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Wall Street Closes Higher, General Electric (NYSE: GE) Rallies

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:14:45 GMT

US stocks finished higher on Friday as investors shrugged off disappointing government data showing the unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent in October - the highest in 26-1/2 years.[More...]

Closing Update: Wall Street Recovers From Jobs Report Downer, Ends Higher Friday and Up 3% for Week

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:04:10 GMT

Stock averages end narrowly higher Friday after a whipsaw session. All three leading averages record solid 3% weekly gains. A jump for Dow component General Electric (GE) after an analyst upgrade helped offset the damage from a weaker-than-expected October jobs report. Travelers (TRV) and Amazon.com (AMZN) also advanced after an upgrade.[More...]

4 Earnings Season Option Strategies For Monday November 9

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:31:43 GMT

In my latest three blog posts, I listed some stocks which I would be willing to go long by selling the puts right before the stock reported earnings. Keep in mind these are companies which I believed would have a positive reaction to the earnings, however if the stock moved sideways on the number this strategy would still likely return a gain the following day.[More...]

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN): Upgraded To Outperform At Sanford Bernstein

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:45:22 GMT

Sanford Bernstein is making a major call on Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) upgrading their rating to Outperform from Market Perform with a $160 target (prev. $125).[More...]

Technology Rises And Buying Facebook

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:54:11 GMT

Technology stocks have done well this year. The Technology Select Sector SPDR (XLK) bottomed out in March and by late October was up more than 60%. Tech has performed better than any other sector year-to-date – up 33.7% as of Friday’s close.[More...]

What's Your PayPhrase?

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:12:40 GMT

Today, Amazon announced an interesting development/feature with their payments offering (and of course it works on Amazon.com) called PayPhrase. You can read the details here.[More...]

Amazon (AMZN): Handling The Spike

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:27:10 GMT

A number of CallWriter.com members are long Amazon (AMZN) and short November calls and are feeling a bit trapped due to the stock’s bottle-rocket takeoff. Obviously, we have to be prepared to sell the stock when covered calls are written, because these things happen. What these members are experiencing is the regret that arises from thinking about all the money being “left on the table.” But it frequently is not left on the table.[More...]

All-Time High For Amazon (AMZN) Has Option Traders Raising The Bar

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:22:11 GMT

Today's tickers: AMZN, MU, ETH, AMR, WYN, TBT, BAC, PCS, DE, ING, RSH & BCRX[More...]

Retailing Stocks And Stats Suggest The U.S. Stock Market Rally Is For Real

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:08:29 GMT

We haven’t looked at the new high list for some time, so I took a quick look to see what’s cooking.[More...]

Earnings Season Option Plays For Tuesday & Wednesday

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:08:21 GMT

In my latest two blog posts Monday and Wednesday, I listed some stocks which I would be willing to go long by selling the puts right before the stock reported earnings. Keep in mind these are companies which I believed would have a positive reaction to the earnings, however if the stock moved sideways on the number this strategy would still likely return a gain the following day.[More...]

Software cos. eye key patent case in Supreme Court

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:48:00 GMT

WASHINGTON - With the technology industry looking on, the Supreme Court on Monday will explore what types of inventions should be eligible for a patent in a pivotal case that could undermine such legal protections for software.
"Technology companies care about this case because it will define what you can and cannot get a patent on," said Emery Simon, counselor to the Business Software Alliance, which represents large technology companies including Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. "The scope of patentability could have ramifications for the path that technology takes."
"The software industry would lose an important incentive to innovate if the government ceased issuing software patents," warned patent attorney James Carmichael, a former judge on the Patent Office board of appeals.

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Wall Street Closes Higher, General Electric (NYSE: GE) Rallies

Closing Update: Wall Street Recovers From Jobs Report Downer, Ends Higher Friday and Up 3% for Week

4 Earnings Season Option Strategies For Monday November 9

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN): Upgraded To Outperform At Sanford Bernstein

Technology Rises And Buying Facebook

What's Your PayPhrase?

Amazon (AMZN): Handling The Spike

All-Time High For Amazon (AMZN) Has Option Traders Raising The Bar

Retailing Stocks And Stats Suggest The U.S. Stock Market Rally Is For Real

Earnings Season Option Plays For Tuesday & Wednesday

Software cos. eye key patent case in Supreme Court

Smart and powerful: New Droid offers replaceable battery, removable memory, free GPS

Amazon shares climb on analyst's sales growth view

Microsoft's job cuts 'complete' -- for now

A growing PayPal could soon overshadow parent eBay

State economy destined to grow: Business newsletter editor predicts better performance next year, but risks remain

A growing PayPal could soon overshadow parent eBay

Best Buy to offer movie downloads: The retailer is readying for the next step in home movie watching.

Best Buy embraces digital delivery of home video

PCs shed pounds and CD drives, gain touch screens

Amazon.Com Acquires Zappos.Com

Trade Alert: Sunwin International Neutraceuticals -- October 26, 2009

PicksThatMove.Com Announces Investment Opinion on VIT, AMZN, DELL, GSS and C

Market News: Dragon Capital Group - August 26, 2009

Integrity Media: Exceeding Expectations

'Demystifying the Cloud,' an Executive Symposium for Information Technology Leaders, September 16, 2009, Los Angeles, CA

McGraw-Hill Education and Amazon Expand Strategic Alliance to Include Higher Education Content on Kindle and Kindle DX

New Free Shopping Application for Android Lets Amazon Customers Snap a Photo or Scan a Barcode for Instant Product Matches

Shmoop and Kindle Sittin' in a Tree: Now You Can Become a Better Lover (of Literature & Life) Through Amazon Kindle

Panasonic Announces Availability of Amazon Video on Demand on Its Full Line of 2009 VIERA CAST(TM)-Enabled Blu-ray Disc Players

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