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Daily Archives: August 3, 2009

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High Oil Prices, Nearly Forgotten, Return

Posted: August 3, 2009 at 6:21 am

High oil prices were supposed to be a thing of the past, driven lower by over-supply in the US and a continuing recession is almost every large economy other than ...
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HSBC (HBC) And Barclays (BCS): The Bank Recovery Continues, For Now

Posted: August 3, 2009 at 6:08 am

HSBC (HBC) announced that its earnings fell 57% to $3.35 billion during the first half of the year. The largest bank in Europe was able to temper some of its ...
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Awash In Debt, Private Equity Face $400 Billion In Payouts

Posted: August 3, 2009 at 5:51 am

New date from S&P LCD presented by the FT, shows that large private equity firms have $400 billion in debt that needs to be paid in the next five years. ...
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Nissan Pulls Ahead Of Detroit In The Electric Car Race

Posted: August 3, 2009 at 5:21 am

Nissan's new Leaf car doesn't use any gas and it does not produce any emissions. It is electric and it will be available in the US, Japan, and Europe next ...
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Citigroup (C) Needs To Pay Phibro Head His $100 Million

Posted: August 3, 2009 at 4:53 am

The inclination of the Administration's "pay czar" will be to pressure Citigroup (C) not to pay $100 million due to the head of its Phibro energy trading unit. The amount is ...
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china

China: Still A Phantom Expansion?

Posted: August 3, 2009 at 4:02 am

China’s manufacturing sector expanded again in July, according to the central government. The official Purchasing Managers’ Index rose to a seasonally adjusted 53.3 in July from 53.2 in June, the ...
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Media Digest 8/3/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 3, 2009 at 4:00 am

Reuters:   Video games hope to make a comeback with new titles and price cuts. Reuters:   "Cash for clunkers" should help July car figures. Reuters:   USB (UBS) shares should do well ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 8/3/2009

Posted: August 3, 2009 at 3:24 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei fell a fraction of a percent to 10,352. Toyota (TM) rose on Ford's (F) strong July numbers. The Hang Seng rose .2% to ...
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