Stock Picks: LDK Solar, Prudential, Verizon (BusinessWeek)

BusinessWeek - Allstate: Soleil Securities equity analyst Harry Fong maintained a buy rating and $38 price target on shares of Allstate , the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, on Sept. 30.

Ganaxi Small Cap Movers submits:LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (LDK), a Cayman Islands-based Chinese manufacturer of multi-crystalline solar wafers used to manufacture solar cells and modules, announced updated outlook for its March 2011 quarter after the market close yesterday.

Trefis submits: LDK Solar (NYSE:LDK) is the world’s second largest manufacturer of solar wafers – displaced from the top spot by its rapidly growing rival GCL-Poly Energy Holdings last year. [1] The company is also a leading vertically integrated ma

Kelvin Schulle submits:Solar stocks pulled back recently in the fear of demand weakness from Europe. The sector attracted heavy weight short trader Jim Chanos, who is shorting First Solar (FSLR). Some new developments emerged on Thursday may signal the sector is due for the vicious bounce if not a vicious rally ahead.

By Sneha Shah:We have recently received a lot of reader flak for advocating short positions for some popular solar stocks like Solar City (SCTY) and First Solar (FSLR).

BusinessWeek - Berkshire Hathaway Inc.: Standard & Poor's equity analyst Catherine Seifert maintained a hold rating and $88 price target on Class B shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (), the holding company headed by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, on Nov. 8.

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