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Daily Archives: November 21, 2007

Holiday e-commerce report - Week 3

Online Sales For 2007 Running Ahead of Past Years

Posted: November 21, 2007 at 7:13 am

According to comScore, online sales are up 17% for the period from November 1 to November 18, hitting $7.04 billion. With same-store sales down at many retailers, buying action may ...
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TheStreet.com (TSCM) Scores Huge Audience Gain In October

Posted: November 21, 2007 at 7:07 am

According to comScore data, TheStreet.com (TSCM) scored one of the largest increases in unique visitors of all US sites measure in October. Total unquie visitors to TheStreet websites grew 125% ...
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Greed Is Good Story Of The Month

Posted: November 21, 2007 at 6:54 am

Buy-out firms like KKR and Blackstone (BX) are buying back the debt that their banks took on for LBOs over the last nine months. Big commercial banks like Citigroup and ...
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Is The Market Against Share Buy-Backs?

Posted: November 21, 2007 at 6:46 am

The Wall Street Journal makes the point that the markets are starting to turn against share buy-backs. And, in the case of companies like Fannie Mae (FNM) or Freddie Mac ...
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Europe Markets 11/21/2007

Posted: November 21, 2007 at 6:33 am

Markets in Europe were off sharply.The FTSE fell 1.5% to 6,131. Barclays (BCS) fell 3.6% to 497.75. Northern Rock fell 11.9% to 85.5. Vodafone (VOD) fell 3.1% to 186.6.The DAXX ...
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What A Shame: Ford (F) Close To Selling Jaguar And Rover

Posted: November 21, 2007 at 6:22 am

Ford has world class management now, at least according to the company. It has a better deal with the UAW, which improves its balance sheet and will sharply improve its ...
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Coming Back To The XM Satellite (XMSR) Merger With Sirius (SIRI)

Posted: November 21, 2007 at 6:11 am

The Wall Street Journal came back to the XM Satellite (XMSR) merger with Sirius (SIRI) today. The paper thinks the prospect for the marriage may have improved. Some of the ...
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$200 Oil And 20% Foreclosure Rates

Posted: November 21, 2007 at 5:59 am

Oil is not at $200. It trades just below $100, and there are some reasons it could drop. The economies in the US and Europe are probably slowing, which should ...
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Media Digest 11/21/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: November 21, 2007 at 4:06 am

According to Reuters, the Fed's decision to make an October rate cute was a "close call."Reuters writes that Paulson said home loan defaults will be much higher in 2008.Reuters writes ...
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Asia Markets 11/21/2007

Posted: November 21, 2007 at 3:45 am

Asia markets took on water.The Nikkei was down 2.5% to 14,837. Honda (HMC) was down 5.7% to 3620. Sony (SNE) was down 1.8% to 5230. The Hang Seng fell 4.2% ...
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Oil Hits $99.29

Posted: November 21, 2007 at 3:35 am

Oil futures hit $99.29 in electronic trading...on their way to $100, bno doubt.Douglas A. McIntyre ...
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