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Media
Media Digest (5/1/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT
China’s PMI rises to a 13-month high. (Reuters) BP (NYSE: BP) profits fall as it sells some assets to pay for the Gulf spill. (Reuters) New York state pension funds vote against…
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Investing
First Quarter Stock Indexes Retreat
The S&P 500 was down slightly last month as was the NASDAQ. For each, it was the first drop since November. The DJIA rose a tiny amount which kept its multi-month rally…
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Investing
What’s Important in the Financial World (5/1/2012) Financials Lift DJIA for Q1, Bank of America Layoffs
BP’s (NYSE: BP) profits fell as it continues to struggle with the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe. The incident and subsequent oil spill may cost the UK company as much as $20 billion in settlements with…
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Investing
Nook, Windows 8 Pairing Doubles B&N Stock Price
courtesy Barnes & Noble Inc.Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) announced this morning that the two companies were forming a “strategic partnership,” called ‘Newco’ for purposes of…
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Special Report
American Companies with the Most Customers
Last week, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced that it sold 35.1 million iPhones worldwide in the latest quarter. The figure is large, but not extraordinary. Some consumer products and consumer electronics companies sell…
8:40am ET
Investing
Nokia, Left For Dead, Cut To Junk By S&P
N9kia (NYSE: NOK), already almost without a pulse, was downgraded to junk by S&P. The agency said Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today that it had lowered its long-term corporate credit rating…
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Consumer Electronics
Samsung Passes Nokia as Handset Leader, Its Earnings Rocket
Samsung passed longtime global handset leader Nokia (NYSE: NOK) in the first quarter, according to Strategy Analytics. Global handset shipments reached 368 million units for the period, and the South Korean company…
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Investing
Sell In May And Go Away? A 2012 Primer (BAC, JPM, GE, AA, CAT, MSFT, INTC, AAPL, XOM, CVX, DD)
Jon OggIt is that time of year again. It is time to ponder the theory of pricing in a summer slowdown, whether it actually happens or not. In short, is time to…
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Investing
What’s Important in the Financial World (4/26/2012) Nintendo Loss, Gas Price Retreat
Economic confidence in Europe took a nose dive. The European Commission reported its economic sentiment indicator fell in April to 92.8 from a reading of 94.5 the previous month. MarketWatch says that…
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Media
Nintendo Loses Money
Nintendo lost money. It is the first time in recent memory that it has done so. Some of the blame falls on the value of the yen. But, more important, sales of…
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Consumer Electronics
Will LG, HTC and Sony Exit U.S. Smartphone Market?
Near the rear of AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon Wireless retail stores sit smartphones like the HTC Trophy, the LG Vortex and Sony Experia. These usually sell for less than high-end Samsung smartphones and…
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Investing
What’s Important in the Financial World (4/25/2012) India Downgrade, Facebook Prospects
Comscore released its list of the 50 largest U.S. websites for March based on unique visitors. The top of the list has not changed. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) sites are still in first…
6:17am ET
Investing
Facebook Audience Disappoints
Comscore released its list of the 50 largest US websites for March based on unique visitors. The top of the list has not changed. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) sites are still in first…
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Investing
Apple Earnings: Blowing The Door Off The Hinges (AAPL, DELL, MSFT, GOOG, RIMM)
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has reported earnings for its March quarter and it is a record for the quarter. Today’s report was a blowout at $12.30 EPS and $39.2 billion in revenue. Thomson Reuters…
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Apps & Software
Why Many Investors May Want A Bad Apple Earnings Report (AAPL, MSFT)
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be down on its luck ahead of earnings, but this is going to be one of the most widely followed earnings reports that there is. After all,…