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Stock Market News: Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK), Yaho…

Jutia Group | December 11th 2009

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert Kelly is in talks to be the next CEO of Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC), a job he said last month he did not want, a person familiar with the matter said. No d read more

247wallst

Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (AOL, BNI, GLW,…

24/7 wall St. - Insightful Analysis and Commentary for U.S.… | December 11th 2009 by TimThompson

These are the ten top analyst calls in upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen early this Friday from Wall Street research calls: AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Started as Outperform at Bernstein. Burlington Northern Santa Fe (NYSE: BNI) Cut to Neut read more

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Google Recaptures Lost Search Share Dominance (GOOG, YHOO, MSFT,…

24/7 wall St. - Insightful Analysis and Commentary for U.S.… | December 9th 2009 by TimThompson

If new data out of Experian Hitwise is accurate, then Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is again taking market share in the US search market against competitors Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT).  For the four-week period ended read more

nysetrade

The market review for December, 9st

DayTrader on NYSE | December 9th 2009 by nysetrade

Stock trades in the United States were closed on December 8 leading indexes lower. Without much optimism players embraced released data on loss development company Nakheel, a Dubai-controlled investment fund Dubai World, are trying to negotiate with read more

247wallst

The Unusual Suspects (AMZN, AAPL, COST, FTR, HUN, SOMX, S, TTWO,…

24/7 wall St. - Insightful Analysis and Commentary for U.S.… | December 5th 2009 by TimThompson

This was a wild week, and perhaps a disappointment that the news did not propel stocks even higher.  There were many key movers though, and we have a very active panel of very active and widely held shares for traders and investors to keep an eagle read more

mywealth

Is Tech Over-Valued?

My Wealth.com | November 24th 2009 by Sean Hyman

   Is The Tech Sector Over-valued?    “Good new technologies are a bit like good new roads: their social benefits far exceed what any one person or company can get paid for creating them.”  -- Michael Lewis, autho read more

247wallst

Unusual Friday Options Activity (AAPL, GOOG, BAC, LEAP, PCS, DRYS…

24/7 wall St. - Insightful Analysis and Commentary for U.S.… | November 20th 2009 by TimThompson

We have seen some unusual options trading today.  As you would expect, some is around today’s 4:00 PM close  with today being options expiration date.  But some bets are way out into 2011 and we have some around merger rumors.  All have lin read more

nysetrade

The market review for November, 10st

DayTrader on NYSE | November 10th 2009 by nysetrade

Stock trades in the United States ended on November 9 the leading index increased on average by 2%. Investors with optimism have reacted to the outcome of the meeting of finance ministers “big Twenties” (G20), which was decided on further read more

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Yahoo! and Microsoft Extend Negotiation Period (YHOO, MSFT)

24/7 wall St. - Insightful Analysis and Commentary for U.S.… | October 28th 2009 by TimThompson

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) issued an SEC filing noting that it and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) have extended the negotiating time on the previously announced search pact.  Without getting to participate in the drawing room for the negotiations it read more

247wallst

Carl Icahn Leaves Yahoo! (YHOO) Board Without Getting What He Wan…

24/7 wall St. - Insightful Analysis and Commentary for U.S.… | October 23rd 2009 by TimThompson

Carl Icahn, who joined the Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) board on July 21.2008 after a long proxy fight with the company. The portal company had rejected Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) search and restructuring proposal just the week before. The Microsoft neg read more

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Today’s Stock Market Commentary Per David Elliott 10.22.09

POSSE Trader's Blog by FINZ.tv | October 22nd 2009 by FINZ.tv

Per David Elliott : Our comments of sellers at yesterday’s highs, was again tested today, and found more sellers, enough to give the DJ-30 a market swing of 176 points from a new DJ high to the low. This market swing created another Key Rever read more

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Yahoo Will Launch a New News Blog

be for news | October 21st 2009 by admin

Big Media Companies: get ready for more competition: this time from Yahoo (s YHOO), which is finally embracing its inner … See more here: Yahoo Will Launch a New News Blog read more

nysetrade

The market review for October, 21st

DayTrader on NYSE | October 21st 2009 by nysetrade

Stock trades in the U.S. closed 20 October 2009. decrease in leading indexes against the background of macroeconomic news, while a negative trend could not be reversed even favorable corporate news. So, with pessimism was received a report of the Min read more

247wallst

Larry Ellison Doesn’t Play Chicken

24/7 wall St. - Insightful Analysis and Commentary for U.S.… | October 21st 2009 by TimThompson

Larry’s Ellison, the founder and CEO of Oracle (NASDAQ:OFCL) does not make idle threats. He does not have to. In most games against his competition he holds the majority of the cards. He has taken over a number of businesses in his sector of the te read more

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Yahoo! (YHOO) And The Miracle Of Cost Cutting

24/7 wall St. - Insightful Analysis and Commentary for U.S.… | October 21st 2009 by TimThompson

Wall St. was impressed by but not euphoric about Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ:YHOO) third quarter earnings. The company’s net revenue was $1.131 billion, down from $1.325 billion in the period last year. Net income for the quarter that ended in September was read more

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Media Digest (10/21/2009) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

