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ETFs For Cisco Earnings
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 4:57pm | 305Networking gear giant Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) reports earnings after the close today and this report is always worth watching, if for no other reason than to absorb comments from CEO John Chambers about the health of the U.S. economy. Analysts are expecting the company behind those annoying...
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What's Hot on TheStreet
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 2:07pm | 302Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com. What's Hot On TheStreet iPad 2: A Clearer Picture of What to Expect New rumors are circulating that the next Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad will have front- and back-facing cameras, and FaceTime. We looked at what you might expect from the...
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Key Level On International Business Machines Corp.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 1:39pm | 95As the markets float on the flat line, volume gets lighter and lighter. The markets may float higher later today, especially if the Dollar continues to pull back off the highs of the day. International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) is trading off the lows of the day at $146.40. Should it move...
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QE2's Days Could be Numbered
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 12:31pm | 565By Josh Lipton The good ship QE2 has only just set sail but already some are forecasting an early return to economic harbor. Last week, the Federal Reserve announced that it would print another $600 billion to buy Treasuries through mid-2011, a maneuver known as the second round of quantitative...
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Wednesday's Mid-day Options Volume Leaders (C, BAC, LVS, AAPL, F)
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 12:23pm | 116The overall market is on the move lower for the second straight day, testing support levels along the way. Currently, the S&P 500 (CBOE: SPX) is trading at $1,207.64, off by 5.76 points. Here are your mid-day options volume leaders… (1) Citigroup (NYSE: C) 333,587 contracts, 96.2% calls, 3.8%...
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A Further Look Into Dell (DELL)
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 10:17am | 249Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) has been out of favor for as long as I can remember. It's been at least 5 years since the company was really relevant, and perhaps ever longer. Despite this, the company is generating tons of cash, has an experienced management team, led by the company's founder, Michael Dell...
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HP Expands Best Shore Global Sourcing Model; Names Six Global Delivery Hubs
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 8:46am | 70HP Enterprise Services today announced the expansion of Best Shore – its global services delivery model – by designating six countries as global delivery hubs that will grow to support increasing client demand for cost-efficient, scalable services that effectively meet business needs. This...
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What's Hot on TheStreet
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 2:10pm | 358Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com. What's Hot On TheStreet 5 Top Tech Policy Issues The dust has barely settled on last week's midterm elections but already, industry observers are weighing the implications for the tech sector. From service providers such as ComCast (...
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Nasdaq 100 Nearing 2007 Levels
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 1:51pm | 161The PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 (ETF) (NASDAQ: QQQQ) has soared over 25% in the last ten weeks. In that time, stocks like Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Baidu.com, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ: BIDU) have hit all time highs day after day. As this index continues to move...
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Northland Securities Upgrades Cray to Outperform
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 12:35pm | 23Northland Securities upgrades Cray (NASDAQ: CRAY) from Market Perform to Outperform with a $9 price target.
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Dell and Symantec Team Up - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 12:09pm | 450Round Rock, Texas-based PC maker Dell Inc. (DELL) announced that it is expanding its strategic ties with leading security solutions provider Symantec Corp. (SYMC). Under the terms of the partnership, Dell will deploy Symantec's e-mail security solution into its Services business. Symantec's...
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Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: EI DuPont de Nemours & Co., Monsanto Company, Manpower, Apple and JPMorgan Chase & Co. - Press Releases
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 11:33am | 2006For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – November 9, 2010 – Zacks Equity Research highlights: EI DuPont de Nemours & Co. (DD) as the Bull of the Day and Monsanto Company (MON) as the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Manpower (MAN), Apple, Inc. (AAPL) and...
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Apple Could Hit $350 By Christmas (AAPL)
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 10:16am | 67Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is up another $2.90 in pre-market trading to $321.52, and it appears there is no stopping Cupertino-Calif. based company on its way towards $350 per share. Concerns over the margin shrinkage were overplayed, (as usual) and with cheap easy money out there, it is only a...
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ADDING $60B IN MARKET CAP 9 WEEKS….
Monday, November 8, 2010 - 4:55pm | 206How wild is this market? Battleships move like cruisers. In just the last 9 weeks Exxon (XOM) and Apple (AAPL) have added $57B and $68B in market cap. The two largest corporations in the USA have rallied 19% and 31% in just 9 weeks. That's an annualized rate of 179% and 109% or more than...
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Past the Turbulence, Where To Now? - Analyst Blog
Monday, November 8, 2010 - 2:03pm | 829Like the Chinese curse says: may you live in interesting times. For now it seems as if the major macroeconomic and socio-political obstacles have been navigated, for better or worse, but the hugest of these issues -- from the Wall Street bailout to the failure of the Greek economy -- have put...