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Monthly Archives: August 2011

AT&T’s Jobs Gambit

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 6:33 am

AT&T (NYSE: T) has made a clever move to make its buyout of T-Mobile more attractive to government regulators. The huge telecommunications company says it will add 5,000 call-center jobs ...
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Workers Shudder as Economy Fails and Pessimism Grows

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 6:31 am

If pessimism on the part of the employed population is an important indicator, then there is another sign that the U.S. economy has faltered. A new Gallup poll shows that ...
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News Corp. Back Near 52-Week High

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 6:25 am

In the battle between scandal and earnings, earnings have won so far, as shares in News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS) have moved toward their 52-week high. The stock traded at $17.47 ...
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The Myth of Barnes & Noble’s Success

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 6:20 am

The market was positively excited by the quarterly earnings of Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS). That is odd. The bookseller lost money, and its e-reader and e-book business are still ...
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Media Digest (8/31/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 6:17 am

An Institute for Policy Studies report says many CEOs at the 100 largest U.S. companies made more than their companies paid in taxes. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) knew ...
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The Ten Largest Oil Deposits in the World

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 5:43 am

Figuring out how much oil is left in the world and where it is located seems more important than ever, especially considering the political instability in many of the oil-producing ...
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Are Women Better Investors Than Men?

Posted: August 30, 2011 at 5:55 pm

Researchers are beginning to look at whether women invest differently from men. How are we different from men? Studies of behavioral investing have found that women invest their portfolios more ...
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FOMC Minutes Show Identity Crisis Inside the Fed

Posted: August 30, 2011 at 4:06 pm

It seems as though Ben Bernanke and friends inside the Federal Reserve are not really seeing eye to eye per the minutes of the August 9, 2011 FOMC meeting.  There ...
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Alter-Ego, Has Sirius XM Just Become Another Car Company? (SIRI, GM, F)

Posted: August 30, 2011 at 3:04 pm

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: is supposed to be one of the hotter media companies with its satellite radio dominance.  It has a cult following, millions of subscribers, and it ...
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RIM’s Death March Continues with OEMs & Consumers (RIMM, AAPL, GOOG, MMI, MSFT, S, T, VZ)

Posted: August 30, 2011 at 1:01 pm

comScore has just released its smartphone market share and the data continues to support an exodus away from the Blackberry from Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM).  RIM phones as ...
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81st Birthday for Buffett… Remembering His Greatest Investments (BRK-B, BAC, KO, AXP, PG, DOW, PTR)

Posted: August 30, 2011 at 12:06 pm

Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) is 81 years old today and many are paying tribute.  Earlier this year, we gave a breakdown of his greatest investments in ...
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China to Begin Serious Hunt for Shale Gas (SNP, PTR, CEO, RDS-A, CVX, BP, STO, HAL, SLB, BHI, NOV, DVN, CHK)

Posted: August 30, 2011 at 11:35 am

None of China's three largest oil companies is having a particularly good year as far as refining profits go. China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (NYSE: SNP) -- known as Sinopec ...
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After Hurricane Irene, Tropical Storm Katia Poses Next Threat (ALL, TRV, CB, ALL, BRK-B, RE, PRE, CRD-B, LOW, HD)

Posted: August 30, 2011 at 10:50 am

The worst part about hurricane season is that one bad hurricane has no impact on whether or not another hurricane, or series of hurricanes, can be coming back down the ...
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Exxon & Russia’s Rosneft, a $200 to $300 Billion Oil Pact (XOM, BP)

Posted: August 30, 2011 at 10:38 am

Russian oil giant Rosneft and US oil supermajor Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) are reported to have reached an agreement that will give Exxon access to oil deposits off the ...
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Consumer Confidence Index Slaughtered

Posted: August 30, 2011 at 10:22 am

Forget about the uptick in consumer spending in July. New data from the Conference Board shows that consumer confidence was slaughtered in August, plunging to recession-level lows. It is another ...
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