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Monthly Archives: August 2011

Favoritism Rampant at Large Companies

Posted: August 29, 2011 at 6:25 am

“Senior executives say widespread favoritism exists in large organizations, yet few admit practicing favoritism themselves,” according to research by Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. The study adds that among senior ...
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Central Bankers Ignore Voters

Posted: August 29, 2011 at 6:22 am

Most of the central bankers and the head of the IMF ignored the power of voters in the developed nations, where growth and deficits are twin problems, when they made ...
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Media Digest (8/29/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 29, 2011 at 6:17 am

LG Display (NYSE: LPL) cuts capital expenditures as demand for LCD screens is hurt by tablet PC sales. (Reuters) Samsung to delay its tablet launch in the U.S. because of ...
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The Eleven Reasons Americans Still Can’t Sell Their Homes

Posted: August 28, 2011 at 6:08 pm

The environment for home sales becomes more difficult with each passing month. Some estimates put 11.1 million mortgages, about 23% of the US total, underwater, meaning that homeowners owe their ...
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New York City & Surrounding Area Coverage of TS/Hurricane Irene

Posted: August 28, 2011 at 11:09 am

Hurricane Irene is now Tropical Storm Irene and we have gathered many of the top news headlines, videos, and social media.  Our own Douglas McIntyre reported very high winds last ...
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24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Calls of the Week (AAPL, BAC, BSX, GOOG, HGSI, JNPR, NDAQ, NEM, P, PCLN, RIMM, SGEN, SQNM, SLM, VVUS, VMW, INT, JPM, GOOG)

Posted: August 27, 2011 at 7:31 am

Each morning we review our top upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street analysts.  At the end of the week, we review these more closely along with other calls made ...
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The Most Innovative CEOs In America

Posted: August 26, 2011 at 4:22 pm

Steve Jobs’s transition from CEO of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to chairman has caused a great deal of ink to be spilt on the departure of other famous CEOs, such as ...
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BofA Asset Sale in China, Better Than Buffett? (BAC, BRK-A, BRK-B, JPM, WFC, XLF, FAS)

Posted: August 26, 2011 at 2:11 pm

Now that Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) has raised $5 billion in cash from Warren Buffett, it's time to look around and see what assets the bank might have ...
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OmniVision: When A Stock Crashes Too Much (OVTI, AAPL)

Posted: August 26, 2011 at 1:41 pm

OmniVision Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: OVTI) is supposed to be a great company.  It makes all of the chipsets for the cameras inside your smartphones and digital cameras.  Today is not ...
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Company Winners & Losers Expected From Hurricane Irene (ALL, TRV, CB, BRK-A, DUK, D, ETR, AWK, VZ, HD, LOW, URI, PPG, BECN, IBI, BGG, GNRC, CRD-B, CLH, NYX, NDAQ)

Posted: August 26, 2011 at 12:24 pm

Will Hurricane Irene cost the United States $10 billion? $15 billion? Or even more?  It really depends upon whom you speak with on this front.  The expected damage count is ...
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Dreamliner Finally Certified For Flight, Now Deliveries & More Orders (BA, ALNPY, GE, UAL, AMR, DAL)

Posted: August 26, 2011 at 11:56 am

A ceremony is planned today for the 787 Dreamliner from Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) to receive its final certification from the US Federal Aviation Administration that the plane is safe ...
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The Good News From Bernanke, No QE3

Posted: August 26, 2011 at 10:52 am

Ben Bernanke is not going to jam a new stimulus or easing package in any form of QE3 by the sound of his highly awaited speech in Jackson Hole today.  ...
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Sovereign Wealth Investment Heads To Clean Energy (CLNE, CHK, WPRT)

Posted: August 26, 2011 at 10:39 am

For the past two years or so T. Boone Pickens has been telling anyone who will listen of the benefits of substituting natural gas for gasoline and diesel fuel. Pickens ...
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Pandora Grabs Ears, Makes Money (P, SIRI, AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, RIMM)

Posted: August 26, 2011 at 9:20 am

Internet radio company Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) reported that listeners spent 1.8 billion hours tuned in last quarter, an increase of 125% from the same period a year ago. ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (8/26/2011) GDP Revised Down, Greece Trouble

Posted: August 26, 2011 at 9:12 am

Zerohedge: Government has subtracted an annualized 2.0% of economic growth in the past 3 quarters due to overly front load stimulus NYT: Second-Quarter G.D.P. Revised Down to 1% MSNBC: US ...
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