Archive for November, 2008:

Earnings highlights: HP, Campbell, Deere, Tiffany, Xerox, Borders and others

{ Posted on Nov 29 2008 by Trey Thoelcke }
Categories : BloggingStocks
Filed under: Earnings reports, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Starbucks (SBUX), Campbell Soup (CPB), Tiffany and Co (TIF), Xerox Corp (XRX), Deere and Co (DE), salesforce.com inc (CRM)Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks: ...Read More »

Comfort Zone Investing: If you think inflation is bad …

{ Posted on Nov 29 2008 by Ted Allrich }
Categories : BloggingStocks
Filed under: Comfort Zone InvestingTed Allrich is the founder of The Online Investor and author of the book: Comfort Zone Investing: Build Wealth and Sleep Well at Night. In this weekly column, he'll offer advice to investors who are just ...Read More »

Next year’s investment plan: What Obama’s green energy economy might portend

{ Posted on Nov 29 2008 by Bruce Watson }
Categories : BloggingStocks
Filed under: Ford Motor (F), Home Depot (HD), PoliticsOver the past few months, as election rhetoric heated up and the economy has cooled, one of Barack Obama's recurring themes has been that the secret to America's future will be the ...Read More »

Rubin says Citigroup not his fault

{ Posted on Nov 29 2008 by Douglas McIntyre }
Categories : BloggingStocks
Rubin says Citigroup not his fault originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments Read More »

How Many Words is This Picture Worth?

{ Posted on Nov 28 2008 by Ockham Research Staff }
Categories : Ockham
Most people would agree that it is difficult to put the cost of bailing out our financial system into real terms.  Including the recent Citi rescue, some estimates are as high as $4.6 trillion dollars in total costs.  So, we ...Read More »

Deadly Black Friday: One at Wal-Mart, Two at Toys ‘R’ Us

{ Posted on Nov 28 2008 by Peter Cohan }
Categories : BloggingStocks
Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT)I have always disliked the moniker 'Black Friday.' Explaining that 'Black Friday' refers to the day that retailers go from losing money to making it strikes me as awkward -- particularly when my first instinct on hearing ...Read More »

Circuit City bankruptcy gallows humor: Do not sell!

{ Posted on Nov 28 2008 by Zac Bissonnette }
Categories : Uncategorized
Filed under: Circuit City Stores (CC), Comic ReliefBankruptcies, liquidations, and layoffs are never fun for workers, but it's good to see that someone at Circuit City hasn't lost his or her sense of humor. With the company deep in slash-and-burn mode, ...Read More »

Microsoft ends deal with LeBron James

{ Posted on Nov 28 2008 by Zac Bissonnette }
Categories : BloggingStocks
Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Marketing and advertising, Business of sportsJust a few days after General Motors (NYSE: GM) broke the news that it was ending its endorsement deal with Tiger Woods, NBA phenom LeBron James' agent told reporters that Microsoft ...Read More »

Earnings preview: Will Sears surprise in Q3?

{ Posted on Nov 28 2008 by Steven Mallas }
Categories : Uncategorized
Filed under: Forecasts, Wal-Mart (WMT), Target Corp. (TGT), Sears Holdings (SHLD)Sears (NASDAQ: SHLD) is scheduled to report earnings for the third quarter on Tuesday, December 2. The expectation is for a loss of $0.49 per share. I think it's therefore ...Read More »

GM wants to block public from tracking its corporate jets

{ Posted on Nov 27 2008 by Peter Cohan }
Categories : Uncategorized
Filed under: General Motors (GM)General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM) just doesn't get it. After flying in a corporate jet to Washington last week with tin cup in hand, its executives have not wised up. Rather than flying on public airlines ...Read More »