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The New York Times wants Reuters business news
2007-12-17 07:38:00 Reuters is in discussion with The New York Times about supplying business news to the American newspaper, after reaching a similar agreement with its sister title the International Herald Tribune . More About: News , Business , Reuters
Tim Sykes Could Give Two Ships About What The Fed Will Do On Whatever Day T
2007-12-12 19:23:00 That's right, this milestone event that everyone is focuses on doesn't interest me in the least. If I had to RATE my INTEREST in this event, it'd be zero. I'm sorry I had to waste my time writing this article, but people need to understand that everything is not as it seems, no matter what the financial media leads you to believe. More About: Basic Materials , Ships , Give
7 Big Losers That Have Recently Become Big Winners
2007-12-12 19:22:00 The title pretty much says it all, these are just some low priced plays that are now off their lows, but waaay off their highs. I think some are buys, some are shorts and some are avoids More About: Investment Ideas , Winners , Losers , Recently
How To Play These 4 Recent Winners That Are Waaaay Off Their Highs
2007-12-12 19:22:00 I review four recent stock winners that are still waaaaay off their highs to see which ones are shorts, longs or avoids. Stocks covered are CMGI, JMBA, IMAX and CMGI More About: Investment Ideas , Play , Winners , Recent
Mining shares diverge from bullion prices
2007-12-12 19:22:00 The drop in mining shares has been due to Teck Cominco and Nova Gold's problems with their Galore Creek project in British Columbia, whose original cost estimate of $2.2 billion quickly spiraled to $5 billion. Something smells wrong here because costs do not just double overnight. Chances are the feasibility study was completed using overly optimistic assumptions. The rising Canadian dollar and difficulties obtaining manpower, equipment, and longer construction times are the reasons cited for the increase. More About: Mining , Basic Materials , Shares , Bullion , Prices
What Happens To Options During Stock Splits?
2007-12-12 19:22:00 Ever wondered what happens to your stock options when the stock splits? Find out now! More About: Investment Ideas , Stock , Options
Value Investor Profile - Todd Sullivan
2007-12-12 19:22:00 Value investor profile with brief comments from Mr. Todd Sullivan on the pickup oppurtunities available in the financial sector in the wake of the subprime crisis. More About: Financial , Investor , Profile , Profil
The Man Behind The Yale Endowment Success Story
2007-12-12 19:21:00 Bio, policies and investment principles of David Swensen, Chief Investment Officer of the $22.5 billion Yale University Endowment fund. More About: Story , Investment Ideas , Success , Success Story
What's the US Interest Rate Cut Going to be Like?
2007-12-12 19:21:00 share your views via comments on what do you think how much is Bernanke going to cut for us. More About: Interest , Rate , Interest Rate , Goin , Eres
How to Make a List of Rules to Invest By
2007-12-12 00:11:00 Many investors learn the hard way what the do's and don't's of the stock market are, but fail to write them down so that they don't repeat these mistakes over the course of their investing career. You need to make a list of rules to invest by yourself, and this article will show you how to do that. More About: Investment Ideas , List , Rules , Make , Invest
Is Fannie Mae Beyond Economical Repair?
2007-12-11 23:16:00 After poring over Fannie Mae 's financials, and many articles, I came to the realization that the metaphoric wooden stake would not be found. If any conclusion could be had, it would be that it was time to drape the windows and doors with garlic, or better yet, gold. If Fannie Mae's latest financials are any indication, the company could well be, beyond economical repair. More About: Repair
Volatility Smile
2007-12-11 18:59:00 Learn everything about the Volatility Smile and how it affects your options trading now! More About: Investment Ideas
Tapping The Earth With Ormat
2007-12-11 18:59:00 Just like the red hot solar stocks, Ormat is a play on the growing demand for alternative energy. What makes them unique is that they use geothermal power and other eco-friendly sources to generate revenue. In case you aren't familiar with the geothermal process, it is basically capturing the heat given off from the earth and turning it into electricity. The great part about this process is that it emits little or no emissions... More About: Earth , Investment Ideas , Tapping
Financial Market Education
2007-12-11 07:55:00 Enhancing My Financial Market Education so that a few strategies could be finetuned and I can now take my trading to a new level with my share trading. In the past I have been stagnating at the same, almost regular, returns every month. Not bad ones, I might add, but I wanted to add some fun to the trading and that objective looks like being fullfilled.
