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Monthly Archives: April 2010

Geithner: A Last-Minute Trip To China

Posted: April 7, 2010 at 4:54 am

Treasury chief Tim Geithner is about to make an unannounced trip to China today to meet with the Chinese Vice Premier, Wang Qishan,  the official most involved with monetary policy.  This may lead ...
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California Pensions Could Be Short A Third Of A Trillion Dollars

Posted: April 7, 2010 at 4:28 am

In an age in which government spending is measured in hundreds of billions of dollars, the potential shortfall in California pension plans is shocking. A new study from the Stanford ...
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A bailout of the bailout of Detroit?

Posted: April 7, 2010 at 3:54 am

GM and Chrysler are short about $17 billion in contributions to the pension plans of their workers, or so says the a report from the United States General Accountability Office ...
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Media Digest 4/7/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 7, 2010 at 2:48 am

Reuters:   The Chinese hinted they were ready to let the yuan rise. Reuters:   Asian stocks are near a 22 month high. Reuters:   Regulators plan to track fast frequency trading. Reuters:   ...
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A Fool And His Money, Part II: Americans Still Want A To Own A Home

Posted: April 6, 2010 at 5:07 pm

The value of homes in many parts of the US are down 30% since their peak in 2006. In parts of Nevada, Michigan, and California the drop is 50%. ...
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Lithium vs. Gasoline: Trading One Expensive Energy Source for Another

Posted: April 6, 2010 at 2:39 pm

The IPO filing by Tesla Motors brings into sharp relief the current battle for hearts and minds between the new electric cars and the traditional gasoline-powered vehicles. US and Japanese ...
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BioHealth Business Daily (RDEA, AVNR, CELG, DNDN, ENCO, OPXA, PURE, SVA)

Posted: April 6, 2010 at 2:04 pm

Today’s wrap of the BioHealth Business Daily includes many less-covered stocks moving on news.  We are seeing significant and unusual price changes in shares of Ardea Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: RDEA), ...
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How Dead Ends Give Life to Insider Trading

Posted: April 6, 2010 at 1:46 pm

By failing to pursue insider trading claims, the China Securities Regulatory Commission is damaging its reputation Read more... ...
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FOMC Minutes… Fed Grips Reality, At Least Closer

Posted: April 6, 2010 at 1:18 pm

The newest FOMC Minutes from the March 16 meeting might be dovish compared to what the inflation hawks want to see, but the FOMC is coming to grips with future ...
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Signs Of The Apocalypse: Ratio Of Unemployed To Open Jobs At 5.5 Says BLS

Posted: April 6, 2010 at 12:14 pm

The ranks of the long-term unemployed, those out of work for over 26 weeks, is likely to increase.  In March 2010, 44% of those unemployed were out of work for at least ...
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Retail Alert: Caution on March Same Store Sales Gains (COST, JCP, KSS, LTD, M, JWN, TGT)

Posted: April 6, 2010 at 11:22 am

Investors are going to get to see some very pleasant surprises on the same store sales data for the month of March 2010 from major retailers.  The media will likely ...
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US Investments in Alternative Energy: Rising or Falling?

Posted: April 6, 2010 at 10:09 am

There appears to be widespread agreement that the US is not spending enough money to develop a world-leading alternative energy market. When President Obama introduced his plans for clean ...
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8 Ways of Saying 1 Thing on Financial Reform: We Need Hard Rules

Posted: April 6, 2010 at 9:39 am

By Heather Horn, The Atlantic Wire Last week the Wire brought you a roundup of ideas on how to prevent the next financial crisis. The Dodd bill, a set of ...
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Paulson Promotes Flexible Yuan Policy for China

Posted: April 6, 2010 at 9:15 am

By Hu Shuli, Wang Shuo and Li Xin of Caixin The former U.S. treasury chief, in an exclusive interview, said further yuan rate reform would help China's economy as it ...
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Opening Bell Day Trader Alerts (KBH, PHM, LIHR, MPEL, AVNR, AMSC, RDEA, CA, CPBY, MEE, CIGX, TIVO)

Posted: April 6, 2010 at 8:34 am

Credit Suisse hit the homebuilders... KB Home (NYSE: KBH) is down 2.3% at $16.60 on fairly thin trading volume after it was lowered to Neutral from Outperform.  Pulte Homes (NYSE: ...
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