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Daily Archives: March 18, 2009

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IBM (IBM) To Pay Too Much For Sun (JAVA)

Posted: March 18, 2009 at 4:49 am

In a weak economy, troubled companies should never be bought at a premium. No one has mentioned that to IBM (IBM) which is looking at paying $10 a share for ...
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AIG (AIG): Paying Taxpayers Back With Taxpayer Money

Posted: March 18, 2009 at 4:36 am

Using the oblique reasoning techniques of politicians, the Administration has decided to get back the big bonuses that AIG(AIG) paid to some of its employees by withholding the next of ...
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Falling In Love With The Sucker Rally (C)(GE)(SIRI)(AAPL)

Posted: March 18, 2009 at 3:56 am

The market rise of the last two weeks has been described as a “sucker” or a bear market rally. One means about the same as the other. The premise is ...
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General Motors (GM) Checkmates Obama In Two Moves

Posted: March 18, 2009 at 3:51 am

The wooden but plucky CEO of GM (GM), Rick Wagoner, told the press that if his company is allowed to go into Chapter 11, it will end up being a ...
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Media Digest 3/18/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 18, 2009 at 3:03 am

According to Reuters, AIG (AIG) will have to pay taxpayers back for bonuses it paid out before it can get its next $30 billion in loans. Reuters reports that Coke ...
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Asia Markets 3/18/2009

Posted: March 18, 2009 at 2:25 am

Markets in Asia were up modestly. The Nikkei rose .3% to 7,972 The Hang Seng was up 1.8% to 13,106. The Shanghai Composite rose .2% to 2,224. Data from Reuters ...
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