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The Most Popular American Companies in China

Posted: January 3, 2012 at 6:41 am

The primary reason, it is often argued, that China is an important market for many large U.S. companies is that its population has doubled since the early 1960s. But the ...
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U.S. Guns for Jobs

Posted: January 2, 2012 at 6:24 am

The U.S. sold $29.4 billion worth of F-15s to Saudi Arabia. The State Department and defense contractors can take whatever solace they need in the adage that fighter jets do not ...
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Media Digest (1/2/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 2, 2012 at 6:23 am

F-16 and F-15 production lines are being extended by U.S. government sales to Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Oman by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Boeing (NYSE: BA), made through the ...
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Media Digest (12/30/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 30, 2011 at 5:53 am

A letter regarding former Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) CEO Mark Hurd's behavior which caused his dismissal was ordered to be released by a Delaware court (Reuters) The US sold Saudi Arabia 84 ...
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The Worst Product Flops of 2011

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 6:35 am

A number of incredible new products were launched this year. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) introduced the iPhone 4S -- a phone with voice command -- and Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (12/23/2011) Payroll Taxes, AMR Bankruptcy

Posted: December 23, 2011 at 6:26 am

Markets rallied into the Christmas weekend. Perhaps the major U.S .indices will be well up for the year. Little is likely to happen between now and the new year to ...
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Media Digest (12/23/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 23, 2011 at 6:25 am

Congress makes a deal to keep payroll taxes low and unemployment benefits in place for two more months. (Reuters) The U.S. approves a Deutsche Boerse deal to merge with NYSE Euronext (NYSE: ...
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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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The American Cities That Added (And Lost) The Most Jobs

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 6:12 am

As economic conditions in the country improve, it is not enough to quote national statistics and vague data. Tangible, localized measures often paint a much clearer picture of the recovery ...
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Even More DJIA Dividend Hikes Coming Soon (BA, GE, DIS, T, PFE, CSCO, KO, XOM, IBM, JNJ, JPM, MMM, WMT, DVY, VIG, PFM, HDV)

Posted: December 20, 2011 at 8:01 am

Throughout December we have been giving updates on dividends that will rise in the coming days and weeks from the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks. Many have already come ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (INTC, BA, AZO, DD, EPB, LEN, TOL, BRN, DMND, VMC, OXGN, HBP, PNCL, ROSE, NBG)

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 4:06 pm

US equity markets opened sharply lower this morning and continued falling before levelling off at around 200 pts down on the DJIA. The downturn followed closer examination of the European ...
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The Boeing Dividend Hike Surprise (BA)

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 3:08 pm

Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) was not featured as one of our model stocks in the 24/7 Wall St. 2012 model Dividend Portfolio and it was not even featured as a ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALTR, AZO, BWP, BA, BYI, EPB, DD, EW, KND, LEN, LLTC, PCS, PLL, PNM, PSB, SAP, TOL)

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 8:28 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) Raised to Outperform at BMO Capital Markets. ...
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Media Digest (12/8/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 8, 2011 at 6:23 am

S&P may downgrade the EU and the largest eurozone banks. (Reuters) France and Germany continue to press new eurozone treaty measures that would help trigger new financing for the region. (Reuters) ...
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The Biggest Corporate Layoffs of All Time

Posted: December 7, 2011 at 6:50 am

Eleven American companies have laid off a total of nearly 600,000 people in the past two decades. Each also fired a large number of employees at one time to earn ...
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