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Cars and Drivers
Toyota To Raise Prices, Test Consumer Resilance
Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) will raise prices on some of its cars and light trucks by 2.2% in May. It is a risk worth taking if sales of all vehicles in the…
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Media
Media Digest (3/30/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Consumer morale and home prices dropped sharply according to two surveys (Reuters) Gold and oil rose on concerns about Libya and the movement in equities (Reuters) The new chief of Twitter wants…
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Investing
The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: March 26 The Companies With The Most Bad Press
Lennar (NYSE: LEN) received a large amount of bad press after it was disclosed that an outsider had been accused of insider trading in the company’s shares Alcatel Lucent’s (NYSE: ALU) image…
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Media
Media Digest (3/25/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The Federal Reserve will hold press conferences four times a year. (Reuters) In 2006, Fannie Mae was warned about abuses in the foreclosure process. (WSJ) The Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad will go…
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Media
Media Digest (3/24/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The head of Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) said that an ex-director leaked confidential information. (Reuters) The prime minister of Portugal stepped down as his austerity plan was rejected by Parliament. (Reuters)…
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Commodities & Metals
Commodities Daily: Rebuilding & Global Growth Back On (FCX, NEM, IVN, TCK, RIO, TM, HMC, GLD, SLV, GDX, GDXJ, SIL, GIS)
Time now for our daily look at commodity prices and news. Copper prices rose to their highest level in nearly three weeks as the estimated cost to rebuild quake-devastated areas of Japan…
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Investing
The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: March 23 Companies With The Worst Press
Delta (NYSE: DAL) suffered from bad press after its CEO noted the airline could lose $400 million in sales due to flight reductions to Japan. Honda was hurt by news that its…
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Investing
The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (3/23/2011) Toyota Prius, Bank of America Dividend
This is the Twitter-24/7 Wall St. market report for March 23, 2011.These tweets are a sign of which companies the Twitter universe is interested in. Is there there is wisdom in crowds?
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Investing
The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: March 22 Companies With The Most Bad News
Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) was swamped with bad press as it was sued by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) over patents on technology used in the Nook e-reader. PG&G has applied to renew…
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Investing
Companies That Can’t Keep Their Products On The Shelves
It is not unusual for companies with highly successful products to run out of inventory. Oftentimes, companies are forced to scramble at the last minute to meet an unexpected upsurge in demand.…
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Cars and Drivers
GM Makes Cuts: What Is “Nonessential” Spending?
GM (NYSE: GM) management informed the company’s workers this weekend that it would cut all “nonessential” costs because of parts shortages which are a result of the Japanese earthquake. GM has many…
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Investing
Japan’s New Car Market Could Hit the Skids (TM, HMC, NSANY)
The impact and aftermath of the Japanese earthquake on the US car market has been speculated about and analyzed pretty carefully in the past few days. As the second largest car market…
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Investing
The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index, The Companies With The Worst PR: March 16
Healthnet was hammered on news that it “missplaced” data on 2 million customers. Toyota (NYSE: TM) remained high on the list due to concerns about Japanese production and sales. Regulatory problems and…
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Cars and Drivers
Will Americans Stop Buying Cars? Japan Impact
Americans may cut back car purchase as shipments of automobiles from Japan fall due to the earthquake and tsunami there. The effect on US car companies would seem to be positive, but…
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Commodities & Metals
Media Digest (3/15/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The Nikkei fell 11%. The Ethisphere Institute released its list of the most ethical companies saying those most open with employees and shareholders topped the list. (Reuters) The euro zone will probably…