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Another Losing Runner in the Online Content Race

Posted: February 1, 2012 at 6:47 am

Many of the companies that have entered the online content business have stumbled. Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has a service. So does Walmart (NYSE: WMT). There are already several leaders, including ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (1/16/2011) China’s GDP, Apple iPad 3

Posted: January 16, 2012 at 6:20 am

The tension over the financial crisis has risen at an astonishing rate in just three days. Downgrades of the sovereign debt of several nations have rattled the markets. But the most ...
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Media Digest (1/12/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 12, 2012 at 6:27 am

Olympus may partner with Samsung. (Reuters) RBS cuts 3,500 investment bank jobs. (Reuters) RealtyTrac reports that foreclosures reached a four-year low in 2011. (Reuters) International Monetary Fund senior executive Lipton ...
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The Ten Worst 10-Ks of 2011 (HPQ, GRPN, BWLD)

Posted: December 19, 2011 at 6:19 am

Covering a wide range of industries and behaviors, the 10Q Detective lists some of the more sophomoric -- and predictable -- regulatory filings made to the Securities and Exchange Commission ...
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America’s Ten Largest Newspapers: The Future of Print

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 10:55 am

America’s largest newspapers have struggled to recover from what many analysts considered certain extinction. These properties are at the point where they have some chance to continue, although as smaller ...
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What’s Critical Today in the Financial World (11/3/2011) Greece Falls Apart, Syms Chapter 11

Posted: November 3, 2011 at 6:35 am

Will Greece be kicked out of Eurozone? Greece is on the brink of expulsion from the eurozone. That would cause an immediate default of the nation’s sovereign debt, as well as trigger a ...
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Media Digest (11/3/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 3, 2011 at 6:20 am

The Federal Reserve cuts its forecast for employment and GDP growth. (Reuters) The expanding Greek debt problem will trouble the G20 summit. (Reuters) Groupon’s IPO may be a dollar higher ...
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Media Digest (11/2/2011) Reuters, WSJ

Posted: November 2, 2011 at 6:24 am

George Papandreou convinces the Greek cabinet of the virtues of a national referendum on budget cuts, but he now faces the leaders of France and Germany. (Reuters) The FBI may ...
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Media Digest (10/25/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 6:16 am

The Obama administration announces a new plan to help underwater mortgage holders. (Reuters) Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) warns that more subscribers will cancel and shares fall 24%. (Reuters) Nearly 35% of ...
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Media Digest (10/24/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTime, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 24, 2011 at 6:20 am

Obama to announce aid for student and home loans. Home loan proposals will include refinancing for underwater mortgages. (Reuters) EU leaders press Italy for more austerity measures. (Reuters) China’s October ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/19/2011) GE Capital China, EU Bank Probe

Posted: October 19, 2011 at 8:42 am

Updated throughout the day Nomura will buy the GE (NYSE: GE) Capital unit in China (Reuters) The European Commission has taken bank records that disclose how interest rates were set (WSJ) ...
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Media Digest (10/19/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 19, 2011 at 6:20 am

Moody’s downgrade of Spain puts more pressure on the EU to address its sovereign debt crisis. (Reuters) Several large shareholders may fight to oust part of the News Corp. (NYSE: ...
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Hulu is No Longer for Sale (NWS, DIS, CMCSA, YHOO, GOOG, DISH, AMZN, NFLX, AAPL)

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 11:17 am

Streaming video provider Hulu LLC has been taken off the auction block by owners News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA), among others. Rumored ...
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Media Digest (10/14/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 6:21 am

When the G20 meets, the focus will be on the EU crisis. (Reuters) Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Q3 numbers kill concerns about U.S. ad markets. (Reuters) JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) earnings pull ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/12/2011) BNY Mellon Investigation

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 8:54 am

Updated throughout the day. A whistle blower named Grant Wilson tracked currency trades at BNY Mellon, trades which may have harmed pension funds returns (WSJ) News Corp (NYSE: NWS) is ...
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