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What’s Important in the Financial World (11/8/2011) Oil Price Surges, NOOK Dead

Posted: November 8, 2011 at 6:41 am

Sovereign debt crisis update. Some analysts claim the sovereign debt crisis in the eurozone has worsened in the past day. Others say it has gotten better. Each group is only guessing. Greece ...
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Media Digest (11/8/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 8, 2011 at 6:20 am

Olympus says it concealed losses for decades. (Reuters) Italy’s sovereign debt interest rates rise sharply. (Reuters) Toyota’s (NYSE: TM) profits fall and it withdraws its full-year forecast. (Reuters) Greece cannot ...
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Barnes & Noble Releases Nook, Shares Wobble

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 12:11 pm

Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) released its new Nook tablet e-reader. The company's shares move higher by barely 1%. Wall St. must believe, as most analysts do, that the Nook will continue ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/7/2011) New Nook, Disney And YouTube

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 8:31 am

Updated throughout the day Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) may release a new Nook, and drop prices on some of the e-readers (Reuters) Walt Disnet (NYSE: DIS) and Google's (NASDAQ: ...
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Sharp Discounts Hit Consumer Electronics Markets

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 6:25 am

Amazon.com (NYSE: AMZN) has set the price of the Kindle Fire so low that many analysts believe each unit sold will lose money for the e-commerce company. Amazon will offer ...
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Media Digest (11/7/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 6:18 am

There is concern that the new Greek government will not be stable enough to run the nation. (Reuters) As finances in Italy deteriorate, concerns grow about the ability of the ...
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Expected Gains in Specialty Retail Stocks (ODP, OMX, SPLS, BKS, CSTR, BID, TSCO, TITN, PETM, LUX)

Posted: November 4, 2011 at 2:26 pm

The universe of specialty retail stocks is not terribly large, measured either by number of companies or market cap. The entire sector has a market cap of about $310 billion, ...
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The Financial World Today: What’s Important (10/30/2011) Walmart Cuts Hours, Nook Trouble

Posted: October 30, 2011 at 8:00 am

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) will begin to cut hours at some of its 24-hour stores, a sign of flagging traffic as the holiday retail period begins. Walmart has been in the ...
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More Coal In The Stocking For Holidays

Posted: October 26, 2011 at 9:40 am

There will be more "Going Out Of Business" sales after the first of the year than was expected just weeks ago. Deloitte’s annual holiday survey data shows that: Consumers who ...
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Amazon’s Bezos Gambles on Long-Term

Posted: October 26, 2011 at 6:26 am

Amazon.com’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Jeff Bezos has gambled on his company’s long-term prospects before. He did so again last quarter, and it cost his shareholders, at least for a while. Bezos ...
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Amazon’s New Kindle Touch: iPad Killer or Bookstore Killer? (AMZN, AAPL, BKS)

Posted: September 28, 2011 at 11:40 am

Many investors of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be worried that today marked the official launch notice of the new Kindle Touch and Kindle Fire from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN).  It ...
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E-Reader Explosion, Changing Behavior (AMZN, BKS, AAPL, SNE, RIMM)

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 2:05 pm

The number of adults using e-readers like the Kindle from Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and the Nook from Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) has nearly doubled in the past year, ...
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The Myth of Barnes & Noble’s Success

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 6:20 am

The market was positively excited by the quarterly earnings of Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS). That is odd. The bookseller lost money, and its e-reader and e-book business are still ...
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Media Digest (8/31/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 6:17 am

An Institute for Policy Studies report says many CEOs at the 100 largest U.S. companies made more than their companies paid in taxes. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) knew ...
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Top Earnings Previews For This Week (BKS, JRJC, DG, DRYS, TFM, ZLC, CIEN, FNSR, HRB, JOSB, CPB, TEA)

Posted: August 29, 2011 at 4:27 pm

We have many earnings still dribbling out this week.  While none may move the whole market, some may move their underlying sectors.  We have tracked earnings estimates, added in price ...
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