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
Bloomberg: Worst Texas Drought in 44 Years Hits U.S. Wheat, Beef Supplyhttp://bloom.bg/eRBxoC
BBC: China ‘is to overtake US by 2030’ http://bbc.in/fzFORj
NYT: Borrowing Costs Hit New High for Portugal http://nyti.ms/eV0qFu
FT: Eurozone crisis nears crux: Portugal’s prime minister has resigned on the eve of a European Union summit that…http://on.ft.com/ibabFU
Zerohedge: Initial claims 382 on 383 expected, previous revised up 385k
MarketWatch: Best Buy expects ‘challenges in the macro environment’ to check growth in fiscal 2012 http://on.mktw.net/hTlonw
CNBC: Best Buy $BBY earnings top expectations, revs/guidance for FY 2012 slightly below expectations – http://data.cnbc.com/quotes/bby
Reuters: Toyota to restart hybrid output http://dlvr.it/LJQXk
Reuters: Slower growth could hurt UK AAA rating: Moody’s http://dlvr.it/LJQXb
USA Today: Portugal edges toward bailout after government quitshttp://usat.ly/e573R2
Douglas A. McIntyre
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