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These are today’s unusual options trading patterns seen late in the afternoon.  We have provided links over to VSInvestor.com for more details on each situation: There have been two large options...
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....
There have been many ways which companies exit bankruptcy court.  Historically, many companies have used tax loss carryforward strategies as well.  But selling a claim against assets for recovery...
Reuters:   GM says most of its cost cutting is done and its sales chief left. Reuters:   Spot gold hit a record above $1,050. Reuters:   The Senate healthcare bill weighs in at $829 billion....
Updated throughout the day. Updated 2:44 Dell Inc. (NYSE: DELL) will launch a branded Android smartphone thru AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and possibly other carriers next year.  Source today is from...
Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS)  hits a yearly high of $22.54.  Fellow retailers Polo Ralph Lauren (NYSE: RL),  American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) and J. Crew Group (NYSE: JCG) also hit yearly highs....
Reuters:   The best investment for Chinese companies may be the nation’s own 1.3 billion person home market. Reuters:   Japan’s Democrats took power. Reuters:   Economists say there is no...
Reuters:   A college education no longer means easy employment in China. Reuters:   Fannie Mae (FNM) lost $14.8 billion. Reuters:   The auto “clunkers” legislation passed the Senate....
Markets in Asia were higher. The Nikkei rose .7% to 9,793. Sony (SNE) jumped higher. The Hang Seng moved up 2.7% to 19,783. The Shanghai Composite was up 1% to 3,328. At the open in Europe, the FTSE...
We have provided links through on our day trading alerts page this morning.  Each stock is seeing active trading right before the open and brief explanations and analysis are offered at...
Apollo Management’s Hexion Specialty Chemicals offered $6 billion to buy chemical company Huntsman (HUN) in July 2007, a bid which would have given stockholders $27.25 a share. Over the course of...
Reuters:   Airlines are cutting back on first class seating. Reuters:   Xstrata wants merger talks with mining rival Anglo American. Reuters:   Employers are cutting 401 (K) plans....
Reuters:   The heads of the emerging markets, the so-called BRICs, held their first global summit. Reuters:   Obama will be tested this week on financial reforms. Reuters:   Rich nations are...
These are among the top research calls and analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen early this Friday morning with over two hours until the open: Amgen (AMGN) Raised to Outperform at Baird....
According to Reuters, a bill to restrict credit card charges cleared a key committee in Congress. Reuters reports that Ken Lewis of Bank of America (BAC) says his firm what urged by the Treasury to...