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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Breeden Capital Boosts Stake in Hill-Rom Holdings (HRC) to 5.25% - 13D	In a 13D filing on Hill-Rom Holdings (NYSE: HRC), Richard Breeden's Breeden Capital disclosed a 5.25% stake (3,278,409 shares) in the company. Which is up from the 2,478,618 share stake held at the quarter ended 6/30/08. A 13D indicates a possible activist investment.In a pretty standard disclosure, Breeden didn't make any direct requests on the company, but said they will monitor the investment and may be in contact with members of management or the board or others about the investment.Hill-Rom...	August 18, 2008
New ETN Provider Jumps In With A 130/30 Stratgey	A new exchange traded note (ETN) provider has popped up: WealthNotes, from Westport, CT. Their first offering is a play on the 130/30 strategy. So far in 2008, the ETN industry has been outpacing the ETF one in terms of launches. ETNs are similar to ETFs in that they both track an index and are traded on major U.S. exchanges. ETNs have no tracking error, and are actually debt instruments that assume the risk that the provider might not be able to pay when the time comes. The latest ETN from Weal...	August 02, 2008
Wednesday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UpgradesInter Parfums (IPAR)- Caris & Company Above Average » Buy Schnitzer Steel (SCHN)- Longbow Neutral » Buy Genesis Energy, L.P. (GEL)- Morgan Keegan Mkt Perform » Outperform UPS (UPS)- Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Buy United Dominion (UDR)- Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Buy Equity Res (EQR)- Stifel Nicolaus Hold » Buy UnionBanCal (UB)- BMO Capital Markets Underperform » Market Perform Bankrate (RATE)- RBC Capital Mkts Sector Perform » Outperform Medivation (MDVN...	July 09, 2008
Tuesday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UPGRADESSonic Solutions (SNIC)- Kaufman Bros Sell » Hold Phase Forward (PFWD)- Needham Hold » Buy Owens-Illinois (OI)- Banc of America Sec Neutral » Buy Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods (WBD)- Credit Suisse Neutral » Outperform JC Penney (JCP)- Deutsche Securities Hold » Buy Cummins (CMI)- UBS Sell » Buy Natl Oilwell Varco (NOV)- RBC Capital Mkts Underperform » Sector Perform VisionChina Media (VISN)- Oppenheimer Perform » Outperform DOWNGRADESPerdigao S.A. (PDA)- ...	June 24, 2008
Here Come The New iPhone Apps	As Apple gears up for the launch of its 3G iPhone, outside developers and startups are finally going to get to sell or give away their own applications that run natively on the phone (as opposed to being optimized for the Safari browser, as are most legal, third-party apps today). These apps, which are built on the iPhone SDK announced last March, will be distributed through the upcoming iPhone App Store (which apparently won’t launch for a few weeks). These apps will have some limitati...	June 09, 2008
Top REIT's Yielding Over 10%	If you are looking for a high income and you think that real estate has bottomed out, you should take a look at real estate investment trusts, which avoid taxation at the corporate level because they pass through at least 90% of their taxable income to their shareholders. Sometimes a portion of the income may be non-taxable. All of the following stocks have yields of 10% or more, PE ratios below 17, and PEG ratios below 2.2. Remember, dividends are subject to change or termination, however, most...	May 30, 2008
Jim Cramer’s Lightning Round	Bullish First Solar (FSLR), Applied Materials (AMAT), Nordic American Tanker Shipping (NAT), Frontline (FRO), Procter & Gamble (PG), Caterpillar (CAT) and Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR). Bearish Capital Trust (CT), LDK Solar (LDK), Diana Shipping (DSX), Navios Maritime (NM) and Capstone Turbine (CPST). Join the fastest growing community of small cap investors at Stockhideout.com...	May 27, 2008
Virtual Radiologic's real results	Filed under: Earnings reportsVirtual Radiologic (NASDAQ: VRAD), which had an IPO last year, is a New Age medical company. That is, it operates a sophisticated network that allows for remote interpretation of CT scans, ultrasounds, and MRIs. In other words, a radiologist can work from his or her own home - and still make big bucks. This week, Virtual Radiologic announced its Q1 results. Revenues increased 29% to $23.3 million and EBITDA was up 60% to $4 million. And to continue its growth, Vir...	April 29, 2008
Health Plan One Takes $6.5 Million Series A	Health Plan One has taken $6.5 million Series A in a round led by Pequot Ventures that also included Greycroft Partners, Kevin Hill, Chan Wheeler and Bill Sullivan. Shelton, CT based Health Plan One offers an online marketplace for health insurance where consumers can research and select health insurance plans from a wide range of providers. Users enter their specific details and receive free health insurance quotes and can compare features among multiple options rather than researching indivi...	April 21, 2008
Analyst initiations: Full House Resorts, Starent Networks, Capital Trust	Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst initiations, ThomsonCorp (TOC), Reuters Group ADS (RTRSY)MOST NOTEWORTHY: Full House Resorts, Starent Networks and Capital Trust were today's noteworthy initiations: Morgan Joseph said Full House Resorts Inc.'s (AMEX: FLL) valuation does not reflect the present value of its tribal management contract with the FireKeepers Casino. Shares were initiated with a Buy rating and $3.50 target. Starent Networks Corporation (NASDAQ: STAR) was assumed with...	April 21, 2008

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