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Government Gave Bank Regulators Millions in Bonuses During Financial Meltdown
Filed under: Bad News , Management , Scandals , Federal Reserve , Financial Crisis During the 2003 — 06 boom years, three agencies, The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the Office of Thrift Supervision, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency gave out millions of dollars in bonuses to regulators of these agencies. The bonuses were supposedly given out for “superior” performance
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FPL Group: An Undervalued Utility
Filed under: Stocks to Buy The stock of utility FPL Group ( FPL ), which I first wrote about on March 3, 2009 , at a price of $43.30, has retreated in the past six months, but the business model is still preferred. Here’s why: FPL appears to have declined on investor sentiment that the economic recovery in the company’s key power market, Florida, will lag the U.S.
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Sex.com Sale Stalled by Involuntary Bankruptcy Filing
Filed under: Deals , Technology A day before it was set to go under the gavel, the sale of Sex.com stalled. The domain name was set to be auction, but an involuntary Chapter 11 filing by three of the company’s creditors has put the brakes on the bidding.
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Honeywell’s Train Is Leaving the Station
Filed under: Honeywell Intl (HON) , Stocks to Buy It’s probably now or never regarding positioning yourself for an outsized gain in this economic expansion with Honeywell International ( HON ), first discussed here on February 26, 2009 at a price of $26.86. A February share dip to about $37 created a value opportunity extraordinaire with Honeywell, and the shares have since accelerated out of those lows. Continue reading Honeywell’s Train Is Leaving the Station Honeywell’s Train Is Leaving the Station originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:30:00 EST
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Can Crocs Continue Its Quest for New Highs?
Filed under: Options , Technical Analysis , Crocs Inc (CROX) , Stocks to Sell On Thursday, the shares of Crocs, Inc. ( CROX ) shuffled to a new 52-week high for the second time in as many sessions. The equity topped out at $8.47 on an intraday basis, marking its best price since July 2008
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Lion’s Gate Buoyed By Hostile Icahn Bid
Filed under: Deals , Good news , Options , Technical Analysis , Lions Gate Entertainment (LGF) Lions Gate Entertainment ( LGF – option chain ) shares are rising this morning after activist investor Carl Icahn announced a hostile takeover bid for the company. LGF had rejected his offer to take a larger stake in the company earlier in the week.
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IronPlanet: Looking for IPO Gold
Filed under: SEC Filings , Products and Services , Initial Public Offerings IronPlanet, which operates an online marketplace for used construction and agricultural equipment, has been growing nicely over the past year. Revenues spiked 56% to $42.7 million and profits went from $1.9 million to $12.9 million.
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New Insurance Product Protects Media
Filed under: Competitive Strategy , Media World Now if you blame the media, someone else will have to share in the losses. Insurance company Aviva ( AV ) is taking the side of camera-wielding, microphone-thrusting pushy press folks with a new form of protection that will cover everything from electronics to foot-in-mouth syndrome (i.e., liability). The insurance product will be available to a variety of companies, including both online and print publishers, broadcasters, photographers and marketing and advertising companies.
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Microsoft Customers Go to Opera
Filed under: Competitive Strategy , Microsoft (MSFT) Readers of this space may recall that about two weeks ago I wrote about an intriguing turn of events for Microsoft Corp. ( MSFT ). Pursuant to an agreement with the European Commission, Microsoft has made available to it’s new European customers a web page which provides those customers download utilities for a choice of twelve different web browser applications
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Analyst Calls: BBY, CPSI, CRAI, MAR, PALM, RIMM, SLB, SYNA, TTEK, WFT …
Filed under: Analyst Reports , Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades , Research in Motion (RIMM) , Palm Inc (PALM) , Analyst Initiations Analyst Upgrades Auriga upgraded Computer Programs & Systems ( CPSI ) to hold from sell after channel checks indicated Q1 could be the bottom for stagnation of new system sales. The firm raised its target for shares to $38 from $32. Janney Montgomery upgraded Tetra Tech ( TTEK ) to buy from neutral due to valuation
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