The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report 8/27/2010 GDP Crash, Boeing Mistake, HP Bid

Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than one million Twitter users. It raises the question of whether there is wisdom in crowds.

24/7 Wall St. will look at the Twitter posts at Reuters Biz, WSJ, Financial Times, CNN Money, MarketWatch, CNBC, and 24/7 Wall St. each day to see which stocks are of interest.

The Economist: Hewlett-Packard/Dell/3PAR bid frenzy continues, Dell matches fresh HP offer; Boeing delays Dreamliner again http://ow.ly/2vF6Z

CNN Money: Dell matches HP bid to win 3PAR http://bit.ly/a7YTOx

MarketWatch: Dell matches H-P’s $27-a-share offer for 3Par, whose board again sides with Dell offer http://on.mktw.net/9iUTeK

Reuters Biz: Dell raises 3PAR offer to match HP bid http://link.reuters.com/far67n

Reuters Biz: AIG decides against strategic investor for AIA: source http://link.reuters.com/vup67n

MarketWatch: Second-quarter U.S. gross domestic product revised down to 1.6% growth rate from 2.4% http://on.mktw.net/cgFUr5

MarketWatch: Dell matches H-P’s $27-a-share offer for 3Par, whose board again sides with Dell offer http://on.mktw.net/9iUTeK

DailyFinance: 3Par Bidding War Continues: Dell Again Boosts Offer, Matches HP http://bit.ly/9XZ3c1

DailyFinance: A Dream Delayed: Boeing Misses Seventh 787 Dreamliner Deadline http://bit.ly/9hQj9y

Douglas A. McIntyre