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America’s Shrinking Corporate Giants

Posted: February 6, 2012 at 6:48 am

It is rare for one of America’s largest companies to lose a third or more of its sales in a brief time. When it happens, it is usually either because ...
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Mid-day Movers (AMZN, WHR, AOL, JDAS, UIS)

Posted: February 1, 2012 at 12:03 pm

Among the major movers at around noon today are Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN, Whirlpool Corp. (NYSE: WHR), AOL Inc. (NASDAQ: AOL), JDA Software Group Inc. (NASDAQ: JDA), and Unisys Corp. (NYSE: ...
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11 Major Earnings Previews For Wednesday (AET, ALL, AOL, BMC, CMO, CMG, GMCR, JDSU, LVS, NDAQ, QCOM)

Posted: January 31, 2012 at 12:45 pm

Earnings season is still going strong and Wednesday will have many big earnings reports to watch.  These are not the only earnings reports coming from big companies, but these are ...
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Media Digest (1/30/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT

Posted: January 30, 2012 at 6:49 am

EU leaders agree to create the European Stability Mechanism, which will have funds of 500 billion euro and begin its business in July. (Reuters) EU leaders probably will create a ...
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Yahoo! and the Temptation to Merge with a Major Media Firm

Posted: January 25, 2012 at 6:37 am

Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) earnings were weak, which raised the matter of a business combination with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) or Aol (NYSE: AOL) again. A more suitable merger would be with ...
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Media Digest (1/20/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 20, 2012 at 8:40 am

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) misses earnings expectations, which pushes shares down as much as 10%. (Reuters) IKEA posts a profit and grows in most regions of the world. (Reuters) Greece and ...
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Media Digest (12/22/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 22, 2011 at 5:47 am

http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/hub.1324331373.html Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) is working on a deal with Alibaba to sell part of its stake in the Chinese company. (Reuters) Toyota (NYSE: TM) expects record sales next year ...
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Media Digest (12/21/2011) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 6:14 am

Prosecutors raid Olympus to gain data in a probe of the accounting scandal at the company. (Reuters) Bank of Japan says it will hold to current policies as the economy ...
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What’s New in the Financial World (12/6/2011) The Rise of Shale, BP Fights With Halliburton

Posted: December 6, 2011 at 6:29 am

Eurozone on notice. The situation in Europe, so promising just days ago, took a sharp turn for the worse. S&P put 17 nations in the euro area on credit ...
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Expected Share Price Gains on Some Internet Stocks (GOOG, YHOO, AOL, LNKD, MWW, DMD, RATE, TST, BIDU)

Posted: November 29, 2011 at 1:43 pm

Over the past month, a number of internet stocks have received new target prices from analysts. We’ve seen five targets rise: Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), LinkedIn Corp. (NASDAQ: LNKD), AOL ...
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Is Facebook Worth More Than Cisco?

Posted: November 29, 2011 at 6:22 am

Is Facebook worth more than Silicon Valley icon Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO)? The market seems to think so. Facebook may launch an IPO in the spring that would raise $10 ...
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Media Digest (11/29/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 29, 2011 at 6:11 am

S&P may cut its outlook on France’s AAA debt. (Reuters) A judge blocks the $285 million settlement between Citigroup (NYSE: C) and the SEC. (Reuters) Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) says Kindle ...
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Microsoft Deepens Facebook Ties

Posted: November 18, 2011 at 6:08 am

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) should have bought Facebook four years ago, when it might have had to pay only a few billion dollars. Since then, the social network has cruised past ...
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Media Digest (11/17/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 17, 2011 at 6:08 am

The super committee makes no significant decisions on the budget deficit. (Reuters) The largest shareholder in Olympus cuts its position. (Reuters) Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) launches its new music service. (Reuters) ...
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Media Digest (11/9/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT

Posted: November 9, 2011 at 6:20 am

Greece will announce its new government today. (Reuters) Inflation in China drops in October. (Reuters) Olympus investment losses may have gone above $1 billion. (Reuters) Silvio Berlusconi leaves as prime ...
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