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The Federal Statistics Office of Germany said that GDP there rose .5% compared to the final quarter of 2011, a rate which was unexpectedly strong. Given the recessionary state of much of the balance...

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As many lawyers and corporate governance experts expected, Scott Thompson left Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) without any severance benefits. It was widely believed that the misleading parts of his resume and...

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Moody’s is taking aim at the PIIGS all over again.  This time the company is firing off at the Italian banks rather than the Spanish, Portuguese, or the Greek banks.  Moody’s noted,...

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Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) is out with its quarterly earnings report and frankly it looks and feels like an earnings report from adults rather than from what has looked and felt like...

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After the notion surfaced that LightSquared’s open wireless broadband network may interfere with global positioning systems, it seemed like nothing could save LightSquared.  There was also the...

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Airlines as a group had their best on time arrival performance in the first quarter since the Transportation Department began to collect data in 1995. The news was particularly good for customers of...

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Shutterfly, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFLY) gets a bash whenever there is news that another player is going to come more into the cloud photo services.  Reports that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is expanding its...

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New interim CEO of Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), Ross Levinsohn, needs to make his mark quickly. After firing 2,000 people, his predecessor had plans to move the Internet portal into e-commerce, a business...

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A stock market that sells off eight of nine days is not a good market.  Even the Facebook IPO is being viewed as a one-off item rather than a systemic item which will make the market stronger.  With...

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Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) has been on a multiple-leg flight.  Destination: Hell.  Now it seems that any stop in Purgatory may be short-lived.  This downgrade may feel a bit late, but...

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Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) announced that embattled CEO Scott Thompson, who was caught lying about his resume just two weeks ago, has resigned. Ross Levinsohn was named interim Chief Executive Officer. ...

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It is safe to assume that JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon will keep his job as CEO after the bank’s astonishing announcement that it had a trading loss of $2 billion, which could grow....

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Its reputation, and Wall St.’s perception of its future in tatters, Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) secured a much need loan to prop up its short term balance sheet prospects. The firm announced...

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A few hours after a Fitch downgrade, S&P said its outlook for JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) has gone from “Stable” to “Negative” in the wake of a $2 billion loss on a series of...

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In the midst of calls for JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon to step down, and new scrutiny over a $2 billion trading loss by agencies in the US and UK, Fitch downgraded the big bank’s debt....

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The major US stock indexes opened significantly lower this morning as investors reacted to the surprise loss of $2 billion by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) disclosed by the bank’s CEO after...

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Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is sometimes referred to as the King of Online Search.  That may be changing if the new data from Experian Hitwise is accurate.  Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) and...

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YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) gets the dubious honor of having The Lamest Headline of the Day!  This one looks as though it was brought to you right from the Department of Who Frigging’...

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SEC filings are often long and full of details that make most investors have a glassing-over look in their eyes.  Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) has filed its proxy materials for its...

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Fitch Ratings is out with a statistical review of operational metrics at a number of oil & gas companies. The review notes a handful of emerging trends: Finding, development, and acquisition...

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