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Apple (AAPL) Tablet Could Be Priced Low
Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 9:31am | 135Internet and television personality Alex Albrecht claimed, in a recent TV show, that the pricing for Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) tablet would be "shockingly low." Price of this unseen multifunction device-tablet has been predicted from $500 to$2000. It is expected to have a 10-inch touch screen and 3G...
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NASDAQ Rises with Online Retailers; Dow Dips on Oil
Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 8:04am | 69The NASDAQ rose as strong online holiday sales boosted shares of retailers, including Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), and relieved some concerns about the consumer. The Dow edged lower as falling Oil prices prompted investors to sell energy shares, while the Standard & Poor's index finished flat....
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Analyst Recommendations for AGAM, AMZN, AMTD, PFE, NOK
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 2:55pm | 352Bank of America Initiates AGA Medical Holdings (AGAM) With Buy Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) initiated coverage on AGA Medical Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: AGAM) with a buy recommendation at $20.00. AGAM holds 70% market share in the devices used for treatment of structural heart defects. Bank of America’s...
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Howard Davidowitz's Winners In The Retail Sector (KSS, DLTR, BBBY, WMT, AMZN)
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 9:32pm | 403Retail expert Howard Davidowitz said in an interview on Tech Ticker that he is bearish on U.S. consumer as unemployment is at 26 year high and Americans are saving more. But he thinks that there are still opportunities in the retail sector as he believes in retailers that are effective in cost-...
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Howard Davidowitz Being Howard Davidowitz (Videos): Yahoo Tech Ticker December 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 2:05pm | 1896We've been observing Howard Davidowitz for about 2 years now, and he is quite possibly (aside from Marc Faber) one of the most flamboyant speakers in the financial universe. Agree, or disagree - he is a hoot to simply listen to. 2009 [Aug 27, 2009: Howard Davidowitz Returns to Yahoo Tech Ticker...
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Benzinga’s Top Downgrades (CHD, NUVA, NFLX)
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 11:37am | 149Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE: CHD) is up 0.22% to $59.17 on 167K shares in the morning trading hours. Today, RBC Capital Markets downgraded Church & Dwight to Outperform from Top Pick and reduced CHD’s price target to $66. The 52-week trading range for CHD is $45.41 - $61.14. In the last...
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Cyber Monday Helps Online Retailers’ Rise but Buyer’s Look for Major Bargains (AMZN, EBAY, WMT, BBY, YHOO, GOOG, MSFT)
Monday, November 30, 2009 - 9:48pm | 228With Cyber Monday helping generate traffic for online retailers, shares of companies like Amazon Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and EBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) beat out traditional retailers like Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) and Best Buy (NYSE: BBY). Even with almost 100 million shoppers expected to jump online, surveys...
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Joe Terranova Sees Amazon At $160
Monday, November 30, 2009 - 5:50pm | 66CNBC's Fast Money Joe Terranova thinks that momentum is on the side of the inventors who have long position in Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). Joe Terranova added that he agrees with analysts who raised Amazon's (AMZN) price target to $160. Amazon (AMZN) gained 3.17% today to close at $135.91. It had a...
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Top Online Retail Stocks Mixed On Cyber Monday
Monday, November 30, 2009 - 5:25pm | 124Although early indications point to Cyber Monday being successful and yielding more sales than in 2008, the top online retail stocks were mixed in the day’s trading. eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) cautiously added a dollar and a quarter to close at $24.47, while Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) performed similarly,...
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ETF Plays On Amazon And eBay (HHH, FDN)
Monday, November 30, 2009 - 4:26pm | 163Online retailers Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) and eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) are both up sharply today with Amazon touching a new 52-week high and eBay not that far off from a new 52-week high of its own, perhaps indicating that shoppers are eschewing trips to the mall this holiday season and investors are...
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Bookkeeping: Closing Meritage Homes (MTH)
Monday, November 30, 2009 - 2:56pm | 538This market is confusing; I face a swathe of quite awful charts in the small and mid cap arena, while every institutional manager on the planet rushes into Amazon.com (AMZN) and a handful of similar ilk. The market leadership seems to narrow by the week, but it is almost entirely located in names...
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AMZN Leads Unique Visitor Traffic Growth
Monday, November 30, 2009 - 1:49pm | 143Analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch maintain their “buy” rating on Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). The target price of AMZN is set to $140. According to ComScore’s reports, AMZN’s unique visitor growth last Friday was higher than that of Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) and Target (NYSE: TGT). The sales of...
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Company News for November 30, 2009 - Corporate Summary
Monday, November 30, 2009 - 10:13am | 146• An Israeli financial newspaper reported IBM (NYSE:IBM) may announce the purchase of database security start-up Guardian for $225 million • Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) upgraded steel companies, and placed a "buy" rating on US Steel (NYSE:X) with a price target of $54 • Deere (NYSE:DE) was upgraded by...
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Amazon (AMZN) Pledges On Facebook To Fix Kindle Flaws
Monday, November 30, 2009 - 10:00am | 171According to the Wired magazine, the world's leading online book store Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) pledged to fix flaws in its much talked about e-book reader Kindle, on arguably the world's most popular social networking site Facebook. Kindle readers have repeatedly voiced that the e-book reader is...
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Cyber Monday Promotions Hope To Kick-start Online Sales (JCP), (WAG), (WMAR), (DSCM), (SKS)
Sunday, November 29, 2009 - 9:58pm | 328Cyber Monday, the day viewed as the kickoff to the online holiday shopping season, will have no shortage of deals from retailers who have been planning for this day for a while, according to Shop.org. “Retailers have a very acute sense of the importance of Cyber Monday in kick-starting holiday...