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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (GMCR, LULU, NLY, M, HSY, CYAN, GSL, IVN, JCP, LOW, ZBB, DQ, BXG, PAY, SHZ, CADX, JKS)

Shares only briefly broke above last week’s close today, as decliners outnumber gainers by about 4 to 1 in the late afternoon. Tech stocks held up fairly well early as ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMGN, AMLN, NLY, BAM, GBX, GMCR, HSY, LULU, M, CRM, SPR, TK, TWGP)

These are some of Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) Cut to Market Perform at Leerink Swann. Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ...
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Best Ideas List For The Second Half (ANF, AWK, BKS, CMG, GME, HSY, IPSU, MED, RVBD, SEIC, PRTS)

Many research firms and brokerage firms maintain a list of best ideas for the year, and these often get updated quarterly or as companies reach a target or as they ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AEO, ADI, MT, BCS, CSCO, DMND, FSLR, FWLT, FITB, HSY, PLCM, ROST, STX, SYMC, TWGP, MTN, WDC)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO) Cut to Hold at ...
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Commodities Watch: Corn Price Sets New Record; Cocoa Prices Falling; WTI Crude Could Drop Significantly (DBA, MOO, TSN, SFD, HRL, DE, CNH, AGCO, MOS, HSY, KFT, GLD, SLV, GDX, GDXJ, SIL, USO)

Time for our daily look at the world of commodity prices and key developments. Corn futures continue their seemingly inexorable march toward $8/bushel as wet and windy weather in the ...
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Chocolate As Expensive As Caviar? That’s Absurd

Chocolate lovers, who are facing price hikes in the wake of record cocoa prices, can take solace in one thing:  the cost of their deliciousness likely will never reach the ...
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The $70 Billion A Year American Obesity Tax

No matter what legislation comes out of the frenzied health care debate, economists say that it will cost the American taxpayer a great deal. Estimates run the gamut from the ...
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The Hardest Working Brands for 2009: The Year Of The Dog

A look at the "hardest working" major brands for 2009 shows that a number of them belong to companies which have done poorly and, in at least one case, may ...
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Brand Value And Stock Value: Soft Drinks, Candy, Soap, And Soup

Large consumer companies spend a great deal of marketing money on creating, preserving, and increasing the image of their brands. If a product has problems, the process does not always ...
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Large Companies With Large Dividend Raises (ADM, BWP, CL, HAS, HSY, LLL, TWX)

2010 is turning out to be the year that big companies return to hiking dividends.  In just the last week we have seen dividend hikes from Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AA, AXP, AMLN, AMAT, NILE, CSCO, ETN, HBAN, HSY, JCI, JNPR, KEY, LXK, LTD, PNC, TXN)

These are this Tuesday's analyst upgrades and downgrades seen from Wall Street research calls: Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) Raised to Market Perform from Underperform at BMO Capital. American Express (NYSE: ...
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Media Digest (1/22/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   China battle back at US charges about cyber attacks. Reuters:   Under the new Obama proposal, banks may drop private equity assets. Reuters:   Hershey (NYSE:HSY) will not make a counter bid for Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) ...
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Media Digest 1/20/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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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Cadbury (CBY): Money Changes Everything

The Kraft (NYSE:KFT) deal to buy Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) was concluded today at a purchase price of about $19.44 billion. That was all it took to close the deal--a rich offer ...
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The Unusual Suspects (ACOR, AAPL, BX, PMI, VZ, T, BRK-A, BRK-B, CBY, HSY, KFT, C, BAC, WFC, GS)

This week's Unusual Suspects are not just about earnings season, despite the deluge and onslaught we are about to see.  We have a watch for events this week in shares ...
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