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Media Digest (9/7/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT

Posted: September 7, 2011 at 6:19 am

Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz fired over the phone. (Reuters) Obama may propose a $300 billion employment package with tax cuts and new expenditures to train workers. (Reuters) Pressure ...
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Media Digest (9/6/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 6, 2011 at 6:18 am

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) and Citigroup (NYSE: C) may settle charges made by several states over “robo-signing” practices. (FT) Lockheed Martin ...
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August’s New Massive Stock Buybacks… Over $30 Billion (LOW, CVS, CELG, COV, INTU, DISCA, HRS, LMT, RSG, LOW, ABC, MXIM, ANR, AVT, JAH, LUV, STJ, ECL, IPG, FRX, ACE, CLF, CTSH, KBR, NWL, VRX, AKAM, AOL, DLB, URBN, ACM, CHTR, MYGN, PFG, HSIC)

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 3:00 pm

The pace of stock buyback announcements in the month of August was almost unbelievable.  The pace was stronger at the start of the month when earnings were still coming in ...
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The 2011 Layoff Kings (BSX, CSCO, DAL, GCI, GS, HBC, LMT, MRK, RIMM, SHLD, CS, UBS, MS, ESRX, MHS)

Posted: August 10, 2011 at 5:39 am

Financial markets have been reeling as investors grow more concerned about the economy: An S&P downgrade of the full faith and credit of the United States, dismal GDP data, and ...
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Government Workers Take Brunt Of June Layoffs

Posted: July 6, 2011 at 3:30 pm

The price of austerity has begun to hurt local and state government employment again. The trend is the continuation of one that started three years ago as a sharp drop ...
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Fake Fox Tweets Claim Obama Killed

Posted: July 4, 2011 at 11:45 am

The site FoxNewsPolitics.com, part of the online presence of the huge Fox and Fox News online presences was hacked. Malicious tweets said President Obama had been killed. Obama is actually ...
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Media Digest (7/1/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 1, 2011 at 6:12 am

Strauss-Kahn may be released because of fraudulent charges (NYT) Geithner may retire as Treasury Secretary (Reuters) The Fed Bullard said QE2 was similar to more rate cuts (Reuters) Lockheed Martin ...
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Microsoft Office 365, The Cloud, And Legions Of Hackers

Posted: June 29, 2011 at 6:30 am

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) launched its new cloud product, Office 365. Many of the business clients of the world's largest software company no longer want Office to run on their PCs ...
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Companies That Can’t Keep Your Secrets

Posted: June 10, 2011 at 4:50 am

In the 1990s, Kevin Mitnick was the most wanted cyber-criminal in the world.  These days, Mitnick is wanted for another reason -- his expertise. Demand for Mitnick’s services as security ...
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Citigroup Data Breach–Moving Cash Back Under The Mattress

Posted: June 9, 2011 at 6:37 am

The Financial Times reports that hackers have gained access to a number of Citigroup (NYSE C) credit cards numbers which belong to the bank's customers.  "The bank said that about ...
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Playing Defensive With Industrial and Defense Dividend Players (LMT, EMR, GD, MMM, HON)

Posted: June 8, 2011 at 7:45 am

When economic softness spooks high-flying stocks, solid companies with good histories, solid return on equity, and above average dividends are a handy remedy.  We screened five companies in the industrial ...
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Media Digest (6/7/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 7, 2011 at 6:39 am

A Washington Post/ABC poll showed Obama's ratings on the economy hit a low. (Reuters) Steve Jobs of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) introduced the company's new iCloud product. (Reuters) Wall St. stocks ...
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Where Is The Proof Of Google’s Chinese Cyberattack?

Posted: June 6, 2011 at 6:19 am

The Chinese government has attacked Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) over its allegations that hackers within the People's Republic recently compromised Gmail accounts. China's People's Daily reported that Google's comments have "become ...
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How A Renewable Energy IPO May Have Rekindled Nanotech (SZYM, TINY, LMT, PXN)

Posted: May 31, 2011 at 5:45 pm

How does a renewable energy company's IPO relate to possibly rekindling interest in the tiny sector of nanotechnology?  Actually, there is a deep tie now.  Solazyme, Inc. (NASDAQ: SZYM) is a renewable ...
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Media Digest (5/31/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 31, 2011 at 6:10 am

Moody's said it may downgrade Japan's debt because of its economic problems and huge debt. (Reuters) Goldman Sachs traded $1.8 billion in Libyan sovereign capital in 2008 and lost most ...
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