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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The chief executive of Delta Air Lines Inc DAL says the SkyTeam alliance of global carriers would be willing to invest more than its proposed $1.02 billion in Japan Airlines , the Wall Street Journal reported.The final proposed investment into JAL by the nine-airline SkyTeam alliance...

If you're a fan of the Dow Theory, which states moves in the Dow Jones Transporation Average confirm similar trade in the Industrials, you'll want to take note of the fact that the iShares Dow Jones T

CNBC's Mad Money Jim Cramer is bearish on Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) and prefers Wynn Resorts (NYSE: WYNN)instead. Las Vegas Sands (LVS) dropped 3.54% on Friday and WYNN lost 0.41%.

Cramer also recommended investors to stay away from Satyam Computer Services Limited(ADR) (NYSE: SAY)as he still didn't forgive them the accounting fiasco. Satyam (SAY) gained 2.81% in the last day of the week.

Cosan (NYSE: CZZ) is to speculative in Cramer's opinion and he believes there are much better stocks than this one. CZZ lost 0.64% in Friday's trading session.

Cramer thinks that Crosstex Energy (NASDAQ: XTEX) might be a cheap stock, but he would sell. He prefers Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD) or Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (NYSE: KPM). XTEX dropped 1.23% and EPD gained 0.07% on Friday. KPM lost 0.41%.

Small-cap value is interesting again.

Weston, Nov 20 (FlowTrades.com) – The majority of stocks fell for the week, with only the Dow posting a gain after surging to new highs on better than expected economic news overseas and a pledge by the APEC to maintain economic stimulus measures. The Dollar rebounded from a 15-month low against the euro, sending . Read More --

Takeovers are big news in the market at the moment. In fact, did you know that takeovers have the biggest one-day gain in stocks for any asset? As my colleague - and takeover expert - Louis Basenese says, they’re “some of the safest companies you can own. According to FactSet Merger Stat LLC, the average ...

'Tis the season for dividends. There is a stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends' that has generated a lot of interest from investors. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only in bull markets.

When you buy dividends, there are many stocks in many different sectors to choose from. In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can't sell the stock until after the ex date. The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork has compiled a free downloadable and sortable Excel list of the stocks going ex dividend during the next week or two. WSNN.com came up with many dividend paying companies companies all with market caps over $500 million. Here are a couple examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date and the yield.

Brinker International, Inc. EAT ex div date: 12/1/2009 market cap: $1.4B yield: 3.2%

Chemical Financial Corporation CHFC ex div date: 12/2/2009 market cap: $556.2M yield: 5.1%

Kimberly-Clark Corporation KMB ex div date: 12/2/2009 market cap: $26.9B yield: 3.7%

The rest of the ex-dividend stocks can be found at wsnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn't show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out the high yield utility stocks and the Monthly Dividend Stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WSNN.com. For more details on dividend definitions, check out definitions of dividend dates. Don't forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

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BloggingStocks: Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage on BloggingStocks: Ann Taylor Stores Corp. (ANN) declining same-store sales offset better-than-expected Q3 earnings. Canadian Solar Inc. (CSIQ) reached a new 52-week high after ... Read more

As the old saying goes, “You’re either a contrarian, or a victim.” It just so happens that one of the savviest contrarians I know is my colleague, Louis Basenese. And nobody takes that to heart more than Lou does. I’ve scratched my head in bewilderment on many occasions after reading one of Lou’s bold ...

Warren Buffett, the CEO and Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A)/(BRK-B), announced on Thursday to borrow $8 billion of loan for the acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNI). Berkshire Hathaway, which already owns a 22% stake in Burlington Northern, announced earlier this month it would acquire the rest for a ...

Schaeffer's analyst Morgan Searcy takes a look at news on the Street before the market open