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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (GD, VALE, GMCR, GLW, CHK, ARG, ACAT, T, BMY, CAT, CY, LMT, MKC, MWW, POT, RTN, VIST, RNWK, MNTA, NFLX, EFSC)

Posted: January 26, 2012 at 4:08 pm

All three major US indexes opened higher this morning, but enthusiasm tapered off quickly and steadily, if not sharply. A drop in the number of new home sales and a ...
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The 10 Most Expensive Weapons in the World

Posted: January 9, 2012 at 6:49 am

The 10 most expensive weapons systems in the world total $868 billion in research and development and manufacturing costs. The Department of Defense has commissioned each of the weapons. The ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (1/6/2012) BMW No. 1, Samsung Earnings

Posted: January 6, 2012 at 6:39 am

Can Audi pass BMW, which passed Mercedes? The ongoing race for the prime position among luxury car companies in the U.S. was won by BMW in 2011. It sold 247,907 ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (APKT, AFFX, AKS, AAPL, CCI, EMC, GD, GMCR, LMT, MOS, NTAP, OFG, POT, STLD, TIVO)

Posted: January 4, 2012 at 8:28 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Wednesday morning.  Acme Packet, Inc. (NASDAQ: APKT) Cut to Neutral ...
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U.S. Guns for Jobs

Posted: January 2, 2012 at 6:24 am

The U.S. sold $29.4 billion worth of F-15s to Saudi Arabia. The State Department and defense contractors can take whatever solace they need in the adage that fighter jets do not ...
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Media Digest (1/2/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 2, 2012 at 6:23 am

F-16 and F-15 production lines are being extended by U.S. government sales to Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Oman by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Boeing (NYSE: BA), made through the ...
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Iran’s Wild Card for Defense Stocks In 2012 … Dividends Hang in the Balance (ATK, GD, LLL, LMT, RTN)

Posted: December 28, 2011 at 1:44 pm

It is no secret that Iran is a saber-rattling nation. The country wants to be relevant on the global stage so much that it keeps up with its nuclear ambitions ...
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Media Digest (12/20/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT

Posted: December 20, 2011 at 6:20 am

AT&T (NYSE: T) gives up on its effort to buy T-Mobile. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) wins a patent case over HTC in the smartphone wars. (Reuters) Olympus will sell shares ...
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Where US Federal Budget Cuts Will Hurt the Most (LMT, NOC, BA, RTN, SAI, GD, HPQ, LLL, BAH, KBR)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 11:50 am

The US House-Senate budget reduction committee, or the ‘super committee’, that is charged with recommending $1.5 trillion in budget cuts over the next 10 years has just another 10 ...
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Dividend Hikes Keep on Coming (AFL, APL, ABX, HEP, LMT, MMPC, NEM, EGOV)

Posted: October 26, 2011 at 5:14 pm

Wednesday was a major day for dividend hikes.  We saw higher dividends and higher distributions from the following: AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL); Atlas Pipeline Partners LP (NYSE: APL); Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: ABX); ...
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America’s Most Overpaid CEOs

Posted: October 20, 2011 at 4:15 am

It’s that time of year again, when proxies are released and many business publications run lists of the highest paid CEOs at America’s large public companies. The compensation figures are ...
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The Great Overlooked Dividend Hikes During the Panic (COV, CXS, DISCA, FITB, F, HST, LVS, LMT, MCD, MSFT, NEM, O)

Posted: September 23, 2011 at 2:20 pm

This was no good week for stocks even if the markets have bounced off the lows numerous times on Friday.  The low of the DJIA on Friday morning of 10,638 ...
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Media Digest (9/7/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT

Posted: September 7, 2011 at 6:19 am

Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz fired over the phone. (Reuters) Obama may propose a $300 billion employment package with tax cuts and new expenditures to train workers. (Reuters) Pressure ...
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Media Digest (9/6/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 6, 2011 at 6:18 am

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) and Citigroup (NYSE: C) may settle charges made by several states over “robo-signing” practices. (FT) Lockheed Martin ...
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August’s New Massive Stock Buybacks… Over $30 Billion (LOW, CVS, CELG, COV, INTU, DISCA, HRS, LMT, RSG, LOW, ABC, MXIM, ANR, AVT, JAH, LUV, STJ, ECL, IPG, FRX, ACE, CLF, CTSH, KBR, NWL, VRX, AKAM, AOL, DLB, URBN, ACM, CHTR, MYGN, PFG, HSIC)

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 3:00 pm

The pace of stock buyback announcements in the month of August was almost unbelievable.  The pace was stronger at the start of the month when earnings were still coming in ...
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