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Filed under: Newspapers, New York Times'A' (NYT), Gannett Co (GCI), Media WorldWe've put three quarters behind us in 2009, and the most recent one was merely another miserable step downward for the beleaguered newspaper industry. Total ad revenue plummeted in the third quarter to $6.4 billion for the print jockeys, a decline of 28%....
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Posted:2009-11-20 21:40:00 GMT
Filed under: Dell (DELL), Intel (INTC)Today was a very unusual day. There was no real economic data to absorb. And the markets did see some unusual options trading ahead of expiration date at 4:00 PM today. Disappointing earnings kept a negative bias in the air despite a brief recovery into positive territory in the final hour today......
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Posted:2009-11-20 21:00:00 GMT
Filed under: Rumors, Market matters, Bank of America (BAC), Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW), TD AmeriTrade Holding (AMTD), Options, Wells Fargo (WFC), Chasing Value, E*TRADE (ETFC)Look before you leap! All year long rumors have been swirling around that E*TRADE (ETFC) was on the auction block being prepared for an acquisition by a bigger fish interested in its customers and superior trading platform....
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Posted:2009-11-20 18:40:00 GMT
Filed under: Management, Competitive strategy, Starbucks (SBUX)I have had my problem with Starbucks (SBUX) CEO Howard "Schultzie" Schultz in the past, but his latest little stunt has really ticked me off. First things first, I will enjoy the occasional cup of Starbucks coffee, but the price has put a venti mocha-frappa-latte-chino out of my budget so I have started making my own at home....
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Posted:2009-11-20 17:00:00 GMT
Filed under: Deals, Television, Walt Disney (DIS), CBS Corp 'B' (CBS)Oprah Winfrey, arguably the most powerful woman in entertainment (if not the world in general), is preparing to pack her luxurious bags. She's announced that in 2011, after a quarter-century of favorite things and heartfelt interviews, "The Oprah Winfrey Show" will be no more....
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Posted:2009-11-20 15:30:00 GMT
Filed under: Management, Employees, Goldman Sachs Group (GS)According to The Wall Street Journal, some of Goldman Sachs's (GS) largest shareholders are petitioning the company to lower the size of its bonus pool. These shareholders feel that GS should be passing along more of its earnings to investors. According to "pe...ople familiar with the situation," these investors hold "tens of millions" of GS shares and are complaining in private conversations at GS's...Read More
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Posted:2009-11-20 15:00:00 GMT
Filed under: Google (GOOG), Apple Inc (AAPL), Dell (DELL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Market matters, Limited Brands (LTD), Cramer on BloggingStocks, Technology From TheStreet.com Network Dell's Weak Numbers Sink Shares Five Dumbest Things on Wall Street: Nov. 20 TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says traders who focus on the negative will pounce on this poor report....
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Posted:2009-11-20 14:30:00 GMT
Filed under: Before the bell, International markets, Dell (DELL), Market matters, Economic data, Commodities, OilU.S. stock futures fell Friday morning, indicating continued weakness in the stock market. Dell's worse-than-expected earnings reported late Thursday are putting pressure on equities as a whole and technolog...y shares in particular. Investors may be moving toward safer securities in the absence of confidence in the strength of the sector, which has already stumbled the last couple...Read More
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Posted:2009-11-20 12:50:00 GMT
Filed under: Intel (INTC), Sears Holdings (SHLD), E*TRADE (ETFC)Today's jobs data was not bad, relatively any way, but the housing delinquencies and foreclosure rates was just awful and not representative of anything good. The overseas selling had the markets soft this morning and despite a recovery off lows the 'positive green line' was never really in the cards at the end of the trading day....
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Posted:2009-11-19 21:00:00 GMT
Filed under: Competitive strategy, Gap Inc (GPS)Old Navy is back! At least, that's what most media outlets are reporting. According to Associated Press, "the bad economy has been good for the chain's lower-price Old Navy brand, which was retooled last year to resume catering to frugal moms after an ill-fated foray into trendier fashions."Continue reading Is Old Navy's comeback for real?...
