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Daily Archives: December 27, 2009

“Unlimited” Support For Fannie Mae (FNM) And Freddie Mac (FRE)

Posted: December 27, 2009 at 8:59 pm

The Treasury Department announced that it would give Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM)and Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) "unlimited" financial support for the next three years, which seems like an awful lot. Some members ...
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Film Industry Economic Losses Mount From Continuing World Wide Piracy

Posted: December 27, 2009 at 8:35 pm

First-run movie DVDs of films made by US studios are sold be vendors on the streets within a few miles of the central offices of the People's Republic in ...
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Toyota (TM) Increases Car Production Plans For 2010, Another Sign Industry Has Bottomed

Posted: December 27, 2009 at 2:26 pm

The last two years were probably the worst in the history of the global car industry which goes back over a century. The markets in the US, Japan, EU, and ...
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The Recession-Proof Movie Industry

Posted: December 27, 2009 at 2:03 pm

Most of old media is being slowly euthanized by the shift in the way consumers get content since the beginning of the recession. Magazines, newspapers, and radio are at the top of  list of sectors ...
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Amazon’s (AMZN) Kindle Is Its Top Selling Holiday Product Ever

Posted: December 27, 2009 at 12:21 pm

The Kindle has become the most purchased item given as a gift in the history of the powerful e-commerce site,  Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN). And, Amazon announced that "On Christmas Day, for the first time ...
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China Is Now The World’s Second Largest Economy

Posted: December 27, 2009 at 8:28 am

China became the world's second largest economy in 2009, passing Japan, which has held this distinction for decades. The People's Republic raised its growth forecast for 2008 to 9.6% from 9% ...
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