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All societies and businesses that have survived longer than a few decades have created folklore, stories, and myths.  As the culture evolves, these myths tend to get embellished and enlarged.  So it is with Open Source.  I read a recent New York Times article about open source to be full of...

XTO Energy Inc (NYSE: XTO) has been downgraded by KeyBanc Capital Markets from “buy” to “hold.” XTO’s shares rose 0.28% to close at $47.12 in previous day’s trading. SPG’s 52-week trading range is $28.35-$49.10. Simon Property Group Inc (NYSE: SPG) has been downgraded by Benchmark from “buy” to “...

The shares of Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) and XTO Energy (NYSE: XTO) were downgraded today. Benchmark downgraded SPG from a buy to a hold on valuation. XTO Energy (XTO), was downgraded at Key Banc Capital Markets from a buy to a hold. The analyst cited the fact that XTO shares are now linked...

Realty Income Corporation (NYSE: O), announced that its Board of Directors has declared an increase in the Company’s common stock monthly cash dividend to $0.143 per share from $0.1426875 per share. The dividend is payable on January 15, 2010 to shareholders of record as of January 4, 2010. Realty...

Kimco Realty Corporation (NYSE: KIM) announced that its Board of Directors declared quarterly dividends for the company’s preferred shares. The Series F Depositary Shares, each representing 1/10 of a Share of 6.65% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, quarterly dividend of $0.415625 per...

According to a Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) note on the Gartner (NYSE: IT) Data Centre conference, Virtual Desktop deployment (VDI) is on the rise. Vendors like Citrix (NASDAQ: CTXS) and VMware (NYSE: VMW) are competing for orders from large enterprises and smaller companies. Key selling points for...

Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) is seeking to acquire all outstanding assets of General Growth (OTC:GGWPQ), according to an earlier report from the Wall Street Journal. There have been rumors of a Simon Property Group and General Growth tie-up for sometime now.

With the economy displaying some promise of sustained recovery going forward, market experts are already busy devising strategies for regaining lost ground in terms of portfolio performance. The 4,000 point recovery in the Dow, from a low of 6,000 levels has given them the drive to plan for...

Patni Computer Systems Ltd (PTI) reported earnings per ADS of 38 cents, exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 34 cents for the third quarter of 2009.   Revenues during the quarter were higher by 3.3% sequentially to $167.2 million from $161.9 million in the preceding quarter. Revenue growth...

Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (PEI) (NYSE: PLA) today announced that it has reached an agreement with American Media, Inc. (AMI) for the outsourcing of all Playboy magazine functions excluding the editorial product. AMI, which is the nation's fourth-largest consumer magazine publisher, will assume...

Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3X (ETF) (NYSE: DRV) leads the ETFs with the biggest decline of the day. DRV dropped 5.27% today as Real Estate sector had a good trading session today. ELEMENTS Benjamin Graham Small Cap Value ETN (NYSE: BSC) is down 5.06% after yesterday's surge of around 5%. BSC...

Goldman Sachs met senior executives at NAREIT’s Annual Convention and here is a small list as to what Goldman feels about the following companies. Goldman Sachs gave Boston Properties, Inc. (NYSE: BXP) a Buy rating as it feels that Boston has a 95% leased portfolio and has cash balance of over $1....

Below are interesting small-cap stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ that have highest earnings per share estimates. Alexander's Inc (NYSE: ALX) has the earnings per share estimates for 2009 of $17.85. ALX has a market capitalization of $1.43 billion. ALX posted its earnings for the September quarter...

Morgan Stanley believes that Kohl’s Corporation (NYSE: KSS) is well positioned to get attractive real estate at low prices. This is the result of the continued shift in the focus from substandard malls to online retailing. Similarly, Morgan Stanley expects Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG), which...