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
FT: Goldman shares drop as profits fall 52%: Goldman Sachs said on Wednesday that its fourth quarter profits fell by…http://bit.ly/hGISGo
CNBC: Housing Starts Fall to Lowest Since Late 2009http://cnbc.com/id/41151851 $$ #Mortgages #Housing#RealEstate
Zerohedge: Goldman Reports Average Employee Comp Of $430,700 As FICC Revenue Collapses http://is.gd/5j92EE
CNNMoney: Building permits surge 16.7% in December to 635,000 annual rate, but housing starts decline 4.3%, government says. $$
MarketWatch: Building permits surge 16.7% in December to 635,000 annual rate, but housing starts decline 4.3%, government says. $$
MarketWatch: Goldman Sachs posts $2.4 bln quarterly profit on revenue of $8.6 bln http://on.mktw.net/fVFuVC
CNNMoney: Goldman Sachs posts lower fourth-quarter earnings of $2.39 billion, says it sees signs of growth and more economic activity. $$
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