Monthly Archives: December 2010

A Real Estate Silver Lining: Foreclosure Rates Plunge

Posted: December 16, 2010 at 6:15 am

RealtyTrac, the mortgage research firm, reports that foreclosures fell sharply in November. It may be a sign that the housing market has hit bottom. The company said, "its U.S. Foreclosure ...
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How Apple Will Become The Most Valuable Company In America

Posted: December 16, 2010 at 5:55 am

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the second largest company in America based on its market value after oil giant Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM). Apple is ahead of other public corporations with ...
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Bad Parents: Suing McDonald’s For Misleading Kids

Posted: December 16, 2010 at 5:18 am

The siege towers have been moved to McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) headquarters. Some cities want the company to stop using toys to entice children to eat high-calorie fatty food. Others want the fast ...
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Obama The Jobs Salesmen Fails

Posted: December 16, 2010 at 4:47 am

President Obama hosted 20 CEOs from major corporations in Washington. Many of the chief executives wanted to speak about trade policy and taxes. The president wanted to talk about jobs. ...
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Media Digest 12.16.2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 16, 2010 at 4:17 am

The Obama $858 billion tax plan moves to the House for a vote. (Reuters) Twitter raised money at a rate which valued that company at $3.7 billion. (Reuters) Eurozone debt ...
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The Environmental State of The Union: A Survey of Pollution, Energy Use and Policy in all 50 States

Posted: December 16, 2010 at 3:33 am

Although all the countries which attended the recent Climate Summit in Cancun, Mexico claimed to care about the environment, they have an odd way of showing it. The challenges are ...
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Why Not Tax Diet Soda?

Posted: December 16, 2010 at 3:25 am

Sugary beverages such as soda became public enemy number one for public health activists (known to critics as the food police) in 2010. That has led to a call to ...
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Apple:King Of Tablets

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 8:51 pm

We published a story earlier on projections from Goldman Sachs that tablets are rapidly cannibalizing PC sales. That story focused on the possible winners from such a shift in the ...
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Inflation:: Turkey Prices Hit A High

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 8:42 pm

Turkey prices hit an all-time high late last month—just in time for Thanksgiving—and were up 36% from the same period last year. Did your income go up 36% during the ...
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Thursday Earnings Duel: Oracle versus RIM (ORCL, RIMM)

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 5:01 pm

Thursday afternoon may feel a bit like a mini-version of earnings season. On deck with earnings reports due after the close are tech giants Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Research ...
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What Crisis? $111 Million Bonus for Goldman Execs (GS)

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 3:38 pm

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) may be the poster child firm for wealth and excess on Wall Street. The bonus pools around Wall Street are being tallied up, and ...
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Who Gains if Tablets Continue Explosive Growth? (INTC, MSFT, ARMH, QCOM, AAPL, NVDA, GOOG)

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 1:06 pm

Could tablet computers be the most serious threat to the Wintel duopoly that has dominated personal computing for the past 25 or so years? Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) and Microsoft ...
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Mining Win: Joy Today, Joy Ahead (JOYG, CAT, BUCY, BHP, VALE, RIO, XSRAY, AAUKY)

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 11:42 am

The demand for metals and minerals of all kinds is pushing up sales and profits in the makers of the equipment used to extract the commodities. Joy Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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Oil Inventories Plummet (USO, OIH, VLO)

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 10:43 am

The Department of Energy has just released what may seem like a shocking drop in its weekly report on oil inventories. This morning’s data has a potential impact on the ...
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What First Solar Left Out of its Guidance (FSLR, NRG, PCG, LDK, TSL, YGE, JASO, TAN)

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 10:26 am

After the market closed yesterday, First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) released its initial guidance for 2011. The guidance is higher and the company also sold a project. Much was anticipated ...
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