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BP (BP) and Shell produced out-sized profits for the first quarter. BP earnings rose to $7.62 billion from $4.66 billion.…
According to Reuters, Cadbury is looking at buying Hershey. Reuters writes that banks being sued by Clear Channel (CCU) have…
The shell game of controlling gas and diesel prices in China is not terribly clever, but it has worked. The…
There are only six companies left with "AAA" ratings from both S&P and Moody’s. The are Automatic Data Processing (ADP),…
Reuters ran a pretty interesting article regarding Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) today that really hasn’t gotten much coverage. Apparently,…
According to Reuters, the Fed cut rates .75%. Reuters writes that Visa raised $17.9 billion in its IPO. Reuters writes…
If gasoline prices move from their current average price of $3.20 to $5, the cost of fuel for a family…
According to Reuters, H&R Block posted a large quarterly loss. Reuters writes that the service sector slump is pulling down…
PDVSA, the state-owned oil company of crack-pot Hugo Chavez’s Venezuelan government, claims that Exxon’s (NYSE:XOM) seizer of $12 billion in…
Perhaps feeble-minded Venezuelan president Victor Chavez does not want to spend decades in court with Exxon (NYSE: XOM) fighting over…
One of the solutions for fighting the high price of oil is to increase the supply. That seems simple enough,…
According to Reuters, Toshiba will drop its HD DVD format. Reuters reports that Blll Gates said Microsoft (MSFT) will target…
Laszlo Birinyi of Birinyi Associates, Inc. is one of the more frequently watched portfolio managers by the public. The reason…
ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) hiked its dividend Friday, and not just by a penny. Its quarterly dividend was raised from $0.41…
According to Reuters, Yahoo! (YHOO) is in talks with News Corp (NWS) about an M&A deal but analysts say it…
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