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Park Bancorp to Delist after the Close, Will Trade OTC Tomorrow
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 2:23pm | 11View tweet here.
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Do Greenhill's Misfortunes Present a Good Buying Opportunity?
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 2:17pm | 917How badly has Greenhill investment bank suffered in 2011? First, the AT&T (NYSE: T) and T-Mobile merger fell through. This action affected all of the advisers taking part in the deal, including Greenhill (NYSE: GHL). Not only did Greenhill lose out on millions of dollars in fees, but the...
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Could These Small-Cap Financials Rally with Europe?
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 4:58pm | 612Everyone knows that major financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), and JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) would be better off if the European sovereign debt crisis were solved quickly. However, are there any smaller companies that would benefit just as much, if not...
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Who Cares if Bon Jovi Died?
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 12:34pm | 785Seriously, did he really contribute that much to the world? Sure, he came up with a few catchy songs, but Bon Jovi's material contribution to the world population is minimal, even compared to other musicians. Jon Bon Jovi may have been a cultural icon in the 1980s, but is he still relevant today?...
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UPDATE: SCBT Financial Corporation and Peoples Bancorporation to Merge; Peoples Bancorp Up 143%
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 10:59am | 198SCBT Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: SCBT], the holding company for SCBT, N.A., and Peoples Bancorporation, Inc. (OTCBB:PBCE] founded in 1986, the holding company of Peoples National Bank, Bank of Anderson, N.A., and Seneca National Bank, jointly announced today the signing of a definitive merger...
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SCBT Financial Corporation and Peoples Bancorporation to Merge
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 9:37am | 137SCBT Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: SCBT), the holding company for SCBT, N.A., and Peoples Bancorporation, Inc. (OTCBB: PBCE) founded in 1986, the holding company of Peoples National Bank, Bank of Anderson, N.A., and Seneca National Bank, jointly announced today the signing of a definitive merger...
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eFuture Signs First Mobile Cloud Service Client
Monday, December 19, 2011 - 5:07pm | 47eFuture Information Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: EFUT) today announced that it has signed its first mobile cloud service contract, with Chacha Food Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer and distributor of food products listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 002557).
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Are Global Investors Making Bad Decisions? Five Stocks to Outsmart the Big Dogs
Monday, December 19, 2011 - 3:09pm | 1385Saudi Arabian prince Alwaleed bin Talal recently invested $300 million in the social networking site Twitter. While many similar sites including Facebook and Linkedin (NASDAQ: LNKD) have solid business models that promise large revenue growth over the next five to ten years, Twitter is a bit more...
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Compass Point Maintains Neutral, $1 Target on Hovnanian Enterprises
Monday, December 19, 2011 - 1:54pm | 95Compass Points reiterates its Neutral rating and $1 target price on Hovnanian Enterprises (NYSE: HOV) as November excels even though quarter continued deterioration trend. Compass Points comments, "While the company reported yet another quarter of grossly negative results, a further deterioration...
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Will North Korea Destroy the World?
Monday, December 19, 2011 - 1:25pm | 793The North Korean dictator, commonly heralded as a tyrant and threat to world peace has passed away recently. Politicians and private citizens across the world are rejoicing, but at what cost? Many people contend that Kim Jong Il's son, Kim Jong Un, is just as unstable, if not mores, than his father...
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Piper Jaffray Maintains Overweight, $32 PT on Express
Monday, December 19, 2011 - 9:18am | 134Piper Jaffray reiterates its Overweight rating and $32 target price on Express (NYSE: EXPR) as it views the company as a favorite small-cap idea for 2012. Piper Jaffray notes, "We continue to favor EXPR as one of our favorite ideas heading into 2012 given continued investment into high ROIC areas...
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Can Utilities Add Utility to Your Portfolio?
Friday, December 16, 2011 - 4:49pm | 540In today's trading session, the utilities sector has been underperforming its peers. Is this price action a signal of something big? While the rest of the market is making moves to the upside, utilities companies seem to be struggling, which may concern some investors that now is the time to slowly...
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Can These Companies Capitalize on Chevron's Messy Disaster?
Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 6:58pm | 1125Chevron's oil spill in the oil-rich Frade region of Rio de Janeiro is a well-publicized event, one that will most likely not end well for the drilling giant. Recently, the Brazilian government decided to file a $10.6 billion lawsuit against both Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and Transocean (NYSE: RIG), a...
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How Will End of Iraq War Impact the Economy?
Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 4:16pm | 957It might be a classic case of a negative result emerging from a positive event. Today marked the official end to the Iraq War — a nine year odyssey that cost trillions of dollars and ruined hundreds of thousands of lives. The war began when George W. Bush and his administration lied to Congress...
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Is the US Government Going to Control Your Life?
Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 2:27pm | 1172Regardless of the president or his affiliation, the US Federal Government continuously seems to find ways to exercise more control over its constituents. Over time, the Feds have furthered infringement on citizens' privacy with laws such as the Stop Online Piracy Act, the Patriot Act and the...