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America’s Most Successful Second Place Companies

Posted: April 13, 2010 at 3:28 am

“Never look over your shoulder. Something might be gaining on you.”--Satchel Page Jack Welsh once said that GE would sell any division of the conglomerate that was not No.1 or ...
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Electronic Trading Price Wars (AMTD, SCHW, ETFC, IBKC)

Posted: February 2, 2010 at 1:26 pm

Shares of electronic trading firms are under a bit of pressure today over fears of more price wars in the highly competitive electronic trading arena.  The pressure comesx after Fidelity ...
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Media Digest 1/20/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 20, 2010 at 3:42 am

Reuters:   Obama said he will not let companies who owe the US taxes to bid for government work. Reuters:   Republican Scott Brown won the Senate race in Massachusetts putting the ...
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Schwab (SCHW) Drop Trading Fees

Posted: January 7, 2010 at 12:51 pm

By Paul Ausick of 24/7 Wall St. Charles Schwab Corporation (NASDAQ:SCHW) has announced that it will drop its online equity trade commissions for retail investors from $12.95/trade to $8.95/trade beginning ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AOL, CSC, IAG, IMAX, MAN, STP, AMTD, XTO)

Posted: December 22, 2009 at 8:34 am

These are this Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Started as Equal-Weight at Barclays. Computer Science Corp. (NYSE: CSC) ...
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E*TRADE New CEO… Chances of Buyout Changing? (ETFC, C, AMTD, SCHW, GS, MS)

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 10:37 am

E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) has some good news this morning, although this could actually be bad news for those hoping for an immediate takeover.  The company has been without ...
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Schwab Only Partial Read on Online Brokers (SCHW, ETFC, AMTD)

Posted: December 14, 2009 at 12:45 pm

Charles Schwab Corp.(NASDAQ: SCHW) is acting as a drag on the online brokerage firms today.  Schwab warned that its fourth quarter results would come in weak due to lower trading ...
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The Ten Brands That Will Disappear In 2010

Posted: December 2, 2009 at 12:00 pm

24/7 Wall St. has prepared its list of the ten brands that will disappear in 2010. This list is based on a review of each firm's financial situation and other ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (12/1/2009) (ETFC)(AMTD)

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 8:39 am

Updated throughout the day. The Somali pirates claim to have started their own "stock exchange"   (CNBC, Reuters) E*Trade (NASDAQ:ETFC) will probably not be sold to TDAmeritrade (NASDAQ:AMTD)  (The Street) Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/30/2009) (GOOG)(ETFC)(AMTD)(AAPL)

Posted: November 30, 2009 at 9:03 am

Updated throughout the day. Updated 12.24 PM EST:  HSBC (NYSE:HBC), Barclays (NYSE:BCS), and Standard Chartered may have large exposure to Dubai debt problems.  (NYTimes) 12.08 PM EST: Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is ...
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AMERITRADE Shelf Registration Spurs E*TRADE Speculation Further (AMTD, ETFC, SCHW)

Posted: November 19, 2009 at 11:38 am

TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: AMTD) has just filed an automatic shelf registration statement with the SEC today, which many rumor mongers may jump on and point to the notion ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/19/2009) (BA)(AMTD)(MWW)(NWSA)(AAPL)

Posted: November 19, 2009 at 8:45 am

Updated throughout the day. Update 12.50 PM EST:  Boeing (NYSE:BA) could lose a $7.5 billion order for fighter planes to Brazil if the US Senate does not confirm Obama's nominee ...
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Investors Flee Full-Service Brokers

Posted: July 25, 2009 at 6:16 am

Many investors feel that their brokers led them astray when the market collapsed. Brokers may not have suggested moving money to safe havens, or they may have suggested that clients ...
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Charles Schwab (SCHW) And The Price Of Reputation

Posted: July 21, 2009 at 3:46 am

Several research firms publish data on corporate reputations each year. It is not difficult to predict which companies are likely to be on the section of these lists where there ...
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Media Digest 7/21/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 21, 2009 at 2:53 am

Reuters:   Microsoft (MSFT) is putting more R&D in India. Reuters:   CIT (CIT) confirmed that it rasied $3 billion. Reuters:   Bernanke said Fed can control inflation. Reuters:   California lawmakers agreed to ...
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