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Monthly Archives: April 2011

Job Discrimination Against The Jobless

Posted: April 25, 2011 at 3:29 pm

In February, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission held a public hearing to investigate whether employers are unfairly denying jobs to unemployed applicants.  Though the issue was widely covered in the ...
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Commodities Watch: Barrick Outbids Chinese Miner; China Raises Quotas on Some Metals; USDA Releases Food Price Forecast (ABX, EQXMF, LUNMF)

Posted: April 25, 2011 at 2:48 pm

Today's news includes a higher bid for a Canadian copper and gold miner, some higher quotas on Chinese metal exports, and the latest forecast on food prices for 2011 from ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: BrightSource Files for IPO; IEA Publishes Roadmap for Biofuels; Chinese Battery Maker De-listed (CRTP, GOOG, PCG, EIX, GS, C, DB)

Posted: April 25, 2011 at 12:03 pm

Today's alternative energy watch begins with a look at the IPO filing by solar thermal maker BrightSource and then examines a new roadmap for biofuels offered up by the International ...
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RadioShack is Doomed (RSH, BBY, WMT, TGT, COST, VZ, VOD, S, T)

Posted: April 25, 2011 at 10:42 am

Shares in RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) are trading lower today than they were five years ago. The stock peaked in July 2007 at around $35/share and hit a low below ...
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Daily Austerity Watch: Greece Burns, Debt Ceiling Nears

Posted: April 25, 2011 at 10:21 am

Greek Prime Minister  George Papandreou is on a quixotic quest -- to borrow a metaphor from another cash-strapped European country -- to convince the world that his country will not ...
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Natural Gas Drilling Is at a Crucial Turning Point

Posted: April 25, 2011 at 10:06 am

by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, April 21, 2011, 2:33 p.m. ProPublica has been covering gas drilling since 2008. When The Guardian asked us to participate in a series it is running ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (AVNR, BRCD, SOHU)

Posted: April 25, 2011 at 8:52 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of AVANIR Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AVNR), Brocade Communications Systems (NASDAQ: BRCD), ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (4/25/2011) Boeing 737, GM Brand

Posted: April 25, 2011 at 8:35 am

Updated throughout the day. Supply problems will hurt sales of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPads (Reuters) Production problems at Boeing (NYSE: BA) caused trouble in its 737 planes (ABC) GM (NYSE: ...
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Gas Prices Now Up $1 In A Year

Posted: April 25, 2011 at 6:02 am

Gas prices are officially up $1 in one year, if anyone cares. The AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Reports shows that a gallon of regular gas cost $2.854 a year ago, ...
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GM May Take Back No.1 Car Company Spot From Toyota Due To US Taxpayers

Posted: April 25, 2011 at 5:37 am

GM (NYSE: GM) may be the No.1 car company in the world this year, after it lost that position to Toyota (NYSE: TM) three years ago. The change of fates ...
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Another Reason To Fire Boeing’s CEO

Posted: April 25, 2011 at 5:11 am

W. James McNerney, Jr., Boeing's (NYSE: BA) Chairman and CEO, has hung onto his job since July 2005. The company's flagship Dreamliner has been delayed at least a half a ...
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America’s Housing Paradox: Homes Are Affordable, But No One Will Buy

Posted: April 25, 2011 at 4:40 am

Americans still believe homes are still a good long-term investment. Unfortunately for the real estate sector, 30% of the same people think home prices will continue to drop compared with ...
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Media Digest (4/25/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 25, 2011 at 4:01 am

The NYSE (NYSE: NYX) said an M&A deal with Deutsche Boerse would offer greater savings than a NASDAQ (NYSE: NDAQ) deal. (Reuters) Silver rose 5% on the dollar's weakness. (Reuters) ...
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America’s Ten Largest Employers

Posted: April 24, 2011 at 9:23 pm

The largest companies in the US based on the number of workers worldwide are not necessarily the biggest in terms of revenue, profits or business locations. Some are much more ...
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Happy Easter: The Special Market Research Project

Posted: April 24, 2011 at 7:35 am

It may be a long three day weekend (or even four) but the 24/7 Wall Street team has brought in a special team this Easter weekend for some market research ...
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