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SEC Operational Plans If Government Closes Down (NYX, NDAQ, CME, ICE, CBOE)

If you are like the rest of who are upset about some 'minor market issues' like Bernie Madoff, Raj, Octopussy, and the dozens of other extreme violations of securities laws, ...
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M&A Watch: Fallacy of Pac Man Exchange Mergers (NYX, NDAQ, ICE)

Early this morning when most people were asleep came news that the NYSE Euronext, Inc. (NYSE: NYX) was considering an opt-out of its existing merger pact with Deutsche Boerse to turn on ...
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From Shame to Antitrust: NYSE and NASDAQ-ICE Merger (NYX, NDAQ, ICE, CME)

First it was the shame that one of America's greatest names was going to effectively be foreign-owned.  The NYSE Euronext, Inc. (NYSE: NYX) is currently in a pending merger agreement ...
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Media Digest (3/18/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) cut 5% of the employees in its trading operation (Reuters) Congress added another stop gap budget bill to take the federal government's funding through April ...
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Mergers Meet Valuation Concerns in Exchanges (NYX, NDAQ, ICE, CBOE, CME)

The recently announced merger between the NYSE Euronext, Inc. (NYSE: NYX) and Deutsche Boerse has created a conundrum in the sector of exchanges.  Now there is a need to consolidate, ...
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More Exchange Mergers; Regulators Should Say No! (NYX, NDAQ, CME, CBOE, ICE)

Exchanges are already too powerful.  Now comes word that NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) is in advanced talks with Germany's Deutsche Boerse.  Shares were halted per the NYSE request.  The good ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ARG, AGNC, BRCM, CIM, CME, FSLR, HBAN, ICE, MNKD, MCD, MFA, MGI, NFLX, NTAP, ORCL, SNCR, VRTX)

These are some of this Monday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Airgas Inc. (NYSE: ARG) Raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray. American Capital ...
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Coffee Conundrum: Coffee Shelf Life vs. Corporate Finance (ICE, KFT, SBUX, FARM, GMCR, PEET, CBOU, JO)

Coffee prices have been rising, primarily as a result of a projected failure in the Colombian crop due to heavy rains. Colombia usually produces about 12 million bags of coffee ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ACH, ATHR, EAT, CTV, FSLR, ICE, MPEL, NAT, PNRA, SFL, TRV, TK)

These are some of this Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Aluminum Corp Of China (NYSE: ACH) Cut to Undeweight at JPMorgan. Atheros ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (CP, CME, GOOG, GDOT, ICE, NDAQ, N, NVTL, NYX, CRM, SNN, SMSI, SYMC, WFMI)

These are some of this Friday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Canadian Pacific Railway (NYSE: CP) Cut to Market Perform at Raymond James. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BHP, XOM, HAL, ICE, JCG, PNC, PLD, SCHN, SHW, SY, TXN, VOD)

These are some of the top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning: BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE: BHP) Raised to Overweight ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ARMH, DWA, FNSR, GPRE, HAS, ICE, JDSU, LM, RSH, WMT)

These are this Monday's top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls during the pre-market hours: ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH) Cut to Hold at UBS. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (CIEN, DRYS, ICE, IM, NAT, ORLY, RAX, PRSP, RF, STI, SLB, TMH, TIF)

These are this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) Started as Buy at Auriga. DryShips (NASDAQ: DRYS) Raised to ...
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CBOE Set to Join Public Exchanges in IPO (NYX, NDAQ, ICE)

It seems that the long quest of the Chicago Board Options Exchange is going to end up in an IPO.  The demutualization process has been an ongoing one and a ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (AAPL, GOOG, CME, FFIV, HOG, ICE, NDAQ, NTRI, SGMS, URBN)

These are the top ten stocks seeing analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street early this Friday morning: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) was given a cautious call from Oppenheimer, ...
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