Credit Card is Your Friend
2007-12-11 07:55:00 Let's see, how many people thinks otherwise that Credit Card isn't a tool? Let's rumble ;) More About: Friend , Credit Card
Home Builders Close to Bottom; Top Plays NVR and Toll Bros (TOL)
2007-12-11 07:54:00 Have home builders bottomed? That's the million dollar question and a question that has popped up frequently recently following a two week 20 - 30% surge in shares of home builders. I'll tip toe half way out the limb and say yes and no. When I'm looking for a bottom in anything, whether it be an entire sector or individual stock I'm looking at several key criteria: More About: Home , Builders , Close , Plays , Toll
American Financial Jumps on Buyout News
2007-12-11 07:49:00 American Financial Realty Trust jumped Monday, after Gramercy Capital Corp. said it will buy the company for $3.4 billion in cash and stock. Gramercy, a commercial real estate specialty finance company, will acquire American Financial for $5.50 per share in cash and 0.12096 shares of its stock. Banc of America Securities analyst Mitchell B. Germain said the take-out price is 30 percent below where the stock traded less than nine months ago. "This is an indication to us that private market pricing for net lease assets has clearly chan More About: News , American
MasterCard Jumps 21 Pct
2007-12-11 07:49:00 Shares of MasterCard rose more than 20% late Wednesday after the credit card giant said third-quarter net income jumped 63% due in part to an asset sale and higher consumer spending. MasterCard's quarterly profit rose to $314.5 million, or $2.31 a share, from $193 million, or $1.42 a share in the year-ago period. "Starting in the U.S., our volume growth has far exceeded retail sales growth to date in 2007. While we cannot control or predict the future of the overall U.S. economy, we expect our results to trend above typical market ind More About: Mastercard , Aster
Community Health Sells 9 Hospitals
2007-12-11 07:49:00 In an effort to become more efficient, Community Heal th Systems agreed to sell nine of its smaller hospitals to Capella Healthcare for $315 million. "Most of the hospitals were smaller facilities located in smaller rural markets," said Robert Hawkins of Stifel Nicolaus & Co. "These facilities, which made up the original base of Community Health, typically have lower margins, have been difficult to build larger medical staffs and have limited upside potential." Capella, which is privately held, has a different strategy and these small More About: Hospitals , Unit
Bristol-Myers Restructuring: Work Force cut by 10 Pct
2007-12-11 07:49:00 Bristol-Myers Squibb is going to cut 10% of its work force, or about 4,300 jobs, and close half of its 38 manufacturing plants in a plan to save about $1.5 billion by 2010 and boost profitability. "Bristol's work force has held steady at about 43,000 since 2004. Since then, other large drug makers have cut jobs and costs significantly, including Pfizer Inc. and Merck & Co." They also plan to divest itself of its medical-imaging business and is exploring alternatives for its ConvaTec wound-care unit and Mead Johnson nutritionals busine More About: Bristol , Work , Force
FDA Panel Rejects Genentechs Avastin
2007-12-11 07:49:00 By JENNIFER CORBETT DOOREN December 5, 2007 2:46 p.m. WASHINGTON -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel narrowly rejected a Genentech Inc. drug Wednesday as a proposed treatment for advanced breast cancer. The panel, on a 5 to 4 vote, said the data provided by the company wasn't sufficient to provide a favorable risk benefit analysis for Avastin. The FDA typically follows its panel's advice but is not required to do so. Avastin is currently approved as a part of a treatment regimen for colon and non-small-cell lung cancer. Th More About: Panel
Bush Is Not Aiding Homeowners
2007-12-10 16:49:00 Well, the government stepped into the "mortgage crisis" and is offering relief to the homeowners that can't afford to keep their house if the interest rates go up.rnrn"There is no perfect solution," President Bush said. "The homeowners deserve our help. The steps I've outlined today are a sensible response to a serious challenge."rnrnThe plan applies to loans originated between Jan. 1, 2005, and July 31, 2007, that reset between Jan. 1, 2008, and July 31, 2010.rnrnHere is where I have a problem. The plan is to help people t More About: Homeowners , Homeowner
5 Red Flags at Lululemon
2007-12-10 16:49:00 Herb Greenberg of MarketWatch isn't a huge fan of Lululemon. He has written many articles about the company and this is just the latest. Red Flag No. 1: Early insider sales. Red Flag No. 2: Share count. Red Flag No. 3: Valuation. Red flag No. 4: Competition. Red Flag No. 5: Management integrity. The one that troubles me is number 5. Chief Executive Bob Meers may have exaggerated a bit about his job history in SEC filings and on the company's website. According to his official Lululemon resume, he was employed by Reebok Internatio
