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Daily Archives: November 9, 2009

biotech

Goldman Sachs Is Doing “God’s Work

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 5:42 am

By Douglas A. McIntyre Lloyd Blankfein, the CEO of Goldman Sachs (GS) has put an unusual spin on the bank's activities. He says his firm is doing "God's work." This ...
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Wal-Mart (WMT) Lends Hand To The Poor One $2 Meal At A Time

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 5:39 am

The cynic's view of Wal-Mart's (NYSE:WMT) new expansion of its Great Value private label food brand is that it is aimed at making as much money as possible from those who ...
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NBC Universal Gets A $30 Billion Valuation

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 5:12 am

NBC Universal, the entertainment arm of GE (NYSE:GE) which is 20% owned by Vivendi, is worth $30 billion. That is the figure that GE and Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA), the cable company ...
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Waiting For Another Recession In The Spring

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 4:44 am

Some experts raised the issue of how long the recovery can last as unemployment went over 10% last week and the total number of people out of jobs or looking ...
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Microsoft (MSFT) Windows 7 And The Renewal Of The PC Industry

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 4:12 am

Microsoft (NYSE:MSFT) Windows 7 sales in the first week after its introduction last month outdid Vista sales during the first week after its launch in January 2007 by 234%, according ...
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24/7 Wall St. TV: McDonald’s (MCD) Consumer Service Lesson: Seconds Count

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 4:08 am

McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) spends a great deal of its test kitchen time trying to beat the clock. It has occurred to the fast food chain that a customer who expects to ...
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Media Digest 11/9/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 4:03 am

Reuters:   Hurricane Ida is heading toward Gulf oil fields. Reuters:   Kraft (NYSE:KFT) will make its bid for Cadbury. Reuters:   GE (NYSE:GE) and Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) have agreed to an NBCU valuation. ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 11/9/2009

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 3:27 am

Markets in Asia rose. The Nikkei was up .2% to 9,809. The Hang Seng rose 1.7% to 22,208. The Shanghai Composite was up .4% to 3,175. At the open in ...
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