Archive for January, 2009:

Closing Bell: DJIA challenges 8,000, again …

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Jon Ogg }
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Filed under: Amazon.com (AMZN), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Boston Scientific (BSX), Procter and Gamble (PG), Broadcom Corp'A' (BRCM), Juniper Networks (JNPR)Today was just another negative day at the office after yesterday. It felt as though we were trying to hold on ...Read More »

Exxon’s profits sure to inspire the haters

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Jonathan Berr }
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Filed under: Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron Corp (CVX), ConocoPhillips (COP), Commodities, OilRemember when Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) was the symbol of all that was evil in corporate America? Remember when people were pawning their jewelry to buy gas? Remember when ...Read More »

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{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by BloggingStocks }
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Best Buy looking at buying some empty Circuit City locations soon?

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Brian White }
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Filed under: Competitive strategy, Best Buy (BBY)Best Buy, Inc. (NYSE: BBY) CEO Brad Anderson indicated this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland that the largest consumer electronics retailer in the U.S. would be looking at about-to-be-vacated retail ...Read More »

Perspective from the Spending Guru

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Ockham Research Staff }
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The immensely popular TechCrunch blog features an outstanding guest column by the founder of Mint.com, Aaron Patzer.  For those unfamiliar with Mint, it is a personal finance site that tracks user’s spending on various accounts (bank, credit card, loan, anything ...Read More »

Amazon had a great Q4, but don’t buy just yet

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Steven Mallas }
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Filed under: Earnings reports, eBay (EBAY), Amazon.com (AMZN) Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), whose competitors include eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) and Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), is up today after the online retailer released its Q4 numbers yesterday after the bell. And when ...Read More »

Great news: GDP shrinks only 3.8% in Q4

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Peter Cohan }
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Filed under: Economic data, Politics, Recession, Financial CrisisThe final quarter of the great national nightmare -- our 43rd president -- ended with the worst quarterly performance of our GDP since 1982, when Ronald Reagan was in office. The 3.8% decline ...Read More »

Wall Street has been strip mining America

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Sheldon Liber }
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Filed under: Rants and raves, Scandals, Economic data, Politics, Headline news, RecessionJust like the government's tardy recognition of the recession, nine months after the fact, Washington has become embarrassed over and over again by the scandalous behavior of Wall Street ...Read More »

Black & Decker gets a black eye

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Tom Taulli }
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Filed under: Earnings reports, Black and Decker (BDK)Yesterday was nightmarish for investors in Black & Decker (NYSE: BDK) as the stock price plunged 21%. In fact, it was the worst one-day performance since 1987. Like most other companies, Black & Decker ...Read More »

Is Iran’s economy turning downward?

{ Posted on Jan 30 2009 by Connie Madon }
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Filed under: Middle East, Oil, DJIA, Financial CrisisThe global economic slowdown is now reaching countries that once were immune from trouble. Let's take Iran, for example. Conventional thinking would be that Iran has so much oil money that their economy ...Read More »
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