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
Zerohedge: Two Takes On The ADP Number http://bit.ly/gDMdus
FT: US company hirings in December beat forecasts: Businesses in the US added jobs at a faster rate than expected in… http://bit.ly/eFnDCO
Zerohedge: Food Riots Next? FAO Says Food Prices Surpass Record Highs Seen During 2007-2008 Bubble http://bit.ly/e3jINr
CNN Money: Private sector payrolls soar by 297,000 in December, payroll processor ADP says; largest increase in report’s history. $$
Yahoo! Finance: F.D.I.C. Seeks $2.5 Billion From Execs of Failed Bankshttp://yhoo.it/giXi6M
Reuters: Analysis: Book publishers may suffer in world without Bordershttp://reut.rs/h27vHd
Reuters: Analysis: Goldman’s Facebook fund tests SEC resolvehttp://reut.rs/flDGJP
MarketWatch: U.S. private payrolls expand by 297,000 in December: ADPhttp://on.mktw.net/ibssDT
MarketWatch: Qualcomm to pay $3.1 billion cash for connectivity firm Atheros Communications http://on.mktw.net/ev2qVt
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