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Cars and Drivers
IBM (IBM) And P&G (PG) Bail Out Detroit
IBM (IBM) will pay about $4 billion in taxes this year. Procter & Gamble (PG) will pay closer to $6 billion. If GM (GM) is losing $1 billion a month, the income…
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Procter & Gamble Company
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PG Coverage
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Investing
Insight In Most Active Options (PG, HUN, GE)
We have evaluated several options trades today which struck us as rather unusual and may be indicative of speculative bets. We have put links through to each full story over at VSInvestor.com…
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Media
The Economy Crumbles Even Video Games Go To Hell
In a recession, people are supposed to be able to buy soap, hamburgers, beer, and video games. This downturn may be worse than most. Electronic Arts (ERTS), posted a net loss of…
6:23am ET
Investing
P&G (PG): Consumer Still Buys The Cheap Stuff
Procter & Gamble (PG) posted an increase in net of 9%, beating estimates. As the firm’s CFO said because the firm sells consumer goods at all price levels, it can get people…
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Investing
Where Do Investors Find Safely? (XOM)(MSFT)(WMT)(PG)
Some investors have been so rattled by this market that they have taken their money and run. Even Treasuries are not safe enough. What if the US government defaults? Of course, Treasuries…
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Media
Media Digest 10/20/2008
According to Reuters, a number of retailers are cutting back holiday hiring as they anticipate lower sales. Reuters reports that GM’s (GM) interest in Chrysler’s cash is helping move a merger forward.…
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Media
Media Digest 10/15/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, economic attention has now turned to the recession. Reuters reports that a new survey shows that half of all workers are worried about their jobs Reuters reports that unions…
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Investing
Earnings On Deck: Only Nine Companies Will Matter
Analysts assume third quarter earnings for the companies in the S&P 500 will be bad. But, looking at the number which is the average of all firms in the index is misleading.…
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Investing
Ten Things To Do To Save Yourself In a Market Meltdown (AAPL)(GOOG)(SIRI)(MCD)(INTC)
Jim Cramer wants people to sell all of their stocks. Even though the market may keep falling, that might not be a practical solution for everyone. There are several things investors can…
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Investing
Safest Stocks As The Market Goes To Hell (PG)(WMT)(CL)(MSFT)(MO)(XOM)
It appears that every stock in the market is being crushed, but that is not entirely so. Several companies in industries not likely to be badly by a deep recession are doing…
5:24am ET
Economy
Some Companies Don’t Give A Damn About Recession: The Hamburger And Beer Economy (WMT)(PG)(CL)(MCD)
Ronald McDonald has just had a big meal and is picking his teeth.The stock market is telling him that McDonald’s (MCD) won’t be hurt by the recession. At $62, the shares of…
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Economy
Companies Hit Hardest By Credit Crisis (AAPL)(SIRI)(CC)(DIS)(WMT)(MCD)
Updated: 31 October 2008 Not all companies and industries will be hit equally hard by the consumer credit crisis. Operations such as Procter & Gamble (PG), McDonald’s (MCD), and Wal-Mart (WMT) may…
5:19am ET
Investing
Look For Q4 Earnings Growth To Go Negative (MSFT)(GOOG)(GM)(XOM)(PG)(MCD)
Hope dies hard. A lot of Wall St. analysts still think that earnings from the S&P 500 companies will be up in aggregate in Q4 2008 compared with the same quarter last…
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Investing
Defensive Stocks Only Mixed In Stock Market Turbulence (PE, KO, TAP, KFT, CPB, HRL, MCD, MO, RAI, PG, CL, MRK, JNJ)
You know it’s a rough day in the market when even defensive stocks are weak or mixed. We are at least seeing a mixed bag from some of these. But the trend…
4:45am ET
Technology
Thwarting The Google (GOOG) Deal With Yahoo! (YHOO)
The Association of National Advertisers, which includes big marketers like GM (GM), Procter & Gamble (PG), and Wal-Mart (WMT), argues that Google (GOOG) should not be allowed to sell advertising for Yahoo!…