Archive for November, 2010:

Google to Offer Groupon $5-6 Billion; From Startup to Megabucks in 2 Years; "Grouponicus" Holiday Deals

{ Posted on Nov 30 2010 by Michael Shedlock }
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Categories : All, Globaleconomicanalysis
It's not easy to to go from startup to $6 billion in two short years. That Groupon is about to do so is testimony as to just what can happen when a good idea goes viral.Certainly Groupon had the right ...Read More »

Obama seeks breakthrough on Bush-era tax cuts

{ Posted on Nov 30 2010 by Financial Times - US homepage }
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Republicans and Democrats failed to bridge their differences over extending the Bush-era tax cuts, leading Barack Obama to call for talks to find some “sensible common ground” before the cuts expire Read More »

Doing the Math on Paying Cash for Cars

{ Posted on Nov 30 2010 by Trent }
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Categories : All, Automobile, debt, Learning, The Simple Dollar
Quite often, I get emails from readers asking about the “best” way to purchase a particular car that they want. They have their eye on some new model and want me to essentially tell them that it’s okay to ...Read More »

Commodities This Week: Cold Weather, Middle East Tensions Expected to Have an Effect

{ Posted on Nov 30 2010 by SeekingAlpha.com }
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Categories : All, CRB, DBA, DBB, DBP, GLD, JJA, Proactive Investor, SeekingAlpha, SLV, USO
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Shell and Gazprom in oil and gas alliance

{ Posted on Nov 30 2010 by Financial Times - US homepage }
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Royal Dutch Shell and Gazprom have formed a strategic alliance little more than three years after an acrimonious dispute over the Sakhalin II oil and gas project Read More »

Goldman challenged on trading code

{ Posted on Nov 30 2010 by Financial Times - US homepage }
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Sergey Aleynikov, who is accused of stealing Goldman Sachs’ source code, argued that he was standing up to the bank’s proprietary claims on open-source code Read More »

Glance: Barnes & Noble 2Q revenue by category

{ Posted on Nov 30 2010 by Yahoo! Finance: Earnings News }
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Barnes & Noble on Tuesday reported that its second-quarter loss narrowed but revenue rose only slightly excluding results from its new college book store unit. The company completed that purchased in September 2009 so last year's second-quarter results included only ...Read More »

Brussels launches formal Google probe

{ Posted on Nov 30 2010 by Financial Times - US homepage }
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European antitrust authorities open investigation after smaller online search service providers claim the US company has abused its dominant position Read More »

Wireless Matrix Announces Details of Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2011 Results Conference Call

{ Posted on Nov 30 2010 by Yahoo! Finance: Earnings News }
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Wireless Matrix Corporation announced today that it intends to release its second quarter fiscal year 2011 results at approximately 8:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 and has scheduled a conference call to begin at 10:00 a.m. Read More »

Trichet hints at more bond purchases

{ Posted on Nov 30 2010 by Financial Times - US homepage }
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Response to the unfolding crisis may be recalibrated as premiums for Italy and Spain over Germany benchmark interest rates hit fresh highs Read More »
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