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Productivity and Labor Costs Compete with Unemployment

Posted: August 8, 2012 at 8:49 am

The report on second-quarter productivity and unit labor costs is out from the Labor Department after last week's surprise nonfarm payrolls gains. Productivity (hourly output) rose by 1.6% versus -0.5% ...
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U.S. Ranks Second In World Competitiveness Yearbook

Posted: May 30, 2012 at 7:49 pm

The U.S. ranked second in another nonsense-based rank of the competitiveness of major nations. This survey was done by Swiss-based business school IMD. The research gives the school a tiny bit of publicity ...
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Is Costco Competing Against Tiffany, Blue Nile, and High-End Jewelers Now? (COST, TIF, NILE)

Posted: April 24, 2012 at 12:45 pm

Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) is widely thought of as the king of high-end jewelry.  While many local high-end jewelry stores compete with Tiffany in local markets, it is hard ...
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Former NFL Competitor USFL Raising $30 Million To Relaunch In 2013 (WWE)

Posted: April 12, 2012 at 3:56 pm

Do you remember the old United States Football League, or the USFL?  It's back, or it least it is trying to be brought back to life.  This is the league ...
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Keystone XL Pipeline Has Competition — WSJ

Posted: March 27, 2012 at 3:40 am

The Keystone XL Pipeline, a political football between environmentalists and oil firms that want to move more crude from Canada to the coast of Texas has a rival. According to ...
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BATS IPO To Heat Up Public Exchange Competition (NYX, NDAQ, CBOE)

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 10:41 am

NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX), NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) and CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) are all about to have yet one more public exchange competing against them for the ...
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YouTube Crushes Online Video Competitors (GOOG, NFLX, YHOO, VIA, AOL, MSFT, CMCSA, NWS, DIS, TWX)

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 1:51 pm

Not only is Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) the 600-pound gorilla in the search business, the company’s YouTube streaming video service holds a similar position in the streaming video business. According ...
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Netflix Gets Big Competition for UK, Irish Viewers (NFLX, AMZN, VMED)

Posted: January 31, 2012 at 1:43 pm

The UK market for streaming video is about to get more crowded. Earlier this month, Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced that it would offer its streaming video service in the ...
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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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New Competition Threat for Qualcomm … Overrated? (QCOM, BRCM, NOK, DCM)

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 7:01 am

Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) is getting some new competition. While companies like Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) and Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) have had patent fights with Qualcomm in years past, a ...
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A Competitor for Credit Rating Agencies

Posted: December 26, 2011 at 6:01 am

China may start its own credit rating agency, according to the Financial Times. The success of this business would be nearly impossible. Troubled sovereigns already must deal with the analysts ...
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The President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness Fantasy

Posted: October 11, 2011 at 6:23 am

The President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness has all the same trappings of an administration commission that the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform did. The reform commission ...
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Comcast Brings New Competition Into Towers Space (CMCSA, AMT, CCI, SBAC)

Posted: September 29, 2011 at 10:02 am

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) has formed a new portfolio company out of its Comcast Ventures unit that will own and operate telecommunications towers throughout the United States.  The company is ...
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Is Google’s Biggest Competitor Google?

Posted: September 28, 2011 at 6:23 am

Larry Page, CEO of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), believes the company is its own worst enemy. Perhaps he has not looked around at the competitive landscape. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NASDAQ: ...
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Netflix Pain, Pleasure For Competitors (NFLX, AMZN, WMT, AAPL, BBY, DISH, CSTR)

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 12:12 pm

The first votes are in on the pricing scheme introduced in July by Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and it appears that the company's subscribers are voting with their feet. Netflix ...
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