Description: It’s going to take a little bit more than Ebola, eurozone pessimism and a rising U.S. dollar to turn David Rosenberg into a bear.
Source: Marketwatch.com
Date: Oct 24, 2014
Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-one-economist-says-no-recession-until-at-least-2016-2014-10-24
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Description: The recent market plunge has created a great buying opportunity for investors looking for quality stocks. Several auto, energy, tech and retail firms look attractive.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: Oct 16, 2014
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2014/10/16/time-to-bargain-shop-for-stocks.cnnmoney/
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Description: All the money news that matters to you this week: Stocks drop, then recover — why that’s a good thing, plus the cheapest gas in years is coming to your corner and why Facebook and Apple are reportedly paying for employees to freeze their eggs.
Source: CNNMoney.com
Date: Oct 17, 2014
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2014/10/17/cnnmoney-recap-october-18.cnnmoney/
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Description: Morgan Stanley, at the end of a week that was buffeted by market tumult, reported third-quarter results on Friday that glided past Wall Street’s expectations.
Source: NYTimes.com
Date: Oct 17, 2014
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Description: The government worries mainly about “horizontal” mergers in which one company buys another that does the same thing. But there’s also risk in vertical combinations.
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: Oct 13, 2014
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Description: General Motors Co. (GM) was hit with its biggest lawsuit so far over serial recalls, brought on behalf of drivers of 27 million vehicles seeking more than $10 billion in compensation for fallen car prices.
Source: Bloomberg.com
Date: Oct 15, 2014
Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-15/gm-sued-for-10-billion-over-losses-on-27-million-cars.html
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Description: HP is following eBay’s lead and is breaking up into two companies. There has been a wave of spin-offs this year. Expect more to come.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: Oct 06, 2014
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2014/10/06/corporate-breakups-on-the-rise-hp-spinoff.cnnmoney/
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Description: Shares of the home carbonation machine maker sunk 21% to an all-time trading low Tuesday after the company released poor preliminary results for the third quarter.
Source: CNNMoney.com
Date: Oct 07, 2014
Link: http://money.cnn.com/2014/10/07/investing/sodastream-earnings-warnings/index.html?iid=HP_LN
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Description: And then Meg Whitman cut the baby in two. After spending years debating the merits of operating as separate companies, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) on Monday announced its plans to divide.
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: Oct 06, 2014
Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-10-06/hewlett-packard-to-split-into-two-companies#r=hpt-fs
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Description: Companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index really love their shareholders. Maybe too much.
Source: Bloomberg.com
Date: Oct 06, 2014
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