Archive for January, 2009:

Barnes & Noble (BKS): Big buyers offer a bullish read

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Steven Halpern }
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Filed under: Newsletters, Stocks to Buy"Last spring, CEO Leonard Riggio of Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) purchased almost $50 million-worth of his company's stock between $27-29.50; today, it languishes on the remainder table at $17.56," says Mark Skousen. In his income-oriented ...Read More »

Will Apple be seeing Palm in court?

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Paul Carton }
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Filed under: Launches, Apple Inc (AAPL), Research in Motion (RIMM), Palm Inc (PALM), iPhone, TechnologyWhile Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) and Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) are locked in their battle for smartphone supremacy, a new entry into the market has ...Read More »

Wonder where your money went last year? John Paulson took it

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Peter Cohan }
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Filed under: Federal Natl Mtge (FNM)In 2008, the average stock on the S&P 500 lost 38.5%. John Paulson, no relation to the former Treasury Secretary who is famous for making billions shorting sub prime mortgages in 2007, made almost exactly ...Read More »

Would you like the government to spend 4 TRILLION dollars to bail out the banks?

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Connie Madon }
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Filed under: Bad news, Federal Reserve, Financial CrisisHow would you like it if the government spent 4 TRILLION dollars to bail out our banks? How would you like it if this $4 trillion dollars amounts to 1/3 of our Gross ...Read More »

Stock pick and pans for troubled times: TIVO, MCD, BAA, SJM, AVP, SYK, CL …

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Melly Alazraki }
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Filed under: Exxon Mobil (XOM), McDonald's (MCD), Avon Products (AVP), Boeing Co (BA), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), BP p.l.c. ADS (BP), Stocks to Buy, Stocks to SellEarnings season was in full bloom this week, and BloggingStocks contributors often made their choices following ...Read More »

Honeywell (HON) flat on Q1 earnings

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Brent Archer }
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Filed under: Earnings reports, Options, Technical Analysis, Honeywell Intl (HON)Honeywell (NYSE: HON - option chain) shares are just about unchanged this morning after the company posted a fourth-quarter profit of $707 million, or 97 cents per share, on revenue of ...Read More »

Amazon reigns in the jungle

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Jamie Dlugosch }
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Filed under: Major movement, Earnings reports, Good news, Consumer experience, Amazon.com (AMZN), Stocks to Buy, RecessionMy youngest daughter turned 3 yesterday, and my wife planned a big jungle-themed party for friends and family. She went all out decorating the house like ...Read More »

Government’s claws waiting for private equity?

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Tom Taulli }
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Filed under: Private equity, Blackstone Group L.P (BX)The buyout binge - which lasted until mid 2007 - got its fuel from major banks. Of course, with the credit crunch, the spigot has closed shut, putting the ice on dealmaking.But once ...Read More »

A great plan to dispose of financial toxic waste

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Peter Cohan }
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Filed under: HousingIt would be nice if we could just wave a magic wand and evaporate the $13 trillion worth of toxic waste that's dragging down the global financial system. But we'll have to dispose of it somehow in order ...Read More »

Whole Foods Market talks settlement with FTC

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Zac Bissonnette }
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Filed under: Law, Whole Foods Market (WFMI)The Federal Trade Commission has temporarily suspended its antitrust challenge to Whole Foods Market's (NASDAQ: WFMI) 2007 acquisition of Wild Oats to allow the company to explore settlement possibilities.David Wales, the chief competition enforcer ...Read More »
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