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The Man Who Sunk Citigroup Launches Hubris Fund

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 03:47:11 +0000

Having just written a book on the subject ( When Mooks Fail , currently #15 on the Amazon.com best-seller list ), Charlie G. continues his intrepid reporting on the utter shamelessness of Wall Street. Now, Tom Maheras , the former Citigroup president, is hardly the only person who proves that, ...

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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (AMZN, ANSS, BEBE, CAH, CNQ, CROX, GCO, PEET, O, SBUX)

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0000

These are this morning’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) Raised to Outperform at Bernstein and target raised from $125 to $160. ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS) Raised to Buy at Jefferies. bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE) ...

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Amazon: Bernstein Turns Bullish; Sets $160 Target

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:55:41 +0000

Amazon.com (AMZN) shares are getting a boost this morning from Bernstein Research analyst Jeffrey Lindsay , who lifted his rating on the stock to Outperform from Market Perform, and boosted his price target to $160 from $125. “We believe that current valuations give Amazon insufficient credit in three areas,” he writes in a research note. His list: Lindsay thinks consensus revenue growth estimates of 32% for Q4 and 25% for 2010 are too low; he sees 41% in the quarter and at ...

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With Book Price War Comes Rationing

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:00:00 +0000

BYJEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG ANDMIGUEL BUSTILLO Two weeks after an online book price war broke out among giant retailers, the three stores involved—Walmart, Amazon and Target—are limiting the number of copies their customers can buy. The limits will stop other booksellers from scooping up cheap ...

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Sony, Google Point the Way Toward a More Open Future for E-Books

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:01:37 +0000

wwwade , e-books , IT Wade Roush wrote: In a presentation at the Boston Book Festival last weekend, Jon Orwant, a Google engineer involved in the company’s Book Search project, made a memorable and, I thought, quite perceptive remark about the e-book business. “Think ...

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The war against affordable books

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:26:09 +0000

THE AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION loves people who buy books. It loves them so much that it wants to protect them from wicked retailers who sell popular titles at affordable prices. In fact, it wants to protect them from themselves. Consumers, after...

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Google Kirkland Is Hiring, and Other Highlights from the Company’s Northwest Birthplace

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:36:32 +0000

Internet , Computing , talent Gregory T. Huang wrote: This morning I checked my e-mail, powered by Google, and then used Google Maps to find my way to the Google Kirkland open house. It reminded me a little bit of the scene in “Being John Malkovich” when Malkovich, the actor, finds ...

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James Surowiecki: Priced to Go

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:02:03 +0000

In the spring of 1992, the airline industry was in dismal shape, debilitated by the recently ended recession and an overreliance on discounting. So American Airlines announced a new “value pricing” plan, which entailed cutting fares while replacing complex discounts with a simple, ...

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All-Time High for Amazon has Option Traders Raising the Bar

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:17:24 +0000

Today’s tickers: AMZN, MU, ETH, AMR, WYN, TBT, BAC, PCS, DE, ING, RSH & BCRX AMZN - Amazon.com, Inc. – Shares of the online retailer surged to an all-time high of $125.44 during the trading session. Investors exchanged approximately 241,000 option contracts on AMZN by 3:00 ...

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Did You Hear the One About Amazon? Two Lessons from AMZN

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:31:00 +0000

With Amazon leaping 27% Friday to an all-time high, it’s certainly a good idea to take a look at its current chart to see the progression that led to this move. Let’s take a quick look at Amazon’s (AMZN) weekly and daily chart. On better than expected earnings, Amazon ...

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My AMZN Trade and What to Do When You’re Short Gamma

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:27:48 +0000

AMZN beat. Or something like that. Sheesh. In the context of this declining volatility, I feel that the current strategy for most earnings trades would be to sell volatility prior, with the expectation that the move will not be greater than what the options are pricing in. When you sell ...

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