Archive for January, 2009:

Seattle Post-Intelligencer close to closing: But not THAT close

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Sarah Gilbert }
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Filed under: Bad news, Rumors, NewspapersAbout a half of an hour ago, a rumor came from Twitter news source on all-things media, @themediaisdying: a rumor that the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, one of two daily newspapers in Seattle, Wash., was officially closing. ...Read More »

Will Apple be seeing Palm in court?

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Paul Carton }
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Filed under: Launches, Apple Inc (AAPL), Research in Motion (RIMM), Palm Inc (PALM), iPhone, TechnologyWhile Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) and Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) are locked in their battle for smartphone supremacy, a new entry into the market has ...Read More »

Wonder where your money went last year? John Paulson took it

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Peter Cohan }
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Filed under: Federal Natl Mtge (FNM)In 2008, the average stock on the S&P 500 lost 38.5%. John Paulson, no relation to the former Treasury Secretary who is famous for making billions shorting sub prime mortgages in 2007, made almost exactly ...Read More »

Stock pick and pans for troubled times: TIVO, MCD, BAA, SJM, AVP, SYK, CL …

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Melly Alazraki }
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Filed under: Exxon Mobil (XOM), McDonald's (MCD), Avon Products (AVP), Boeing Co (BA), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), BP p.l.c. ADS (BP), Stocks to Buy, Stocks to SellEarnings season was in full bloom this week, and BloggingStocks contributors often made their choices following ...Read More »

Amazon reigns in the jungle

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Jamie Dlugosch }
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Filed under: Major movement, Earnings reports, Good news, Consumer experience, Amazon.com (AMZN), Stocks to Buy, RecessionMy youngest daughter turned 3 yesterday, and my wife planned a big jungle-themed party for friends and family. She went all out decorating the house like ...Read More »

A great plan to dispose of financial toxic waste

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Peter Cohan }
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Filed under: HousingIt would be nice if we could just wave a magic wand and evaporate the $13 trillion worth of toxic waste that's dragging down the global financial system. But we'll have to dispose of it somehow in order ...Read More »

Five winning Super Bowl trades

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Andrew Houghton & Nick Atkeson }
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Filed under: Expedia Inc (EXPE), U.S. Steel (X), Stocks to Buy, Stocks to SellIt's Super Bowl time. This day of the year has almost reached holiday status where families and friends gather in front of big-screen TV to spend six ...Read More »

Sprint is not beyond fixing — but time is running out fast

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Brian White }
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Filed under: Products and services, Management, Sprint Nextel Corp (S) Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) continues to be bashed in the business media every other week it seems. The third-largest wireless company in the U.S. has shed hundreds of thousands ...Read More »

Will the slowing economy hurt or help the new Wal-Mart CEO?

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Jonathan Berr }
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Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT), Target Corp. (TGT)Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s (NYSE: WMT) new Chief Executive Mike Duke will have his hands full once he takes control of the world's largest retailer on Sunday. For one thing, the economy continues to struggle. Gross ...Read More »

Wall Street, 2009: Deaf, blind, and just plain dumb

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Bruce Watson }
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Filed under: Rants and raves, Financial CrisisIn Gone with the Wind, Rhett Butler wryly notes that there is "just as much money to be made out of the wreckage of a civilization as from the upbuilding of one." Having observed ...Read More »
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