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Apple Seeks to Block Samsung Sales

Posted: August 27, 2012 at 5:32 pm

Now that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has successfully argued Samsung has infringed on its patents, Apple is now looking to take Samsung devices off the markets. Apple is looking to ...
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Molycorp Heavy Rare Earths Project Up and Running

Posted: August 27, 2012 at 4:30 pm

U.S. rare earth minerals miner Molycorp Inc. (NYSE: MCP) announced after markets closed today that it had begun production at its Project Phoenix concentrate facilities in Mountain Pass, California. The ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — August 27, 2012: Markets Lack Enthusiasm, Close Mixed (AMZN, BRCD, LLY, ADSK, THS, TIF, SDRL, STP, BWS, MY, MOV, SFM, HCBK, MTB, KNXA, IBM, PANL, AAPL)

Posted: August 27, 2012 at 4:06 pm

The three major U.S. stock indexes opened flat to higher this morning but picked up some buying steam after the first hour or so of trading. In Europe the president ...
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Gulf Oil Production About 80% Shut-In Due to TS/Hurricane Isaac

Posted: August 27, 2012 at 3:18 pm

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Hurricane Response Team reported earlier that some 78% of crude oil and 48.3% of the natural gas production has been shut-in by ...
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August Retail Sales Set for Lowest Growth in Three Years (PSUN, ARO, BIG, ANF, TJX, ROST, WMT, AEO)

Posted: August 27, 2012 at 1:59 pm

Retail sales have been soft since early summer, and August doesn’t appear to be a get-well month for retailers either. Research firm Retail Metrics projects that August sales will rise ...
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Cleveland Fed’s Pianalto Sees Limits of Monetary Policy, But Doesn’t Draw a Line

Posted: August 27, 2012 at 1:09 pm

The president of the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank, Sandra Pianalto, gave a speech today that pretty much sums up the recent actions taken by the FOMC, of which she is ...
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Ackman Goes Back After General Growth Properties

Posted: August 27, 2012 at 12:45 pm

Pershing Square's Bill Ackman is already out with an amended filing after his activist investor activities increased against General Growth Properties Inc. (NYSE: GGP), which also brings up a bit ...
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AMR Profitable in Bankruptcy (AAMRQ, JBLU, LCC, DAL)

Posted: August 27, 2012 at 12:24 pm

It is almost hard to believe, but AMR Corporation (NASDAQOTH: AAMRQ.PK) has proven to be profitable in the month of July.  AMR has made an SEC Filing which discloses its ...
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Some Chemicals Makers Prosper, Some Face Challenges (TPC, CBT, EMN, DOW, DD, LYB, WLK, XOM, CHK, EOG)

Posted: August 27, 2012 at 12:09 pm

The chemicals industry is not ordinarily thought of as action central, but there have been some recent moves, including one today, that are stirring things up. Two private equity firms, ...
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Analyst Cautions on Intel and PC Growth For Rest of 2012

Posted: August 27, 2012 at 11:34 am

All you had to do was review the recent earnings reports from Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) and Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) and you knew that a PC slowdown was still underway.  ...
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Dallas Fed Shows Slowing Growth, Improving Expectations

Posted: August 27, 2012 at 10:56 am

The Dallas Federal Reserve is out with its August manufacturing and business activity report. The report on business activity came in to -1.6 in the month of August, versus a ...
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Chicago Fed President Wants “Action Now”

Posted: August 27, 2012 at 10:44 am

In a speech in Hong Kong, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans laid out his current thinking on the U.S. economy. The money quote comes in his final two sentences: I ...
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Today’s Market Winners and Losers

Posted: August 27, 2012 at 10:41 am

Stocks are mixed Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.23%, the Nasdaq up 0.15% and the S&P 500 down 0.05%. Today's market winners include two buyouts and a ...
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Big Swings in Short Interest in Actively Traded Cult Stocks (ALU, BAC, BKS, DNDN, DMND, FB, FSLR, GMCR, GRPN, LNKD, NFLX, NOK, RSH, RIMM, SIRI, ZNGA)

Posted: August 27, 2012 at 10:26 am

The short interest in the actively traded cult stocks and low-priced shares is often highly volatile. We tracked some rather large moves up and down in this group for the August ...
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Merger Monday: Schulze Gets into Best Buy, Hertz Nabs Dollar Thrifty, and So On (BBY, HTZ, DTG, IBM, KNXA, MTB, HCBK, PROJ)

Posted: August 27, 2012 at 10:16 am

Plenty of action on the merger and acquisition front today, with founder Richard Schulze getting an okay from the board of Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) to conduct his ...
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