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Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) has been batting 1,000 lately and after reporting a solid Q4 2009 this afternoon, shares are on a tear up almost 5% after hours flying in the $20.50 range. 
Its a new 52-week high for Starbucks and tomorrow you can bet the rally will continue, SBUX is back baby.

Shares of Whole Foods Market, Inc. (Public, NASDAQ:WFMI) are crashing back to reality today, as the stock sheds 13% on dissapointing guidance.

(thestreet.com) Has Whole Foods Market "turned the sales corner," as its CEO suggests? Investors don't seem to think so.
Shares of the organic grocer are tanking 12% to $28.21 a day after it posted a surge in third-quarter profit.

Investors fear continued economic pressure and the price war between grocers will not bode well for the remainder of the year.

Titanium Metals Corporation (Public, NYSE:TIE) is one of few companies who haven't benefited much from this year's bull run.

The reason is because Titanium demand runs in cycles. Notice in the chart on the right, Titanium has literally nosedived in the past 3 years, falling from $30 down to around $8 today.

Of course this has a huge impact on Titanium Metals Corporation's bottom line.

But there is hope that Titanium prices will pick up, and soon.

The commercial aerospace industry accounts for 50% of titanium demand. When Boeing

Never trust a big butt and a smile.  "There’s a big difference between a too-big-to-fail bank and a too-big-to-fail automaker: leverage. GM’s failure would have devastating repercussions in terms of midwestern unemployment, which is why the US government bailed it out. But it wouldn’t threaten the international financial architecture in the way that the failure of RBS would. So the world’s taxpayers have more interest in shrinking RBS than they do in shrinking GM."

Greed is Good for Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS).  The company's Q3 trading record: In 64 trading days, it lost money on just one, and made more than $100 million per day on 36 days - down from 46 in Q2. 

The big jump in the chart on the left is the Windows 7 effect that PC makers Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) and Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) have been waiting for.

Data for the week ending October 24th, which included three days of Windows 7 sales, reflect PC sales jumping 40% yoy.

Which PC Maker should you invest your hard earned dollar in - HPQ or DELL?

The case for DELL:

Two Words summarize DELL - Balance

Got a quarter? You're in luck, you can buy one share of CIT Group (NYSE:CIT). CIT shares are down 63% since last Friday and doomed thanks to the company's filing for the 5th largest U.S. bankruptcy on Sunday.   Thank you U.S. Taxpayer, remember how we forked out $2.3 billion in TARP funds to buy CIT's common stock, those same shares that are valued at 25 Cents today? Well, kiss that money good-bye thanks to CIT's Chapter 11 filing, we aren't getting a penny back, that's right, welcome to..

Domino's Pizza (NYSE:DPZ) shares have been left for dead and the number one credit card company is still Visa (NYSE:V), forget Mastercard (NYSE:MA) which is down 4% today at over $200 a share.  Charge your Domino's pizza on your Visa card, the end.

America’s biggest companies are “hoarding” cash at a record rate - good for them.  Cash is King and Cash Rules Everything Around Me.  U.S. companies are holding more cash -- and a greater percentage of assets in cash -- than at any time in the past 40 years.

Shares of LDK Solar are down 22% today on news of Q-Cells terminating their supply deal.

LDK commented today commented on Q-Cells SE's announcement of its unilateral termination of the solar wafer supply agreement concluded with LDK Solar in December 2007. In its announcement, Q-Cells has claimed that LDK Solar has not fulfilled significant contractual obligations under the supply agreement. LDK Solar vigorously disagrees with Q-Cells' claims.