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2010 has been a positive year for the markets.  IPOs and secondary offerings have been plentiful, debt offerings have been plentiful, and restructurings continue.  Many spin-offs have been...
Dell’s (NASDAQ: DELL) margins rushed past expectations and shares moved higher (Reuters) Bernanke said a strong US recovery is essential to global economic health (Reuters) Lawmakers attacked...
China’s PMI grew much faster than expected. (Reuters) China will not slow rare earth shipments. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) sued Motorola (NYSE: MOT) over six patents. (Reuters) New search...
Mortgage investors have begun to pressure banks to buy back bad loans. (Reuters) China may use its rare earth stocks to help it move ahead with alternative energy.  (Reuters) Bank of Japan released...
Reuters:   Wall St. was disappointed by Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) revenue forecast. Reuters:   French police unblocked the fuel deposites held by strikers against auterity. Reuters:   The CEO...
Reuters:   BP plc (NYSE: BP) says its $20 billion escrow has paid out 19,000 claims which total $240 million. Reuters:   The US said that BP has “killed” the leaking well. Reuters:   Bank...
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC) Started as Overweight...
What happens when you have a huge rally and you still see many popular stocks not performing at all or hardly up at all on the broad market?  Traders either chase the names up on a secondary or...
GAMCO Investors, Inc. (NYSE: GBL) is the parent of Gabelli & Company and is run by the very well known investment manager Mario Gabelli.  This morning came the release of Gabelli’s new FOCUS...
Reuters:   The Fed backed “extending language” on rates. Reuters:   About 60% CDS could be cleared centrally according to experts. Reuters:   Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) and...
Reuters:   Met Life (MET) is close to buying AIG’s (AIG) foreign insurance unit for $15.5 billion. Reuters:   Subway will try to catch McDonald’s (MCD) in China by 2020. Reuters:  ...
Reuters:   The Senate overcame opposition to allow jobless benefits to be extended. Reuters:   China will hope to keep the value of the yuan steady. Reuters:   JC Penney (JCP) will focus on...
Reuters:   Coca-Cola (KO) is close to buying its largest bottler. Reuters:   Microsoft (NASAQ:MSFT) won court approve to shut down computers that spread spam and viruses. Reuters:  ...
Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC) has approved the spin off of Madison Square Garden to Cablevision shareholders.  Madison Square Garden is the home venue of the New York Knicks and...
CBS (NYSE:CBS) and Sirius XM (NYSE:SIRI) pose the greatest investment risks among media companies based on a forensic measure of their transparency and the statistical reliability of their financial...