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Posted:2009-11-19 17:20:00 GMT
Filed under: Google (GOOG)Wednesday's strong IPO of Fortinet is yet another sign that investors are warming up to early-stage deals -- especially of fast-growing companies. So does this mean we'll see a public offering of a company like Facebook?Maybe so. According to Bloomberg News, there has been lots of activity in the private shares of Facebook, which have spiked 42% over the past couple months....
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Posted:2009-11-19 15:30:00 GMT
Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Dell (DELL), Intel (INTC), Market matters, Texas Instruments (TXN), Limited Brands (LTD), Honeywell Intl (HON), United Technologies (UTX), Cramer on BloggingStocks From TheStreet.com Network JPMorgan, U.S. Bancorp Grow as Banks Fail Cramer: 3 Big Beat...s Could Change Game TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says the world's economies are getting too strong to obey these downgrades of Intel and TI....Read More
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Posted:2009-11-19 13:15:00 GMT
Filed under: Before the bell, Microsoft (MSFT), Dell (DELL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Market matters, JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Sears Holdings (SHLD), Gap Inc (GPS), Economic data, salesforce.com inc (CRM)U.S. stock futures declined Thursday morning, pointing to a lower start on Wall Street as investors started weighing the ...possibility that stocks have run up too far and too fast ahead of the economy -- the economic recovery may not be as robust....Read More
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Posted:2009-11-19 12:40:00 GMT
Filed under: Advanced Micro Dev (AMD), American Express (AXP), E*TRADE (ETFC)The markets were higher before the economic data came to ruin the party. CPI came in higher than PPI on the inflation front, but there was a real disappointment in housing starts considering that many were expecting gains there. Oil inventory contractions across the board failed to boost that market considerably....
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Posted:2009-11-18 21:00:00 GMT
Filed under: SEC filings, From the boards, InsidersBarnes & Noble Inc. (BKS) announced Tuesday that it had adopted a so-called shareholder rights plan to ward off "efforts to obtain control of the Company that are inconsistent with the best interests of the Company and its stockholders." The company didn't go into spec...ifics, but it is likely a response to billionaire Ronald Burkle's recent disclosure that he had boosted his stake in the...Read More
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Posted:2009-11-18 17:00:00 GMT
Filed under: Employees, Politics, RecessionAlthough some members of his administration don't hold Fox News in too high of regard, President Barack Obama did sit down with the news outlet to discuss the economy. In the interview, President Obama offered what some are calling his "sternest warning" about containing defic...its. President Obama believes that a further compilation of government debt could lead to a double-dip recession....Read More
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Posted:2009-11-18 16:00:00 GMT
Filed under: Internet, Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO), Apple Inc (AAPL), TechnologyOnce upon a time, Mac users could brag they were much safer from malicious electronic attacks. After all, in the days before Google (GOOG), when Microsoft (MSFT) was the only uber-player in town, Windows was the perpetual malware target....
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Posted:2009-11-18 15:20:00 GMT
Filed under: Deere and Co (DE), Stocks to Buy, Cramer on BloggingStocks, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (POT) From TheStreet.com Network Union Pacific, FedEx Lead High-Flying Stocks Obama the Spender Warns on Debt: Today's Outrage TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says it's not too late to get on board these rocket ships....
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Posted:2009-11-18 14:30:00 GMT
Filed under: Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Small businessIf anything, the financial implosion has been a boon for Goldman Sachs (GS), which has posted record-breaking profits and bonuses. The turmoil has also been nice to billionaire investor, Warren Buffett, who is snapping up juicy deals.Unfortunately, millions of Americ...ans remain unemployed. What's more, small businesses continue to suffer, as sales are tough to grow and financing is almost impossible.With this in mind, Buffett...Read More
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Posted:2009-11-18 13:00:00 GMT
Filed under: Before the bell, International markets, Deals, Market matters, Hershey Co (HSY), Economic data, Kraft Foods'A' (KFT), Commodities, Oil, HousingU.S. stock futures edged higher Wednesday morning, a little above the 13-month highs they reached Tuesday, as investors await key data figures, including consumer p...rices and housing starts. As traders take a breather from the recent runup in stocks, the same trends that pushed markets higher on Tuesday remain: the dollar...Read More
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Posted:2009-11-18 12:45:00 GMT
Filed under: Internet, Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Amazon.com (AMZN), EMC Corp (EMC), TechnologyAmazon, Inc. (AMZN) is in the clouds. So are Google, Inc. (GOOG), EMC (EMC) and Cisco (CSCO). Now, Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) is joining them, having announced on Tuesday its new Windows Azure cloud computing system....
