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Monthly Archives: February 2011

Moody’s Japan Outlook And The Price Of Oil

Posted: February 22, 2011 at 5:24 am

Moody's put the rating of Japan's debt on credit watch. The outlook was cut to "negative" from "stable." The government of Japan's current rating is Aa2. Moody's said, "The rating ...
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Media Digest (2/22/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 22, 2011 at 4:12 am

Investors are concerned about whether Wal-Mart's  (NYSE: WMT) US  store division has grown. (Reuters) Moody's cut its outlook on Japan to negative due to concerns about whether government austerity measures ...
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Blockbuster Begins To Auction Assets Not Worth Buying

Posted: February 21, 2011 at 5:28 pm

The auction of Blockbuster's assets began today with what the company termed a "stalking horse" bid. It was set at what might be a considered a low price--$290 million. The ...
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Fitch Downgrades Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya

Posted: February 21, 2011 at 12:30 pm

For once, a major credit ratings agency was not weeks or months behind making a downgrade of a worsening economic situation "Fitch Downgrades Libya to 'BBB', Negative Watch", the agency ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (2/21/2011) BP In India, Silver Hits High

Posted: February 21, 2011 at 8:59 am

Twitter  has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (2/21/2011) Morgan Stanley Japan, Renren IPO

Posted: February 21, 2011 at 8:47 am

Updated throughout the day DST will put $100 million into online music firm Spotify (TechCrunch) China social network firm Renren will have a US IPO (WSJ) CIC and Blackstone (NYSE: ...
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Gas Prices Soar 20% In A Year

Posted: February 21, 2011 at 7:24 am

The cost for regular gasoline has rose over $3.17 on average last week according to AAA. That is 20% above the same time a year ago.  The price is much higher ...
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Wisconsin And The Future Of Public Worker Unions

Posted: February 21, 2011 at 6:20 am

Successful political activity often spreads from one geographic area to another. That has certainly been true among financially weak countries in Europe. It is now happening among nations in the ...
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China’s Bank Restrictions, Exports, And PMI

Posted: February 21, 2011 at 5:52 am

Research firm Markit announced that its joint monitoring of China's PMI,  done in tandem with HSBC, predicted a surprising slowdown in February. The brief report's most important observation was "Flash ...
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Sun Storms May Disrupt Global GDP Growth, Or Not

Posted: February 21, 2011 at 5:13 am

Dr. Thomas Bogdan of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder recently expressed concern that solar activity could disrupt satellite communication, GPS accuracy and electrical power. ...
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Middle East Unrest And European Contagion

Posted: February 21, 2011 at 4:43 am

Yields on the five-year sovereign debt of Portugal rose over 7% as capital markets investors lost faith once again in the nation's ability to right its economy. Past patterns, if ...
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Media Digest (2/21/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 21, 2011 at 4:05 am

The US federal government could shut down as House Republicans battle the Administration on budget deficit matters (Reuters) Riots in Libya moved oil higher and Asia markets lower. (Reuters) Air ...
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Bernanke Says Foreign Investment Was Major Cause Of Credit Crisis

Posted: February 20, 2011 at 7:13 am

Ben Bernanke charged that investments from abroad helped cause the credit crisis. "Excess savings", money credited in emerging nations, sought save haven investments. Among these were mortgage-backed securities that they ...
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Last Week’s Market Gainers (FDO)(TSO)(AMD)

Posted: February 19, 2011 at 7:47 pm

S&P 500 WEEK TOP 10 (11FEB -17FEB) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 17Feb11 Close Price 11Feb11 Market Cap($Mil) Family Dollar Stores Inc. FDO 19.3 52.67 44.16 6656.8 ...
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Warren Buffett Buys Into Brasil Foods (BRFS, BRK-B)

Posted: February 18, 2011 at 11:32 am

BRF - Brasil Foods S.A. (NYSE: BRFS) may not be a household name in America.  The company is in production and the sale of poultry, pork, beef, milk, dairy products, ...
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