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The Deep, Inner Meaning Of Bank of America's (BAC) TARP Repayment

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:19:07 GMT

As expected, Bank of America (BAC) will repurchase its $45 billion TARP preferreds, funded in part by an additional $18.8 billion in "common stock equivalents", $4.0 billion in asset sales, and $1.7 billion in restricted stock issued to employees in lieu of cash bonuses.[More...]

Forget Yesterday, It's All About Jobs

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:21:30 GMT

Good morning. Stocks tanked in the last half-hour on Thursday and while the major news outlets attributed the decline to either profit taking or some trepidation in front of this morning's big Jobs report, we'd like to offer a little more substantial reason for the 85 point dive on an otherwise subdued day of trading.[More...]

Fed Balance Sheet Declines By $15 Billion After Improbable Reduction In MBS, Excess Reserves, Monetary Base Hit Record

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:14:41 GMT

The Federal Reserve's balance sheet declined by $15 billion to $2,183 billion from the prior week, after the Fed presumably offloaded $2.7 billion in MBS: this is the first time since QE started that MBS holdings have declined. If anyone can tell us just who the idiots are who bought MBS from the Fed (and at what price), and who the even greater idiots are who are supposed to believe this, please send us an email.[More...]

China Will Continue To Drive The Global Economic Recovery In 2010

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:38:07 GMT

China isn’t just leading the global economic recovery – it’s lapping the field.[More...]

Interesting Stat: How Much Private Sector GDP Is From Construction And Real Estate?

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:15:56 GMT

Back in June, we discussed commercial real estate at length following attendance at a large real estate conference in NYC. Our tone was cautious and one question we wondered about was the percentage of GDP that real estate represents. We actually came across the answer back in August and meant to share then, but didn't get to it. Since the question/topic remains highly relevant to considering the potential negative economic drag from depressed real estate activity, we're sharing now -- the following table is from an 8/28/09 NYTs article, "Construction That Fueled Growth in the Sun Belt Slows":[More...]

Credit Market Overview: Dec 3, 2009

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:59:02 GMT

The credit crunch crisis of confidence which we appear to be crawling out of even though the debt and equity markets catapulted themselves higher earlier this year could be similarly argued to be a crisis that started in the credit markets which crunched confidence around the world as it could a collapse in confidence in the value of the securities investors held which corrupted the credit markets causing them to cease funding.[More...]

Grab Some Northern Exposure With EWC

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:39:42 GMT

Emerging markets are captivating investors again, but tidy profits aren’t always far away. Placing your bets on well-established global markets can also prove rewarding. That's why we're looking at Canada.[More...]

Unemployment Struggling To Turn A Corner As Job Losses Mount In November

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:20:20 GMT

U.S. job losses in the private sector slowed in November but still exceeded economists’ projections, a report by payroll-processing firm Automatic Data Processing (Nasdaq: ADP) indicated yesterday (Wednesday).[More...]

Why Barrick Closed Their Gold Hedge

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:15:14 GMT

It sure looks like gold is going to close above $1,200 an ounce today in New York. And large open market purchases from central banks in China, India and Russia are only helping the price surge more. (Just one year ago, some of these same central banks were actually selling gold in an attempt to fill an annual 10,000-ton supply gap.)[More...]

How To Profit From The 'Next' Dubai

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:51:42 GMT

The Dubai World default is a matter of only $60 billion – mere peanuts when compared to other elements of the global financial crisis. It’s thus of concern only to those silly enough to invest in real estate there (and the European banks foolish enough to finance it.) For the rest of us, it is a useful reminder that sudden collapses don’t really come out of nowhere – they can be foreseen, and smart investors can plan for them.[More...]

Intel, AMD settle long-term dispute

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:50:00 GMT

Intel and AMD made peace on Thursday, clearing the way for the world's leading PC chipmakers to focus on a fast-changing tech market.
Intel agreed to pay AMD $1.25 billion and abide by restrictions on the heavy discounts it routinely grants PC makers.
It's not clear what will happen to an antitrust lawsuit filed against Intel by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo last week, nor whether the Federal Trade Commission will drop its investigation of Intel's business practices.

