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Special Report
The Biggest Corporate Layoffs of All Time
Eleven American companies have laid off a total of nearly 600,000 people in the past two decades. Each also fired a large number of employees at one time to earn it a…
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Media
Media Digest (12/5/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Samsung shares rise after its victory in the U.S. against Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) attempt to block its Galaxy tablet from the U.S. market. (Reuters) HSBC data show that China’s PMI slowed considerably. (Reuters)…
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Investing
The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (11/18/2011) Boeing Record Order, Spanish Debt
Bloomberg: Boeing wins record $21.7B order | http://bloom.bg/vOeh0v $BA WSJ: Spain Credit Crunch Deepens http://on.wsj.com/v3SnJN BBC: Greek budget will ‘cut deficit’ http://bbc.in/tkpwNv MarketWatch: ECB-IMF proposal for bailouts reportedly gains traction; Frankfurt and Paris erase losses http://on.mktw.net/tHJve2…
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Media
Media Digest (11/16/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, Bloomberg
Facebook hit by a bug that put porn and graphic violence images onto many pages. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) names Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) CEO Robert Iger to its board. (Reuters) Dell…
2:17pm ET
Investing
All 30 DJIA Dividend Trends into 2012, Stock by Stock (DIA, AA, AXP, T, BAC, BA, CAT, CVX, CSCO, KO, DD, XOM, GE, HD, HPQ, IBM, INTC, JNJ, JPM, KFT, MCD, MMM, MRK, MSFT, PFE, PG, TRV, UTX, VZ, WMT, DIS)
The economic choppiness is coming to a head with the age of dividend hikes. The pressure is going to remain for companies to continue returning capital to shareholders while also looking for…
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Where US Federal Budget Cuts Will Hurt the Most (LMT, NOC, BA, RTN, SAI, GD, HPQ, LLL, BAH, KBR)
The US House-Senate budget reduction committee, or the ‘super committee’, that is charged with recommending $1.5 trillion in budget cuts over the next 10 years has just another 10 days to deliver…
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Media
The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (11/14/2011) Buffett Buys IBM, Boeing Signs Big Deal
Zerohedge: Goldman On German Q3 GDP: “Last Hurrah Before The Recession” http://tinyurl.com/bu4pcxe NYT: Buffett Amasses 5.5% Stake in IBM http://nyti.ms/uXmB1B CNBC: $BAC to sell about 10.4 B Shrs Of China Construction Bank;…
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Transportation
What’s Important in the Financial World (11/14/2011) Boeing Record Order, Walmart Earnings
Big retailer earnings due this week. Earnings from Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), Target (NYSE: TGT) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) are due this week. The numbers from Target and Walmart, particularly their guidance for the current quarter,…
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Media
Media Digest (11/14/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes FT, Bloomberg
Italy and Greece begin efforts to prove that their sovereign debt is safe. (Reuters) Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) will make a major holiday effort to drive extra revenue. (Reuters) Appetite for Olympus shares…
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Investing
What Matters in the Financial World (9/10/2011) Walmart Deals, Airbus Delays, Italy Bond Auction
Italian bonds yields drop. The Italian two-year note yield slid 53 basis points, after jumping 82 basis points yesterday. The level, a recent low, probably will not hold. Yields were well above 7% yesterday.The…
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Transportation
Aircraft Manufacturer Problem: The Planes Never Run on Time
EADS, parent of Airbus, said it will delay the launch of its A350 aircraft. The news echos the many setbacks of the commercial release of the Boeing (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner. These…
Douglas A. McIntyre 6:18am ET
Media
Media Digest (11/7/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes
There is concern that the new Greek government will not be stable enough to run the nation. (Reuters) As finances in Italy deteriorate, concerns grow about the ability of the government to…
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Big Companies Pay Little in Taxes
Yet another study shows that the largest U.S. companies pay very little in taxes. The problem, if it is one, has gone without a solution for years. There is nothing on the…
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Media
Media Digest (10/27/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Eurozone officials decide on a second bailout of Greece and a larger EFSF. (Reuters) Private financial firms have positive reactions to the Obama plan to aid more homeowners with underwater mortgages. (Reuters)…
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Investing
24/7 Closing Bell (BA, GLW, AMZN, FSLR, MMM, BBBY, NYT, AEP, COP, EXC, CPX, LNG, FFCH, RTK, HGSI, DV, RSH)
Markets opened higher this morning on renewed hope for a deal on Europe’s debt debacle. At a meeting of EU leaders, the group approved a 9% capital buffer to go into effect…