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Daily Archives: April 6, 2009

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R&D, Which Holds Up In Fourth Quarter, May Dive In The First

Posted: April 6, 2009 at 5:23 am

According to The Wall Street Journal, large US companies held their R&D spending steady in the fourth quarter of last year even though in most cases their revenue fell. According ...
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Five Company’s Earnings Could End The Rally (WMT)(TGT)(MSFT)(GOOG)(DOW)(C)

Posted: April 6, 2009 at 5:09 am

The assumption is that the earnings for the first quarter from most companies in the S&P 500 will be atrocious. That can be set side-by-side with the fact that the ...
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HSBC (HBC) And The Great American Bank “Stress Test”

Posted: April 6, 2009 at 4:30 am

The rights offering made by HSBC (HBC) raised over $18 billion and the participation rate was over 96%. That should give banks which may need to raise capital in ...
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The Prospects Of The Stimulus Package And Bank Bailout Shattered, The Government Runs Low On Options

Posted: April 6, 2009 at 4:12 am

When Bob Schieffer of “Face The Nation” asked Secretary Geithner if the Administration would have to go back to Congress for more stimulus money because of rapidly rising unemployment, the ...
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When Joblessness Becomes Homelessness

Posted: April 6, 2009 at 4:01 am

If the current recession is the longest since WWII and continues for another year, one of its most frightening characteristics is that the number of people whose jobless benefits run ...
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Media Digest 4/6/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 6, 2009 at 2:54 am

According to Reuters, HSBC (HBC) has a successful rights offering to raise $18.9 billion. Reuters reports that a deal for IBM (IBM) to by Sun (JAVA) is near collapse. Reuters ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 4/6/2009

Posted: April 6, 2009 at 2:18 am

Markets in Asia were mostly higher. The Nikkei rose 1.2% to 8,858. The Hang Seng was up 2% to 14,831. The Shangha Composite fell .2% to 2,420. At the open, ...
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