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Unemployment Is Worse Than Assumed

Posted: February 10, 2012 at 6:41 am

Every time a new jobs report shows that the labor situation in the U.S. has improved, some economists ask that people look beyond the single number the press uses. Many people are underemployed. ...
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24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Calls of the Week (T, ADP. BBY, CHK, DNDN, ETFC, JCP, JPM, GS, MS, JEF, KLAC, LIFE, MCD, KORS, NFLX, VPRT, ZNGA)

Posted: January 28, 2012 at 10:19 am

This last week brought many new analyst calls in key stocks. At the end of each week we review research calls looking for the best gems, the calls that made ...
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Americans Want Government Aid for Housing, but Lack Ideas

Posted: January 27, 2012 at 6:37 am

Many Americans believe that the only way the housing market will recover soon is if the federal government takes an aggressive role in its improvement. That will require a sea change in the ...
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The Jobless Recovery to Remain Jobless

Posted: January 23, 2012 at 6:35 am

The National Association of Business Economists monthly survey of the sentiments of its members is as highly regarded a measure of the current state of the economy has any other. ...
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Natural Gas Exports Will Raise Domestic Prices (CHK, XOM, AA, DD)

Posted: January 19, 2012 at 3:04 pm

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) today released a study on the impact of domestic pricing if the US begins to export natural gas. The question has been on the ...
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DVD/Blu-ray Rentals Fall, Netflix Leads Streaming Market (NFLX, AMZN, CSTR, DISH)

Posted: January 19, 2012 at 12:13 pm

Nearly a third of US consumers now watch movies and other videos on Internet streaming services such as those offered by Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). About ...
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Americans Continue to Turn Their Backs on Big Business and Big Government

Posted: January 19, 2012 at 6:46 am

Americans are unusually dissatisfied with big government and big business. There is irony in that, because many of the solutions to major problems in the U.S. will have to come ...
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Harvard Study Says US Competitiveness Will Decline

Posted: January 18, 2012 at 2:37 pm

More than 70% of those surveyed in a recent study conducted by the Harvard Business School expect American competitiveness to decline over the next three years. The survey was distributed ...
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Top Brands in 2011 (KO, IBM, MSFT, GOOG, GE, MCD, INTC, AAPL, DIS, HPQ, NOK, CSCO, TM, AMZN, F, HMC, DE)

Posted: January 17, 2012 at 9:24 am

Brand consultancy Interbrand has issued its latest report on brand value, and while the top five did not change, a gap is opening between the fourth and fifth place finishers. ...
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S&P Lives Up To Downgrades Of France, Austria, Italy, Spain, & Portugal

Posted: January 13, 2012 at 5:22 pm

Standard & Poor's managed to live up to the rumor mill's expectations on this Friday the 13th. S&P has now formally downgraded several European nations' sovereign credit ratings. France and ...
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Argus Making Many Model Portfolio Changes (AEP, WMB, MON, CSX, OXY, WY, PAY, MDU, ICE, HAIN)

Posted: January 12, 2012 at 9:03 am

Argus has made quite a few changes to its model portfolio for 2012 after the first week of trading this year. The company has broken these out in equity income, ...
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US November Job Openings Basically Flat

Posted: January 10, 2012 at 11:30 am

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported this morning that the number of US job openings at the end of November totaled 3.16 million, down slightly from the 3.22 ...
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2012 Top Picks From… Everyone! (AAPL, T, BA, GE, KFT, ETFC, MCP, DNDN, BSX, ISRG, STJ)

Posted: January 10, 2012 at 7:25 am

24/7 has compiled many of the predictions from various firms and various market pundits for what lies ahead in 2012. Wall St. modified analyst consensus price target methodology generates 12% ...
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US Home Prices Fell in November (PHM, KBH, DHI)

Posted: January 9, 2012 at 11:31 am

US home prices fell -1.4% month-over-month in November and -4.3% year-over-year according to the latest report from research firm CoreLogic. The year-over-year drop in October was -3.7%. The declines come ...
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24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades of the Week (MO, ANGI, AAPL, CIT, GS, GMCR, HUN, KKD, LULU, NOK, SHLD, URBN, VZ, WSM, HOGS)

Posted: January 7, 2012 at 8:35 am

This was the first week after the holidays and many analyst calls were made this week with updated outlooks for 2012. 24/7 Wall St. saw many influential analyst calls this ...
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