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Media Digest (12/13/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, Bloomberg

Posted: December 13, 2011 at 6:35 am

Congress, close to a budget agreement, may avoid a government shutdown. (Reuters) Washington Mutual shareholders and creditors set a deal that could allow an exit from bankruptcy. (Reuters) The policy ...
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Media Digest (12/9/2011) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 9, 2011 at 6:38 am

Jon Corzine of MF Global says he does not know where much of the firm’s funds went. (Reuters) Samsung wins the legal fight over whether it can sell its tablet ...
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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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McDonald’s Wins Again, Same Store Rockets

Posted: November 8, 2011 at 8:31 am

The recession-proof, big-dividend-paying, 52-week-high-trading, largest fast food company on the globe, McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) posted remarkable same-store sales worldwide. McDonald's global comparable sales growth of 5.5% in October. In the U.S., ...
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24/7 Closing Bell (ORCL, RNOW, CAT, MCD, IVN, PAL, RGLD, MAT, SJM, SLE, CI, HS, ETN, LO, METR, NFLX, TXN, ADLR, MOBI, ASYS, SXCI, DRAM)

Posted: October 24, 2011 at 4:12 pm

Stocks opened higher this morning, helped along by a host of merger announcements. Techs got boost when Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) said it would pay $1.5 billion for cloud-based customer ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AET, A, DECK, GPN, TV, HMIN, ITC, IVN, ERIC, MMC, MCD, PAL, RGLD, TEVA, TLAB, TCBI)

Posted: October 24, 2011 at 8:25 am

These are some of this Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this morning. Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) added to Strong Buy List at ...
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24/7 Closing Bell (BP, DRYS, STX, PETM, BHP, F, MCD, GE, CMG, FSL, APKT, CALX, GMCR, PCYO, SYNA, RCON)

Posted: October 21, 2011 at 4:27 pm

A raft of good earnings reports pushed the markets higher at opening this morning, sending the Dow Industrials up about 200 points at mid-day. For some reason traders are hopeful ...
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Top 9 Earnings Previews for the Rest of the Week (T, MSFT, GE, HON, MCD, VZ, COF, CMG, PM)

Posted: October 19, 2011 at 3:28 pm

We have already seen waves and waves of earnings reports this week, yet we have many more Dow Jones Industrial Average companies reporting earnings and several other key companies that ...
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IBM Gives Big Mixed Picture: Earnings to Outlook (IBM, DIA, SPY, CVX, MCD)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 5:03 pm

International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) has now reported its third quarter earnings report at $3.28 EPS and $26.2 billion in sales.  Thomson Reuters was looking for $3.22 EPS and ...
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Obesity Drags on the Economy

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 6:20 am

Obese people do not just risk their own health; their health problems cripple the economy. GDP would be given a boost if the number of fat people fell sharply. The ...
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Top Earnings Previews for the Week Ahead (C, IBM, AAPL, BAC, KO, GS, INTC, JNJ, SCCO, YHOO, AXP, T, MSFT, GE, HON, MCD, VZ)

Posted: October 16, 2011 at 12:37 pm

Earnings season is upon us and so far things are shaping up either a bit better, or less-bad, than what the news reports and headlines might have led investors to ...
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What Will a China Trade War Cost?

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 6:26 am

The Senate passed a bill that would press China to allow the value of its currency to rise. It is time to take stock of what the action would cost ...
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The Most Popular Companies On Facebook

Posted: October 10, 2011 at 4:11 am

Walmart announced a partnership today with the world's largest social media service offering unique Facebook pages for 3,500 of its stores. The move, according to the world's largest retailer, ...
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America’s Recession-Proof Companies

Posted: October 6, 2011 at 7:27 pm

With fears of a new economic downturn, investors have become concerned about sales and profits of large companies. But there are companies that have already proven themselves in the recent ...
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Can Yum! Buck the Downtrend in Casual Dining? (YUM, DRI, MCD, SBUX, CMG)

Posted: October 4, 2011 at 11:18 am

After the markets close today, Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) will report its third-quarter earnings. Analysts are expecting EPS of $0.83 on revenue of $3.1 billion, compared with second-quarter EPS of ...
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