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The FCC Prepares To Beat Down AT&T And Verizon, Lift Sprint
Friday, May 21, 2010 - 5:59am | 399There are actually fewer pre-market movers than many may have guessed considering how volatile the markets are. Today’s top day trader and active trader alerts are in Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD), Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL), Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL),...
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Politicians In Europe Try To Find The Details Of Austerity
Friday, May 21, 2010 - 5:28am | 399There are actually fewer pre-market movers than many may have guessed considering how volatile the markets are. Today’s top day trader and active trader alerts are in Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD), Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL), Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL),...
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The Limits Of Science, Oil Leak At 95,000 Barrels A Day?
Friday, May 21, 2010 - 5:06am | 378These are ten of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen early this Friday morning in Wall Street research calls: Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) Started as Strong Buy at Raymond James (late yesterday call). Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein....
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Protection Purchased on Vodafone (VOD)
Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 11:43am | 107Shares of Vodafone Group PLC (NASDAQ: VOD) are selling off by 2.81%, currently trading $18.67. The stock has sold off heavily over the past two weeks and is significantly below the 50-day and 200-day moving average. I see the stock finding support around $18.00 though, which is a horizontal support...
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Customer Service Still A Problem For Sprint
Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 11:26am | 218Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) is in the midst of rolling out its next-generation 4G WiMax service which it hopes will give it advantages over larger rivals AT&T Wireless and Verizon Wireless. Sprint’s problem in gaining market share may be that its customer service is still sub-par.Zogby and MSN...
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Customer Service Still A Problem For Sprint
Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 6:05am | 392By John Tamny of Forbes Market commentators are pointing to the dollar’s surge against other paper currencies, quiescent producer prices, looming government austerity in Europe, and “asset deflation” as signals of the monetary phenomenon that is deflation. All four pervert deflation’s true meaning...
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State Pensions Face $1 Trillion Shortfall
Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 5:44am | 392By John Tamny of Forbes Market commentators are pointing to the dollar’s surge against other paper currencies, quiescent producer prices, looming government austerity in Europe, and “asset deflation” as signals of the monetary phenomenon that is deflation. All four pervert deflation’s true meaning...
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IMF Points To Japan As Next Trouble Spot
Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 4:59am | 392By John Tamny of Forbes Market commentators are pointing to the dollar’s surge against other paper currencies, quiescent producer prices, looming government austerity in Europe, and “asset deflation” as signals of the monetary phenomenon that is deflation. All four pervert deflation’s true meaning...
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It Takes Two to Contango 05-18-2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 6:26pm | 786Cusick’s Corner The market closed well off the initial pace of the open. While the EU is the driving force behind this market pressure, I do not want to lose sight that this is expiration week. We have already seen what the impact has been so far with June Crude expiring today. Why would something...
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Large, Leveraged Bet on MetroPCS
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 1:39pm | 139Shares of MetroPCS Communications Inc. (NYSE: PCS) are trading flat on the session, currently trading $9.05. The stock recently jumped higher, off of the 50-day and 200-day moving averages, which is a strong, bullish signal. The stock is seeing a large, leveraged trade today as well. I am seeing...
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Calls Purchased in Vodafone (VOD)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 12:07pm | 106Shares of Vodafone Group (NASDAQ: VOD) are lower on the session by 1.69% today, currently trading $19.73. The cell phone giant recently broke through the 50-day and 200-day moving averages to the downside, which is a bearish sign. Some options traders are betting that the slide may be over and are...
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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market Losers (COCO, NFLX, HAUP, VOD, ARMH)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 8:47am | 178Corinthian Colleges Inc (NASDAQ: COCO) tumbled 3.69% to $15.40 in the pre-market session. COCO is presenting its company’s overview at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2010 services conference. Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX) lost 3.15% to $103 in the pre-market session. Analysts at Merriman...
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MetroPCS Communications (PCS) In The Right Place At The Right Time; Barron’s
Monday, May 17, 2010 - 11:04am | 106MetrocPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE: PCS) is all set to benefit from the growth in wireless subscribers. Barron’s says that as the price leader in pay-as-you-go mobile service, the company is in the right place at the right time. The growth in the prepaid wireless subscribers is well ahead of the...
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Top 5 Large-Cap NYSE Stocks In The Technology Sector With The Highest Profit Margins (GLW, TSM, PHI, CHL, AMX)
Monday, May 17, 2010 - 7:31am | 162Below are the top 5 large-cap technology stocks on the NYSE in terms of profit margins. The trailing-twelve-month profit margins of Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) is 47.16%. GLW’s quarterly earnings grew by 5,728.60% year-over-year. The trailing-twelve-month profit margins of Taiwan Semiconductor...
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Top 5 Mid-Cap NASDAQ Stocks In The Technology Sector With TheRevenue Estimates For This Quarter Highest (FLEX, STX, MU, PTNR, NIHD)
Monday, May 17, 2010 - 7:25am | 180Below are the top 5 mid-cap technology stocks on the Nasdaq in terms of revenue expectations. Flextronics International Ltd (NASDAQ: FLEX) is expected to generate $2.96 billion of revenue in the latest quarter. FLEX has a PEG ratio of 0.65. Seagate Technology (NASDAQ: STX) is expected to generate $...