contracts. Germany’s PMI contracted for the first time since September 2009, and to the lowest level since July 2009 -- in the midst of the recession. This signals that ...
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Sony and CEO Stringer’s Last Failure?

Posted: November 2, 2011 at 6:22 am

Sony (NYSE: SNE) has made another in a long line of disappointing announcements about earnings. This one should cost chairman and CEO Sir Howard Stringer his job. He has been ...
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The Global Financial Industry Continues to Crumble

Posted: November 1, 2011 at 6:28 am

Nearly lost in the news that MF Global (NYSE: MF) has collapsed under the strain of poor gambles about the EU’s future were announcements from larger banks that will cut ...
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Yahoo! Stock Back Where It Started

Posted: November 1, 2011 at 6:18 am

Yahoo!'s (NASDAQ: YHOO) shares are back where they started the year. There has been a great deal of information released by the portal company since then. Wall St. should know ...
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Does MF Global Get To Survive On Its Own? (MF, BCS, GS, JPM, C)

Posted: October 28, 2011 at 7:38 am

To say that MF Global Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: MF) is in trouble might be the understatement of the year.  The commodities and derivatives broker has reportedly been caught on the ...
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Nintendo Wii Failure: Echoes of Consumer Electronic Disasters Past

Posted: October 27, 2011 at 6:28 am

The failure of the new Nintendo 3DS and upgraded Wii have caused the Japanese company troubles similar to those faced by Motorola, Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), and Nokia (NYSE: ...
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First Solar Earnings… When Bad Is Finally Good Enough (FSLR, SPWRA, STP, TAN)

Posted: October 26, 2011 at 8:43 am

First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) went ahead and got its earnings report out of the way.  After all, it botched its "CEO exit" so badly yesterday that it was an unfair ...
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