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For-Profit Colleges Stung in GAO Report (APOL, EDMC, WPO, DV, ESI, STRA, CECO)

Posted: November 23, 2011 at 10:01 am

For-profit colleges have had a tough couple of years. First, the colleges were forced to change admissions procedures in a way that has cost them enrollment. Then student loan default ...
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Berkshire Hathaway & Buffett’s Stock Holdings ‘L to Z’ (BRK-B, BRK-A, MA, MTB, MCO, PG, SNY, TMK, USB, USG, UPS, VRSK, V, WMT, WPO, WFC)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 5:08 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of September 30, 2011 and this is the second group of ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALSK, ADSK, AVP, NILE, CAAS, DWA, EQR, HRB, PCLN, RAD, ROVI, SPPI, TGH, WAG, WPO)

Posted: November 9, 2011 at 8:06 am

These are some of Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ALSK) Cut to Underperform at BofA/ML. Autodesk Inc. ...
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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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Expected Price Gains at For-Profit Education Companies (APOL, EDMC, APEI, STRA, DV, WPO, COCO, BPI, LOPE, CECO)

Posted: November 1, 2011 at 4:06 pm

Share prices at for-profit education companies peaked in June and July this year, following a slow start. At the beginning of the year there was widespread fear that new federal ...
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The New York Times Hits a Wall as Industry Falters

Posted: September 22, 2011 at 6:25 am

Advertising revenue at the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) will be off 8% in the third quarter, according the company’s CEO, Janet Robinson. She made the comments at a gathering ...
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Traffic Trends For Top 50 Web Sites (SCOR, GOOG, YHOO, MSFT, AOL, AMZN, EBAY, WMT, TGT, NYT, GCI, WPO, NFLX)

Posted: September 21, 2011 at 1:53 pm

Web site visitors didn't set any records last month, but they also didn't lose any ground. Among the leading sites, some had small gains and others had small losses. Overall ...
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Berkshire Hathaway & Buffett’s Stock Holdings ‘M to Z’ (BRK-B, BRK-A, MA, MTB, MCO, PG, SNY, TMK, USB, USG, UPS, VRSK, WMT, WPO, WFC)

Posted: August 15, 2011 at 4:45 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of June 30, 2011 and this is the second group of ...
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The American Cities With The Most Millionaires

Posted: July 13, 2011 at 3:45 am

Each year, Capgemini publishes the U.S. Metro Wealth Index, which ranks the number of high-net-worth individuals living within the ten largest metropolitan statistical areas. According to the report, high-net-worth Individuals ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: Companies With The Worst Press (6/10)

Posted: June 10, 2011 at 4:12 pm

American Electric Power received bad press because it shuttered some coal facilities and will lay-off workers. Toyota said its profits will fall 35% The Washington Post's Kaplan division will ...
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The Week’s Market Winners

Posted: June 4, 2011 at 6:42 am

S&P 500 WEEK TOP 10 (27 MAY – 2 JUN) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 2Jun11 Close Price 27May11 Market Cap ($Mil) Apollo Group Inc APOL 16.6 ...
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Berkshire Hathaway & Buffett’s Stock Holdings ‘M to Z’ (BRK-B, BRK-A, MA, MTB, MCO, PG, SNY, TMK, USB, USG, UPS, WMT, WPO, WFC, WSC)

Posted: May 16, 2011 at 5:05 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) is out with its new portfolio holdings as of March 31, 2011.  These have been broken down into two separate groups of ‘A to ...
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Online News Growth Faces Challenges

Posted: March 14, 2011 at 6:30 pm

About the only good news in the news business is coming from the web.   The growth, though impressive, is not enough to sustain the profitability of newspaper publishers which are ...
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Berkshire Hathaway & Buffett’s Latest Stock Holdings ‘S to Z’ (BRK-B, BRK-A, SNY, TMK, USB, USG, UPS, WMT, WPO, WFC, WSC)

Posted: February 14, 2011 at 7:08 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) is out with the new portfolio holdings as of December 31, 2010, so these are his new 2011 investments.  There were many changes in ...
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Media Digest (2/11/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 11, 2011 at 4:04 am

Reuters: A Deutsche Borse deal with the the NYSE (NYSE: NYX) faces regulatory resistance (Reuters) Reuters: Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) will try to create competition for Google's ...
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