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The Busiest Shopping Day in History

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 6:31 am

FedEx (NYSE: FDX) expects December 12 to be the busiest day in its history, as far as shipments through its system are concerned. That is one more sign that the consumer ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (12/12/2011) Berkshire’s New Chairman, Unemployment Benefits for 2012

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 6:30 am

It may be that holiday spending actually is accelerating into mid-December. Some economists argued that the surge of Black Friday activity would burn out consumer activity. The contrary is true, ...
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Most Valuable Stadiums in America

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 6:36 am

Corporations can spend hundreds of million dollars just so they can put their name on a major league sports stadiums. 24/7 Wall St. looked that the 13 largest stadium-naming rights ...
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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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Ten Indicators Predicting No Double-Dip Recession (AAPL, CAT, JPM, BAC, AA, MMM, FDX, BRK-A)

Posted: October 28, 2011 at 6:43 am

The economy remains in a climate with a very weak recovery.  There is still some good news though.  All of the recent calls for a "double dip recession" grew too loud and are ...
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Media Digest (10/25/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 6:16 am

The Obama administration announces a new plan to help underwater mortgage holders. (Reuters) Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) warns that more subscribers will cancel and shares fall 24%. (Reuters) Nearly 35% of ...
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FedEx Adds to Seasonal Hiring Boost (FDX, BBY, JCP)

Posted: October 24, 2011 at 11:46 am

FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) expects to handle more than 260 million packages during the coming holiday season. That’s a 12% increase from a year ago, and to cope with the ...
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12 Stocks Expected To Outperform Apple Ahead (AAPL, CAT, DD, EMC, FDX, GE, GOOG, GMCR, QCOM, SNDK, SPLS, URBN, DIS, NFLX, OPEN, FSLR)

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 8:28 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is often considered the king of stocks.  Even after the death of Steve Jobs, Apple remains the most valuable company by market cap and shares recently ...
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Top Debt & Credit Rating Agency Actions (PPL, DPZ, CX, PEPFF, ETR, FDX, EADSY, BHP)

Posted: September 23, 2011 at 2:12 pm

Today's ratings news leads off with the downgrade by Moody's of six Greek banks, including National Bank of Greece (NYSE: NBG). All six were lowered from 'B3' to 'Caa2'. Anyone ...
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Stamps.com Becomes An Unlikely Winner (STMP, UPS, FDX)

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 2:41 pm

Stamps.com Inc. (NASDAQ: STMP) is not just up in the double-digit percentage gains today.  The company hit a 52-week high.  Actually, this is a high going back to 2006.  The ...
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Companies Where Employees Are Losing Hope

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 6:25 am

Some companies become so badly damaged because of changes in the competitive markets or due to poor management decisions that their employees lose hope. This may be due to the ...
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Top Earnings Previews For The Week Ahead (LEN, ADBE, CCL, CAG, JEF, ORCL, BBBY, GIS, RHT, KMX, DFS, FDX, NKE, UA, RAD)

Posted: September 16, 2011 at 2:07 pm

The coming week is going to feel like a mini earnings season.  We have many sector leaders reporting earnings and the fallout (or benefits) could be widespread.  On deck are ...
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Postal Service ‘Timing’ Changes, The Allure of FedEx & UPS (FDX, UPS)

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 10:57 am

The U.S. Postal Service is proposing "sweeping changes" to how the mail system works in America.  Some is good, and some is not enough.  The aim is to save up ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AGU, CLH, COP, DNDN, FDX, IPI, KBR, MDR, N, NIHD, ORCL, MOS, SFSF, TXN, VLO, VIP, ZION)

Posted: September 12, 2011 at 8:05 am

These are some of this Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) Raised to Neutral at Goldman ...
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Air India Contracts with Boeing & Airbus Under Fire (BA, EADSY, FDX, FAA)

Posted: September 8, 2011 at 10:21 am

Just a few months before Air India merged with Indian Air in early 2007, each carrier placed significant orders with Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) and Airbus maker European Aeronautic Defense ...
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