… work done but it sure would be nice to take occasional “quick peeks” to see if there are any fresh news articles about it available. For our example we decided to take a “quick peek” while sorting through some e-mail… It took only a moment for the the “GReader Popup Window” to appear after clicking on the “Status Bar Icon”...

This is my second blatant attempt to get more people to subscribe to my RRS feed (now at 2,008 readers). The RSS feed is now a full feed. That means you can read my blog directly from RSS without having to come here. The RSS feed has no advertising. “This may not be the latest post! Check out The Survivalist Blog dot Net to see if you’r...

A little more polish on the RSS extension. - Fix previewing of sites the contain html in the title. Example feed: http://code.google.com/feeds/p/chromium/updates/basic - The [ Feed ] link now links to the view-source, killing three birds with one stone (gives people access to raw feed, doesn’t open the same feed again in a new tab and shows t...

Treasury prices were mixed Wednesday, with longer term issues falling, as investors mulled a stock selloff and upbeat earnings reports. ...

Citizens Banking (NASDAQ: CRBC) 25% LOWER; reports Q4 loss of $0.18, versus the analyst estimate of ($0.12). Quantum Corporation (NYSE: QTM) 12.1% LOWER; reports Q3 EPS of $0., versus the analyst estimate of $0.09. Revenue for the quarter was $182 million, which compares to the estimate of $180.16 million. PMC-Sierra, Inc. (NASDAQ: PMCS) 8% HIGHER;...

The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow’s trading session: Before Market Opens Economics: 8:30am EST Chain Deflator - Adv. - Street sees 1.3% Employment Cost Index - Street sees 0.4% GDP - Adv. - Street sees 46% Earnings: Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) - consensus EPS $0.17 AsiaInfo Holdings (NASDAQ: AS...

K-Sea Transportation Partners L.P. (NYSE: KSP) 35.5% LOWER; reports Q2 loss of $0.22, cents better than the analyst estimate of $0.03. Revenue for the quarter was $68.59 million, which compares to the estimate of $71.54 million. Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) 22.5% HIGHER; reports Q4 EPS of $0.59, versus the analyst estimate of $0.45. Revenue for the quart...

Notable ETF Movers of the Day: Gainers iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (NYSE: VXX) up 2.42% to $31.75. The CBOE VIX, a measure of market volatility, is up 7.56% to 24.89. PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish (NYSE: UUP) up 0.13% to $23.26. The U.S. dollar is benefiting from a spike in the cost of insuring Greece’s debt. The...

UPGRADES Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has been upgraded by a mess of firms: Bank of America Merrill Lynch to Buy, and a price target raise to $70 from $40; Jefferies & Co. to Buy as well, with a price target raised to $65 from $52; Kaufman maintained a Buy rating on NFLX, and upped their price target to $69 from $55. Click Here for more color...

Preferred Bank (NASDAQ: PFBC) 26.6% HIGHER; reports Q4 EPS of $0.08, ex-items, versus the analyst estimate of ($0.21). K-Sea Transportation Partners L.P. (NYSE: KSP) 24.5% LOWER; reports Q2 loss of $0.22, cents better than the analyst estimate of $0.03. Revenue for the quarter was $68.59 million, which compares to the estimate of $71.54 million. Ne...