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Citigroup (C) May Cut 35,000 More Jobs

Citigroup (C) CEO Vikram Pandit will have an employee meeting on Monday in the hope that he can calm concerns that the huge financial company is falling apart. With its stock below $10 there…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

China, Back To Candles & Rice Farming

Everyone wants to know when the "recession" in China with 8% growth will start to level off.  If you read the WSJ this morning, you will see another ominous sign that China is not…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

NorthWestern Energy Gets a Power Plant (NWE)

Yesterday, Montana’s Public Service Commission approved a request from NorthWestern Energy (NYSE:NWE), the largest electricity distribution company in the state, to purchase an existing coal-fired power plant in exchange for an agreement to operate…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Sun Microsystems & Pink Coal For Holidays (JAVA)

Sun Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) just can’t get it right. The focus of the business is elusive and it seems that nothing it embarks on works.  Actually, it doesn’t seem that way. It is…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

If Nokia (NOK) Says It Is Bleeding, Motorola (MOT) Is Dead

According to several media accounts, Nokia (NOK) is forecasting real trouble in the handset market both in the fourth quarter and into 2009. According to MarketWatch,Nokia warned that industry volumes for the fourth quarter…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

JC Penney (JCP): The Real Face Of Retail

Anyone looking at Wal-Mart’s (WMT) results would have have been terribly misled about the state of American retail. JC Penney (JCP) showed what retail really looks like in a recession. JPC reported earnings per…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago