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Posted: May 8, 2012 at 4:07 pm

The major US stock indexes opened sharply lower this morning as weak performance in the European markets as traders try to figure out what last weekend’s elections mean. Crude oil ...
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America’s Fastest-Growing Housing Markets

Posted: May 8, 2012 at 9:13 am

Nationally, home prices are projected to decline 4% by the end of this year, according to Fiserv Case-Shiller’s latest projections. The country’s largest population centers will not escape this fate. ...
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Posted: May 7, 2012 at 4:08 pm

The major US stock indexes opened lower this morning following a weekend of elections in Europe. A new Socialist party president in France and a still very cloudy future in ...
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2 Analysts Say ‘Buy Facebook’… How To Buy Facebook Ahead of the IPO (FB, ZNGA, MSFT, GSVC, SVVC, SOCL)

Posted: May 7, 2012 at 12:57 pm

Facebook is not even public yet and we already have two analysts who have issued "Buy" ratings.  On Friday came news that Wedbush Morgan was becoming the first firm to ...
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(Updated) Wireless Company Accused of Calling in Chinese Muscle

Posted: May 2, 2012 at 2:29 pm

Rumor About Ubiquiti Networks Appears To Be False... Editor’s Note: 24/7 Wall St. has received new information regarding the allegations about Ubiquiti Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: UBNT) from representatives of the ...
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DJIA, At Four-Year High, Will Rise Further

Posted: May 2, 2012 at 6:07 am

The DJIA reached the level where it last was at the end of 2007, the year when the index peaked. At the close, the Dow was 13,279.32. Its all-time high ...
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Canada’s “Dirty Oil” Exports to US to Triple (TRP, KMI, ENB)

Posted: April 30, 2012 at 1:55 pm

The development of the Canadian oil sands is expected to increase the amount of crude oil produced at the Alberta oil sands from its current level of about 1.6 million ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (4/30/2012) Nokia Sell Vertu Luxury Unit

Posted: April 30, 2012 at 8:08 am

Updated throughout the day on the 24/7 Wall St. Wire Nokia may sell its Vertu luxury phone business (FT) Air Lease Corp. will buy 60 Boeing 737s (WSJ) Goldman Sachs ...
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America’s Most (and Least) Peaceful States

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 6:44 am

The United States is more peaceful now than at any time in the past 20 years. Nevertheless, violence still cost the economy at least $460 billion in 2010, through a ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (4/26/2012) Nintendo Loss, Gas Price Retreat

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 6:42 am

Economic confidence in Europe took a nose dive. The European Commission reported its economic sentiment indicator fell in April to 92.8 from a reading of 94.5 the previous month. MarketWatch ...
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Thirteen Ways to Sell Your Home in 2012

Posted: April 24, 2012 at 6:43 am

The traditional spring-summer home-buying season has begun. The national housing market remains brutal, affected by high inventory, high foreclosure rates and a historically high level of underwater mortgages. Without a ...
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What To Make of Jana and B&N? (BKS, AMZN, LMCA)

Posted: April 23, 2012 at 12:58 pm

Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) may not be as doomed as the e-book lovers think.  With competition from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and other digital platforms constantly two-steps ahead ...
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Walmart Needs a Female CEO

Posted: April 22, 2012 at 5:49 pm

Opinion Editorial Walmart needs to hire a woman to be its CEO in order to convince the world that it is serious about changing its old-boy network and instances of ...
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Who Would Replace Walmart’s CEO and Its Chairman?

Posted: April 22, 2012 at 11:44 am

The Walmart statement of ethics is the core of the company’s values: Each business organization Walmart operates is expected to have a complete set of policies providing guidance to associates for whatever country they are working in. ...
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American Airlines and US Airways – Why They Will Fly Off Together

Posted: April 20, 2012 at 4:27 pm

Following several years of financial losses and industry under performance quarter-after-quarter; last November 29th, American Airlines (NYSE: AAR) joined the long list of previously bankrupt airlines. On the day of ...
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