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Monthly Archives: March 2009

Disney joins forces with YouTube (DIS, GOOG)

Posted: March 31, 2009 at 5:13 am

Walt Disney Co.  (NYSE: DIS) is joining forces with Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube video-sharing site. Under the terms of the deal,  YouTube will offer clips from Disney's ESPN and ...
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The European Perspective On The Economy Can’t Look Worse

Posted: March 31, 2009 at 4:52 am

In the US, economists may be talking about a recovery. In Europe, they are not. Aside from attacking the US stimulus package as worthless, organizations based on the Continent are ...
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Toyota Can Finally Take Over The US Car Market

Posted: March 31, 2009 at 4:14 am

Toyota’s (TM) share of the US light vehicle market is 18% and Honda’s (HMC) is 10%. GM’s (GM) share of its home market is about 22%. Fifty-five years ago, the ...
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The Unemployment Crossroads

Posted: March 31, 2009 at 4:06 am

Last month unemployment hit 8.1%. Of course, the figure was not uniform across the country. Seven states posted double-digit figures. But, in Wyoming, less than 4% of the population is ...
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Media Digest 3/31/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 31, 2009 at 2:53 am

According to Reuters, government talk of auto company bankruptcy may cause creditors and the UAW to renew talks with GM (GM) and Chrysler. Reuters reports that Obama is talking a ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 3/31/2009

Posted: March 31, 2009 at 2:18 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei fell 1.5% to 8,110. The Hang Seng was up .5% to 13,527. The Shanghai Composite rose .6% to 2,372. At the open in ...
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Tax Incentives & Government Guarantees For Autos (F, GM, BWA, TEN)

Posted: March 30, 2009 at 3:50 pm

This morning we already knew that General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM) has 60 days and Chrysler has 60 days until D-Day.  The Obama administration pledged that GM brands will be ...
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AEP Double Stumble: Stock Offering & Earnings Warning (AEP)

Posted: March 30, 2009 at 3:25 pm

American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) has done a dual dig on itself after the close, and it was on top of a bad market day.  The company has just lowered ...
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Intel’s New Chip: All The Support, No Help (INTC, HPQ, DELL, IBM, JAVA, AMD)

Posted: March 30, 2009 at 2:27 pm

New product launches are always tricky events.  This is definitely the case with new chips and new processors for computing.  Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) did confirm its new chipset offering ...
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The Government Crackdown on Peer-to-Peer Lending

Posted: March 30, 2009 at 1:22 pm

Just when Americans need small loans the most, the SEC shuts down innovative lenders. By Hans Eisenbeis of The Big Money The Internet has spawned many regrettable things, such as ...
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Morgan Stanley, Stating The Obvious, Says Stocks Ran Up Too Fast

Posted: March 30, 2009 at 1:17 pm

Even a school child knows that when stocks move up over 20% in two weeks that the odds of a sell-off are extremely high. At some point even the most ...
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Chrysler: No Deal With Fiat?

Posted: March 30, 2009 at 1:10 pm

After making it look like a deal with Fiat was done, Chrysler had to back track on statements to the effect. Chrysler initially said that, "We are pleased that Chrysler, ...
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S&P Cuts Ireland; Financial Potato Famine (IRE, AIB, IRL, ELN)

Posted: March 30, 2009 at 12:12 pm

It is not very frequent that you see an English-speaking country take a sovereign credit ratings agency downgrade.  That would  indicate the government is one step farther away from being ...
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DryShips, Going, Going, Concern (DRYS)

Posted: March 30, 2009 at 9:35 am

DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) is trading down hard today on a note from the accountants.  The company's auditors have a "going concern" noted in the annual report on the company's ...
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CF Says ‘No’ Again (AGU, CF)

Posted: March 30, 2009 at 8:51 am

Agrium Inc. (NYSE:AGU) sweetened its cash offer for CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) by more than 10% last week. CF Industries has rejected the latest offer, repeating what has become ...
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