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Natural Gas Inventories Rise, Price Hikes Stall

Posted: May 17, 2012 at 10:49 am

The US Energy Information Administration today reported the US natural gas stocks rose by a total of 61 billion cubic feet, above the 50 billion cubic feet increase that analysts ...
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Americans Take Contrarian View of Economy

Posted: May 17, 2012 at 6:24 am

Much of the recent news about the U.S. economy has been bad. The Federal Reserve made comments about the effect of the eurozone troubles on America. The stock markets have sold ...
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Mobile Phone Sales Fall in Q1 — Gartner

Posted: May 16, 2012 at 8:07 am

High-tech industry research firm Gartner Inc. (NYSE: IT) reports this morning the worldwide sales of mobile phones unexpectedly fell -2% in the first quarter of 2012, to a total of ...
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Business Execs Say US Economic Outlook Brighter

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 10:57 am

A survey of 240 CEOs and CFOs by accounting and consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers indicates that a majority of US corporate executives believe the economy will improve in the next 12 ...
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Retail Sales Show Small Increase in April

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 9:06 am

US retail sales rose 0.1% month-over-month in April following a jump of 6.6% in March. The difference is likely attributed to the warmer weather and the early Easter holiday pulling ...
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Wireless Customer Satisfaction Improves

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 6:25 am

Customer satisfaction with wireless subscriber companies steadied last quarter according to the widely followed American Customer Satisfaction Index. On a scale on which 100 is the best score, AT&T (NYSE: ...
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Fitch Cuts JP Morgan

Posted: May 12, 2012 at 8:32 am

In the midst of calls for JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon to step down, and new scrutiny over a $2 billion trading loss by agencies in the US and ...
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Fitch Reviews Oil & Gas Operations and Reserves

Posted: May 11, 2012 at 1:34 pm

Fitch Ratings is out with a statistical review of operational metrics at a number of oil & gas companies. The review notes a handful of emerging trends: Finding, development, and ...
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Consumer Sentiment Rises as Gasoline Prices Fall

Posted: May 11, 2012 at 10:41 am

The Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index for May rose to 77.8, up from 76.4 in April and the best index reading since January 2008. A MarketWatch poll of economists ...
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IEA Oil Market Data: Demand, Supply Rise

Posted: May 11, 2012 at 7:37 am

The International Energy Agency this morning released its April report on the global oil market. The short version of the story is that global consumption of oil is expected to ...
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U.S. Girds for Poor Consumer Confidence

Posted: May 11, 2012 at 6:52 am

UK consumer confidence collapsed in April, according to carefully followed Nationwide Building Society data. The figure dropped sharply below its long-term average as the country entered a recession. The news ...
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Natural Gas Inventories Rise Slightly, Price Essentially Flat

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 2:26 pm

The US Energy Information Administration today reported the US natural gas stocks rose by a total of 30 billion cubic feet, identical with the increase that analysts had expected. Natural ...
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Americans View Businesses as Corrupt

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 6:49 am

Protestors in various cities around the world are “occupying” any parks and streets they can find, to some extent to protest the success of big business as it contrasts the ...
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Sears, Overstock, And Gilt Hammered In New E-Commerce Study

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 11:12 am

Sears (NASDAQ: SHLD), Overstock (NASDAQ: OSTK), and  Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) are not particularly well-regarded as brands or particularly well-liked by Wall St. Perhaps coincidentally, each shows up near ...
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US Crude Oil Inventories Rise, Gasoline Stocks Drop

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 10:49 am

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its weekly petroleum status report this morning. US commercial crude inventories increased by 3.7 million barrels last week, bringing the total US commercial ...
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