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Irish Banks: When Wards of the State Leave the Orphanage (AIB, IRE, NBG)

Posted: June 10, 2011 at 7:30 am

If you have been following the crisis news regarding the PIIGS, or the PIGS, nations, Ireland seems to currently be overlooked due to the immediacy of the Greek woes.  The ...
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Huge Twist in Cell Tower Wars: Tax Accounting Issues from the SEC (AMT, CCI, SBAC)

Posted: June 3, 2011 at 9:45 am

American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT) and Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI) are the two major players in the world of cellphone towers.  Go ahead and include 4G too.  This ...
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Companies Profiting From Crime & Punishment (BCO, MOC, CXW, GEO, SWHC, RGR, TASR)

Posted: May 24, 2011 at 12:19 pm

America's prisons are full, we have a serious border issue, and many cities are not really seeing the improvements in crime rates that was seen in many reports.  24/7 Wall ...
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Credit Ratings Finally Get Leashed

Posted: May 19, 2011 at 6:36 am

The actions of Moody's, Standard & Poor's, and Fitch helped trigger the greatest credit crisis of all time. Each has been investigated and dragged before Congress because of AAA ratings ...
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Strauss-Kahn, Sexual Assault, and the IMF… Shocking News, Not from the Tabloids

Posted: May 15, 2011 at 10:08 am

Sometimes it is almost hard to imagine that a news story did not start in the tabloids.  The financial world and the political world have been shocked by news that ...
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Five Stocks That Will Cheer The Flash Crash Anniversary Passage (ACN, AAPL, CNP, EXC, PG)

Posted: May 5, 2011 at 2:31 pm

Friday, May 6, 2011 will mark the one-year anniversary of the 2010 Flash Crash.  The Flash Crash has been blamed on many things and many investors still dispute the true ...
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RPX IPO Changes Tech Patent Landscape, Patent Trolls to Troll Hunters (RPXC, GOOG, NRTLQ)

Posted: May 5, 2011 at 7:01 am

RPX Corporation (NASDAQ: RPXC) may be a game changer when it comes to the world of patents and patent trolls.  Its IPO debut on Wednesday was greeted with a strong reception ...
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Nortel Patent Sale Progress, Closer to Becoming No-Tel (NRTLQ, GOOG)

Posted: May 2, 2011 at 1:56 pm

Nortel Networks Corporation (NRTLQ) was one of our Unusual Suspects this weekend for issues to watch this week.  The death of Nortel has been years in the making and this ...
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Ten States Where Pensions Are Running Out Of Money

Posted: April 29, 2011 at 4:37 am

Corporate pensions, municipal pensions, state pensions -- each category has funds that have run out of money and certainly many are running low. The fate of the UAW pensions was ...
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Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, Full Preview of Warren Buffett (BRK-A, BRK-B, GS, GE, LZ, COP, KO, PG, WFC, AIG)

Posted: April 27, 2011 at 2:09 pm

This coming weekend will mark the one weekend that the hotels, retailers, and restaurants all look forward to in Omaha, Nebraska... Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B) has its much-anticipated ...
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Severe Hack: Sony PlayStation Users Powned by Hack Attack (SNE)

Posted: April 26, 2011 at 5:54 pm

Things have gone from bad to worse at Sony Corporation (NYSE: SNE).  Whether you spell "PWN" as "Powned" or not, Sony and its millions of PlayStation network users just got ...
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Why This Suit Against Berkshire Hathaway & Sokol Does Not Matter (BRK-A, BRK-B, LZ, GS)

Posted: April 19, 2011 at 2:28 pm

Multiple reports are out that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B) has been sued by a shareholder who is seeking disgorgement of David Sokol's profits from Lubrizol Corporation (NYSE: LZ) and ...
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The BP $20 Billion Gulf Claims Facility Has Paid Nearly Nothing

Posted: April 19, 2011 at 5:22 am

BP plc (NYSE: BP) was forced by the US government to set up a $20 billion claims facility to cover costs from the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The money was meant ...
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Senate “Anatomy Of Financial Collapse” Is Exciting Read

Posted: April 14, 2011 at 5:45 am

The Senate Investigations Subcommittee released its Levin-Coburn Report On the Financial Crisis, which is entitled "Anatomy of a Financial Collapse." It is 635 pages and reads like a crime fiction novel. "The ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Google Invests in BrightSource Project; China Looks at More Solar Installation; Shale Gas Not So Clean (GOOG, NRG, FSLR, LDK, JASO, TSL)

Posted: April 12, 2011 at 12:11 pm

Today's look at the goings-on in alternative energy includes a significant investment, a possible shift in China's energy policy, another look at wind power, some budget hits to alternative energy, ...
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