Posts Tagged friday

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BKC, PSS, DROOY, GFI, KSP, MFE, MITL, MELI)

These are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes this morning: Burger King Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BKC) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray. Collective Brands, Inc

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ADP Private Payroll–More Double Dip Fuel

ADP data on private sector employment was disappointing and pointed to a potential weak national joblessness announcement on Friday.

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California furloughs back on, Oregon deficit widens

From Bob Egelko at the San Francisco Chronicle: Furloughs back on starting this Friday The state Supreme Court allowed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday to resume unpaid furloughs of 144,000 state employees for three days a month, starting this Friday ..

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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BRCM, EAT, CMVT, CTCT, NLST, NVDA, CRM)

Analysts have very selective calls this Friday the 13th.  Some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls are as follows: Broadcom Corp. (NASDAQ: BRCM) Cut to Hold at S&P Equity Research (late Thursday call).

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IBM Makes Another Acquisition (IBM, UNCA)

IBM is buying another company.  International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) announced the acquisition of a company called Unica Corporation (NASDAQ: UNCA) early this Friday.  The deal may sound small at a mere $480 million for a mega-cap company with more than $25 billion of liquidity to spare.  The issue is that Unica’s buyout premium [[ This is a content summary only.

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Today’s Best Market Rumors (8/13/2010)

Updated throughout the day. Elizabeth Warren is a leading contender to run the newly created consumer financial agency (Reuters) GM’s board pressured CEO Ed Whitacre to stay for several years or leave immediately (Bloomberg) Douglas A

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Top Day Trader Alerts (ATVI, ATPG, APEI, CROX, GNVC)

Day traders have a few big movers to choose from this Friday morning.  While many stocks are moving after earnings, there are several percentage gainers and losers that stand out in the pack for day traders and active traders.  We are seeing significant moves in shares of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), ATP Oil & [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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ADP: Private Employment increases 42,000 in July

ADP reports : Nonfarm private employment increased 42,000 from June to July 2010 on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the ADP National Employment Report®.

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Major Earnings Previews Still on Deck (AMZN, AXP, MSFT, MOS, SNDK, F, MCD, VZ)

Earnings season is now in full swing and we have many major market-movers that are on deck Thursday afternoon and Friday morning with key earnings reports.  Many are DJIA components.  We have compiled previews for Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), American Express Company (NYSE: AXP), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS), SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ: [[ This is a content summary only

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Media Digest 7/15/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   BP plc (NYSE: BP) has begun to run an important test on its well cap. Reuters:   China’s economy expanded at 11.1% in 1H but closed in Q2

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