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Media Digest (5/25/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 25, 2012 at 6:15 am

Four market markers involved in the Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) IPO lose $100 million combined. (Reuters) EU concerns push the euro to close to a two-year low. (Reuters) Goldman Sachs (NYSE: ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/24/2012) Costco Earnings, Oil Below $90

Posted: May 24, 2012 at 6:29 am

Oil has hit an extraordinarily low price, below $90 a barrel for WTI crude. That is the lowest level since October. It shows no inclination to spike back up. PMI data from Europe and ...
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Who Knew What, When About Facebook?

Posted: May 24, 2012 at 6:20 am

The debate over whether some large investors were warned about a revenue downgrade of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) continues. Several media have carried stories about Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and Goldman ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/23/2012) China GDP Trouble, Fiat’s New Car

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 6:43 am

The World Bank’s new “East Asia and Pacific Economic Update” forecasts that China’s GDP growth will only be 8.2% in 2012, which is a substantial come down for a nation that ...
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Facebook Death Watch: Investigations Mount

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 6:27 am

The Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) IPO mess has worsened considerably in just 24 hours. The federal government will examine why analysts at Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) ...
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Facebook Deathwatch: Who Knew What, and When? (FB, MS, JPM, GS)

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 11:48 am

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) shares are ticking back up as we approach noon today. Nearly 56 million shares have traded hands so far this morning, making it today’s second most ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AVP, BAC, BBY, BA, DCI, FB, GS, HLF, KIRK, MS, MYGN, NUAN, PBR, RHI, ROST, SWY, SPLK, TJX, ZBRA)

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 8:35 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Monday. Avon Products Inc. (NYSE: AVP) Cut to Sell at UBS. Bank ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/21/2012) Rajat K. Gupta’s Trial, Gas Prices Down

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 6:41 am

The latest NABE Outlook Survey shows improved expectations for the economy. The data are based on the consensus of macroeconomic forecasts from a panel of 54 professional forecasters and they cover the ...
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Media Digest (5/21/2012) Reuters, WSJ, Financial Times

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 6:31 am

Alibaba buys back a 20% share held by Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) for a combination of cash and preferred shares worth $7.1 billion. (Reuters) The heads of Samsung and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) ...
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Gupta Goes On Trial For Trading

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 6:30 am

Rajat K. Gupta, a former head of McKinsey & Co, and director of Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) will go on trial for insider trading. He will sit in Federal District ...
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Facebook Funds/Owners Now Have To Fend For Themselves (FB, GSVC, SVVC, SOCL, ZNGA, MSFT, GS, TTII)

Posted: May 18, 2012 at 7:26 am

Finally we are going to get stop hearing about the IPO of Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB).  This is the largest IPO of its kind ever and appears to be the ...
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Jamie Dimon’s Useless Congressional Appearance

Posted: May 18, 2012 at 6:25 am

The Senate Banking Committee soon will examine and cross-examine JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon. It will be a chance for politicians to say how irresponsible large financial firms are, how they ...
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Media Digest (5/17/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT

Posted: May 17, 2012 at 6:24 am

The European Central Bank no longer offers help to Greek banks it believes are insolvent. (Reuters) Some brokerage firms stop taking orders for Facebook shares. (Reuters) Japan’s gross domestic product ...
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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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What Could Buffett Buy For $22 Billion? Canadian Pacific

Posted: May 6, 2012 at 12:27 pm

Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A), during the firm's annual meeting, claimed that he looked at a huge buyout recently, which would have cost $22 billion. Buffett says he did not make ...
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