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Microsoft (MSFT) Announces New Financial Messaging Solutions
Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 4:52am | 84Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced a new Financial Messaging Service Bus, a componentized financial services industry integration solution built upon Microsoft BizTalk Server 2009. The Financial Messaging Service Bus cuts the cost of development, and speeds up the implementation process by...
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UBS Upgrades PPG Industries (PPG) to Neutral from Sell
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 6:20am | 40PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) and Olin Corp (NYSE: OLN) were upgraded by UBS (NYSE: UBS) to Neural following price increases for chlorine and caustic soda.
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Stocks To Watch (OMTR,CKR,NBIX,PPG,RMBS,C)
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 5:43am | 274Omniture, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMTR) added $4.34 or 25.08% to $21.67 after Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE) agreed to acquire the company for $21.50. The acquired price is about 24% premium over yesterday’s closing price. CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) is expected to post second-quarter earnings of 22 cents a...
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Stocks To Watch (MSO,SOA,SNV,SXCI)
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 8:03am | 230Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (NYSE: MSO) moved up 6.13% to $7.27 in After- Hours trading as the Company has signed a deal with Martha Stewart, who will design a new line of products to be sold exclusively at Big Orange stores. During the current calendar year the stock has surged over 167...
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Fund Performance Period 9
Monday, September 14, 2009 - 3:49pm | 2767As a reminder, if you are interested in this type of fund as a worthwhile consideration for future investment, please consider reading why this blog exists. [Jan 7, 2008: Reader Pledges Toward Mutual Fund Launch] [May 26, 2008: Frequently Asked Questions] Our story in Barron's [A New Kind of Fund...
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Bookkeeping: Weekly Changes to Fund Positions Year 3, Week 6
Sunday, September 13, 2009 - 9:15pm | 2093Year 3, Week 6 Major Position Changes To see historic weekly fund changes click here OR the label at the bottom of this entry entitled 'fund positions'. Cash: 68.4% (v 72.5% last week)24 long bias: 16.7% (v 14.1% last week)9 short bias: 14.9% (v 13.5% last week) *includes long term puts 33...
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Bookkeeping: Closing PPG Industries (PPG) Short
Friday, September 11, 2009 - 3:48pm | 523It's 3:30 PM so it is time to wake up - both the Siesta Fund and the 29 Minute Fund are now back operational as we await the gifts from the stock market gods, i.e. our traditional post 3:30 PM ramp to the close. It doesn't happen every day but anything with a 80% win rate is great for mere mortals...
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Zignals Stock Charts: 7 Divided Elites from TheStockAdvisors
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 10:41am | 1108A post from TheStockAdvisors last Friday suggested seven stocks which have paying dividends for over 100 years, raised their dividend on an annual basis for the last 25 years and can be directly purchased. Given their potential for accumulative returns how have the stocks performed from a price...
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Dow Chemical (DOW) Divested TRN Refinery Ownership for $800M
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - 7:03am | 98The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) sold Total Raffinaderij Nederland N.V. (TRN) of its interests in Total S.A. for an enterprise value of approximately $800M, including inventory. Dow's divestiture of TRN is consistent with the company's plan to increase its financial flexibility, improve its...
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Barclays Upgrades Olin Corp (OLN)
Thursday, August 27, 2009 - 9:45am | 33Barclays upgraded Olin (NYSE: OLN) to Overweight from Equal Weight. The firm believes we have reached a bottom in the cl-alkali cycle. The target was raised to $22 from $11.
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USD Consumer Confidence Beats All Expectations
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 10:38am | 91USD Consumer Confidence dramatically eclipsed the forecasted 47.9 by posting 54.1. The DOW JONES surged to 9610 plus before quickly retracting. Similarly, the high yielding currencies, EUR and GBP, immediately leaped against the lower yielding USD and YEN before performing a dramatic reversal. The...
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Prolifics, Authorized Cognos Reseller, Helps Customers Optimize Their Business Performance
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 10:34am | 277NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - August 18, 2009) - Prolifics, the largest end-to-end systems integrator specializing in IBM technologies, is helping customers improve their bottom line and optimize their business performance with the Cognos Software suite of products. Business intelligence is easily...
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WallStSense.com Fundamental & Technical Coverage of MTW, PBR, USG, RHI, WFR and ASH
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 6:26am | 437NEW DELHI, INDIA--(Marketwire - August 18, 2009) - W.S.S. is an online community with a dedicated team of analysts who are providing free in-depth research on North American equities. Our analysts have issued free ratings reports on the following six companies: Manitowoc Co. Inc. (NYSE: MTW),...
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Hemlock Semiconductor Seeking Construction Contractors for Clarksville Polysilicon Manufacturing Plant, an Industrial Info News Alert
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 6:02am | 263SUGAR LAND, TX--(Marketwire - August 18, 2009) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation (Hemlock, Michigan), a joint venture between Dow Corning Corporation (Midland, Michigan) (63.25%), ShinEtsu Chemical Company Limited (Tokyo, Japan) (24....
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AnalystChoice.com Brings You the Best Complimentary Research Report on CS, EGO, FHN, ARO, DD and GSI
Monday, August 17, 2009 - 7:50am | 355NEW DELHI, INDIA--(Marketwire - August 17, 2009) - Analyst Choice has combined some of the best financial and technical minds worldwide to bring you an array of free quality equity research and reporting. Today we have begun in-depth reporting on our website evaluating the current market...