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Earnings Scheduled For August 18
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 3:17am | 594Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ: DLTR) is projected to report its Q2 EPS at $0.75 on revenue of $1.55 billion. Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) is estimated to post a Q2 loss at $0.46 per share on revenue of $10.13 billion. Gap Inc (The) (NYSE: GPS) is projected to report its Q2 EPS at $0.33 on...
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Cramer Likes Crocs, Alcoa
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 3:16am | 332On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Crocs (NASDAQ: CROX) is a “great story. If it goes back down, I'm going to recommend it." For Covidien (NYSE: COV), he said, "You hold on and buy more. That is a great company that is a buy, buy, buy." Cramer said that Alcoa (...
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This Is The Real Shark Week
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 2:34pm | 385All day traders should know this, the week leading into options expiration is an extremely tough period to trade. This is a time when the large institutional trading desks will play a lot games with the small retail options traders. Just look at the major stock indexes this week on any intra-day...
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5 Big Ambitions for Google's Motorola
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 1:04pm | 157(TheStreet) -- Beyond the 17,000 reasons Motorola's (NYSE: MMI) patent portfolio matters to Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android attack against Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), there are other huge motivations behind Google's leap into hardware. For a software shop with fat 64% gross margins, there would seem to...
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Apple Store Reopens with Nothing to Show
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 12:58pm | 93And no explanation for the outage. After hours of fluctuations, Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) online store is finally back online. The catch? The company has nothing to show for it. There aren't any new products. No apology messages. No explanations whatsoever. If this does not add to the speculation...
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We Have The Patents, You Do The Rest
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 12:28pm | 733Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) came up with the slogan, "You press the button, we do the rest" hundreds of years ago when the company first started. Now it looks like the company's patents are all it has left, and according to Bloomberg, those patents may be extremely valuable. The company had...
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DHUnplugged #121: Incompetence, Stupidity and Waste (Just For Starters)
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 12:25pm | 304Here is our latest conversation …. new insights for anyone who invests in anything. This week we highlight a discussion John's take on some all government workers. Also, the recent Dell (DELL) and Google (GOOG) moves are discussed. A smorgasbord of information! NEW! We are now tracking the idea...
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Apple Set to Scrap Old Suppliers?
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 12:18pm | 248Apple's strategy in the patent wars could include a supplier change. That's according to an afternoon update from Global Equities Research. Earlier today, the research firm released a report regarding the sales of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) computers, particularly those associated with the company's...
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Apple Store Outage Very Suspicious; is a Hacker to Blame?
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 12:08pm | 433Reports indicate that something new is on the way, but is it all just a cover to hide what's really going on? Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is notorious for taking down its own online store in preparation for the launch of a new product. This process is often a fast one; the last time store.apple.com went...
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comScore Report Shows Amazon Sites Visited by 1 in 5 Global Internet Users in June
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 11:44am | 439comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) today released a report on selected global retail and auction sites based on data from the comScore Media Metrix service. The study found that of the destinations analyzed, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Sites reached the largest global audience with more than 282 million...
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Minecraft Creator Challenges Bethesda to a Game of Quake
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 11:11am | 240Now that's one way to settle a lawsuit. Sick and tired of the legal nonsense surrounding Scrolls (a new game from Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson) and The Elder Scrolls (a role-playing franchise from Bethesda), Persson has challenged Bethesda to a battle in Quake 3. “Three of our best...
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The Stock Market Searches For Life And Direction
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 11:01am | 307The stock market surged higher out of the gate today. Yesterday, Chancellor Merkel and President Sarkozy had a press conference where they ripped southern Europe and said straighten up or get out of the Eurozone. This initially shocked the market into selling yesterday. However, the markets showed...
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Are BP, Chevron and Exxon Mobil Hurting Apple's Sales?
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 10:02am | 236Global Equities Research has the answer. While no one can say for certain that Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX), Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), or BP (NYSE: BP) personally hurt Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) sales this summer, it seems as if the high price of gas could be responsible for Mac's decline. That's...
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Market Update
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 8:36am | 191Investors Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ: ISBC) announced its plans to acquire Brooklyn Federal Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ: BFSB) for $0.80 per share or around $10.3 million in the aggregate. Shares of Cyanotech Corporation (NASDAQ: CYAN) rose about0.5% as the company named Jole Deal as Chief Financial Officer,...
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Citi Reiterates Buy on Dell
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 8:00am | 115Citi is out with its report today on Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), reiterating Buy. In its report, Citi writes, "We rate Dell shares Buy / Medium Risk (1M) with a $20 target price. We expect a significant EPS growth in FY12 on gross margin expansion, a gradual macro recovery, and continued momentum in...