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Companies & Funds Hit with Libya Exposure (ACM, E, EWI, OXY, RDS-A, BP, PBR, AFK, EGPT, TUR, EIS)

Another week, another North African country on fire.  As you would expect, many large American and European companies do business in these nations.  Libya has followed turmoil in Egypt and ...
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Offshore Drilling May Not Be as Strong as Expected (ESV, PDE, RIG, BP, WOPEY, DO, PBR)

Today's announcement of a definitive merger agreement between Ensco plc (NYSE: ESV) and Pride International Inc. (NYSE: PDE) is the first major deal among offshore drillers since the Macondo well ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADBE, AMD, COH, ELN, KSS, MCD, NSC, OVTI, PBR, RSH, RNET, LUV, WWE, XLNX)

These are some of this Tuesday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Cut to Neutral at Piper ...
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Uncle Sam’s AIG Sale, Lessons Learned from Petrobras and GM (AIG, JPM, GS, BAC, DB, PBR, GM)

The saga over government ownership of American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) is one which is likely to be with us for quite some time.  It is hard to believe ...
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DryShips New Oil Pacts Add to Revenue Projections (DRYS, PBR)

DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) is seeing a rise this morning on two separate announcements regarding contracts for its offshore drilling contract initiatives.  The drybulk and off-shore contract drilling services outfit ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AA, CP, ENDP, GE, GS, MS, PBR, SYY, AAPL)

The research calls are running light this week with many firms still on skeleton crews. These are some of this Thursday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall ...
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High Crude Prices Spur Spending on Exploration & Production (XOM, CVX, RDS-A, BP, PBR)

The price for a barrel of crude has risen about 17% since the beginning of 2010, to near $92/barrel. Positive forecasts for global economic growth, combined with a weaker US ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMZN, GM, HSFT, LPLA, MCD, PBR, VRGY)

These are some of this Tuesday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Reiterated Buy and $190 price target at BofA/ML ...
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GE Grows Its Oil Bet, Wellstream and Deepwater Drilling (GE, WSHOY, NOV, PBR)

After a couple of failed offers, General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has finally reached an agreement to acquire Britain's Wellstream Holdings plc (OTC: WSHOY) for $1.3 billion. The deal is ...
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The Unusual Suspects for the Week Ahead (ABKFQ, AAPL, BHP, BX, DYN, BSX, DELL, ETFC, GENZ, HGSI, JKS, MELA, NBG, PBR, RAI, STX, ST, WMT, HD)

The list of Unusual Suspects for the week ahead is a rather different list.  Some are due with earnings, some have FDA events, and others just have shareholder specific events ...
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Next Week’s Must See Earnings On Deck (PCLN, TYC, CSCO, CSC, M, NVDA, PBR, DIS, GMCR)

Earnings season is winding down, but next week will bring several key earnings which could move the markets are can definitely move sectors.  Top earnings we are watching are from ...
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Oil Tankers Going Nowhere (OSG, TK, GMR, FRO, NAT, PBR)

Day rates for crude oil supertankers, VLCCs, peaked in 2009 at around $100,000/day. Today, if you want to ship 2 million barrels of oil from the Middle East to Korea, ...
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Short Sellers Abandon Weak Stocks, Bet On Market Recovery

Short sellers aggressively sold off  shares of companies which have lost value over the last month, perhaps on the chance that a rising market will life all ships. For the ...
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Petrobras Busts The Price & Ignores Oil Trends (PBR, BP, XOM, CVX, COP)

Crude oil has been on fire and prices were as low as $74 per barrel less than 3 weeks ago before recent highs  of $84.00.  Generally a rise in the ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ADI, ASML, BIDU, HUM, IRM, ITRI, NBR, PTEN, PBR, SD, TSO, TXN, VIA, DIS)

These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Analog Devices Inc. (NYSE: ADI) Started as Neutral at Sterne Agee. ASML ...
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