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Monthly Archives: February 2009

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Starbucks (SBUX) Defiles Itself With Instant

Posted: February 13, 2009 at 5:56 am

It the race to give shareholders good returns and keep profits high, companies are often faced with whether or not to change the marketing and pricing of valuable brands. It ...
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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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As Auto Recession Deepens, Toyota (TM) Cries “Uncle”

Posted: February 12, 2009 at 8:43 pm

Toyota (TM) will make large cuts in its North American operations as sales in the region continue to fall. Given the strength of the Japanese company's balance sheet, the moves ...
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New Bailout Plan, Paying The Neighbor’s Mortgage, Rallies Market

Posted: February 12, 2009 at 4:40 pm

The market rallied strongly into the close on news that the Administration was planning to offer financial help to deserving homeowners who are falling behind on their mortgages. According to ...
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Dow Chemical Dividend Lesson For GE (DOW, GE, MMM)

Posted: February 12, 2009 at 4:40 pm

Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW) probably would have had a much better day if the market did not plunge at the end of the day.  In university finance classes ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (NYT)(CHTR)(COF)(GIL)

Posted: February 12, 2009 at 4:25 pm

The New York Times Company (NYT) Concerns about advertising persist. Down to $4.05 from 52-week high of $21.14. Gildan Activewear (GIL) Bad earnings outlook. Plunges to $7.24 from 52-week high of ...
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Major Wind Project, Hot Air? (ITC, NWE)

Posted: February 12, 2009 at 2:09 pm

Thinking big can be a blessing or a curse. In the case of green power generation, big ideas can be hard to translate into workable plans because we have so ...
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"Future, Or Fracture?"

Coming Clean With Solar Woes (AMAT, JASO, SPWRA, SOLR, STP, FSLR, TAN)

Posted: February 12, 2009 at 12:24 pm

Last year was the year that alternative energy  was  set to take the world over.  High energy prices and election promises made green energy look like it had unlimited ...
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Entergy Pulls Remarketing Offer (ETR)

Posted: February 12, 2009 at 10:44 am

Entergy Corporation (NYSE:ETR) was unable to find buyers for $500 million worth of Senior Notes that are a component the company's 7.625% Equity Units (NYSE:ETRPrA) due February 11, 2011. It ...
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Can.. Or Will John Malone Save SIRIUS? (SIRI, SATS, LINTA, DTV)

Posted: February 12, 2009 at 9:39 am

If you thought that the SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) situation couldn't get more complex, it could. It has.  Reports of it getting ready for bankruptcy, and then ...
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General Motors (GM) Bondholders Pushing For More

Posted: February 12, 2009 at 9:23 am

General Motors (NYSE: GM) bondholders are requesting more money in exchange for forgiving billions in debt and are threatening to push the company into bankruptcy if they don't get it, ...
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