Monthly Archives: September 2010

Money Can Buy Happiness–At About $75,000 A Year

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 6:21 am

Economic academicians Angus Deaton and Daniel Kahneman looked at surveys of 450,000 Americans conducted in 2008 and 2009 for the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index and found that, for some people, money ...
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IPO Market: 161 Companies Seek $56 Billion

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 5:53 am

The recession is over, at least for companies which want to raise money through IPOs. There have already been a large number of initial public offerings this year despite uneven ...
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Fourth Quarter Job Increase Figures Are Grim

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 5:13 am

Some people expect that the economy may recover in the fourth quarter based on modestly positive unemployment numbers for August. GDP may actually pick up by 3% or 4% some ...
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The Ten American Industries Which Will Never Recover

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 4:52 am

It has become clear that jobs in some industries may never come back or if they do it will take years or decades for a recovery. 24/7 Wall St. examined ...
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24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings: Week 34

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 4:33 am

The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product ...
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Media Digest 9/7/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg: Hurd Joins Oracle

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 3:59 am

Reuters: Mark Hurd, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), joined Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) as co-president. Reuters: The Justice Department is looking into the Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) deal to buy ...
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The New Obama Stimulus Package And The Future Of The Middle Class

Posted: September 6, 2010 at 7:52 pm

The President said in Milwaukee today that he wants to create jobs for Americans. Mr. Obama stressed that America needs a strong middle class and that American workers, who are ...
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Fritz Henderson Makes The Weirdest Career Move Ever

Posted: September 6, 2010 at 12:43 pm

When Fritz Henderson was named CEO of General Motors in March 2009, John Gapper of the Financial Times argued that the veteran auto industry had " a 50-50 chance, which ...
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Media Digest (9/6/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 6, 2010 at 9:00 am

Reuters: Jobs data continues to push global equities up. Reuters: Daimler will increase its dividend Reuters: Nokia (NYSE: NOK) will release a new line of smartphones Reuters: Craigslist will block ...
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Former HP CEO Mark Hurd May Join Oracle

Posted: September 5, 2010 at 8:34 am

Former Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) CEO Mark Hurd may join Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Hurd was pushed out by HPs board, a move ...
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The Unusual Suspects for the Week Ahead (BKS, BRCD, CSKI, CIEN, FNFG, NAL, GENZ, SNY, LULU, ID, NFLX, NE, PBR, RTN, SKS, TTWO, THQI, CALL)

Posted: September 4, 2010 at 1:09 pm

The cast of characters in this week's Unusual Suspects is not any ordinary group of companies. There are many key stocks to watch for investors that have carryover issues from ...
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