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 most frequently mentioned. It is clear that in this area of social media these tweets are a sign of which companies the Twitter universe is interested in. Together, these financial sites are followed by nearly 1,000,000 Twitter users, which makes them a sizeable sample of Wall St.’s interests. In some cases, we will publish the actual tweets from the sites.
MarketWatch: Weekly U.S. initial jobless-benefits claims drop by 21,000 to 434,000 http://on.mktw.net/c4yfDg
CNN Money: Number of people filing for initial jobless claims fell by 21,000 to 434,000 in the latest week, government says. $$
CNN Money: Exxon Mobil third-quarter profit surges 55% to $7.35 billion, citing higher crude and natural gas prices. $$
WSJ: Nintendo swings to a loss due to the yen’s strength and weak console sales http://on.wsj.com/dwwfxr
FT: Potash earnings surge amid bid tussle: Higher prices for fertiliser and surge in demand boost earnings as PotashCo… http://bit.ly/9ZUfnw
Reuters Biz: Exxon quarterly profit up 55 pct, tops Street http://dlvr.it/7gMzq
Reuters Biz: JPMorgan, HSBC sued for alleged silver conspiracy http://dlvr.it/7gPXh
Yahoo! Finance: Wells Fargo erred in thousands of foreclosures, promises to fix but won’t halt seizing homes http://yhoo.it/cKlmwK
DailyFinance: Mortgage Lenders May Meet With Foreclosure Task Force Todayhttp://aol.it/cfMFWb
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