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52-Week Low Club (AYE, AXL, APL, AUO, CHB, CMLS, GAP, MAC, MIR, RRI, SGLP, SWY, VRTU)
7/18/08 3:29 pm EDT
Its Friday, and despite a fairly stable market today there were of course many 52-week lows. Some look like a mid-city explosion from news, and some are just...

Will Apple Avoid Tech Earnings Woes? (AAPL)
7/18/08 3:00 pm EDT
Investors holding Apple Inc. (NASDAQ; AAPL) and traders alike are all eagerly going to be waiting for Monday's (July 21) earnings release after the close. We...

Economy Too Bad For Funerals? (SCI, CSV, STEI)
7/18/08 2:11 pm EDT
If you follow the death care industry, the one name you probably know is Service Corp. International (NYSE: SCI). There is a second tier small player that many...

Sirius/XM Nearing Final Hurdles (SIRI, XMSR)
7/18/08 9:00 am EDT
Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) and XM Satellite Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: XMSR) are both trading higher pre-market on reports that the last FCC...

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (AVR, BLL, CE, ETR, HCP, HR, MRK, PTNR, PTEN, UAUA, VSE)
7/18/08 7:48 am EDT
These are not all of the upgrades or positive analyst calls seen this morning but these are some of the top calls seen this Friday morning: Aventine Renewable...

Top Analyst Downgrades (BBY, KO, EBAY, GILD, IGT, MAC, SUN, TSO, VRTU)
7/18/08 7:46 am EDT
These are not all of the Downgrades or negative analyst calls seen this morning but these are some of the top calls seen this Friday morning: Best Buy (NYSE:...

Emerging Markets May Be Kings Of Inflation
7/18/08 7:07 am EDT
The IMF is worried to death that emerging markets are facing substantial inflation and are doing nothing about it. If the agency is right, some of the most...

Freddie Mac's (FRE) New Stock Sales, A Knife In Shareholder Hearts
7/18/08 6:40 am EDT
It now appears that Freddie Mac (FRE) will raise about $10 billion. The only trouble with that is that its current market cap is only $6 billion. For...

Merrill Lynch (MER) And Citigroup (C) Move To The Bottom Tier Of US Financial Firms
7/18/08 6:20 am EDT
At the start of the year, many Wall St. analysts and much of the media give the impression that the current financial crisis would pull down all large US banks...

Google (GOOG): Once Goliath, Now Ordinary
7/18/08 5:45 am EDT
Google's (GOOG) earnings disappointed Wall St. and pushed the stock down nearly 8%, but the message from the numbers is more profound than a little shortfall....