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11/18/11--01:00: Hospice Provider Is Ailing (chan 1170558)







11/18/11--01:16: Down on the Farm (chan 1170558)







11/18/11--03:00: Buffett Transforms His Portfolio (chan 1170558)

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- All week, market commentators and fans of Warren Buffett have been clamoring over the investor's decision to take on a substantial stake in IBM in the third quarter.

On Wednesday, I shared my own take on this buy, as well has his investment in semiconductor giant, Intel in my article, "Buffett's Big Play for Tech."

While the surprise and magnitude of Buffett's IBM investment is certainly worth noting, the century-old icon of the technology industry is only one of the companies that received a Buffett-style blessing during the three-month period ending Sept. 30. ...

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11/18/11--03:00: Surveying the Market's Current Hazards (chan 1170558)







11/18/11--03:11: Bulls Need a Strong Showing (chan 1170558)







11/18/11--03:53: Market Morning: Sickly Europe (chan 1170558)

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Worries over sovereign-debt contagion have European investors sick early Friday.

Stocks in Europe were lower across the board, Asian stocks closed down -- Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 1.2% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 1.7% -- and U.S. futures were suggesting a flat to slightly higher open.

France and Germany have differences of opinion over the role of the European Central Bank. France wants more action from the ECB, Germany doesn't. ...

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11/18/11--04:00: All Things Being Equinix (chan 1170558)







11/18/11--04:49: Boeing, Yelp, Burma: Hot Trends (chan 1170558)

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Boeing won its biggest ever commercial jet order, agreeing to sell 230 planes to Indonesia's Lion Air in a deal valued at $21.7 billion.

Lion Air, Indonesia's largest carrier, ordered 29 Next-Generation 737-900 extended range planes and 201 737 MAX planes, Boeing's new version of its most popular and best-selling model. Boeing said the order will be its largest ever in terms of dollar volume and number of airplanes.

The order come near the end of President Obama's trip to the Asia Pacific, where he has been touting the importance of boosting trade in effort to help revive the economy. Obama is attending a signing ceremony Friday for the order, which, according to the White House, would support more than 110,000 U.S. jobs. ...

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11/18/11--06:09: Recent Chinese IPOs Turning Sour (chan 1170558)

The following commentary comes from an independent investor or market observer as part of TheStreet's guest contributor program, which is separate from the company's news coverage.

By Tom Taulli

NEW YORK (InvestorPlace) -- A year ago, Youku.com went public, surging a whopping 161% on its first day of trading. At the time, the company was considered to be the "YouTube of China." So, what could go wrong?...

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11/18/11--08:57: Yelp Pushes Forward on IPO (chan 1170558)

The following commentary comes from an independent investor or market observer as part of TheStreet's guest contributor program, which is separate from the company's news coverage.

NEW YORK (InvestorPlace) -- As we've recently seen with Groupon and Angie's List, investors definitely have an appetite for tech IPOs -- even with those companies continuing to post losses.

It should be no surprise that others are jumping into the fray. The latest is business-review web site operator Yelp, which filed for an IPO late Thursday. Lead underwriters include Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. ...

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11/18/11--10:59: Sell Sirius!: Against the Grain (chan 1170558)

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11/18/11--11:37: Dion's Friday ETF Winners and Losers (chan 1170558)

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Welcome to Don Dion's "ETF Winners and Losers." Be sure to stop by throughout the week to find out which ETFs are gaining or losing.

Winners

iShares Silver Trust 3.2% ...

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11/18/11--11:42: SOPA Could Kill the Internet: Experts (chan 1170558)

NEW YORK, (TheStreet) -- A controversial set of bills to combat online piracy could pose massive cybersecurity risks if approved by lawmakers, warn experts.

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), currently in the House, and the PROTECT-IP Act, which is in the Senate, have already provoked fierce criticism from an unlikely alliance of libertarians, rival Internet giants and social networkers.

In a letter to Congress earlier this week, for example, Google, AOL, eBay, Facebook and Twitter slammed the bills. ...

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11/18/11--12:00: HP, Salesforce: Tech Winners & Losers (chan 1170558)

NEW YORK (TheStreet) --HP shares jumped 2.8% to $28.05 after naming a new member to its board of directors. The PC maker said Relational Investors founder and principal Ralph Whitworth would be joining the board.

The company reports its fourth-quarter earnings after the bell on Monday.

HP CEO Meg Whitman ...

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11/18/11--13:51: Facebook's Value Declines in Private Shares Market (chan 1170558)

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Facebook's valuation fell to $75 billion from $80 billion in October during a recent SharesPost auction.

This is the fourth month in a row that the social networking giant has seen a decline in its valuation after hitting a peak of $87.5 billion over the summer.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ...







11/19/11--08:42: Buffett Buys Into IBM: Tech Weekly Recap (chan 1170558)

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Warren Buffett sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley on Monday, spending more than $10 billion for a stake in IBM.

The Berkshire Hathaway CEO, who has typically avoided tech stocks, told CNBC on Monday that he owns about $10.7 billion worth of IBM shares. Warren Buffett has bought about $10.7 billion worth of IBM.

"I don't know any large company that has been so specific about what they want to do," explained Buffett, who was won over by the firm's 2010 financial report. "I felt that IBM had a very good business." ...

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12/02/11--07:10: Silver Lake Deal Best for Yahoo, Blodget Says (chan 1170558)

After initially scratching his head over the "seemingly bizarre proposal" from Silver Lake, Henry Blodget says he understands the logic of the deal now that he's talked to "people familiar" with the details. NEW YORK ((TheStreet) -- The Silver Lake plan appears to be the best option for Yahoo because it provides new leadership and a potential dividend or buyback for stockholders to offset dilution, according to an analysis by Business Insider'sHenry Blodget.

After initially scratching his head over the "seemingly bizarre proposal" from Silver Lake, Blodget says he now understands the logic of the deal after talking to "people familiar with the details of the Silver Lake proposal and Yahoo's other options." Here's what Blodget says he learned:

"The Silver Lake deal, it turns out, is NOT a clever way for Jerry Yang to retake control of the company. In fact, although Jerry would remain a shareholder and board member, his control and influence would be diminished. The current board--the root of Yahoo's problem--would basically get canned. And the dilution caused by the issuance of new stock at the current stock price would be offset by a dividend or buyback program, so the transaction would not be such a punch in the face to current shareholders. ...

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12/02/11--07:47: Jobs Report -- Zynga Hits Pay Dirt (chan 1170558)

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12/02/11--07:56: Honda, Airbus, Coca-Cola: Hot Trends (chan 1170558)

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12/02/11--09:26: Gold Prices Brace for an Explosive Move (chan 1170558)

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