24/7 wall St. - Insightful Analysis and Commentary for U.S.… | October 21st 2009 by TimThompson

Reuters:   China is having trouble managing supply and demand. Reuters:   Geithner said the core programs of the TARP are ending. Reuters:   Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) tripled it profits. Reuters:   Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA) will cut 3,000 job read more

BullsBattleBears

Markets Stuggled to Break Even and End Negative

Bulls Battle Bears | October 20th 2009

So Tuesday the markets opened on a downward slope. With an initial struggle to move towards its opening levels, the markets ultimately fell negative. Yesterday after the close, a “surprise” took over the markets as Apple (APPL) posted b read more

247wallst

The 100 Hardest Working Brands In The World

24/7 wall St. - Insightful Analysis and Commentary for U.S.… | October 20th 2009 by TimThompson

There are a number of ways to rank brand values. One of the most important is the level at which a brand contributes to the market value of a public company. 24/7 Wall St. asked Corebrand, the brand research and consulting firm, to look at the top 10 read more

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Yahoo! (YHOO) Cuts Costs, Makes Money–Market Not Impressed

24/7 wall St. - Insightful Analysis and Commentary for U.S.… | October 20th 2009 by TimThompson

Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO)reported revenues of $1.575 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, a decrease of 12%. Net income was $.13, compared to $.04 for the third quarter of 2008. Marketing services revenue declined 12% and fees revenues declin read more

investorslive

Earnings for Week of 10/23

InvestorsLive Blog | October 18th 2009 by InvestorsLive

It’s a busy week ahead on the street, as enthusiastic earnings reports from Alcoa (AA) and JP Morgan (JPM) were brought down to life Friday by Bank of America (BAC) and General Electric... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for fu read more

247wallst

Major Tech Earnings on Deck (AAPL, TXN, SNDK, STX, WDC, YHOO, EBA…

24/7 wall St. - Insightful Analysis and Commentary for U.S.… | October 17th 2009 by TimThompson

This week is going to make last week’s earnings flood look like elementary school.  We have the floodgates opening for technology, web, software, hardware, and IT, and 24/7 Wall Street has previewed 14 of the top technology stocks that are on read more

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Next Week’s Top 10 Earnings on Deck (AAPL, UNH, YHOO, FCX, WFC,…

24/7 wall St. - Insightful Analysis and Commentary for U.S.… | October 16th 2009 by TimThompson

We have almost an endless wave of corporate earnings for the calendar Q3-2009 coming out next week.  We have what looks to be over 100 of the S&P 500 Index members reporting and what appears to be 12 current or ex-DJIA components reporting earni read more

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Yahoo Earnings Preview: Third Quarter 2009

Earnings Previews | October 14th 2009

There is increasing evidence that the online advertising market is beginning to recover which should help lift Yahoo’s third quarter performance. ShareThis read more

jrozen

Stock Talk - September 24, 2009

Stock Preacher Makes Simple Changes for it's Subscribers | September 24th 2009 by Jack Rozen

Stock Talk’s Technical Trade Outlook for Thursday September 24th, 2009 are: F, GIS, YRCW, YHOO Open publication - Free publishing - More yrcw read more

nysetrade

The market review for September, 16st

DayTrader on NYSE | September 16th 2009 by nysetrade

Stock trades in the U.S. ended Sept. 15 increase in the leading indices. Substantial support for market was released before the session of the macroeconomic indicators. In particular, the U.S. Department of Commerce (US Department of Commerce) report read more

jrozen

Stock Talk - September 14, 2009

Explaining the Dow Jones Industril Average | September 14th 2009 by Jack Rozen

Stock Talk’s Technical Trade Outlook for Monday September 14th, 2009 are: AXL, DRYS, MOT, WYNN, YHOO Open publication - Free publishing - More yhoo read more

wantedtech

Weekly Advertiser Watch – Yahoo!, Morgan Stanley, Dr.Pepper Sna…

All About Hiring Demand | September 11th 2009 by Wanted Tech

Every day, WANTED's web spiders crawl through employment websites, capturing new job ads. Our proprietary technology removes duplicates, normalizes critical analytical components, appends established third party data elements, and organizes the lot i read more

LongShortTrader

Google’s Gmail is Down Again

LongShortTrader.com | September 4th 2009 by Michael Comeau

Is this affecting anyone else? Google’s (GOOG) Gmail is not letting me in right now, displaying this message every time I try to do something: This comes on the heels of Gmail’s recent server overload, which left millions without access to the read more

thewild1

Your Crash Course to the Buy and Hold Trading Strategy

The Wild Investor | August 25th 2009 by Amey

They say it is boring, slow, and inefficient, but, if you are looking to grow your long-term wealth, effectively using the buy and hold strategy will have you making better returns on you money than what your banks and retirement accounts are doing r read more

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5th Anniversary of Google. Past, Present, and Future

The Wild Investor | August 21st 2009 by Amey

5 years ago Google (GOOG) went public. Now at over $400 a share I could really careless what the stock does. Whether it is under or overvalued. The stock is just not in my price range; however, its interesting to compare what other stocks have done w read more