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Douglas A. McIntyre

Fracking Chemicals Cited in Congressional Report Stay Underground

by Nicholas Kusnetz, ProPublica, April 18, 2011, 4 p.m. ThinkstockA report released Saturday confirmed details about what many already knew was happening: gas drillers have injected millions of gallons of fluids containing toxic or carcinogenic…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

Daily Austerity Watch: The States’ Tax Dilemma

State legislators are going to be tempted to follow the dictate of that fiscal expert Mae West who famously opined that “too much of a good thing is wonderful.”  Of course, the film star…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (STX, TXN, ZION)

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ: STX), Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN), and Zions Bancorporation (NASDAQ: ZION).…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

Today’s Best Market Rumors (4/19/2011) Sony JV, GM Sale

Update throughout the day. The US Treasury may sell its shares in GM (NYSE: GM) soon (WSJ) Vendanta Resources bought 11% of Cairn India (Reuters) Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) will license part of its network…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

Can The Treasury Make Money On GM Shares?

The US Treasury may want to wait a few years to sell its portion of GM. The federal government put $50 billion of taxpayer money into the largest US car company (NYSE: GM) as…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

Media Digest 4/19/2011 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Poor trading results are likely to hurt Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) earnings (Reuters) Japan’s government, which owns billions in US papers, stated it had confidence in the value and future of Treasuries (Reuters)…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

Daily Austerity Watch: Do Obama’s Budget Numbers Add Up?

President Obama’s budget numbers don’t add up. At least, that’s the conclusion of the Tax Policy Center, which is run by the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution,  which took issue with his claim that…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

Vows of Change at Moody’s, but the Flaws Remain the Same

by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica, April 13, 2011, 4:28 p.m.March 30, 2011 In the aftermath of the financial crisis, nobody has gone to prison and there haven’t been any serious structural changes in the financial…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

Does S&P Action On US Debt Pressure Congress?

Congress and the Administration may finally be under the outside pressure to deal with the budget deficit that has not been bought upon them by voter sentiment, economist comments, or concerns from the Federal…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (BPAX, INVE, NOK)

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Biosante Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: BPAX), Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE), and Nokia Corporation (NYSE:…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

Americans Ambivalent About Tax Rates

Americans are divided about whether their tax rates are too high or about right. That has to make it harder for members of Congress as they try to decide whether voters want lower taxes. …

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

The Best Sign Yet That The Recovery Is Strong

There are green lights as far as can be seen on the boulevard of the American economic recovery. The National Association of Business Economics says in its latest survey “Job creation in the quarter,…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

Europe’s Default Contagion

The fear of a contagion among EU nations which need or want bailouts has changed over the past few days to a concern about how one default could trigger many others. For months, economists…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

Media Digest (4/18/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

NYSE (NYSE: NYX) wants a large fee from Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) in the event that a merger is not be hampered by antitrust investigators. (Reuters) Synthes said it was in buyout talks with Johnson…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

Avoiding Common Tax Mistakes

Most taxpayers get an image of a medieval torturer cracking a whip on some poor, innocent person in their heads when they think about the IRS or taxes in general. Hating the IRS may…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago