Monthly Archives: July 2011

America’s Fastest Growing Cities Rue Their Successes

Posted: July 29, 2011 at 7:01 am

Most newspapers, TV stations, and websites did stories about the fastest growing cities when the Census put out its list of municipal population size for 2010. The media compared these ...
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Starbucks: The Return Of The Wealthy Consumer

Posted: July 29, 2011 at 6:48 am

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) made one thing clear when it reported earnings. It will depend on affluent consumers to continue its success, which at this point is unquestionable. The slowing economy ...
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Contagion Concerns Resurface In Europe

Posted: July 29, 2011 at 6:42 am

While the eyes of the financial world are fixed on the U.S. budget debate and refinancing of Greece, Moody's has put Spain's sovereign debt on credit watch and the country ...
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Apple’s iPhone Sales Double, Set To Double Again

Posted: July 29, 2011 at 6:38 am

The juggernaut that is Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone sales grows more powerful each day. New data show that Apple thrashed its smartphone competitors in the second quarter and may have ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (7/29/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 29, 2011 at 6:29 am

Plans for a budget vote by Republicans in the House fell apart (Reuters) Moody's threatened to downgrade Spain (Reuters) BSkyB will have a $1.6 billion share buyback (Reuters) S&P said ...
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Verizon: The Largest Dividend In The World

Posted: July 29, 2011 at 6:27 am

Verizon Wireless is owned 55% by Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and 45% by UK-based Vodafone (NYSE: VOD). Yesterday, the cellular service provider said it would pay a dividend of $10 billion ...
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Despite Share Price Stagnation, Great Value Remains in Teva (TEVA, CEPH)

Posted: July 28, 2011 at 3:05 pm

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (NASDAQ: TEVA) now has its earnings out of the way and analysts have had enough time to chime in with their opinions on whether or not ...
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Winners & Losers of Health Insurance Earnings (UNH, AET, WLP, HUM)

Posted: July 28, 2011 at 2:11 pm

Earnings season is so far turning out to be a mixed bag and is so far being overshadowed by the elected officials in Washington D.C. threatening a gridlock that could ...
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Another Bruise in For-Profit Education Players (STRA, APOL, COCO, DV, EDMC)

Posted: July 28, 2011 at 11:35 am

Publicly traded for-profit college stocks have been on a two-year roller coaster ride that looked like it was sorting itself out early in June. At that time, the US Department ...
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More Than 20 Great Companies Which Refuse To Pay Dividends (AMZN, AMGN, AAPL, BBBY, BRK-A, CBB, DELL, DG, DLTR, EBAY, ERTS, EMC, ESRX, FLEX, GOOG, JACK, NDAQ, SYMC, UAL, URBN, WDC, YHOO, ZBRA, CSCO, VMW, MHS)

Posted: July 28, 2011 at 11:05 am

If you have been a reader of 24/7 Wall St. for long, you know that we appreciate companies that pay dividends just about as much the investors who buy ...
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