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Douglas A. McIntyre

Ten States With The Deadliest Eating Habits

Americans are fat and getting fatter by the year. Recent data reported in medical journal Lancet showed that BMI (Body Mass Index), a recognized measurement of obesity, is higher on average in America than…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, And The Housing Crisis

Housing prices may not return to pre-credit crisis levels for another five years, so experts say. They may never recover to those levels at all in  hard-hit areas such as Las Vegas and South…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

What If Global Warming Is Real?

The U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report in 2007 which said that “up to 40 percent of the Amazonian forests could react drastically to even a slight reduction in precipitation.”  The report made…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

GM: Where Are The Taxpayer’s Bonuses?

GM (NYSE: GM) workers will probably get about $3,000 in profit-sharing for 2010. The reward would cover 53,000 union members who are also hourly workers. The program is part of a plan to get…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

Media Digest (2/9/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

The  SEC will try to make market traders less reliant on ratings agencies. (Reuters) GM (NYSE: GM) will set up a profit-sharing plan for workers. (WSJ) S&P warned Japan on its credit rating. (Reuters)…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

Economy Is Getting Better, Except For The Aged

A new Gallup poll says people are more optimistic than they have been in three years. Forty-one percent of Americans in January said the economy is “getting better,” up from 35% in December and…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

A Case For Immodest GDP Growth

All in all, then, I expect noticeably stronger growth in overall activity this year than last. If I had to write down a forecast today, it would be pretty close to 4 percent. A…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

Inflation Always Steals the Benefits of Dollar Devaluation

By John Tamny Conventional economists still rhapsodize over the alleged exporting benefits of devaluation even though the latter logically points to increased shipping, input and labor costs that would steal any of devaluation’s illusory…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (BBEP, CNXT, PNNT)

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Breitburn Energy Partners, LLC. (NASDAQ: BBEP), Conexant Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNXT), and Pennant Park,…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

Obama To Business: Invest No Matter What The Cost

President Obama spoke to the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. What he said can be condensed easily.   He will do what he can to cut unnecessary regulations and improve the corporate tax code. He…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

December US Mobile Sales: Microsoft’s Foothold

Data released by comScore about mobile phone sales in December showed that trends from earlier in the year continued. Sales of Samsung handsets bested all of its rivals in the US with a market…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

Toyota And Ford Signal Auto Sales Recovery Into 2011

Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) posted mediocre results for its fiscal third quarter which ended on December 31, and the nine months which ended on the same day. The world’s largest car company also increased…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

Media Digest (2/8/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Regulators will push to keep Wall St. firms from side stepping regulations on financial firm pay. (Reuters) Toyota Motor’s (NYSE: TM) fiscal third quarter profits fell but it increased it forecast for production during…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

Europe: The Land Where No One’s At Fault

nationsonline.orgThe international media is full of reports about the battle between France and Germany on one side and the balance of the eurozone nations on the other. Germany in particular wants the economically weak…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

Why Wal-Mart Is the Embodiment of Economic Stimulus

By John Tamny of Forbes A recent story in the New York Post revealed that if Wal-Wart were allowed to open in the five boroughs, that New Yorkers would save 33% on a common…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (OREX, PGNX, YONG)

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: OREX), Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PGNX), and Yongye International,…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago