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Looking for Stocks to Trade in September? … Just add Water
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - 3:51pm | 1233September 7 2010 (Investorideas.com water stocks newswire) Investorideas.com and its leading water investor portal www.Water-Stocks.com update the global water stocks directory for September 2010. The directory now features over 300 publicly traded water companies. Investors can also track...
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ITT Wins US Army Contract - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - 3:03pm | 841ITT Corporation (ITT) has received a contract to supply its AN/AVS-6(V) 3 aviator night vision goggle and spare image intensifier tubes to the US Army. The contract has been awarded by the U.S. Army Research, Development & Engineering Command. The order, valued at $19.9 million, also...
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Kevin J. Cosgriff Joins Textron Systems as Senior Vice President of International Business and Government
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - 10:03am | 367Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced that Kevin J. Cosgriff, retired Vice Admiral of the U.S. Navy, has joined the company as senior vice president, International Business and Government, and senior advisor on the U.S. Military Services. Based in Textron’s...
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Benzinga's Top Upgrades (GSK, SI, VE, CM)
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - 6:44am | 153GlaxoSmithKline Plc (NYSE: GSK) was upgraded by BofA/Merrill from “neutral” to "buy." GSK’s shares closed at $39.29 on Friday. GlaxoSmithKline’s trailing-twelve-month gross margin is 74.31%. UBS upgraded Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) from “neutral” to "buy." SI’s shares closed at $96.43 on Friday. Siemens...
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GLOBAL MARKET BRIEF SEPT 7th Mid-Day GMT: Stocks, Commodities, Forex -EU Crisis Back Again
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - 6:07am | 2391Overview: A classic EU sovereign debt/banking crisis fear inspired risk aversion day, slamming risk assets, especially the EUR. Sparked by a WSJ report that July bank stress tests understated PIIGS bond exposure. This is old new, but comes at a sensitive time as PIIGS seek to sell $80 bln in bonds...
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GLOBAL MARKET BRIEF SEPT 6th Mid-Day GMT: Stocks, Commodities, Forex -Rally Continues
Monday, September 6, 2010 - 4:58am | 1689Overview: Risk appetite continuing thus far Monday across the range of risk assets, only oil lower but stocks, commodities, risk fx higher. NB: US markets closed, beware BoJ, SNB intervention attempts as low liquidity would make it relatively easy for them get crowded longs running for the exits to...
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High Roads to China
Saturday, September 4, 2010 - 11:35pm | 2205By Dian L. Chu, Economic Forecasts Opinions Well, it is official now - in addition to the Great Wall, the Great Traffic Jam started on Aug. 14--60 miles and ten-day long on an "expressway" into Beijing from Inner Mongolia (see map)--has earned the capital of China the top spot among the cities...
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Walter Projects Lower Sales in 2010 - Analyst Blog
Friday, September 3, 2010 - 2:36pm | 427Premier coal producer and exporter Walter Energy (WLT) slashed its fiscal 2010 coking coal sales guidance to 7.2 – 7.5 million tons, from the previous guidance range of 7.7 – 7.9 million tons. This lower guidance results from poorer expectations of coking coal production volumes in 2010. Walter...
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Stock Market News for September 3, 2010 - Market News
Friday, September 3, 2010 - 9:36am | 1021Stocks added to the gains from the previous session after better-than-expected retail and housing numbers helped boost confidence in the economy. However, caution ahead of today’s monthly payroll data restrained traders from making big moves. As traders chose to play it safe, volume dipped sharply...
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Apple's New Pie, Old Recipe - Analyst Blog
Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 2:39pm | 1941Apple Inc. (AAPL) refreshed its iPod line, introducing new features to the iPod Touch, iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle at its event held in San Francisco yesterday. Apple also introduced iTunes 10 with Ping (quite unexpectedly), a social networking feature that enables users to follow, comment and...
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Thomas Friedman and GE CEO to Discuss Energy Future
Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 10:44am | 134The GridWise® Alliance today announced that New York Times (NYSE: NYT) foreign affairs columnist and Pulitzer Prize winning author Thomas Friedman will join Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO of GE (NYSE: GE), in a discussion of the planet’s energy future and the role of smart grids during the GridWise...
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Top 4 Stocks In The Industrial Metals & Minerals Industry With The Highest ROE (WLT, PLG, SHZ, ARLP)
Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 6:39am | 143Below are the top industrial metals & minerals’ stocks on the NASDAQ and the NYSE in terms of return on equity. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Walter Energy Inc (NYSE: WLT) is 70.94%. WLT’s quarterly earnings soared 949.30% y/y. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at...
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Deutsche Bank Out With Potential Additions To S&P 500 (WLT, ASH, BWA, JEF, CXO)
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 3:46pm | 429Deutsche Bank is out with its report on company's it speculates could be added to the S&P 500 index. It posts a list of 25 companies, and the newest additions are Walter Energy (NYSE: WLT), Ashland (NYSE: ASH), which both made it to the top 10 of the list. BorgWarner (NYSE: BWA), Jefferies...
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Shareholder Update: Investigation of Acquisition of Cogent by Tripp Levy PLLC (COGT)
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 12:41pm | 152Tripp Levy PLLC, a leading national securities law firm, announces an investigation into the proposed acquisition of Cogent, Inc. (NASDAQ: COGT). On August 30, 2010, Cogent announced that it had entered into an agreement to be acquired by 3M Co. (NYSE: MMM). Under the terms of the agreement, Cogent...
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Motorola Gives Spin-off Details - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 9:09am | 813Struggling mobile phone manufacturer Motorola Inc. (MOT) intends to invest $3.5 billion into its mobile-phone and set-top box units that will be spun off in the first quarter of fiscal 2011. The money will be used to manage and build the business and make acquisitions. The Motorola Mobility unit...