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Daily Archives: February 13, 2009

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Saving The Real Estate Market By Paying The Neighbor’s Mortgage

Posted: February 13, 2009 at 5:30 am

The quickest way to help the auto industry would be to make sure that no one in the US defaults on a car loan. Certainly the government could make sure ...
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The Trouble With Better Retail Sales

Posted: February 13, 2009 at 5:24 am

Retail sales for January were better than expected, up 1%. Surprising news often leaves people addled. They look for some reason that the facts are different than were expected and ...
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Media Digest 2/13/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 13, 2009 at 3:54 am

According to Reuters, Obama is working on a program to help some homeowners pay their mortgages. Reuters reports that Wall St's appetite to slim down perks will begin to face ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 2/13/2009

Posted: February 13, 2009 at 3:21 am

Markets in Asia were higher. The Nikkei rose 1% to 7,779. The Hang Seng was up 2.2% to 13,527. The Shanghai Composite rose 3.2% to 2,321. In Europe, at the ...
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Internet Sales Market Gets Worse As Ads For BiPolar Disorder Spread

Posted: February 13, 2009 at 2:32 am

It makes some perverse sense. The New York Times (NYT) business section is running ads for "Signs of bipolar disorder" placed there through its text marketing relationship with Google (GOOG).  ...
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