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Media Digest (5/11/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 11, 2012 at 6:50 am

Facebook’s initial public offering is already oversubscribed. (Reuters) JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) books a $2 billion trading loss, and the figure could rise by another $1 billion. (Reuters) China’s industrial ...
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Sony’s Turnaround Dreams

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 7:11 am

Sony (NYSE: SNE) said it would finally turn around is prospects and make money in the next year. Bumbling CEO Sir Howard Stringer is gone. Sony’s core problems are not. ...
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What’s Important In The Financial World

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 6:52 am

Sony (NYSE: SNE) said it would finally turn around is prospects and make money in the next year. Bumbling CEO Sir Howard Stringer is gone. Sony's core problems are not. ...
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The Rise of AOL’s Tim Armstrong

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 6:04 am

By now, it was assumed, Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) would have a new “change agent” CEO and Tim Armstrong of AOL (NYSE: AOL) would have been forced out of his job ...
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Sears, Overstock, And Gilt Hammered In New E-Commerce Study

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 11:12 am

Sears (NASDAQ: SHLD), Overstock (NASDAQ: OSTK), and  Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) are not particularly well-regarded as brands or particularly well-liked by Wall St. Perhaps coincidentally, each shows up near ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/8/2012) Buffett’s Newspapers, Facebook Road Show

Posted: May 8, 2012 at 6:42 am

For some reason, Europe’s largest stock markets have shrugged off election results in Greece and France. Many indexes are down, particularly in Greece. But the markets the world watches most ...
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Another Nokia Lumia 900 Bug

Posted: May 8, 2012 at 6:29 am

Nokia's (NYSE: NOK) flagship Lumia 900 had a software bug when it launched. This caused bad PR, but the problem was quickly solved. That was not the end of ...
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2 Analysts Say ‘Buy Facebook’… How To Buy Facebook Ahead of the IPO (FB, ZNGA, MSFT, GSVC, SVVC, SOCL)

Posted: May 7, 2012 at 12:57 pm

Facebook is not even public yet and we already have two analysts who have issued "Buy" ratings.  On Friday came news that Wedbush Morgan was becoming the first firm to ...
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Nokia at New Low on Class-action Suit (NOK, MSFT, AAPL, GOOG)

Posted: May 4, 2012 at 1:54 pm

Shares of Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) touched a new 52-week low today at $3.12. The struggling handset maker has been hit with a class-action lawsuit charging that the company misled ...
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Dolby Labs Jumps on Microsoft Deal, Earnings (DLB, MSFT)

Posted: May 4, 2012 at 10:55 am

A company best known for its audio technology, Dolby Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: DLB) has signed an agreement with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) to incorporate Dolby Digital Plus technology in the ...
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Buffett’s Unusual Position At Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting (BRK-A, BRK-B, GS, IBM, INTC, MSFT, DVA, DG, KO, WFC)

Posted: May 4, 2012 at 8:55 am

This weekend has perhaps the most widely followed annual meeting from any public company in America as Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) will have its shareholder meeting in ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/4/2012) Gas Prices, Zuckerberg Riches

Posted: May 4, 2012 at 6:35 am

The focus of the Facebook IPO turned again to the wealth of founder Mark Zuckerberg. The issue is so much more important than the company itself, or its new investors, ...
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Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Get Rich

Posted: May 4, 2012 at 6:20 am

The focus of the Facebook IPO turned to the wealth of founder Mark Zuckerberg, again. The issue is so much more important than the company itself, or its new investors, ...
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Facebook: Targeting $85 to $95 Billion IPO Valuation Rather Than $100 Billion? (FB, GOOG, ZNGA, MSFT, GSVC, SVVC)

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 2:51 pm

If you are like me, chances are high that you are ready for this Facebook IPO to finally get out of the way.  Make no mistake, Facebook will be the ...
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iPad Market Share Up, Tablet Shipments Down (AAPL, GOOG, AMZN, BKS, MSFT)

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 12:22 pm

International Data Corp. (IDC) this morning released data on first quarter 2012 shipments of media tablets. These include the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and tablets that use the ...
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