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24/7 Wall St. CEOs Who Need to be Fired: Nine for 2010

Posted: July 16, 2010 at 6:13 am

Public companies dismiss CEOs all the time. The firings can be due to incompetence, malfeasance, or tensions with boards of directors or founders. 24/7 Wall St. has chosen nine sitting CEOs ...
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S&P Puts Primary Competitor On CreditWatch, Will Moody’s Retaliate?

Posted: June 29, 2010 at 9:35 pm

Moody's (NYSE: MCO) has done many bad things including leading investors in mortgage-backed securities astray by giving the risky instruments AAA ratings. Some observers even believe that the credit ...
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24/7 Wall St. Ten Brands That Will Disappear in 2011

Posted: June 15, 2010 at 6:49 am

24/7 Wall St. has created a new list of brands that will disappear, which includes Readers Digest, Kia Motors, Dollar Thrifty (NYSE: DTG), Zale (NYSE: ZLC), Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI), T-Mobile, ...
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Media Digest 6/15/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 15, 2010 at 3:51 am

Reuters:   Credit agencies may not be badly damaged in the financial reform bill. Reuters:   Moody's (NYSE: MCO) cut Greece's rating to junk. Reuters:   The euro dropped on profit taking. Reuters:   ...
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The Unusual Suspects (AIG, AZN, BRK-A, BRK-B, MCO, C, GNMK, IEP, LGF, SI, STP, PHYS, SNF, EWP, TEF)

Posted: May 29, 2010 at 10:34 am

We have an unusual cast of characters in this week's version of THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS for the week ahead, with almost none being tied to earnings.  Some of the key ...
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Buffett and the Ratings Agency Political Dragnet (BRK-A, MCO)

Posted: May 28, 2010 at 12:23 pm

Warren Buffett may not be immune to the world of political inquiries and those looking for more "What really happened?" answers out there.  CNBC and others reported last night that ...
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Media Digest 5/27/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 27, 2010 at 3:49 am

Reuters:   The US will suspend Arctic drilling. Reuters:   Lehman sued JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) for billions of dollars. Reuters:   The Fed's Bullard said that promises of low rates for long ...
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Buffett’s Biggest Upside Stocks, Summer 2010 (BRK-A, AXP, BAC, CMCSA, XOM, GCI, GE, IRM, MCO, SNY, WFC, WLP)

Posted: May 26, 2010 at 6:14 am

Warren Buffett does not have the same time frame as most investors.  How many of you buy with a "forever" outlook?  Buffett says he likes that term, short of whether ...
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Moody’s Sovereign Debt Rating Chief Throws Himself Under Bus

Posted: May 18, 2010 at 1:35 pm

The head of sovereign debt rating is leaving Moody's (NYSE: MCO). The company has been under withering criticism for its evaluations of mortgage-backed debt and paper issued by the treasuries ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Latest Stock Holdings H to R (BRK-B, HOG, HD, IR, IRM, JNJ, KFT, LOW, MCO, NLC, NKE, PG, PG, RSG)

Posted: May 17, 2010 at 5:36 pm

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) has shown its latest holdings as of the close on March December 31, 2010 after the close.  These are Buffett’s most recent ...
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Media Digest 5/17/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 17, 2010 at 3:52 am

MarketWatch:   Shanghai closed down 2% and Europe is weak MarketWatch:   The euro hit a four year low against the dollar. Reuters:   BP plc (NYSE; BP) says it is making progress ...
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On Competition: Buffett In Denial on Moody’s (MCO, BRK-B, MHP, MORN, GS)

Posted: May 11, 2010 at 11:36 am

Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO) has had the benefit of having Warren Buffett behind the company as the largest shareholder via Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B).  What is interesting is how ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Stock Market Report 5.11 The Wisdom Of Crowds?

Posted: May 11, 2010 at 8:53 am

Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have ...
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Media Digest (5/11/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 11, 2010 at 3:46 am

Reuters:  Doubts about the EU plan drove markets down. Reuters:   SEC and the exchanges will boost market rules to prevent huge sell-offs. Reuters:   A Fed official said nations must rebalance their ...
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Some Stocks Won’t Perform With Market (BWLD, CMCSA, CVC, DF, DRWI, HAL, MCO, MHP, NRG, PCBC, WMT, COST, GENZ)

Posted: May 10, 2010 at 12:35 pm

What happens when you have a huge rally and you still see many popular stocks not performing at all or hardly up at all on the broad market?  Traders either ...
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