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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — Tuesday: Markets Mixed at Open, Closes Slightly Higher

Posted: April 30, 2013 at 4:06 pm

U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as investors weighed conflicting data from the U.S., Europe, and Asia. In Europe, retail sales declined more than expected in Germany, Italy’s unemployment ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — Monday: Markets Open Higher, S&P Closes on New High

Posted: April 29, 2013 at 4:07 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning after the U.S. Department of Commerce reported that personal income and spending both rose by 0.2%, which was slightly higher than expected for ...
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Avon Chairman Hassan Departs Suddenly

Posted: April 29, 2013 at 7:00 am

In another sign that the nonexistent turnaround at Avon Products Inc. (NYSE: AVP) may be in even more trouble, its non-executive chairman, in office for only a few months, is ...
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What Is Important in the Financial World (4/29/2013)

Posted: April 29, 2013 at 6:43 am

Consumer Confidence in Europe In another blow to the recovery of the European economy, consumer confidence across the region fell in April. The reading was the lowest since December and ...
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Media Digest (4/29/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 29, 2013 at 6:42 am

The form of taxation that is applied to a Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) buyout of the 45% of Verizon Wireless that Vodafone Group PLC (NASDAQ: VOD) owns may decide ...
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Apple’s Weak Board

Posted: February 22, 2013 at 6:13 am

For a company of its size and prominence in the global business and tech world, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) does not have much of a board of directors, in terms of ...
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Media Digest (2/22/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 22, 2013 at 6:12 am

Germany's low exports cause its gross domestic product to drop in the fourth quarter. (Reuters) United Continental Holdings Inc. (NYSE: UAL) will not fly the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Dreamliner ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AVP, BBVA, RATE, BPL, CLWR, CLF, CMCSA, CXO, DELL, FOSL, GE, GRPN, PM, PXD, SD, ZMH )

Posted: February 13, 2013 at 8:35 am

These are some of this Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Avon Products Inc. (NYSE: AVP) raised to Neutral at UBS. Banco Bilbao ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 12, 2013: Markets Close Mixed in Another Yawner (CHK, FB, LVS, RGLD, DD, LGF, AVP, CPLA, FOSL, HERO, LVLT, KORS, RAI, KO, MHP, TRP, RATE, BWLD, CLWR, RAX, CMCSA, DF, DE, TOT, ZNGA, LDK)

Posted: February 12, 2013 at 4:03 pm

U.S. equity markets opened about flat this morning on another day devoid of significant data releases. In Asia, markets in China and Hong Kong remain closed for the holiday, but ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 11, 2013: Markets Open Lower, Lack Enthusiasm (SCHW, SIAL, TSO, WFC, AOL, CCJ, L, NAT, WPP, LGF, AVP, CPLA, FOSL, HERO, LVLT, KORS, RAI, KO, MHP, TRP, ZNGA, DMND, STRZB, SNE)

Posted: February 11, 2013 at 4:07 pm

U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning on a day that may be the least active of the year so far. The major Asian exchanges are closed today, with Shanghai ...
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Venezuelan Currency Devaluation Hits Consumer Goods, Oil

Posted: February 11, 2013 at 1:06 pm

The effects of last week’s surprise devaluation of Venezuela’s currency are already hitting some U.S. firms. Colgate-Palmolive Co. (NYSE: CL) said this morning that it will take a $120 million ...
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Largest Non-Founder CEO Retirement Packages of Modern Business History

Posted: February 4, 2013 at 5:47 am

Corporate governance issues are sometimes a blessing for shareholders, but they also can crush the rights of shareholders in many cases. Tracking CEO pay of large public companies is now considered ...
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CEOs to Fire in 2013

Posted: December 26, 2012 at 6:27 am

A number of large public company CEOs have come under fire in the past year because of the extremely poor financial results of the public corporations they run. Some, like ...
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Media Digest (12/13/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times

Posted: December 13, 2012 at 6:30 am

The Federal Reserve links bond buying to unemployment rates. (Reuters) The European Central Bank will have new authority over Europe's banks. (Reuters) The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which ...
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Large Company Female CEOs Face Headwinds

Posted: December 6, 2012 at 9:18 pm

The stock prices of the majority of large public companies led by female CEOs have underperformed the S&P 500 so far this year, in some cases by a great deal. ...
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