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Media Digest 7/14/2020 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 14, 2010 at 4:01 am

Reuters:   The financial reform bill should pass within days. Reuters:   Intel (NYSE: INTC) posted stronger than expected earnings. Reuters:   Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) blamed driver error for some problems with ...
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Aircraft Builders Compete for Air Force Tanker Contract Again

Posted: July 9, 2010 at 12:07 pm

Maybe the third time will be the charm. Today marks the closing date for bids to build a new refueling tanker for the US Air Force. Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) ...
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7 Stocks For The Great Value Hunt (MRK, LLY, EXC, NOC, LLL, NLY, NEU)

Posted: June 1, 2010 at 9:25 am

Stocks may have bounced from their lows and gone lower of late, but there are still many down and out value stocks out there where shares may have been overly ...
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The Big Week of Dividends (ACE, BG, CLX, DPS, FRO, KNX, NOC, SWY, TRH, TIF, XEL, GE)

Posted: May 21, 2010 at 12:46 pm

This week felt like the sudden snap-back for dividend hikes after a week or two of fewer news announcements from major companies.  It was in big companies too, rather than ...
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Dividend Hike Onslaught (ACE, CLX, DPS, NOC, SWY, XEL)

Posted: May 19, 2010 at 5:09 pm

It felt like the pace of dividend hikes was slowing down.  Wrong.  There were at least six big hikes today that came from the likes of ACE Limited (NYSE: ACE), ...
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The Cold War Long Over, Russian Firm Will Make Air Force Bid

Posted: March 20, 2010 at 6:34 am

Russian cold warrior Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev is long dead and with him the battle he fought with John Kennedy when Soviet--US military tensions were at their apex. Those times are remote ...
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Media Digest 3/9/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg.

Posted: March 9, 2010 at 3:56 am

Reuters:   Toyota (TM) said it found no electronic safety problems with its cars. Reuters:   China said it was committed to US debt but worried about gold. Reuters:   Japanese car companies ...
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Media Digest (3/4/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 4, 2010 at 3:59 am

Reuters:   The Senate rejected a plan to send $250 to the elderly. Reuters:   Obama is still pushing the Volcker rule. Reuters:   The Facebook CEO is in no rush for an ...
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Media Digest 12/2/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 2, 2009 at 3:54 am

Reuters:   The GM board pushed out CEO Henderson. Reuters:   Bernanke will defend the Fed's record and his before Congress. Reuters:   China will let foreigners set up limited partnerships. Reuters:   Manufacturing ...
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November’s Billions & Billions of Stock Buybacks (AMD, BDX, CSCO, DPS, FDO, GOOG, GPS, HPQ, MRK, NOC, RAH)

Posted: November 30, 2009 at 1:55 pm

You might think that companies tend to repurchase fewer and fewer shares in their share buyback plans when shares rise and rise.  When you compare the moves from the March ...
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Media Digest 11/9/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 4:03 am

Reuters:   Hurricane Ida is heading toward Gulf oil fields. Reuters:   Kraft (NYSE:KFT) will make its bid for Cadbury. Reuters:   GE (NYSE:GE) and Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) have agreed to an NBCU valuation. ...
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Media Digest 10/22/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 22, 2009 at 3:48 am

Reuters:   China's GDP rose 8.9% and the government said it would stick with its liberal monetary policies. Reuters:   Larry Summers said the US recovery is on track. Reuters:   More Americans ...
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Trading Guns For Jobs

Posted: September 8, 2009 at 5:03 am

The annual Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations report from the Congressional Research Service shows that the US is still by far the world’s leading arms merchant. A summary of ...
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Cybersecurity: Obama’s Next Big-Ticket Agenda Item

Posted: July 8, 2009 at 12:33 pm

It's taken a back seat to health care, but one of the next big agenda items for President Obama's administration is cybersecurity, a priority that is becoming all the ...
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Media Digest 6/12/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 12, 2009 at 2:53 am

Reuters:  Baclays (BCS) sold BCI to Blackrock (BLK) for $13.3 billion Reuters:   WHO declared a flu epidemic Reuters:   Congress bash Fed, Treasury, and B of A (BAC) on Merrill Reuters:   ...
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