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Google Faces FTC Antitrust Probe

Posted: May 24, 2013 at 6:50 am

Just as Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) battle with European Union regulators has died down, the United States may bring antitrust charges against the company. According to Reuters: U.S. regulators are ...
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Can Sears Sales Overcome Its Old Stores Problem?

Posted: May 24, 2013 at 6:30 am

Earnings from Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) were so awful that Wall Street pushed its stock price down close to 10%. The question is whether the company can overcome the ...
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Can New P&G CEO Change Global Economy?

Posted: May 24, 2013 at 6:30 am

Old Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) chief executive A.G. Lafley will rejoin the company he used to run and replace CEO Bob McDonald. For Lafley to turn P&G around, he ...
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AT&T’s Brilliant Move to Increase Customer Revenue

Posted: May 24, 2013 at 6:30 am

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has come up with a brilliant way to increase revenue in its wireless unit. Its explanation of the new fees is almost too complicated to understand. ...
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What Is Important: Germany Dodges Recession, Google Antitrust Probe

Posted: May 24, 2013 at 6:29 am

Germany Misses Recession Germany confirmed that its first-quarter gross domestic product rose only 0.1%. There was some excitement that the largest economy in Europe had dodged a recession, something its ...
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Media Digest: Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 24, 2013 at 6:29 am

Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) fires CEO Bob McDonald and brings back A. G. Lafley. (Reuters) Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) may face antitrust investigations by the U.S. government. (Reuters) Carl ...
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Sears Company Earnings: A Turnaround That Just Cannot Turn Around

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 4:42 pm

Sears might as well start working toward just give up on being a retailer. This is a decade-long turnaround that just cannot seem to turn around. Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) ...
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Pandora Company Earnings Push Stock Toward All-Time High

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 4:32 pm

Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) reported first-quarter 2014 results after markets closed today. For the quarter, the Internet radio company posted an adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) loss of ...
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Gap Company Earnings: Turnaround Meets Valuation and Gravity

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 4:20 pm

Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) is showing that its turnaround is keeping up momentum. The problem is that the owner of Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy and Athleta is not getting ...
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Closing Bell for Thursday on Wall Street: Markets Stall on Japan Losses

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 4:05 pm

U.S. equity markets opened sharply lower this morning, taking a lead from Japan’s Nikkei, which fell more than 7% for the day. Japan’s government bond yields spiked until the Bank ...
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Affymax Asset Auction Coming Soon: How Low Does It Go?

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 3:02 pm

Affymax Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFY) has been in more than trouble. Its very future is at stake as far as investors (and speculators) are concerned. The company is restructuring, but this ...
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NOAA Now Predicts an Active Hurricane Season for 2013

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 1:45 pm

Last year it was Super-storm Sandy and this year we have recently had devastating weather that has hit Oklahoma in the form of one of the most devastating tornado reports ...
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Treasury Still Selling Inflation-Protection TIPS at Negative Yields

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 1:24 pm

Imagine not just loaning the government money for free, but at negative nominal rates. Another fresh Treasury auction of 10-year inflation-protection TIPS just went off yet again at negative interest ...
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Coca-Cola, Hershey Lose Senate Vote to Curb Sugar Assistance

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 12:40 pm

In one of the longest running lobbying battles in Washington, sugar growers have once again prevailed over big food and beverage makers like Hershey Co. (NYSE: HSY) and The Coca-Cola ...
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Goldman Sachs Calls For Higher Bond Yields… What It Really Means To Your Money

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 12:40 pm

It has been hard to ignore the rise in bond yields on the longer end of the Treasury curve in recent days. The market keeps looking for clues from Federal ...
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