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Reader Mailbag: Dream House

{ Posted on Sep 02 2010 by Trent }
What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to five word summaries. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question. 1. 401(k) profit sharing 2. Online job application tips 3. Illness and challenges 4. ...Read More »

US jobless claims add to recovery fears

{ Posted on Sep 02 2010 by Financial Times - US homepage }
New claims for jobless benefits in the US fell last week but still remain above the level economists say is necessary to create jobs. Read More »

TPC Group Announces Fiscal 2010 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Earnings and Conference Call Schedule

{ Posted on Sep 02 2010 by Yahoo! Finance: Earnings News }
[PR Newswire] - TPC Group Inc. , announced today it will release its fiscal 2010 fourth quarter and year-end financial results before the market opens on Friday, September 17, 2010.  In conjunction with the release, the Company has scheduled a ...Read More »

UPDATE – Laurentian Bank profit rises on higher margins

{ Posted on Sep 02 2010 by Yahoo! Finance: Earnings News }
[at Reuters] - * Adj EPS C$1.13/shr vs est C$1.13/shr * Revenue up 6.8 percent * Loan losses rise to C$20 mln from C$16 mln TORONTO, Sept 2 - Laurentian Bank of Canada said on Thursday its third-quarter profit rose ...Read More »

Commodities: Hoarding vs. Shorting

{ Posted on Sep 02 2010 by SeekingAlpha.com }

Obama Struggles With Urgent Task Of Fixing Economy

{ Posted on Sep 02 2010 by Financetech - All Stories }
President Barack Obama has declared fixing the U.S. economy his "central mission" but he has few tools to bring down nearly double-digit unemployment or jump-start the faltering recovery this year. ...Read More »

AIG Taiwan Unit Buyer Seeks Favorable Ending

{ Posted on Sep 02 2010 by Financetech - All Stories }
The buyers of American International Group Inc's Taiwan unit will be constructive as they seek to pursue the $2.2 billion bid even after Taiwan's regulators rejected it, a top executive said on Thursday. Read More »

Samsung to Challenge iPad With Own Tablet

{ Posted on Sep 02 2010 by Financetech - All Stories }
Samsung Electronics' first tablet computer will go on sale in two weeks, it said on Thursday, joining the hunt to challenge Apple's iPad. Read More »

UPDATE – Sycamore returns to profit, shares rise

{ Posted on Sep 02 2010 by Yahoo! Finance: Earnings News }
[at Reuters] - * Q4 adj EPS $0.05 vs est loss $0.09/shr * Revenue $22.2 mln vs est $15.0 mln * Shares rise 8 pct pre-market Sept 2 - Communications equipment provider Sycamore Networks Inc posted a surprise profit, after ...Read More »

UPDATE – Vimpelcom in talks with Sawiris, Q2 misses f cast

{ Posted on Sep 02 2010 by Yahoo! Finance: Earnings News }
[at Reuters] - * Q2 net profit $334 mln vs $431 mln poll forecast * CEO confirms talks on Orascom, Wind Read More »