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Monthly Archives: December 2010

Ten Brands Americans No Longer Love

Posted: December 27, 2010 at 6:18 am

Americans do not merely love their favorite and most cherished brands, they love them. Consumers love Apple. They love the Mustang. They love Starbucks, and they once loved The Dallas ...
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Anti-Virus Program The Most Widely Downloaded This Year

Posted: December 27, 2010 at 6:09 am

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition was the most widely downloaded software in 2010 according to CNET. It was downloaded over 83 million times at CNET.com last year. It is odd that ...
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E-Mail To Be Marketing Tool Of Preference

Posted: December 27, 2010 at 5:36 am

E-mail will be the target marketing tool of preference for companies that push their products and services online. Its growth in use will even surpass that of social media and ...
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Media Digest 12.27.31 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 27, 2010 at 4:45 am

China said it will try to keep prices down as inflation worsened (Reuters) Auto companies will lower the weight of light trucks to meet fuel standards (Reuters) Oil hits 26 ...
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OPEC Oil Ministers Bless $100 Oil

Posted: December 26, 2010 at 7:45 am

Several OPEC ministers said they believe $100 a barrel oil prices would represent a proper balance between supply and demand. OPEC will do nothing to increase production before mid-year 2011, ...
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China, Inflation Out Of Hand, Raises Rates

Posted: December 25, 2010 at 7:33 am

The Chinese economic machine has begun to sputter. An ongoing rapid improvement in its PMI, inflation at the wholesale level, and worker demands for higher pay have contributed to increased ...
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Are Canada’s Oil Sands Too Dirty for the US? (TRP, COP, SU, TOT, RDS-A, XOM, BP)

Posted: December 24, 2010 at 12:38 pm

Developing the vast resources of the Canadian oil sands is a dirty business. The deposits are either strip-mined, leaving huge piles of waste and scarring the landscape, or wells use ...
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The Nine Problems That Could Derail The Recovery in 2011

Posted: December 24, 2010 at 6:36 am

Lost in the optimistic talk about the economic recovery around the world are the things that brought the recession on and the new challenges which may appear next year. The ...
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Service Outages: The Challenge For Facebook, Twitter, And Skype

Posted: December 24, 2010 at 5:54 am

Facebook, Twitter, and Skype face an unusual challenge if they are to keep the dominance in their respective markets. It may be difficult to keep each of the services online ...
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E-Pad Sales: Are Sales Strong Enough To Overcome Competition?

Posted: December 24, 2010 at 5:28 am

Securities analysts and research firms which cover the sales of e-readers and tablet computers continue to upgrade holiday shipment figures for most of the large brands. That means the purchase ...
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Media Digest 12.24.2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 24, 2010 at 5:03 am

The head of the FCC said he supports the Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) plan to take a majority position in GE's (NYSE: GE) NBCU. (Reuters) SpendingPulse reports online retail sales are ...
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The U.S. Economy Roars Into 2011

Posted: December 23, 2010 at 1:40 pm

As the year comes to a close, consumers are not just quietly confident that better times lie ahead.  They are getting downright giddy. Household purchases rose 0.4% gain in November, ...
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Could Sonic Fetch More From Rovi or Another Buyer? (SNIC, ROVI)

Posted: December 23, 2010 at 12:15 pm

Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC) is a company which has recently come up for debate in a private conversation over the world of digital rights management and distribution.  Now Sonic Solutions ...
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You Heard It Here First: Verigy Gets Higher Offer (VRGY, ATE, LTXC)

Posted: December 23, 2010 at 11:30 am

Verigy Ltd. (NASDAQ: VRGY) is one of those companies that few traders and investors follow in the world of semiconductor testing systems and solutions.  It is in the midst of ...
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Another Retailer Going Private (JAS, JCG)

Posted: December 23, 2010 at 10:23 am

Fabrics and craft retailer Jo-Ann Stores Inc. (NYSE: JAS) has agreed to accept a buyout offer of $61.00 share from private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners that values the ...
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