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.
Yahoo! Finance: Oil falls below $95 after weak US jobs report http://yhoo.it/pJEJkQ
CNNMoney: Debt ceiling talks still aren’t going well with 3 weeks left. Will the rating agencies notice? http://bit.ly/n1yO2p
NYT: DealBook: Nestle to Buy Control of China’s Biggest Confectioner http://nyti.ms/qoBEgO
Zerohedge: Goldman puts Whole Foods on conviction buy list (previously Neutral)
NYT: BSkyB Bid Embroiled in Politics http://nyti.ms/qYwn8D
Yahoo! Finance: BSkyB shares slide over doubts on News Corp. bid http://yhoo.it/nEPyvZ
NYT: Peabody and Arcelor Seek Control of Macarthur Coal http://nyti.ms/n3Dhqx
Douglas A. McIntyre