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Next Week’s Must See Earnings Previews (NYX, TEVA, OPEN, KO, CSCO, WFMI, JASO, PEP, PM, S, KFT)

Posted: February 4, 2011 at 2:12 pm

Earnings season is actually close to winding down for the December quarter.  We still have many late reports coming out for the December quarter and year-end.  We have identified 11 of the top earni...
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    • 2011 Stock Buybacks on Fire, Over $34 Billion (PFE, UNP, GME, ERTS, GD, TUP, MHS, VZ, UNM, MO, AZN, SYMC, YUM, DGX, COH, TIF, INTC)

    Posted: February 4, 2011 at 12:17 pm

    The method of using capital from the corporate treasury to return capital to shareholders via share repurchase programs has long been under question.  Most buybacks never are fully utilized, and many...
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    GameStop’s Stock Buybacks Shouldn’t Please Shareholders (GME, ERTS, GOOG, MSFT)

    Posted: February 4, 2011 at 12:01 pm

    Video game retailer GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) today authorized a boost of $500 million in its share buyback program, replacing a $300 million authorization made in September 2010, and about half of wh...
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    Boeing’s Challenge of Order Cancellation (BA)

    Posted: February 4, 2011 at 10:58 am

    Not only does The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) have problems delivering its new 787 Dreamliner and 747-8 passenger planes, now the company is getting cancellations on orders for its sturdy 737. Bloomberg is ...
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    Today’s Best Market Rumors (2/4/2011) Ally IPO, Beckman Coulter M&A

    Posted: February 4, 2011 at 9:09 am

    Updated throughout the day. New pension finance treatment could change earnings at AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE VZ). (Bloomberg) Ally picked Citigroup (NYSE: C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS)...
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    Government Uses Magic to Fudge Unemployment Data

    Posted: February 4, 2011 at 8:56 am

    The Labor Department is out with its unemployment rate and the change in non-farm payrolls.  If you like to challenge the government's math or accuse the government of fudging numbers, today's data w...
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    Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (CSTR, PWER, JDSU)

    Posted: February 4, 2011 at 8:52 am

    Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR), Power-One, Inc. (NASDAQ: PWER), and...
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    Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMR, CVS, KR, FSLR, GRMN, SOLR, K, LDK, OXY, PTEN, PWER, TSO, TIF, WAG, ADTN, EK)

    Posted: February 4, 2011 at 8:29 am

    These are some of this Friday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR) Cut to Hold at Argus. CVS Caremark Corporat...
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    Verizon iPhone Order Shutdown

    Posted: February 4, 2011 at 6:02 am

    Consumers who want an Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone from Verizon Wireless can no longer order it online. The Verizon Wireless website posted a message which says iPhone 4. Verizon. It begins.We are no...
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    Ten Housing Markets Where Prices Rose During The Recession

    Posted: February 4, 2011 at 5:41 am

    The average value of a home declined by 25% to 30% from the period from the third quarter of 2005 to the third quarter of last year. The end of 2005 and beginning of 2006 were the peak of the housing ...
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    A Little US Government Shut Down

    Posted: February 4, 2011 at 5:37 am

    The fight over the increase in the US debt ceiling is on hold for awhile. The Treasury Department said tax receipts were higher than expected so the ceiling may not be reached before the end of April....
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    Bernanke Is Not A Farmer

    Posted: February 4, 2011 at 5:04 am

    No one knows for certain why food prices around the world have risen so quickly. Ben Bernanke said the Federal Reserve's Quantitative Easing program is not the cause. He argues that food prices are hi...
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    Media Digest (2/4/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

    Posted: February 4, 2011 at 4:13 am

    Unemployment most likely improved last month but the jobless rate may rise. (Reuters) JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) may have ignored signs that Madoff was committing fraud. (Reuters) Ben Bernanke said th...
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    Many PA Gas Wells Go Unreported for Months

    Posted: February 3, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    by Nicholas Kusnetz, ProPublica, Feb. 3, 2011, 11:05 a.m. On Sept. 14, 2009, natural gas operators finished drilling the 3H well on the Lbros f...
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    Gold Trading: More Gold Mining Mergers Coming! (GDXJ, NEM, FRG, ANV, HL, GRS, CDE, GLD)

    Posted: February 3, 2011 at 3:02 pm

    Today's action is showing a very favorable move to Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDXJ) after news that Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) is acquiring Fronteer Gold Inc. (AMEX: FRG)...
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