Economic News Boosts Stocks
2007-12-10 16:49:00 The Labor Department this morning reported that productivity rose at a revised 6.3% annual rate last quarter, above a previously reported rise of 4.9% and higher than the 2.2% increase in the second quarter. Unit labor costs, which help show wage-inflation pressure, fell 2%. Wall Street is cheering the report, which suggests that inflation concerns are not as grave as previously believed, allowing the Federal Reserve more room to cut the federal-funds rate without worrying about rising inflation. Light, sweet crude oil headed higher t More About: News , Stocks , Economic
RJ Reynolds uses Cartoons to Advertise Camel, Getting Sued
2007-12-10 16:49:00 Pennsylvania, New York and Washington state are filing lawsuits Tuesday after R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. violated the tobacco industry's nine-year-old promise not to use cartoons to sell cigarettes. They had a 9 page spread in the Rolling Stones, that was filled with cartoons, and the prosecutors had a heyday. Attorney General Tom Corbett's office said the states are seeking fines of $100 per magazine distributed within their borders, as well as $100 per hit on the related R.J. Reynolds Web site, http://www.thefarmrocks.com. If ever More About: Cartoons , Camel , Advertise , Vert
Dell to Sell Computers at Best Buy
2007-12-09 06:17:00 In another move from their core philosophy of making computers the way you want it and reducing overhead and expenses by not putting their computers in retail stores, Dell has decided to start selling notebook and desktop computers Best Buy in a few weeks. Many people were shocked when they decided to start selling at Wal-Mart last year. Beginning in January, Best Buy said it will sell Dell's XPS and Inspiron laptops and desktop computers in more than 900 stores. I see there being a big issue, as it seems to be a macho thing going o More About: Technology , Computers , Sell
The US market shifts to a Fed easing watch
2007-12-09 06:17:00 The stock market has shifted its focus to the Federal Reserve's meeting next week and is beginning to price in the chance of a 50 basis point cut rather than the expected 25 basis point cut. I have yet to see the data that warrants a 50 basis point cut but if they do gold is off to the races. All of the talk in the market has been focused on widening credit spreads which have been heading back to the crisis levels of this past summer. More About: Watch , Market , Investment Ideas
Paulson confident on mortgage crisis
2007-12-09 06:17:00 The stock market quickly pared losses this morning as Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the plan to freeze some interest rates is part of a "pragmatic response" to reality as the economy faces the worst housing pullback in more than 20 years. His confidence that an agreement will soon emerge to help thousands of homeowners avoid mortgage defaults by temporarily holding their interest rates steady stemmed the losses this morning, though I don't know how long it will hold without more positive news. One bit of news that many inves More About: Mortgage , Crisis , Cris , Mort
First Marblehead losing its marbles after downgrade.
2007-12-07 21:52:00 This is where Mr. Market will test my conviction. Bought my first increment at $28, now FMD slides to just under $20. Panic or opportunity? Now the P/E is under 5 with a PEG of 0.14 !!! First Marblehead helps banks like Bank of America Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. package students loans into pools and sell them as bonds. The company charges fees for advising on the deals and helping funnel the payments to the bondholders. Virtually all the company's revenue is generated from these period securitizations. More About: Investment Ideas , Marbles
Nintendos Wii a surprise hit with seniors
More articles from this author:2007-12-07 16:58:00 This is an untapped market that no other video-game-system makers have tried to reach. Sedgebrook retirement community residents tested many of the season's hottest toys to determine which toys their grandchildren might like. "The assumption was that they'd give their grandchildren the toys they approved. But it didn't quite turn out that way. The Nintendo Wii was so popular that the residents clamored for their own. Today, each of the Erickson chain's retirement communities, including Sedgebrook, outside Chicago, owns at least one More About: Technology , Seniors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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