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The Force: Star Wars Franchise Worth Over $30 Billion and Growing

Administrator — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:17:35 +0000

24/7 Wall St. has decided to calculate the total value of the Star Wars franchise ahead of the release of the 3D film “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace” and while its ‘Star Wars: The Old Republic’MMORPG video game is going strong. Calculating a total value for a franchise this large and spanning 35 years is no easy [...]

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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (COP, GILD, AMSC, MA, COH, LNKD, ATVI, CPST, GPRE, KONA, TRLG, LGF, MOVE, NBL, PCYC, ALU, FLIR, RUTH, FSLR, CIE, TBAC, RPXC, AMRS)

Paul Ausick — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:07:37 +0000

All three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning and the day was mostly a gentle slide for the rest of the trading session. The failed Greek debt deal weighed on futures this morning and nothing came along during the day to lift anyone’s spirits. US consumer sentiment fell slightly in January, the US [...]

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Mid-day Movers (CIE, AMRS, IPSU, MOVE, LNKD)

Paul Ausick — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:42:54 +0000

At about noon, the three major equity indexes have all maintained the losses they started the morning with. The DJIA is down about 118 points at about 12,772, the Nasdaq is down about 20 points at around 2,908, and the S&P 500 is down about 10 points to 1,342. The failure of deal on Greek [...]

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Petrobras Shares Volatile on $225 Billion Development Plan (PBR)

Paul Ausick — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:14:25 +0000

The world’s fifth largest oil company, Petroleo Brasileiro SA, or Petrobras, (NYSE: PBR) has its up days and its down days. Today is one of those downers. The Brazilian oil giant said today that its northeast Carioca field would be shut in for 2 months as the company repairs a riser connecting a well to [...]

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Morning Movers (CIE, ALU, LNKD, AMRS, XIDE)

Paul Ausick — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:24:09 +0000

The three major US equities indexes opened higher this morning as traders react to the failure of the proposed Greek debt swap deal. The DJIA is down about 103 points at about 12,787, the Nasdaq Composite is down nearly 21 points at about 2,907, and the S&P 500 is down about 10 points at around [...]

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AEP Dividend Growth Still Looks Safe Ahead (AEP)

Administrator — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:15:30 +0000

American Electric Power Company (NYSE: AEP) is trying to show the all-clear sign and help to assure its dividend investors that it can still grow and can still keep paying out that great 4.8% dividend yield ahead. AEP was recently named in our 2012 Model Dividend Portfolio and it was also listed as one of ten Stocks [...]

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Arch Coal Tumbles on Earnings, Forecast (ACI, ANR, PCX, BTU, CNX)

Paul Ausick — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:27:15 +0000

Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) reported fourth quarter and full year earnings this morning, and, like most other coal miners, the fourth quarter was just okay, while the outlook for the year ahead is not so bright. Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR), Patriot Coal Co. (NYSE: PCX), Peabody Energy Co. (NYSE: BTU), and Consol [...]

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2011 Trade Deficit Hits 3-Year High, Over $550 Billion

Administrator — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:47:08 +0000

The Commerce Department has released its international trade data for the month of December. Why on earth this is not just called the Trade Deficit is a mystery. We have not had a single surplus month in trade in longer than any of us care to remember. The December Deficit widened out again to $48.8 [...]

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Today’s Best Market Rumors (2/10/2012) Apple iPad, Google Entertainment

247wallst — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:42:45 +0000

Updated throughout the day on the 24/7 Wall St. Wire Apple will release the iPad 3 early in March (AllThingsD) Alibaba will take its online unit private as it buys shares back from Yahoo! (Reuters) Senior House member Spencer Bachus will be probed over insider trading charges (WaPo) Google is testing a wireless home entertainment device [...]

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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALTR, AMSC, BIIB, CELG, COH, CSTR, COP, FSLR, GILD, HAIN, MA, RF, TRLG)

Administrator — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:23:06 +0000

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Friday morning. Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at Zacks. American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC) Raised to Buy at Citigroup. Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley. Celgene Corporation [...]

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