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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/24/2012) MSNBC.com, Toyota’s New Markets

Posted: May 25, 2012 at 6:20 am

Toyota (NYSE: TM) announced it would move more aggressively into emerging markets. The Wall Street Journal reports that: Toyota, Japan’s biggest car maker by volume, plans to sell more than ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/24/2012) Costco Earnings, Oil Below $90

Posted: May 24, 2012 at 6:29 am

Oil has hit an extraordinarily low price, below $90 a barrel for WTI crude. That is the lowest level since October. It shows no inclination to spike back up. PMI data from Europe and ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/23/2012) China GDP Trouble, Fiat’s New Car

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 6:43 am

The World Bank’s new “East Asia and Pacific Economic Update” forecasts that China’s GDP growth will only be 8.2% in 2012, which is a substantial come down for a nation that ...
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Facebook Deathwatch: Who Gets Blame

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 9:53 am

Shares of Facebook Inc. (NYSE: FB) traded down nearly -7.5% in pre-market action this morning and opened down at $32.59 after closing at $34.03 last night. The stock is down ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/22/2012) IMF Report on UK, ILO Report on Employment

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 6:32 am

The International Labor Office of the United Nations released its new “Global Unemployment Trends for Youth 2012.” It is one more forecast of a “lost generation” of productive workers. As ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/21/2012) Rajat K. Gupta’s Trial, Gas Prices Down

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 6:41 am

The latest NABE Outlook Survey shows improved expectations for the economy. The data are based on the consensus of macroeconomic forecasts from a panel of 54 professional forecasters and they cover the ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/18/2012) Samsung Galaxy III, China’s Property Falls

Posted: May 18, 2012 at 6:33 am

Property prices in China fell again last month in most of the 70 cities the National Bureau of Statistics measures. Forty-six cities had declines, a trend which has gone on for ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/17/2012) Greece Wobbles, Verizon Increase Rates

Posted: May 17, 2012 at 6:41 am

The debate over the state of the housing market continues to seesaw. RealtyTrac reported that April foreclosures fell again and are now back to July 2007 levels. But the research operation’s ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/16/2012) New Greek Elections, Oil Prices Fall

Posted: May 16, 2012 at 6:43 am

It appears increasingly likely that concerns about the future of Greece will depress equity markets worldwide. Politicians in the country have failed to set a coalition government, despite several efforts. ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/15/2012) New Apple MacBook

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 8:50 am

Rumors persist, most recently reported by Bloomberg, that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will launch a new super-thin line of laptops. The latest version of the MacBook will be powered by Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/14/2012) Greek Elections, “The Avengers”

Posted: May 14, 2012 at 6:34 am

Coalition talks in Greece have broken down and are not likely to resume. This means new elections are almost inevitable. That will delay the ability of the European Union and ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/11/2012) China Slows, Bing and Facebook

Posted: May 11, 2012 at 6:50 am

There are signs of economic trouble in two pillars of the developing world, a signal that the global slowdown has caught up to what were among the most robust countries. ...
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What’s Important In The Financial World

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 6:52 am

Sony (NYSE: SNE) said it would finally turn around is prospects and make money in the next year. Bumbling CEO Sir Howard Stringer is gone. Sony's core problems are not. ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/10/1012) German Export Record, Oil Drops to $97

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 6:42 am

Oil has passed $97 on its way down to what some analysts believe will be $90 or less. That would be a reset of more than 15% over two months. ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/8/2012) Buffett’s Newspapers, Facebook Road Show

Posted: May 8, 2012 at 6:42 am

For some reason, Europe’s largest stock markets have shrugged off election results in Greece and France. Many indexes are down, particularly in Greece. But the markets the world watches most ...
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