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Are Oracle’s Earnings a Fluke?

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 6:10 am

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) earnings missed almost all Wall St. estimates and its shares fell 8%. The company has been among the most successful in the tech sector for years. Was ...
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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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Media Digest (12/15/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT

Posted: December 15, 2011 at 4:35 am

Olympus may hire its former CEO, Michael Woodford, in the midst of an accounting scandal. (Reuters) Foreign investment in China drops for the first time in 28 months. (Reuters) Holiday ...
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Best Ideas For 2012: Mostly Dividends & Value (BRK-A, CMCSA, FCX, MET, PG, STX, RDS.A, VOD, SNY, AAPL, GOOG, IBM)

Posted: December 13, 2011 at 12:59 pm

This last weekend brought the first waves of picks for 2012.  Barron's issued its "10 Favorite Stocks For 2012" and the stocks were just about all lower on Monday with ...
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Media Digest (12/12/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 4:12 am

Worries about the EU solution to the sovereign debt crisis rise. (Reuters) U.S. firms will be asked to disclose relationships with Syria and Iran. (FT) Many jobless Americans face cut off ...
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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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More DJIA Stocks Set to Hike Dividends Very Soon (DIS, DIA, T, VZ, CSCO, KO, IBM, JNJ, JPM, MMM, PFE, MRK, WMT, DVY, VIG, PFM, HDV)

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 6:31 am

Dividends are still rising and equity and income investors should expect more of the same for 2012. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) joined in on the dividend hike brigade with ...
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Full 360-Degree H-P Earnings Preview (HPQ, DELL, CSCO, AAPL, IBM)

Posted: November 21, 2011 at 11:31 am

Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is set to report earnings after the close.  As this is the first report with Meg Whitman on as CEO and with the shenanigans that took ...
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Upside Potential for Big Technology Stocks (AAPL, GOOG, INTC, MSFT, ORCL, IBM, HPQ, DELL)

Posted: November 17, 2011 at 8:01 am

Among the hundreds of technology stocks, there are a relative handful of companies that stand out as bellwethers for the entire industry. Some are on the list for historical reasons; ...
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All 30 DJIA Dividend Trends into 2012, Stock by Stock (DIA, AA, AXP, T, BAC, BA, CAT, CVX, CSCO, KO, DD, XOM, GE, HD, HPQ, IBM, INTC, JNJ, JPM, KFT, MCD, MMM, MRK, MSFT, PFE, PG, TRV, UTX, VZ, WMT, DIS)

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 2:17 pm

The economic choppiness is coming to a head with the age of dividend hikes. The pressure is going to remain for companies to continue returning capital to shareholders while also ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (11/15/2011) Buffett Holdings, Un-Occupy Wall St.

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 6:46 am

Germany's mixed bag. Two key economic figures out of Germany offset one another. GDP grew 0.5% in the third quarter. The number was up 2.6% from the same quarter last year. ...
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Media Digest (11/15/2011) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 6:24 am

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments about the Obama health care law. (Reuters) Angela Merkel says Europe may face its greatest crisis since World War II. (Reuters) Italy’s Monti ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Stock Holdings, A to K (BRK-B, BRK-A, AXP, BK, KO, CVS, CDCO, COP, COST, DG, XOM, GCI, GE, GSK, INTC, IR, IBM, JNJ, KFT)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 4:44 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of September 30, 2011. These public stock holdings have been broken down ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (11/14/2011) Buffett Buys IBM, Boeing Signs Big Deal

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 8:36 am

Zerohedge: Goldman On German Q3 GDP: "Last Hurrah Before The Recession" http://tinyurl.com/bu4pcxe NYT: Buffett Amasses 5.5% Stake in IBM http://nyti.ms/uXmB1B CNBC: $BAC to sell about 10.4 B Shrs Of China ...
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Warren Buffett’s ‘Confidential Treatment’ Yields Huge IBM Stake (BRK-A, IBM, BAC)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 8:25 am

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) is set to release its third quarter's full investment holdings very soon in an SEC filing.  An unusual pre-release interview was given by Warren Buffett ...
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