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Dec. 1 - The past 12 months have witnessed $3.1 trillion in M&A activity, more than 45% of the three-year total of $6.8 trillion, according to S&P's Capital IQ. 12/01/2006Nov. 30 - Third Quarter GDP was upwardly revised to an upbeat 2.2% pace. It is above the 1.6% advance reading, though below readings from the first half of the year. 11/30/2006Nov. 29 - S&P's Jason Asaeda has several '4 Star' Buys in the sector: Federated (FD), Target Corp. (TGT), and TJX Companies (TJX). 11/29/2006Nov. 27 - While buybacks add to share holder equity, what is the impact on the longer-term stock price? The answer all depends on what the company does with the shares. 11/28/2006Nov. 22 - S&P's Tuna Amobi believes media companies need to leverage online advertising, video, as well as paid content. 11/22/2006Nov. 20 - S&P believes that two sentiment indicators, the 30-day CBOE Put/Call Ratio and the Investors Intelligence Sentiment Indicator, show that the market has not peaked and has room to run. 11/17/2006Nov. 17 - The Producer Price Index came in weaker than expected. The weaker-than-expected retail sales report indicated that US consumer spending may be slowing than earlier-expected. 11/17/2006Nov. 16 - Producer prices plunged 1.6% in October, the largest decline in 5 years, thanks to a much larger than expected drop in energy prices. 11/16/2006Nov. 15 - He has recommendations in the defense sector: L-3 Communications (LLL) is a '5 Star,' and Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) and Raytheon Company (RTN) are both '4 Star.' 11/14/2006Nov. 14 - S&P believes M&A, which had declined during and after the bear market, has picked up substantially and appears ready to break records again. 11/14/2006 |