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Monthly Archives: July 2010

The 10 Biggest Brand Disasters of 2010 (BP)(DELL)(SNE)(GS)(JNJ)

Posted: July 21, 2010 at 7:00 am

By Douglas A. McIntyre, 24/7 Wall St. It's been a rough year for those in the branding business at big corporations. SEC investigations, massive product recalls and oil spills (among ...
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Google Images Hits One Billion Page Views A Day

Posted: July 21, 2010 at 6:01 am

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) now has more than 10 billion images in its "image" section and consumers access the service at the rate of one billion pageviews day. Google Images was ...
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Driving The Plug-In Hybrid To Oblivion

Posted: July 21, 2010 at 5:41 am

The plug-in hybrid, a car that uses the same socket as a vacuum cleaner, or at least one close it, has gotten the full force of backing from the Obama ...
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BP CEO Tony Hayward Is Here To Stay, And Lord Browne Takes The Blame

Posted: July 21, 2010 at 5:26 am

BP plc (NYSE: BP) may be in desperate trouble, but its CEO Tony Hayward will not be fired. According to Reuters, he has the full support of the company's board. ...
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Government Anti-Foreclosure Program Falters

Posted: July 21, 2010 at 5:06 am

The Administration's anti-foreclosure program, part of the $75 billion HAMP initiative, has posted worse results as time has passed. More than 91,000 homeowners cancelled their government loan modifications in June, ...
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The States With The Highest Unemployment For The First Six Months

Posted: July 21, 2010 at 4:48 am

There are ten states which have had unemployment rates consistently above 10% for the first six months of the year.  Many also have desperate budget problems, a combination of high ...
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Media Digest 7/21/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 21, 2010 at 4:24 am

Reuters:   BP plc (NYSE: BP) said as it prepares to sell some assets that its CEO is not leaving. Reuters:   The Senate approved an extension of unemployment benefits. Reuters:   Apple ...
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Apple: Another Walk-Off Home Run Quarter

Posted: July 20, 2010 at 4:47 pm

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) usually beats Wall Street expectations, but for the most recent quarter, it outdistanced them by a mile. Apple posted record revenue of $15.7 billion and net ...
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VMware Delivers on Earnings (VMW, EMC)

Posted: July 20, 2010 at 4:42 pm

Virtualization leader VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) has managed to deliver on earnings after the close today.  Non-GAAP operating income was up 94% to $187 million and earnings were reported as ...
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Yahoo! Earnings Shanghai (YHOO)

Posted: July 20, 2010 at 4:22 pm

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) came out with earnings and it seems that there is going to be more confusion on the report than any solid endorsement of the Carol Bartz ...
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Looking Past SandRidge Merger Integration to Diversification (SD, XOM, APA, ME, DVN, BP)

Posted: July 20, 2010 at 2:23 pm

Sometimes the short-term interests of a company's shareholders and the future of that company are not in perfect synch. That's exactly the situation at SandRidge Energy Inc. (NYSE: SD), which ...
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Canadian Banks Begin Hiking Rates; U.S. Far Behind? (TD, RY, CM, BMO, BNS, JPM, BAC, C)

Posted: July 20, 2010 at 2:12 pm

The Bank of Canada this morning announced a hike for the overnight rate by 0.25%.  The new overnight rate is still only 0.75%. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1.00% and ...
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Earnings Previews For Big Tech Giants (AAPL, JNPR, STX, VMW, YHOO, EMC, BIDU, EBAY, NFLX, QCOM, WDC, AMZN, MSFT, SNDK)

Posted: July 20, 2010 at 1:05 pm

Earnings season is in full swing and many traders' favorite technology stocks are reporting this week.  We have compiled previews and added in color for traders on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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Honda Reveals Plans for Hybrid, All-Electric Vehicles (HMC, TM, TSLA)

Posted: July 20, 2010 at 11:35 am

Honda Motor Co. (NYSE: HMC) President Takanobu Ito plans to capitalize on the global shift toward smaller cars that offer advanced technology to reduce both petroleum consumption and carbon ...
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Trade Set-Ups For Gold (GLD, IAU, SGOL, PHYS)

Posted: July 20, 2010 at 11:17 am

While many remain bullish on gold, the recent trading activity has been impossible to ignore.  Our technical analysis affiliate, Adam Hewison of INO, has a quick yet detailed audio-visual interactive ...
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