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Energy
Driving The Plug-In Hybrid To Oblivion
The plug-in hybrid, a car that uses the same socket as a vacuum cleaner, or at least one close it, has gotten the full force of backing from the Obama Administration. The…
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Investing
24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings: Week 27
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
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Media
Media Digest 7/18/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Moody’s downgraded Ireland’s debt. Reuters: Engineers detected seepage around the capped BP well. Reuters: The National Association for Business Economics says companies will begin to hire again but the service sector…
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Cars and Drivers
European Auto Sales Continue to Slide
Sales of new cars in Europe, as measured by new car registrations, dropped in June for the third consecutive month. The slide is attributed to the end of what the Europeans call…
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Investing
Shorts Flee Strongest Stocks
Stocks with strong balance sheets that are likely to post good earnings have lost their interest for short sellers. Base on data as of June 30, short sellers abandoned the shares of…
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Investing
24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings: Week 26
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
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Investing
Arguments Against A Double-Dip Recession: 15 Economic Safety Nets (GOOG, NBG, IRE, TLT, SPY, DIA, BP, XOM, CVX, GLD, CAT, POT, TLSA, BRK-A, GE)
Maybe the markets felt directionless for most of Friday ahead of earnings season, but the trading action of this week might make some wonder if a Double-Dip Recession is less likely. The…
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Jobs
GM’s CEO Edward Whitacre, Jr: The Great Pretender
Ed Whitacre, the former chairman and CEO of AT&T and current head of GM looks like the Wizard of Oz scarecrow—tall and under-stuffed. Whitacre, however, can afford to buy new straw. He…
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Investing
Analysts And Companies May Begin To Cut Q3 Earnings Numbers
Second quarter earnings are set, at least for those firms on a calendar year. The period was fairly strong economically, except perhaps for June. That means that some earnings could come in…
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Investing
24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings: Week 25
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
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Cars and Drivers
China Car Sales–A Little Less Attractive To US Companies
China’s car sales increases slowed very sharply in June, up only 10% compared to the same month last year, according to the China Automotive Technology & Research Center. The news comes four…
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Cars and Drivers
GM China Sales Top US For First Time
China is now the largest car market in the world, having moved ahead of the US last year. Most analysts believe that 16 million cars and light trucks will be sold in…
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Investing
Ford’s Treasurer Comments on Debt Payments (F)
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F), America’s only major automaker not in debt to taxpayers, is seeing its shares gain this morning after it paid off more than $4 billion in debt. Citigroup…
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Cars and Drivers
US Car Sales Expected To Crater In June
Domestic car sales are expected to move into reverse in June. That should be expected after a year of monthly increases–some of them breathtaking. Edmunds expects every major car company to post…
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Investing
24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings: Week 24
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…