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What’s Important in the Financial World (4/10/2012) Sony Loses More Money, Northeast Refineries Shut

Posted: April 10, 2012 at 6:48 am

The Sony (NYSE: SNE) train wreck continues. The Japanese company has appointed a new CEO and will fire 10,000 workers. But annual earnings for the fiscal year are much worse than ...
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Honda Goes Into Crowded China Market

Posted: April 10, 2012 at 6:18 am

Honda (NYSE: HMC) is the latest multinational car company to attack China's vehicle market.  People's Republic drivers bought 18 million cars and light trucks last year, well ahead of the ...
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Big Manufacturers Fall into China Car Trap

Posted: April 6, 2012 at 6:14 am

China recently was the most attractive car and light truck market in the world. The Asian nation’s vehicle sales are nearly 18 million a year now, ahead of the second-largest ...
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Media Digest (4/6/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 6, 2012 at 5:54 am

A federal judge approves a $25 billion mortgage misconduct settlement between the federal and several state governments and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), JP ...
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What Rising Car Sales Really Mean

Posted: April 4, 2012 at 6:48 am

The rise in March domestic car and light truck sales was attributed largely to two factors. The first is that American’s need more fuel-efficient cars because of high gas prices. The second ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (4/4/2012) States in Trouble, BMW Sales

Posted: April 4, 2012 at 6:47 am

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia put out its prediction of the economic health of all 50 states and D.C. Only three states face harsh prospects, according to the branch ...
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Ford Sales Up Tiny Amount

Posted: April 3, 2012 at 10:11 am

Ford (NYSE: F) posted a very  modest sales gain of 5% in March compared to the same month last year. The company said, however, that the number represents the best ...
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One More Car Company’s Risky Bet on China

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 6:39 am

One more foreign car company will take the chance that the Chinese auto market, the world’s largest, will continue to expand. But car sales have not grown in the past year, and signs ...
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Most Ethical Companies List Published (GE, F, INTC, ADBE, MSFT, XRX, SRE, AXP, DE, CSCO)

Posted: March 21, 2012 at 11:19 am

International think-tank Ethisphere Institute has just announce the 143 global companies that made the Institute’s 2012 list of Most Ethical Companies. Of the total, 102 are US-based companies, and 23 ...
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Media Digest (3/16/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 6:23 am

The U.S. will tap its Strategic Energy Reserve as a way to bring down gasoline prices. (Reuters) A large rise in iPad sales helps drive Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares to ...
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American Cities Where Manufacturing Is Booming

Posted: March 14, 2012 at 6:49 am

Last Friday, President Obama pointed to the improving labor market as a sign the economy is recovering. According to the jobs report released last week, companies hired more than ...
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Car Companies Face Dying Growth In Chinese Market

Posted: March 9, 2012 at 6:23 am

The market value of General Motors (NYSE: GM) and Volkswagen, two of the largest car companies in the world, rely a great deal on their dominant positions in the Chinese ...
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The End of Chrysler’s Smooth Road

Posted: March 8, 2012 at 6:18 am

The recent news from Chrysler has been almost all good. U.S. sales rose 40% in February, well outdistancing the improvement for most of its rivals. The car maker repaid $7 ...
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Media Digest (3/6/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 6, 2012 at 6:27 am

A disorderly default of Greece would cost one trillion euros as contagion would spread sovereign debt problems to Spain and Italy, the Institute of International Finance says. (Reuters) AIG (NYSE: ...
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Media Digest (3/2/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 2, 2012 at 6:37 am

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV may buy China’s Kingway Brewery Holdings’ assets. (Reuters) The Department of Justice is expected to widen its probe of mortgage-backed securities. (Reuters) AT&T (NYSE: T) sets new standards that will ...
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