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Monthly Archives: March 2010

Twenty-Six Percent Of US Gets News Via Handset

Posted: March 1, 2010 at 5:18 am

Twenty-six percent of Americans now get news via their cellphones, according to a Pew Research poll of 2,259 people taken between December 28 and January 19. The study shows that ...
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24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings (Week 8)

Posted: March 1, 2010 at 5:08 am

The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, ...
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Media Digest 3/1/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 1, 2010 at 4:14 am

Reuters:   Some senators want hearings on the Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) bailouts. Reuters:   Toyota (TM) is at work in China on damage control. Reuters:   Asia factory output ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open

Posted: March 1, 2010 at 3:54 am

Markets in Asia were higher. The Nikkei rose .5% to 10,172. Toyota (TM) fell. The Hang Seng was up 2.2% to 21,057. HSBC (HBC) moved higher. The Shanghai Composite was ...
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Outsourcing China’s Labor Problem

Posted: March 1, 2010 at 3:47 am

American companies have been criticized for years for outsourcing work, particularly to China and India. Much manufacturing work actually went to other nations, such as Vietnam and Mexico, but China ...
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One Last Chance To Save Housing

Posted: March 1, 2010 at 3:40 am

All of the news about housing that was so good in the fourth quarter became bad in the first two months of the new year. Foreclosure rates are still up ...
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