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Daily Archives: February 4, 2010

The Top Seven Cars Not Being Recalled

Posted: February 4, 2010 at 6:53 pm

Toyota (TM) has recalled over seven million cars worldwide which includes eight of it most popular vehicles. The company is also faced with investigations about trouble with brakes on its 2010 Prius ...
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Prechter Reminder… Taking Out DJIA 10,000 (GLD, DIA, SPY, QQQQ, TLT)

Posted: February 4, 2010 at 4:59 pm

The big technical level in the S&P 500 Index was 1,085, but that feels like some time ago.  There is no magic trick on a technical level of 10,000 on ...
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The Death of AAA Ratings… S&P and Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) (BRK-B) (BNI)

Posted: February 4, 2010 at 1:03 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) NYSE: BRK-B) is in the process of selling $8 billion in notes today to help fund the acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe (NYSE: BNI).  ...
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The Banker Bailout Bonus Tax: From The UK With Love

Posted: February 4, 2010 at 12:18 pm

It was only a matter of time before some bright Congressman decided that the UK decision to tax 2009 banker bonuses over $48,000 by 50% was a good way to ...
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Can Obama Really Double US Exports?

Posted: February 4, 2010 at 12:01 pm

By Max Fisher, The Atlantic Wire President Obama raised eyebrows during the State of the Union address by vowing to double U.S. exports over the next five years. That's a ...
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Bing Chips Away At Google’s Growth (MSFT, GOOG)

Posted: February 4, 2010 at 10:44 am

Since its début, Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Bing search engine has proven itself to be a credible threat to Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) dominance of the United States search market.  Bing claimed 10.7% of ...
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Safer Than Sovereign Debt… Buffett & Bekshire Hathaway Raising $8 Billion (BRK-A, BRK-B, JPM, WFC, BNI)

Posted: February 4, 2010 at 10:40 am

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) is about to price a very large debt offering.  With as many European nations as we are seeing having debt downgrades or credit ...
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Growth Again… In Jobless Claims

Posted: February 4, 2010 at 8:56 am

The Labor Department released the weekly jobless claims data this morning, and whatever policies are being presented just are not helping on the hiring and firing front in the nation.  ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (2/4/2010)

Posted: February 4, 2010 at 8:55 am

Today's best market rumors. Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) will buy a touchscreen company, Touchco. (NYTimes) Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) will defer or cut some bonuses in London (NYPost) The US may have underestimated ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AOL, AAPL, BLK, CAL, COCO, CREE, BEN, MWW, PNRA, SYNA, LCC, VZ, V, WU)

Posted: February 4, 2010 at 8:46 am

These are this Thursday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Raised to Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford. Apple ...
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Signs Of Intelligent Life At Sony: Earnings Helped By Financial Unit

Posted: February 4, 2010 at 6:13 am

After five quarters of losses, Sony (SNE) has finally turned a profit. The news is not terribly impressive since it is the conglomerate's financial and insurance divisions that pushed the ...
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An Unprecedented Public-Private Partnership As Google And NSA Team On Cyberattacks

Posted: February 4, 2010 at 6:06 am

Google (GOOG) will not have to go it alone as it attempts to unravel cyberattacks on its service in China which have raised the question about how vulnerable the search ...
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Government Healthcare Programs To Pass Private Sector In Size

Posted: February 4, 2010 at 5:55 am

The largest single problem with the budget deficits as the next few years unfold is not the low government receipts due to a poor economy. It is not defence spending ...
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More Than Half Of Adult Americans Use Internet For Healthcare Info

Posted: February 4, 2010 at 5:43 am

More than half of adult Americans used the internet to look up healthcare information in the last year, according to a CDC study conducted in the first six months of last year. ...
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US Recession Job Loss May Have Been Undercounted By 824,000

Posted: February 4, 2010 at 5:18 am

In a blow that could come down on the Obama administration and U.S. economy like Thor's Hammer, the US may have lost 824,000 more jobs than the government said it did between ...
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