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Media Digest (8/30/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 30, 2010 at 4:11 am

Reuters:   The Bank of Japan eased policy to fight a rise in the yen. Reuters:   Obama said the economy is not growing fast enough. Reuters:   Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) will buy ...
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Media Digest 8/10/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 10, 2010 at 4:01 am

Reuters:   Economists have cut forecasts and look to the Federal Reserve to take action. Reuters:   BP Plc (NYSE: BP) will try the final stage of killing its leaking well and ...
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Renewable Energy Grants in Jeopardy

Posted: July 26, 2010 at 3:32 pm

Under section 1603 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, commercial renewable power projects were allowed to get direct federal grant instead of taking either a production tax ...
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After Unit Sale, Confusion Still Reigns at Motorola (MOT, NOK, SI)

Posted: July 19, 2010 at 2:02 pm

Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) shares are up today on news that the Nokia-Siemens JV, owned by Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) and by Siemens AG (NYSE: SI), is paying about $1.2 ...
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The Unusual Suspects (AIG, AZN, BRK-A, BRK-B, MCO, C, GNMK, IEP, LGF, SI, STP, PHYS, SNF, EWP, TEF)

Posted: May 29, 2010 at 10:34 am

We have an unusual cast of characters in this week's version of THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS for the week ahead, with almost none being tied to earnings.  Some of the key ...
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Wind Power: China Boost, Fight in Texas, Great Lakes Maybe (GE, SI, IBM, FPL, NRG, CPN, EOG)

Posted: May 24, 2010 at 12:06 pm

Generating electricity from wind is growing fast enough that as more wind farms are brought online, more are being built. Depending on your point of view, that is either a ...
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Rare Earth Metals Getting Attention in China and US (CVX, CEO, SI, GE)

Posted: May 19, 2010 at 4:07 pm

On April 19th, Molycorp, Inc., a privately held company, filed with the US SEC for an IPO. The company did not say how many shares would be offered nor did ...
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Rally Take: ADRs Show Where Real Moves Were (AIB, BBVA, STD, IRE, BCS, DAI, ING, PHG, REP, SI, TI, ALU, BP)

Posted: May 10, 2010 at 5:31 pm

A 404-point move up in the DJIA and a near 49-point run in the S&P 500 sounds massive at 3.9% and 4.4% respectively.  When you look at the international markets, ...
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Which Way is the Wind Blowing?

Posted: April 8, 2010 at 3:45 pm

About 40% of US electricity is generated by burning natural gas. Another roughly 30% comes from burning coal and about 10% is generated by nuclear fission. Wind-generated power accounts for ...
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Media Digest 2/12/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 12, 2010 at 3:58 am

Reuters:  The IMF may join the bailout of Greece. Reuters:   The European Central Bank will help in efforts to ease Greek debt. Reuters:   Motorola (NYSE:MOT) will split its businesses in ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open (12/7/2009)

Posted: December 7, 2009 at 3:23 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose 1.5% to 10,168. JAL rose sharply on news of a government bailout. The Hang Seng fell .8% to 22,325. Geely Auto rose. ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (12/3/2009) (S)(HUN)(GE)(AAPL)(F)(TWX)

Posted: December 3, 2009 at 8:44 am

Updated throughout the day. Updated 1.17 PM EST: Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) may sign up Sprint (NYSE:S) and T-Mobile to market the iPhone in the US  (Barron's) Updated 11.29 PM EST:  Huntsman ...
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Media Digest 12/3/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 3, 2009 at 3:57 am

Reuters:   Affluent borrowers are being made credit card offers. Most other people are rarely solicited. Reuters:   Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) will repay $45 billion in TARP funds. Reuters:   AMR (NYSE:AMR) and ...
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Asia Market And Europe Open (12/3/2009)

Posted: December 3, 2009 at 3:28 am

Market in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose  3.8% to 9,978. The Hang Seng rose .13% to 22,554. The Shanghai Composite fell .2% to 3,265. At the open in Europe, ...
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Fallout from Nokia-Siemens Against CIENA Nortel (CIEN, NRTLQ, NOK, SI, TLAB, JDSU)

Posted: December 2, 2009 at 10:36 am

CIENA Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) has been under pressure for increasing its bid for the Nortel optical networking unit in the Nortel Networks Corp. (NRTLQ) bankruptcy.  But now there is a ...
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