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Daily Archives: August 12, 2009

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The Pessimists Roll In As The Recovery Takes Root

It may be that some people just want to spoil a good time. As earnings, GDP, employment, and housing sales begin to show the trends that have encouraged analysts to ...
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Short Seller Rush Out Of Financial Stocks, Tech, And Retail

Short sellers moved out of financial shares in great numbers. As of August 11, the short interest in Citigroup (C) fell 71% to 343 million shares. Share sold short in ...
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Media Digest 8/12/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   GE's (GE) water business may be too small to help earnings. Reuters:   Madoff's CFO plead guilty. Reuters:   Auto inventories are tight but interest in the "clunkers" program is falling. ...
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Asia Market And Europe Open 8/12/2009

Markets in Asia were sharply lower. The Nikkei dropped 1.4% to 10,435. Sony (SNE) and Honda (HMC) both declisned. The Hang Seng was down 2.7% to 20,515. HSBC (HBC) and ...
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