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The Ten States That Pay Teachers The Most (And Why It Doesn’t Matter)

Posted: February 26, 2011 at 9:52 am

Lost in the debate about collective bargaining rights and the related issues of pay, pensions, and health care coverage is the dialogue about a core issue.  There is no clear correlation that better ...
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    • Oil Prices Pose Challenge to Airline Traffic (UAL, AMR, DAL, LUV)

    Posted: February 28, 2011 at 10:53 am

    Just as passenger and freight traffic have begun to improve for the world's airlines, rising crude oil prices have thrown a monkey wrench into the airlines' hopes of profitability in 2011. The Interna...
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    Americans Should Be Nervous About The Housing Market

    Posted: February 28, 2011 at 9:37 am

    Americans think that housing prices in 2011 will remain stable though they increasingly consider real estate to be a bad investment. That's the not-too-surprising findings of a study released today...
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    Short Selling Trends Mixed in High-Priced Market Leaders (AMZN, AAPL, BIDU, FFIV, GS, GOOG, IBM, MA, NFLX, POT, PCLN, CRM, VMW, WYNN)

    Posted: February 28, 2011 at 9:07 am

    The short sellers seem to be increasing bets in some sectors while decreasing their bets elsewhere.  We are again seeing a record low in the short interest while others are seeing steady gains.  Our...
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    Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (GLUU, JOBS, SNTS)

    Posted: February 28, 2011 at 8:58 am

    Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Glu Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ: GLUU), 51 Job, Inc. (NASDAQ: JOBS), and Sa...
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    The Twitter/247 Wall St. Market Report (2/28/2011) Budget Fears, Personal Income

    Posted: February 28, 2011 at 8:45 am

    Twitter  has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than one million Twit...
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    Income & Spending May Drag Q1 GDP

    Posted: February 28, 2011 at 8:41 am

    The Commerce Department has some slightly concerning data on income and spending as it pertains to growth and GDP as 2011 gets off to a start.  Personal income rose by 1.0% and spending was up by +0....
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    Today’s Best Market Rumors (2/28/2010) Twitter $450 Million Investment, Glencore IPO

    Posted: February 28, 2011 at 8:25 am

    Updated throughout the day. Blackstone (NYSE: BX) will buy the American assets of Centro (Reuters) JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) may invest $450 million in Twitter (WSJ) A US tax evasion probe not in...
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    Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMZN, BRK-A, BRK-B, CMCSA, FTO, POT, SVNT, STX, THC)

    Posted: February 28, 2011 at 8:15 am

    These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Cut to Neutral at UBS. Berkshire Ha...
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    Saudi Aramco, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, And The Price Of Crude

    Posted: February 28, 2011 at 5:54 am

    Saudi Aramco, the largest state-owned oil company in the world, has signaled that it is prepared to ship enough crude to cover any shortage because of unrest in Libya. That promise may have to extend ...
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    Ireland, The New Battle Over Sovereign Debt, And Merkel’s Job

    Posted: February 28, 2011 at 5:22 am

    There has been a threat that one of the nations in the EU which received a bailout would reject the terms of the lifeline. That may be about to happen in Ireland, and it could affect the future of sov...
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    Jones Soda Co. is Still Alive

    Posted: February 28, 2011 at 4:40 am

    Jones Soda Co.(NASDAQ:JSDA) shares closed Friday at $1.40. They hit 48 cents in the past 12 months, but they are not out of business. They have fallen 95% since 2007 when they were close to $30. No...
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    Media Digest (2/28/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

    Posted: February 28, 2011 at 4:16 am

    The National Association for Business Economics said the deficit was its No.1 concern. (Reuters) Congress appears less likely to shut down the government because of budget problems. (Reuters) Th...
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    Buffett’s Annual Report: Big M&A, Promise, Concern (BRK-A, BRK-B, GE, GS, BAC, WFC)

    Posted: February 26, 2011 at 10:52 am

    Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) has released its 2010 annual report.  While there are plenty of Buffett-isms in there for some mild financial entertainment, there are some clues that investors ...
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    Consumer Reports Sales Verizon iPhone Has Reception Problems

    Posted: February 26, 2011 at 8:12 am

    Consumer Reports issued a note about the reception problems of the AT&T (NYSE: T) iPhone 4 last July. Apple all but denied the trouble and offered free covers for the handsets that supposedly solv...
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