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Bill Gates: Now Garbage Man & Gringo Investor (MSFT, CNI, TV, FMX, RSG, WMI, AW)

Posted: August 14, 2008 at 10:27 pm

Tonight we received the quarterly filings for Cascade Investment LLC, which shows the personal investments of Bill Gates.  While the investment vehicle listed many unique holdings out there that were ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Holdings A-G (AXP, BUD, BAC, BNI, KMX, KO, CMCSA, CDCO, COST, GCI, GE, GSK)

Posted: August 14, 2008 at 9:34 pm

So far there are some changes seen in the holdings of Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A).  We have consolidated these into groups and this group is from ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Holdings H to S (HD, IR, IRM, JNJ, KFT, LOW, MTB, MCO, NKE, NSC, NRG, PG, SNY, STI)

Posted: August 14, 2008 at 9:32 pm

These are more of Warren Buffett's and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) holdings as of June 30, 2008:Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) 4,181,000 sharesIngersoll-Rand (NYSE: IR) 5,636,600 sharesIron Mountain (NYSE: ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Holdings T to Z (TMK, USB, USG, UNP, UPS, WBC, WMT, WPO, WFC, WLP, WSC)

Posted: August 14, 2008 at 9:30 pm

These are the last of Warren Buffett's and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) holdings as of June 30, 2008:Torchmark Corp. (NYSE: TMK) more than 3.51 million shares in multiple lotsUS ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (AKNS, AEP, CCRT, EIX, GGP, LYTS, PMII, SPRD)

Posted: August 14, 2008 at 2:35 pm

Today was an interesting ride in the 52-week low club after we have seen very volatile markets.  While oil fell $1.00 and while the S&P, NASDAQ, and DJIA were up ...
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Boone Pickens Down $2 Billion In July?

Posted: August 14, 2008 at 2:13 pm

According to Reuters and The New York Post, T. Boone Pickens' BP Capital hedge fund was down 35% in July. The fund manages $7 billion. Of course, that loss is ...
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Market Shrugs Off Major Outage At Netflix (NFLX) (BBI)

Posted: August 14, 2008 at 1:54 pm

To hear it from CNBC, you would have thought the world had come to an end for Netflix (NFLX).           "It started this morning with an email apology ...
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Newspaper Sector: Stock Relief By Goring Ranks (GCI)

Posted: August 14, 2008 at 1:36 pm

If there is a single industry that would be in jeopardy today even if the economy turns, it is the newspaper business. Gannett Co. Inc. (NYSE: GCI) is one of ...
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Jim Cramer Takes On Martha Stewart (MSO)

Posted: August 14, 2008 at 1:03 pm

On today's Olympics-shortened and rescheduled MAD MONEY on CNBC at 1:30 PM EST, Jim Cramer actually hosted Martha Stewart, founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (NYSE: MSO).  It's probably ...
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New Prius Changes May Have Risks For Toyota (TM)

Posted: August 14, 2008 at 12:25 pm

Have you tried going into a Toyota dealership to buy a new or used Toyota Prius over the last 12 to 18 months?  If you said yes, then you know ...
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Nelson Peltz: Bought Hansen, Dumped Starbucks (HANS, SBUX, PFCB, HNZ, WEN, TUX)

Posted: August 14, 2008 at 11:41 am

We just got to take a look at the JUNE 30 holdings of Nelson Peltz via an SEC filing of his TRIAN FUND MANAGEMENT GROUP.  If you look throughout full ...
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US Air Raising Cash (LCC)

Posted: August 14, 2008 at 11:02 am

We are seeing something a bit unusual considering the current climate for airline stocks.  US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE: LCC) has announced today that it will sell 19 million shares ...
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24/7 Wall St. Day-Trading Alerts (PMII) (PMI)

Posted: August 14, 2008 at 9:53 am

One of the most significant spikes in volume today is the move of Power Medical Interventions (PMII). The stock is down about 40% at 10.50 AM on weak earnings.VSInvestor.com is ...
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You Can Sell The House, Under Replacement Value

Posted: August 14, 2008 at 9:20 am

Existing home sales rose in Q2 over Q1, but this is on major price cuts according to the latest report from the National Association of Realtors.  This says that one-quarter ...
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CBS (CBS): A Chance To Spin-Off CNET

Posted: August 14, 2008 at 9:02 am

A chance like this only comes along rarely. CBS (CBS), which is trading at just above $17, down from a 52-week high of $32.97, could spin-off CNET. The large collection ...
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