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Apple Sues Amazon over App Store Trademark (AAPL, AMZN)
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 - 6:33am | 165Apple Sues Amazon over App Store Trademark (AAPL, AMZN) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has sued Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) over the right to use the company's App Store trademark, court filings show. Filed in California federal court last week, the lawsuit accused Amazon.com of improperly using Apple's App...
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5 Ways to Help you Identify Great Investments
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 - 2:46am | 737A value stock by definition has to be cheap, but for value to exist, there has to be some certain criteria to differentiate it from a value trap. Here are 5 basic yet highly effective ways of identifying a value stock that is turning profitable or improving operations. The following methods are...
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Cellular Catastrophe: AT&T And T-Mobile (T)
Monday, March 21, 2011 - 4:43pm | 1055It's Merger Monday again. If all goes as planned, tomorrow could be Terrible Tuesday, followed by Wacky Wednesday and Tenacious Thursday. Now that AT&T (NYSE: T) has announced its plans for world domination, consumers are left to wonder about the future of cellular phones. Despite the advent...
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Goldman Sachs: Recent Events In Japan Could Present A Risk To Apple (AAPL)
Monday, March 21, 2011 - 8:35am | 87In a report released this morning, Goldman Sachs said that it believes supply-side issues from the recent events in Japan could present a risk to Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), primarily in the June quarter. “Nevertheless, the demand for Apple's platform continues to accelerate, and in this case, we believe...
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Oppenheimer Says AT&T Merger Positive For Apple (T, AAPL)
Monday, March 21, 2011 - 7:36am | 127Oppenheimer & Co. says that the AT&T (NYSE: T) T-Mobile merger is a positive for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). In a note to investors, Oppenheimer writes, "Incrementally positive for Apple and MMI. Despite some lost pricing power, we view the possible consolidation as a slight positive for Apple...
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GA GROUP Signs Joint Venture with Malaysia's SEGO Holdings To Form New Zealand Based GA SEGO Limited
Sunday, March 20, 2011 - 9:01pm | 548Kuala Lumpur, Mar 21, 2011 (ABN Newswire) - GA GROUP - the global financial services organisation held by GA GROUP (ASIA) Limited in the Isle of Man - today announced it has signed a Joint Venture agreement with SEGO HOLDINGS (NZ) Ltd - a Malaysian backed, New Zealand investment holding company. GA...
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Apple Threatened by Pandora and other streaming music services
Friday, March 18, 2011 - 9:02pm | 1576In ancient Greek mythology, Pandora received the gift of music from Apollo. According to the myth, when Pandora's box was opened the evils of the world escaped. By time the box was closed, the only thing that remained was hope. Right about now, the trendsetting streaming music startup ...
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Friday's Mid-Day Options Volume Leaders (C, AAPL, CSCO, BAC, PLD)
Friday, March 18, 2011 - 2:43pm | 88Friday's Mid-Day Options Volume Leaders 1. Citigroup (NYSE: C) 261,511 contracts, 65.1% calls, 34.9% puts2. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) 261,189 contracts, 47.7% calls, 52.3% puts3. Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) 222,750 contracts, 65.7% calls, 34.3% puts4. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) 140,758 puts, 68....
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Leading Nasdaq Stocks Lagging (AAPL, GOOG, AMZN)
Friday, March 18, 2011 - 12:58pm | 124The large-cap darlings of the Nasdaq are lagging the broader markets badly during Friday's rally. Shares of Apple Computer (NASDAQ: AAPL), the most loved and owned stock in the world, are down 0.73% to $332.19 on the session. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is hovering around the flatline at $561.93....
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Option Trading Strategies: The Directional Time Spread
Friday, March 18, 2011 - 11:57am | 2047Many traders think of calendar spreads (or time spreads) as “theta plays,” or strategies benefiting from the passage of time. This idea is an oversimplification at best. Time spreads are complex option trading strategies involving several independent influences on an option's price including time,...
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Active Screen - CANSLIM: Top 8 for March 18th
Friday, March 18, 2011 - 11:36am | 1246There was no change on the stocks from last week. The Top-8 remain Apple (AAPL), Vale S.A. (VALE), Barrick Gold (ABX), Free McMoran (FCX), Baidu (BIDU), Research in Motion (RIMM), Cognizant Technlogy (CTSH), and Intuitive Surgical (ISRG). The Screener setup was as follows: The selling which...
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IBM Ticks Lower On Rumors That It Might Be Sued By SEC For Bribery (IBM)
Friday, March 18, 2011 - 11:30am | 31IBM Ticks Lower On Rumors That It Might Be Sued By SEC For Bribery Of Chinese And Korean Officials (NYSE: IBM).
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Will Steve Jobs Step Down Permanently From Apple? (AAPL)
Friday, March 18, 2011 - 10:05am | 57Rumors are circulating currently that Steve Jobs may step down permanently from the head of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). Benzinga posted this rumor originally at 10:02am when the stock just started to tick lower on the circulating chatter.
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Apple Ticks Lower On Chatter About Steve Jobs' Health (AAPL)
Friday, March 18, 2011 - 10:02am | 22Apple Ticks Lower On Chatter/Rumors About Steve Jobs' Health (NASDAQ: AAPL)
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Go Long NXPI? (AAPL, NXPI)
Friday, March 18, 2011 - 8:58am | 269Apparently the rumors of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) not putting a Near Field Communications (NFC) chip into its next iPhone aren't true. AppleInsider says that the next version of the iPhone, may in fact have NFC, which would be a huge positive for NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI), if it's ultimately...