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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (CVX, EK, JPM, WSM, INFY, BGFV, MSFT, TGT)

Posted: January 12, 2012 at 4:17 pm

Equities had a hard time deciding whether to follow a bull or a bear on Thursday.  Retail sales were mixed, but weekly jobless claims rose unexpectedly and the fears are ...
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LG Agrees to Meet Microsoft’s Royalty Demand (MSFT, GOOG, AAPL, MMI, ORCL, NOK)

Posted: January 12, 2012 at 12:21 pm

Korea’s LG Electronics has agreed to pay a licensing fee to Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) for the right to use Microsoft claims it owns and that is required for all ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AXP, ATML, BLK, CVX, CLR, EPR, EQR, FTE, HBC, JNPR, LEN, LECO, MWE, MSFT, OAS, SVU)

Posted: January 12, 2012 at 8:29 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Thursday morning. American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) Reiterated Buy with ...
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LG: Even Third Place Is a Hard Place to Be

Posted: January 12, 2012 at 6:28 am

South Korean electronics firm LG is the third-largest manufacturer of wireless handsets in the world. Nevertheless, the company has struggled to make the business successful. It will not pull back from ...
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Media Digest (1/12/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 12, 2012 at 6:27 am

Olympus may partner with Samsung. (Reuters) RBS cuts 3,500 investment bank jobs. (Reuters) RealtyTrac reports that foreclosures reached a four-year low in 2011. (Reuters) International Monetary Fund senior executive Lipton ...
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Do Weak PC Sales Now Mean Better Ones Later?

Posted: January 11, 2012 at 6:57 am

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) management says that PC sales may have fallen slightly in the fourth quarter of last year. The Thailand floods that interrupted supply chains are to blame. What ...
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Media Digest (1/11/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 11, 2012 at 6:51 am

Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) to launch its first tablet PC late this year. (Reuters) NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) and Deutsche Boerse will try to save their merger with a case for EC ...
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2012′s Most Profitable America Companies

Posted: January 10, 2012 at 6:55 am

Each January, 24/7 Wall St. forecasts the publicly traded U.S. companies that will have the highest profits in the year ahead. This year, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is likely to pass ...
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Nokia Pushes for U.S. Comeback

Posted: January 10, 2012 at 6:55 am

The three partners in the launch of the new Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Windows-powered Lumia 900 smartphone -- AT&T (NYSE: T), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Nokia -- were effusive about its chances ...
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Media Digest (1/10/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 10, 2012 at 6:52 am

Olympus sues its CEO and former board members for $50 million in compensation, and shares rise. (Reuters) China’s trade growth hits a two-year low in December. (Reuters) Philips warns of ...
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True Convergence: Taking Speech To TV (NUAN, AAPL, MSFT, CMCSA, TWC, T, DTV, DISH)

Posted: January 9, 2012 at 12:54 pm

Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) is getting a much less of a reception than you might expect following on news that it is taking its Dragon speech recognition to the ...
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Media Digest (1/9/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 9, 2012 at 6:46 am

http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/hub.1324331373.htmlThe U.S. may start legal proceedings against Swiss financial firm Wegelin & Co. based on beliefs that it helped shield Americans from taxes. (Reuters) The EPA may send fresh water ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (1/5/2011) Pepsi Layoffs, Kodak Patents

Posted: January 5, 2012 at 6:34 am

Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK), established nearly 140 years ago, soon may declare Chapter 11. It is burdened by debt, loses money and has been unable to license most of its 1,100 ...
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The Most Popular American Companies in China

Posted: January 3, 2012 at 6:41 am

The primary reason, it is often argued, that China is an important market for many large U.S. companies is that its population has doubled since the early 1960s. But the ...
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DJIA 2012: Best Targets Imply DJIA 13,678 (BAC, JPM, VZ, IBM, CVX, MCD, CSCO, XOM, GE, HPQ, INTC, MRK, PFE, PG, WMT, DIA)

Posted: January 3, 2012 at 6:40 am

As each new year replaces the prior year, 24/7 Wall St. looks at the individual targets on all 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average price targets from Wall Street analysts to ...
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