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The Hardest Working Brands for 2009: The Year Of The Dog

Posted: March 17, 2010 at 3:46 pm

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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Media Digest 3/10/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 10, 2010 at 3:54 am

Reuters:   Democrats may miss their goal to vote on healthcare reform. Reuters:   China exports rose 46% in February. Reuters:   China's Geely raised money to buy Volvo. Reuters:   Strong Chinese trade ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BIIB, CMA, ENER, ESLR, FSLR, MAT, HK, TRV, YUM, ZRAN)

Posted: March 9, 2010 at 8:17 am

These are this Tuesday morning's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in early Wall Street research notes: Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) Started as Buy at Soleil. Comerica (NYSE: CMA) ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ADBE, CHKP, CTXS, OFC, DWA, MAT, MSFT, SNDK, TRA, VMW, VRSN, WFMI)

Posted: February 17, 2010 at 8:17 am

These are some of the top Wall Street research calls from analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen early this Wednesday morning: Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) Started as Buy at Citigroup. ...
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More Predictions of Dividend Hikes For 2010 (MAT, AWK, XOM, WCRX, AMGN, GPS, MMM, GE, JPM, TWX)

Posted: February 10, 2010 at 5:45 am

Companies seemed to prefer share buybacks in 2007 and 2008, and maybe part of 2009.  Why not, if the stock is cheap?  But then 2009 came and many companies were ...
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China Finds Another Way To Poison US Kids

Posted: January 11, 2010 at 5:46 am

The AP has discovered that China is replacing lead in a number of the pieces of jewelry that it makes for export with cadmium. Medical books say that the metal can cause ...
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The 100 Hardest Working Brands In The World

Posted: October 20, 2009 at 5:06 pm

There are a number of ways to rank brand values. One of the most important is the level at which a brand contributes to the market value of a public ...
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Top Analyst Calls (BT, CSCO, EMC, HAS, ITW, MAT, NTAP, OMC, TEN, VECO)

Posted: June 16, 2009 at 6:25 am

These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street with more than two hours until the market opens: BT Group ...
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Tuesday’s Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BJ, GLW, DRI, DTSI, ITW, RBS, VIA, BHP, COF, FITB, MAT, STO)

Posted: February 3, 2009 at 7:29 am

These are some of Tuesday morning's top pre-market upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street analysts with more than two hours until the open:BJ's Wholesale (NYSE: BJ) Raised ...
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Media Digest 2/3/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 3, 2009 at 4:02 am

According to Reuters, Bank of America (BAC) and Merrill Lynch did agree on a bonus package for employees before the merger. There had been questions about the approval.Reuters reports that ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (IP)(MAT)(HAS)(ADCT)(HBAN)(RF)(NCX)

Posted: February 2, 2009 at 4:44 pm

NOVA Chemicals (NCX) Ratings cut pushes shares down to $1.28 compard to a 52-week high of $32.46.Regions Financial (RF) Still falling after analyst downgrades. Falls to $2.67 from 52-week high ...
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Barbie Loses Her Head (MAT)

Posted: February 2, 2009 at 8:34 am

Is the Barbie doll going the way of the Raphus cucullatus (Dodo Bird)? Mattel (MAT) posted awful sales for the last quarter. The toy company said revenue fell 11% to ...
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Hasbro vs. Mattel: Earnings From The Toy Giants (HAS, MAT)

Posted: October 20, 2008 at 8:01 am

We have seen earnings this morning from toy giants Hasbro Inc. (NYSE: HAS) and Mattel Inc. (NYSE: MAT).  One is a relative winner, while one is not. (more...) ...
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Media Digest 8/27/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 27, 2008 at 2:51 am

According to Reuters, the FDIC may have to borrow money from Treasury to see it though a wave of bank failures.Reuters reports that Lehman (LEH) has asked three investment firms ...
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Baxter (BAX) Takes On Mattel’s (MAT) Mantle

Posted: February 14, 2008 at 5:35 am

Mattel (NYSE: MAT) may have feared it would wear the China "kick me" sign forever. Until Baxter (NYSE: BAX) came along.The new poster boy for not keeping an eye on ...
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