Description: Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has given Congress until the end of February to raise the debt ceiling. He’s juggling the nation’s finances using ‘extraordinary measures’ but those will only last so long.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: Feb 07, 2014
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Description: More than a trillion dollars has been lost on paper since the year began. It was the worst January since 2009 and it was the worst February since 1933 prior to Friday’s rally. But let’s keep in mind the decline follows a P/E-multiple-led advance in the S&P 500 of more than 30% in 2013.
Source: FinancialPost.com
Date: Feb 07, 2014
Link: http://business.financialpost.com/2014/02/07/dont-despair-over-markets-decline-rosenberg/
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Description: Naming your startup can be one of the hardest things to do when starting a company. Each founder must agree. The domain must be available to buy. Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, investors need to like it because the first letter of startup’s name has meaningful impact on how easily the company will be able to raise money. Whatever you do, don’t pick a name that starts with the letter J. Or K. Or Q. Instead, favor names beginning with T, O and A.
Source: Fortune.com
Date: Feb 07, 2014
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Description: PEOPLE like to complain about banks popping up like Starbucks on every corner these days. But in poor neighborhoods, the phenomenon is quite the opposite: Over the past couple of decades, the banks have pulled out.
Source: NYTimes.com
Date: Feb 08, 2014
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/08/opinion/the-post-office-banks-on-the-poor.html?hp&rref=opinion
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Description: Shares of Mattel were pummeled after the toy maker reported a surprising drop in sales during the holiday shopping season.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: Jan 31, 2014
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Description: The airplane maker’s guidance spooked investors. But the turbulence could be brief. Boeing should cool off after soaring in 2013.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: Jan 29, 2014
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2014/01/29/i-b-boeing-stock-grounded.cnnmoney/index.html
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Description: President Barack Obama is in no hurry to decide whether construction of TransCanada Corp.’s $5.4 billion Keystone XL pipeline serves U.S. national interests, the next step in measuring its worthiness.
Source: Bloomberg.com
Date: Jan 31, 2014
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Description: Some of the world’s largest oil companies are reporting pretty ugly earnings. Profits at Exxon Mobil (XOM), the biggest U.S. oil company, are down 27 percent off its worst fourth-quarter earnings in four years. Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.B), Europe’s biggest oil major, saw its profits tumble 48 percent.
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: Jan 31, 2014
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Description: Deja vu. That might be how some Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) investors are feeling today. A year ago, Apple shed 11% after reporting fiscal first-quarter earnings with iPhone sales falling short of expectations. At the low this morning, Apple shares were down nearly $50, or 9%, after iPhone sales again came in shy. Both times, Apple set new all-time records of most of its pertinent metrics. Both times, it wasn’t enough.With shares flirting with $500 again, is it time to buy or time to panic?
Source: Fool.com
Date: Jan 28, 2014
Link: http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/01/28/apple-back-at-500-time-to-buy-or-time-to-panic.aspx
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Description: Investors shouldn’t stress about the ugly week for stocks. The market is coming off of huge gains in 2013 and there’s still decent growth in the U.S., Europe and Japan.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: Jan 24, 2014
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