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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/10/2012) China’s Imports, Google Home Entertainment

Posted: February 10, 2012 at 6:41 am

China’s imports number fell more than expected, another sign that an economy that grew at 10% or more per year for a decade has moved into a recession of sorts. Exports ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/9/2012) A Mortgage Deal With Banks, Yahoo! to Sell Alibaba?

Posted: February 9, 2012 at 6:38 am

As one set of government suits against America’s largest banks is settled, another is about to begin. Media reports say that federal regulators and state attorneys general have set a ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/8/2012) Nokia Fires 4,000, Yahoo! Cuts Chairman

Posted: February 8, 2012 at 6:44 am

The restructuring of the world’s troubled multinationals continues. The trend has been particularly evident in industries like big pharma, where sales have fallen too fast to maintain expense levels. The most recent victim of ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/7/2012) New Nokia Phone, Toyota Recovery

Posted: February 7, 2012 at 6:49 am

Greece continues to demonstrate that it can teeter almost indefinitely between austerity and the grant of aid packages without a short-term resolution to its sovereign debt crisis. The latest development is that the ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/6/2012) Greek Settlement, GM Profit Target

Posted: February 6, 2012 at 6:44 am

Time has finally run out for Greece. The European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund have said they are tired of waiting to see if Greece can cut is ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/3/2012) Battle Among Fed Members, $100 Oil

Posted: February 3, 2012 at 6:49 am

Now that Facebook has released its S-1 in preparation for its initial public offering, the debate over the worth of the social network firm has become heated again. The range ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/2/2012) AstraZeneca Layoffs, Sony Losses

Posted: February 2, 2012 at 6:47 am

Today is Facebook Day. It will be remembered that way as long as there are IPOs. The Facebook public offering has every aspect of what makes IPOs the focus of so ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/1/2012) China’s PMI, Facebook IPO

Posted: February 1, 2012 at 6:46 am

The proposed merger between NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) and Deutsche Boerse has ended. The EC rejected the plan as anticompetitive. The announcement leaves the two operations each on its own in a ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (1/31/2012) Apple Retail Chief, EU Unemployment

Posted: January 31, 2012 at 6:45 am

EU nations, led by Germany, have approved a permanent bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism, which has 500 billion euros. But that does not mean a rescue for Greece. On ...
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Morning Wire — US Stock-Index Futures Lower

Posted: January 30, 2012 at 9:02 am

US index futures are lower this morning as discussions between Greece and its bondholders continue to work on the debt swap deal. The Greek government is feeling the pinch as ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (1/30/2012) Bank of America Management, Facebook IPO

Posted: January 30, 2012 at 6:50 am

There is still no settlement between Greece and the private investors who hold its debt. Greece also faces a call from Germany to have an independent agency supervise its budget. The ...
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Morning Wire — US Stock-Index Futures Slightly Higher

Posted: January 27, 2012 at 8:24 am

US index futures are slightly higher this morning while European and Asian markets are mixed. The US GDP report is due out this morning, and expectations are calling for growth ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (1/27/2012) Apple No. 1 Smartphone Seller, Starbucks Recovery

Posted: January 27, 2012 at 6:37 am

New research from Strategy Analytics shows that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) was the number one seller of smartphones worldwide, with a 23.9% market share and sales of 37 million units. The results almost ...
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Morning Wire — US Stock-Index Futures Higher

Posted: January 26, 2012 at 8:36 am

US index futures are higher this morning as European and Asian markets are following US markets Fed rally yesterday with one of their own. The news that US interest rates ...
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Morning Wire — US Stock-Index Futures Mostly Lower

Posted: January 25, 2012 at 8:23 am

US index futures are trending lower this morning, although the Nasdaq Composite is defying the trend by posting a decent gain. That’s mostly due to the stellar earnings report from ...
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