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Benzinga's Political Round Up (BHP, LMT, GD)
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 12:00pm | 280Japan intervened in the currency market last night, marking the first time it had done so since 2004. Japan was concerned the yen to dollar ratio had gotten too low, hurting the country's exporters. A weaker yen should benefit Toyota (NYSE: TM), Honda (NYSE: HMC) and other Japanese manufacturers...
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Morgan Stanley Upgrades Peugeot And Raises 2011 EPS Estimates
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 8:44am | 126Analysts at Morgan Stanley upgrade PSA Peugeot Citroen SA (OTC: PEUGF) from "underweight" to "overweight." Morgan Stanley said the company provides exposure to the current European market conditions, where most of the market parameters have been better than expected. Investor confidence in UG is...
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Benzinga's Political Round Up (LMT, RTN, FXY, TM)
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 3:45pm | 157Last night, the Prime Minister for Japan was decided, and Naoto Kan beat Ichiro Ozawa. This sent the yen, and the Japanese Yen ETF (NYSE: FXY) higher, before coming off its highs. It immediately shot up to a 15 year high. This will hurt exporters like Toyota (NYSE: TM) if the yen continues to...
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Ford and CenterPoint Energy Team Up
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 10:16am | 81Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) and CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s (NYSE: CNP) today announced a collaboration to help prepare the Houston area for the operation of electric vehicles. Ford and CenterPoint Energy will work together to develop consumer outreach and education programs on electric vehicles...
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Toyota's New Fleet Of Hybrids–Obsolete Before They Are Launched
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 8:10am | 225Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) will launch six new hybrids over the next two years to sit in showrooms with its highly popular Prius. Hybrid sales are modest, making up 15,444 vehicles of the company's August sales of 144,388. Toyota's product pipeline may be about to be clogged with hybrids, which would...
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Browning Takes Over As Volkswagen CEO
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 3:26pm | 154Jonathan Browning has been appointed as Volkswagen AG's (OTC: VLKAY) new US operations head. Browning replaced Stefan Jacoby after he left the organization to take over as CEO of Volvo Cars. Volkswagen had got Jonathan on board in June to handle the German carmaker's national sales companies across...
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Closing out of a General Mills (GIS) call trade?
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 10:00am | 1323Every trading day, the OptionsHouse Hotlist scans for unusual activity across the options-trading universe. The Hotlist is available for all OptionsHouse customers, including those with virtual trading accounts. Hitting the Hotlist on Friday was cereal giant General Mills (NYSE:GIS). The stock saw...
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Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Ford Motor Company, Kirkland's, Goldman Sachs Group, Royal Bank of Scotland Group and JPMorgan Chase - Press Releases
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 8:03am | 2124For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – September 13, 2010 – Zacks Equity Research highlights: Ford Motor Company (F) as the Bull of the Day and Kirkland's (KIRK) as the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), Royal Bank of Scotland Group...
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Ford Motor Company (F) - Bull of the Day
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 2:03am | 188Ford Motor Company (F) looks forward to widening its market share through its accelerated product transformation plan: "One Ford." Incorporating key objectives such as shifting focus from trucks to small cars, delivering more vehicles from fewer core platforms and implementing cost reduction...
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Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Ford, Home Depot, Wal-Mart, Chesapeake and EnCana - Press Releases
Friday, September 10, 2010 - 9:33am | 1557For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – September 10, 2010 – Zacks.com Analyst Blog features: Ford (F), Home Depot (HD), Wal-Mart (WMT), Chesapeake (CHK) and EnCana (ECA ). Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research with the free Profit from the Pros newsletter: http://at.zacks.com/?id=5513...
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Trade Deficit Drops to $42.8B - Analyst Blog
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 2:34pm | 2300The Trade Deficit fell in July to $42.78 billion, down from $49.76 billion in June. This is very good news for the economy...but not good enough. The trade deficit was also substantially smaller than the $47.3 billion consensus expectation. While it was a major month-to-month improvement, on a year...
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Up To 10% Global Industry Growth: Ford Exec Says
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 2:10pm | 148A Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) executive said on Thursday that the global market for the auto industry is expected to grow by up to 10% this year, despite low August sales. In a webcast from an analyst conference in London, the head of Ford's global manufacturing, John Fleming, said, “We see the...
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Ford Sees 10% Global Growth (F)
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 12:02pm | 171John Fleming, head of Ford's (NYSE: F) global manufacturing, said he sees 10% global growth in the car industry this year. In a report on Marketwatch, Fleming said, "We see the economy improving, but the strength of the recovery in individual markets has been uneven". Fleming went on to say that...
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Fast Money Picks For September 9th (DRIV, F, RSH, DAN, BRCD)
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 7:01pm | 234CNBC Fast Money's Brian Kelly said on the show that he likes Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV). He said that this company helps to download everything that is being downloaded. Digital River, Inc. (DRIV) gained 1.15% today. Tim Seymour is a buyer of Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F). He likes its chart...
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Wednesday's Mid-day Options Volume Leaders (C, AAPL, INTC, F, GS)
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 11:14am | 168The overall market is casually moving to the upside this morning; currently the S&P 500 (CBOE: SPX) is higher by 10.29 points, trading at $1,102. Both the Yen and the Euro are strengthening against the U.S. Dollar, which is helping to bid stocks. Here are your mid-day options volume leaders… 1...