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Posted:2009-11-17 21:40:00 GMT
Filed under: Home Depot (HD), Exxon Mobil (XOM)Stocks started out strong, but despite the lower producer inflation via PPI the markets were mixed and the net result was not certain until the very end of the day. Many of the Warren Buffett stocks and George Soros stocks were among the movers today....
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Posted:2009-11-17 21:00:00 GMT
Filed under: Internet, Employees, Media World, TechnologyAn unemployment rate of 10.2% means that serious jobseekers are using every tool they can find. So, it's not at all shocking that social networking tools top the list, with LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter leading the charge. Openings are being tweeted, hints of a ...new position are being monitored and hot candidates are being hit up directly, even if they aren't saying they're on the...Read More
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Posted:2009-11-17 20:40:00 GMT
Filed under: International markets, Bad news, Rants and raves, China, Employees, FedEx Corp (FDX), Headline news, Federal Reserve, RecessionThe only thing that has been devalued faster than our precious dollar is the perpetual slide in government credibility. Over the years we have heard countless times about the impor...tance of a strong dollar from our leaders. "Our administration believes in and will do everything in its power to support a strong dollar" or...Read More
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Posted:2009-11-17 20:20:00 GMT
Filed under: Earnings reports, Target Corp. (TGT)U.S. mega-retailer Target (TGT) stepped into the earnings spotlight Tuesday morning, and the company had a nice surprise for investors. The firm reported third-quarter earnings of 58 cents per share, topping both the consensus estimate (50 cents per share) and last year's results (49 cents per share)....
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Posted:2009-11-17 16:20:00 GMT
Filed under: India, China, Brazil, Russia, Avon Products (AVP), Clorox Co (CLX), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Procter and Gamble (PG), Kimberly-Clark (KMB)The rest of the world is going to help U.S. consumer product manufacturers next year. Look for international growth to push the likes of Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Avon (AVP) and Clorox (CLX) higher in 2010, according to Fitch Ratings....
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Posted:2009-11-17 16:00:00 GMT
Filed under: American Express (AXP)Retailers may lose a revenue lever to pull this upcoming holiday shopping season ... and it could be a big one. The number of shoppers expected to opt for gift cards rather than traditional purchased goods is likely to increase this year, as nobody wants to waste money on a loser present in a tough financial environment....
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Posted:2009-11-17 15:00:00 GMT
Filed under: Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Market matters, Coach Inc (COH), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), Nordstrom, Inc (JWN), Polo Ralph Lauren'A' (RL), Cramer on BloggingStocks From TheStreet.com Network UBS Sets Medium-Term Profit Goals IPO Watch: Rue21, Dollar General TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says there is as extreme an aversion to discipline as he can recall....
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Posted:2009-11-17 14:00:00 GMT
Filed under: Before the bell, International markets, Home Depot (HD), Market matters, Economic data, HousingU.S. stock futures edged lower Tuesday morning following yet another strong rally on Monday. This morning, investors await some economic data due out before the opening bell, including an inflation gauge and a ho...using indicator. The housing market is further in focus as Home Depot reports earnings.On Monday, stock markets closed about 1.4% higher across the board...Read More
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Posted:2009-11-17 12:45:00 GMT
Filed under: Internet, Starbucks (SBUX), Target Corp. (TGT), Best Buy (BBY), Media World, TechnologyImagine taking the personal connections and interactions that occur every day on the likes of Facebook and Twitter... and bringing them to bear on an education. To a large extent, this hasn't been done yet, but the potential is profound....
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Posted:2009-11-16 22:40:00 GMT
Filed under: India, China, BrazilNow that it's reached 10.2%, the unemployment rate is higher than it's been in 26 years. That puts plenty of people on the hunt for work, especially since the unemployment rate doesn't reflect everyone who's been affected by the recession, such as those who have been unemployed too long or who are underemployed....
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Posted:2009-11-16 22:00:00 GMT
