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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (AONE, EXPE, RIMM, AMGN, MMM, AAPL, CSCO, AMSC, BG, DNKN, LO, PEP, PM, SIRI, TDC, IPSU, TSL, DMND, GRPN, TLEO, CZR)

Posted: February 9, 2012 at 4:07 pm

The three major US stock indexes opened a bit higher this morning, and after some volatility have managed to get to the final half hour of trading with a modest ...
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Apple Captures 80% of Mobile Phone Company Profits (AAPL, SSNLF, RIMM, NOK, MMI, GOOG, MSFT)

Posted: February 9, 2012 at 11:50 am

Investment firm Canaccord Genuity said today in its daily newsletter that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) garners about 80% of the operating profit among all handset makers. Of $14.4 billion in ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMGN, AUO, AONE, ELN, EXPE, IR, MMM, MRH, NYX, POST, RIMM, SOHU, AAPL)

Posted: February 9, 2012 at 8:29 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Thursday morning. Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer; ...
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Media Digest (2/9/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 9, 2012 at 6:37 am

Greek ministers will go to Brussels to meet with EU officials about restructuring of debt, but several details have not been resolved. (Reuters) Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) posts earnings that trouble Wall ...
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Nearly 200,000 Sign Petition Against Apple Supplier Use

Posted: February 8, 2012 at 5:22 pm

Following media reports in The New York Times and other outlets about the treatment of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) supplier workers at China manufacturer Foxconn, nearly 200,000 people have signed an online petition ...
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Sprint Earnings… Viability Question Remains Front and Center (S, AAPL)

Posted: February 8, 2012 at 8:47 am

Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) may be ticking up marginally after reporting its quarterly loss.  Sprint turned in a report showing a loss of -$0.35 EPS, narrowly better than the ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/8/2012) Nokia Fires 4,000, Yahoo! Cuts Chairman

Posted: February 8, 2012 at 6:44 am

The restructuring of the world’s troubled multinationals continues. The trend has been particularly evident in industries like big pharma, where sales have fallen too fast to maintain expense levels. The most recent victim of ...
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Media Digest (2/8/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 8, 2012 at 6:43 am

The Greeks try to get a financial aid package while some regional leaders say the eurozone does not need the southern European nation. (Reuters) A House committee pushes through plans ...
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Apple Stock Still Looks Cheap At All-Time Highs (AAPL, XOM, MSFT)

Posted: February 7, 2012 at 5:26 pm

Yet another all-time high for shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL).  Whether it is iPhone, Mac, iPad, or the chatter of the coming AppleTV... The run here has been amazing ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/7/2012) New Nokia Phone, Toyota Recovery

Posted: February 7, 2012 at 6:49 am

Greece continues to demonstrate that it can teeter almost indefinitely between austerity and the grant of aid packages without a short-term resolution to its sovereign debt crisis. The latest development is that the ...
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Media Digest (2/7/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 7, 2012 at 6:49 am

Glencore and Xtrata agree to a $90 billion merger. (Reuters) Greek leaders face a deal for settling sovereign debt matters as workers strike. (Reuters) Toyota (NYSE: TM) posts good third-quarter ...
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HTC: The Latest Victim of Smartphone Wars

Posted: February 6, 2012 at 6:45 am

HTC posted fourth-quarter earnings that were less than impressive. It also forecast a disastrous first quarter. These are signs that HTC is the latest company to succumb to the success of Samsung and ...
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Media Digest (2/2/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 2, 2012 at 4:10 am

Glencore and Xstrata are in merger talks. (Reuters) A federal mortgage deal with banks over mortgage fraud would give states enforcement power. (Reuters) Sony (NYSE: SNE) expects a $2.9 billion loss. ...
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New Sony CEO, No New Future

Posted: February 1, 2012 at 6:48 am

Sony’s (NYSE: SNE) revenue fell 9% in the September quarter and the company posted a loss, one of a long series. The Japanese firm also said that its P&L problems ...
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Sony Belatedly Appoints New CEO

Posted: February 1, 2012 at 3:38 am

After years of failed product launches, bad management decisions, and billions of dollars in losses which have caused its stock price to plunge, Sir Howard Stinger has finally be replaced ...
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