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Intel CEO Paul Otellini Draws New Road Map at Annual Technology Showcase

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:52:00 GMT

Sep. 23--SAN FRANCISCO -- When Intel chief executive Paul Otellini drew up a road map for the chipmaker at its annual technology showcase here Tuesday, he laid out a number of sharp left turns.
At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Otellini described a future where the desktop PC is no longer at the center of the computing world.
As computing evolves, Otellini said, Intel aspires to keep up with new classes of chips customized for a host of devices.

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Acer to offer Google's Android in netbook PCs

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:53:00 GMT

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Small new "netbook" computers from Acer Inc. will come with Google Inc.'s Android operating system if buyers desire, instead of Windows from Microsoft Corp.
The move by Acer, the world's third-largest PC maker, could raise Android's chances of becoming a widely used alternative to Windows on mobile computers.
Wong also praised Android's fast boot-up time.

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Equities Lose Their Shine Amid Rush for Gold

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:50:00 GMT

The US Federal Reserves decision to buy $300bn (207bn) of sovereign debt prompted the move, with the market fearing others such as the European Central Bank, which has been sitting on the sidelines as the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan make similar moves, will have to follow suit.
The Feds move has already weakened the dollar, and a similar move elsewhere promises to hit other safe haven currencies.
By the afternoon, the gold price had swung comfortably past the $950 mark, boosting the share price of London-listed miners such as Randgold Resources, which surged by more than 16 per cent or 485p to 3485p.

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Tiffin Man Commands Lead in Stock Competition: Portfolio Gain is 58% in Blade Market Game

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:24:00 GMT

Mar. 5--Only two months into The Blade's yearlong Stock Market Game, the 30-year-old leader has built up such a lead that he looks poised to lap the field.
For the second straight month, Tiffin resident Aaron Howell is riding the 232 percent gain on the strength of Lasik eye surgery company Advanced Medical Optics Inc.
Mr. Howell's hypothetical portfolio of two Nasdaq stocks and two from the New York Stock Exchange is valued at $63,113 -- up 58 percent at the end of February.

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Market Watch: City Audience Keen to View BSkyB's Subscriber Figures

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:53:00 GMT

THE FTSE ended deep in negative territory as figures suggesting the UK is on the cusp of a technical recession wiped out a positive start to the week.
As a result, Standard Chartered and HSBC, which until this week were thought to be relatively insulated from the economic meltdown due to their global spread, were among the week's biggest fallers.
HSBC ended down 13 per cent at 696p, while Standard Chartered lost a staggering 30 per cent, closing at 758p.

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Wall St Sense Issues Corporate & Financial Analysis Palm Inc., Hologic Inc., NVIDIA Corporation, ARM Holdings plc, People's United Financial Inc. and Starbucks Corp.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:53:00 GMT

Stocks felt modest heat of the market as disappointing reports on tech, housing beat market analysts' expectation.
As new market updates continue to fuel the current trading trend, Wall Street Sense analysts have issued valuable analysis on the following companies: Palm Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM), Hologic Inc. (NASDAQ: HOLX), NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA), ARM Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARMH), People's United Financial Inc. (NASDAQ: PBCT) and Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX).
A quick snapshot of today's reports follows, for the full report sign up today at Wall Street Sense:

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NEC Electronics Expands Lineup of System LSI Devices for Automotive Infotainment Systems

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:05:00 GMT

NEC Electronics (TOKYO: 6723) today announced the availability of new system-on-chips (SoCs), the EC-4260 (NaviEngine®-MID) and EC-4250 (NaviEngine-mini) for use in automotive infotainment systems.
NEC Electronics first introduced the EC-4270 (NaviEngine) with four embedded CPU cores in 2007.
The EC-4260 with three CPU cores and EC-4250 with two CPU cores are now also available along with the EC-4270 to widely support the expanding market of car-navigation systems, particularly in Japan, Europe and the U.S. The EC-4260 and EC-4250 are the first members of NEC Electronics' new EMMA Car series of automotive system LSI devices.

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ARM and NXP Launch Mbed to Enable Rapid Prototyping With Microcontrollers

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:50:00 GMT

ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMH)] and NXP, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, today announced at Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) Boston, mbed.org and the mbed microcontroller rapid prototyping tools.
To maximise these opportunities ARM has developed mbed, the industry's first online platform for fast, low-risk prototyping of microcontroller-based systems.
The mbed tools launch with integral hardware and software support for the NXP LPC1768 ARM® Cortex-M3 processor-based MCU, making cutting-edge microcontroller technology accessible to a wide audience.

