Rebuilding For The 1,000 Year Disaster
The earthquake and tsunami in Japan have already raised the question of whether reactors should be built to handle 9.0 scale earthquakes and whether sea walls which cover 40% of Japan’s east coast should…
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Will Americans Stop Buying Cars? Japan Impact
Americans may cut back car purchase as shipments of automobiles from Japan fall due to the earthquake and tsunami there. The effect on US car companies would seem to be positive, but it probably…
States Running Out Of Doctors
There are several ways to measure what many experts describe as a shortage of physicians in some parts of the United States. The first is the ratio of doctors per thousand people. America’s rank…
Media Digest (3/15/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The Nikkei fell 11%. The Ethisphere Institute released its list of the most ethical companies saying those most open with employees and shareholders topped the list. (Reuters) The euro zone will probably increase guarantees…
Online News Growth Faces Challenges
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 experimenting with ways to…
Dynegy Board: A Conflict Of Interest
Electric energy provider Dynegy (NYSE: DYN) has been through a great deal recently. It threatened to file Chapter 11. The firm said it might not be able to refinance a credit facility. The company’s…
Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (CCK, CIGX, JASO, NOK, MU)
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Cameco Corporation (NASDAQ: CCJ), Star Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: CIGX), JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd.…
Today’s Best Market Rumors (3/14/2011) Verizon Link With Vodafone
Updated throughout the day. Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) will merge their enterprise units (The Times) American Eagle Outfitter may be bought by private equity interests (NYPost) Douglas A. McIntyre
Leaked Bank Of America Documents: Fraud Proof?
The hackers who released confidential Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) documents claim that they show fraud on the part of the huge financial firm. Some “documents”: Bank Of America Fraud Emails, Corporations Move Your…
Apple Sells 500,000 iPad 2 Units–When Does Its Luck Run Out?
The consensus estimate is that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) sold 500,000 iPad 2 units over the weekend. That is more than the original iPad sold after its weekend launch. Most analysts who cover the company…
China Passes The US As Largest Manufacturer
IHS Global Insight claims that China surpassed the US as the world’s largest manufacturing nation last year. China had 19.9% of the world’s market. The US had 19.4%. Several media outlets claim that America…
Japan Quake, Middle East, Oil, Unemployment: The Relentless Rise Of US Stock Markets
US stock markets may continue to make an assault on their all-time highs as the year goes along. The DJIA trades at 12,000 not so far from its 2007 peak of 14,000. A number…
Media Digest (3/14/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg Nikkei Down 6.2%
The rook of a second nuclear reactor blew off in Japan. (Reuters) A hacker group plans to release Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) e-mails today. (Reuters) Members of Congress are certain of a deal…
Ten Huge Global Brands The Chinese May Buy
“We will encourage the best firms to acquire or build up overseas operations and to license or acquire famous global brands in order to obtain international recognition and improve the image and competitiveness of…
Cost Of Japan Earthquake May Hit $35 Billion
Preliminary estimates for the cost of the 8.9 magnitude earthquake are as high as $35 billion, and the effects of the tsunami could cause that to grow According to research firm AIR Worldwide: Given…
S&P 500 Gainers For The Week 3.4-3.10 (SBUX, S, LUV)
Starbucks Corp SBUX 14.6 37.97 33.12 28325.6 Western Digital Corp WDC 14.4 34.32 30.01 7950.8 Sprint Nextel Corp S 12.9 4.90 4.34 14652.6 Iron Mountain Inc IRM 9.7 27.66 25.21 5535.6…
iPad Sold Out Online? (AAPL)
For those who couldn’t wait until 5 p.m. PT to get an iPad 2 from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) at a retail store, the company offered online sales at its website beginning at 1:00…
Nuclear Plant Extension Underwhelms Entergy (ETR, EXC, DUK)
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a 20-year renewal of Entergy Corp.’s (NYSE: ETR) Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. Whether that’s good news or bad for Entergy remains to be seen. The company…
The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: March 11 Bad Weather For Del Monte
AIG (NYSE: AIG) suffered from news that it will buy back $16 billion of distressed securities. Del Monte (NYSE: DLM) received bad press because of concerns about poor weather effecting crops. Note: The Flame…
Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ARO, LIME, RCRC)
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO), Lime Energy Co. (NASDAQ: LIME), and RC2 Corporation (NASDAQ: RCRC).…