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.
CNBC: #Geithner on @CNBC: We’re Still Working Very Hard On Biggest Budget Agreement Possible
WSJ: Economists Nearly Unanimous on Need for Greek Restructuring
Reuters: Halliburton profit jumps on strong U.S. demand http://reut.rs/rhdiEe
CNNMoney: Gold breaks $1,600 an ounce Monday http://bit.ly/kCVcNy amid concerns on debt ceiling http://bit.ly/nPbjYK & Europe’s stress tests results.
Yahoo! Finance: Gold Rallies to Record in Best Run Since 1980 http://yhoo.it/pZHSla
ZeroHedge: Gold At $1,602, Silver Over $40, To Launch Another Risk Off Week http://is.gd/miDAVl
Reuters Biz: Costs eat into Hasbro’s second-quarter profit http://reut.rs/r3Sq03
MSNBC: Economists see slow growth for 2nd half of year http://on.msnbc.com/orhtZH
WSJ: Transformers Boosts Hasbro http://on.wsj.com/pViY0X
FT: Italian and Spanish bond yields jump: Borrowing costs for both countries hit euro-era highs as markets step u… http://on.ft.com/pfzKSz
Fortune: Goldman says recession risk rising: http://j.mp/ns9JG6
Douglas A. McIntyre
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