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Warren Buffett’s Greatest Investments Of All Time

Posted: January 21, 2011 at 1:30 am

Many investors find no better teacher than Warren Buffett. His place as one of the world’s wealthiest men speaks for itself thanks to the almost unimaginable gains seen by Berkshire ...
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Valero Leads Off for Refiners on Profits and Revenue (VLO, TSO, MRO, FTO, WNR, SNP, PTR)

Posted: October 26, 2010 at 10:18 am

Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE:VLO) is the first of the oil refiners to report earnings this quarter, and this morning's release is a lot better than a year ago, when diluted ...
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Media Digest (10/1/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 1, 2010 at 4:06 am

Reuters:   Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HP) named the former CEO of SAP (NYSE: SAP) as CEO and a former president of Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) as chairman. Reuters:   A trade  by Waddell & ...
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Media Digest 9/2/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 2, 2010 at 5:09 am

Reuters:   GM's IPO road show will begin in November. Reuters:   Costco's (NASDAQ: COST) August sales rose 7%. Reuters:   Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iTV is the latest effort to make a ...
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Media Digest 7/12/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 12, 2010 at 3:54 am

Reuters:   Profit surprises are likely for companies linked to the oil spill. Reuters:   Lawsuits against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and AT&T (NYSE: T) over service were certified as class actions. ...
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Media Digest 10/10/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 11, 2010 at 3:58 am

Reuters:   The US  is stepping up the pressure on BP plc (NYSE: BP) as the government doubles spill estimates. Reuters:   Geithner says US patience on the yuan is  disappearing. Reuters:   ...
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Another Chinese Investment in Canada’s Oil Sands (PWE, PTR, ENB, CEO, SNP, TOT, COP, KMP)

Posted: May 15, 2010 at 8:45 am

Penn West Energy Trust (NYSE:PWE) is the latest beneficiary of Chinese interest in the Canadian oil sands. China Investment Corp., a state-owned sovereign wealth fund, has agreed to invest about ...
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China’s Oil Companies Could Help Slow Credit Demands (SNP, COP, CEO, PTR, BP)

Posted: April 28, 2010 at 2:42 pm

Like oil refiners everywhere, China Petroleum and Chemical Co. (NYSE:SNP), better known as Sinopec, had a tough year in 2009. The company's revenues were down nearly 7%, but EPS was ...
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Oil’s Next Big Surge

Posted: April 26, 2010 at 5:55 am

Crude oil prices are back above $85 and seem ready to breach $90. The leg from $69 to $85 which began in February had hit a plateau, but optimism about ...
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Chinese Demand for Oil Keeps Growing

Posted: April 21, 2010 at 1:03 pm

For the seventh consecutive month, Chinese demand for crude oil has increased by double digits over demand just one year ago. Demand in March grew by 12.8% year-over-year. The ...
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Heating Up the Canadian Oil Sands

Posted: April 5, 2010 at 9:15 am

The oil sands deposits in western Canada give the US's closest trading partner the second largest total crude oil reserves in the world, some 175 billion barrels. Only Saudi ...
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Obama To Let Offshore Oil Wells Multiply Like Locusts

Posted: March 31, 2010 at 4:22 am

The Green movement will despise President Obama's decision to open portions of the Gulf and offshore regions from Delaware to the Carolinas to drilling. The oil industry will love it. ...
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Media Digest: 3/22/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 22, 2010 at 2:56 am

Reuters:   The Obama health care bill passed the House and Senate. Reuters:   The Senate will begin a fight on financial reform Reuters:   Arrow agreed to a buyout from Shell (RDS.A) ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (3/17/2010)

Posted: March 17, 2010 at 7:25 am

Updated throughout the day. Richard Fuld, former CEO of Lehman, feels that the 2,200 page report on the collapse of the firm "vindicates" him  (NYPost) Renaissance Technologies may close two ...
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Media Digest 3/17/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 17, 2010 at 2:50 am

Reuters:   China took a hard position on the value of the yuan despite US pressure. Reuters:   Google's (GOOG) ad partners in China expressed concerns about its plans. Reuters:   If banking ...
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