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NI Technology Identifies Key Technology Enablers for Emerging Solar Marketplace

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:49:00 GMT

PRINCETON, N.J., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Next Inning Technology Research (http://www.nextinning.com/), an online investment newsletter focused on semiconductor and technology stocks, announced it has begun publishing a series of special reports highlighting investment opportunities in green tech stocks, including National Semiconductor , Amtech Systems , Applied Materials , MEMC , Corning , and ARM Holdings .
After racking up a 53% year-to-date return in the Next Inning model portfolio, editor Paul McWilliams turns his attention and brings his considerable technology industry expertise to bear on an analysis of the emerging opportunities in the green tech arena.
Moreover, McWilliams explains why investors interested in the solar story should be looking beyond the solar panel manufacturers, to names that may offer a better return as the solar story takes hold.

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NI Technology Publishes Special Report 'Netbook Revolution: Winners in the Coming Era of 'Always On' Mobile Computing'

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:06:00 GMT

PRINCETON, N.J., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Next Inning Technology Research (http://www.nextinning.com), an online investment newsletter focused on semiconductor and technology stocks, announced it has updated outlooks for Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), ARM Holdings (Nasdaq: ARMH), Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM), Research in Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) and Palm (Nasdaq: PALM).
Editor Paul McWilliams has helped his subscribers generate huge returns on undervalued tech stocks in 2009.
All of these were ranked as either good "strategic" or "speculative" buys.

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ARM Sees Demand for HD Mobile Media and Entertainment Grow as Mali GPU Licensing Momentum Continues

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:57:00 GMT

ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMH)] announces today that it is seeing demand for mobile devices offering a high-definition (HD) entertainment and browsing experience rapidly increasing in Asia, as two more licensing agreements for its ARM® Mali™ graphics processing units (GPUs) are made with mobile technology providers in the region, Rockchip and Telechips.[More...]

Leading EDA Companies Join New ARM Fast Models Enablement Program

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:58:00 GMT

ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMH)] today announced at DAC, San Francisco, Calif., that CoWare, Mentor Graphics and Synopsys Inc. have joined the ARM® Fast Models Enablement Program. Members of the Program are able to integrate fully validated Fast Models from ARM, for a range of ARM® processors, into their virtual platform environments and deliver to their customers. This ensures that mutual customers can create complete ARM Powered® virtual platforms using the design flow of their choice. By using virtual platforms built around ARM processor Fast Models, engineers can develop software well in advance of final hardware implementation, with application and driver software running at near to real-time system performance.[More...]

ARM, Chartered, IBM, Samsung, and Synopsys Collaborate to Deliver Vertically Optimized Solution for 32/28nm Mobile SoC Designs

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:57:00 GMT

In a move that addresses fundamental challenges in creating advanced systems-on-chips , ARM [; ], Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. , IBM , Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd., and Synopsys, Inc. today announced at the Design Automation Conference an agreement to develop a comprehensive technology enablement solution for the design and manufacture of mobile Internet-optimized devices. The objective of this collaboration is to leverage innovations in material science, mobile multimedia implementation and SoC design to lower risk and improve time-to-market for advanced mobile products.[More...]

NI Technology Previews Earnings for ARM Holdings, Anadigics, Zoran, Actel, Cavium Networks and Silicon Storage Technology

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:11:00 GMT

Next Inning Technology Research , an online investment newsletter focused on semiconductor and technology stocks, announced it has updated outlooks for ARM Holdings , Anadigics , Zoran , Actel , Cavium Networks and Silicon Storage Technology .[More...]

MediaTek Deploys CoWare Solutions to Improve Product Development Cycle

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:03:00 GMT

Inc., theleading supplier of Electronic System Virtualization (ESV) software and services, and MediaTek, a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital media solutions, announced today that they have entered a multi-year, strategic relationship to deploy CoWare ESV solutions in MediaTek.
Over the past year MediaTek has successfully worked with CoWare during the initial deployment of ESV to MediaTek's design teams in multiple sites.
Going forward the relationship is expanded to the definition of next generation ESV solutions serving the future critical needs of MediaTek and its customers.

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