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Daily Archives: May 18, 2009

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Wal-Mart (WMT) Vs. Amazon (AMZN): Throwing Bricks At E-Commerce

Posted: May 18, 2009 at 5:03 am

It is the classic face-off between the king of bricks-and-mortar and the ruler of the e-commerce world. Wal-Mart (WMT) is about to up its bet on consumer electronics, a highly ...
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UBS (UBS) Sees It Top Talent Leaving

Posted: May 18, 2009 at 4:45 am

The federal government's theory seems to be that capping the pay of the most talented people on Wall St. will not cause them to march out the doors to better ...
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Graduation Day 2009

Posted: May 18, 2009 at 4:28 am

This weekend was the peak of the college graduation season. Colleges invite well-known people to travel all over America to give a 15 minute commencement address in exchange for an ...
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The Environment And The Recession: Why Al Gore Cannot Get Himself Arrested

Posted: May 18, 2009 at 4:11 am

Al Gore was able to get most people to forget the money he took from the tobacco industry and Buddhist monks by winning both the Nobel Prize and an Oscar ...
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Media Digest 5/18/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTime, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 18, 2009 at 2:54 am

Reuters:   Small businesses are having trouble finding financing. Reuters:   VW has stopped tie-up talks with Porsche. Reuters:   The US budget chief says there are signs the economic free fall is ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 5/17/2008

Posted: May 18, 2009 at 2:19 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei  fell 2.4% to 9,039. The Hang Send was up up a fraction to 16,798. The Shanghai Composite was up.3% to 2,653. At the ...
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