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Daily Archives: June 17, 2009

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Surprise: The Weakest Companies Are Leading the Rally

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 6:34 am

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke believes the green shoots of economic recovery are sprouting, and the market seems to agree: The S&P 500 is up 36 percent since March. But ...
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China Pushes Its Businesses To “Buy China”

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 5:13 am

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Starbucks (SBUX): Another Quick Fix That Is No Fix

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 4:52 am

The latest mad plan by Howard Schulz and his executive team to fix Starbucks (SBUX) is to have stores grind beans each time they make a new pot of coffee. ...
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Auto Suppliers: Fixing Car Companies While Breaking The System

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 4:40 am

The novel approach that the federal government is taking to fixing the American car industry is that it will bail out the manufacturers while letting their suppliers fail. Car parts ...
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The Instantaneous Collapse Of Social Network Values

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 4:28 am

The valuations of large social networks such as MySpace (NWS), Facebook, and Twitter is that a visitor has the same value as a visitor to Yahoo! (YHOO), AOL, or Ask.com ...
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The Regulation Of Financial Markets To Improve Consumer Protection

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 4:07 am

Pause and consider for a moment the fact that no amount of regulation of financial markets can squeeze the effects of stupidity out of the system. The Administration plans a ...
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Media Digest 6/17/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 3:08 am

Reuters: The US faces a long period of economic stagnation. Reuters:   Obama will release plans for a financial market overhaul. Reuters:   The White House will not help California fix its ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 6/17/2008

Posted: June 17, 2009 at 2:23 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose .9% to 9,841. The Hang Seng was up .5% to 18,251. The Shanghai Composite rose 1.2% to 2,810. At the the open ...
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