Description: The economy and markets of 2012 sport nearly as many risk factors as a Cialis ad: Four years into full monetary tilt, does the Federal Reserve much know what it’s doing, and should we grow to expect QE6?
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: Dec 19, 2012
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Description: UBS AG (UBSN)’s $1.5 billion fine for rigging global interest rates expands the scandal to include bribery and highlights the influence of a trader in Tokyo who colluded with other banks to align their submissions.
Source: Bloomberg.com
Date: Dec 19, 2012
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Description: While Google celebrates Seinfeld holiday Festivus a bit early, Yahoo stock has soared since ex-Googler Marissa Mayer took over as CEO.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: Dec 12, 2012
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2012/12/12/investing-yahoo-google.cnnmoney/
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Description: Cory Johnson reports on Groupon’s sales growth and possible takeover. He speaks with Deirdre Bolton on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg West.”
Source: Bloomberg.com – video report
Date: Dec 11, 2012
Link: http://bloom.bg/X81lR9#ooid=p2aWdrNzo-dhmC7M3hsAXNhZ_gTmAnCC
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Description: The market is starting to pick up some good feelings again. The Sturm and Drang playing out in the capital is pretty impressive. Emotions in the market are starting to dissipate. I think there has been some heavy tax selling of big names from investors trying to manage their 2012 tax bills.
Source: Marketwatch.com
Date: Dec 12, 2012
Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/its-getting-interesting-for-apple-again-2012-12-12
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Description: Renault SA (RNO), which is losing sales faster than any other European carmaker, sold its remaining Volvo AB (VOLVB) stake for 12.8 billion kronor ($1.92 billion) to boost funding, ending an 11-year run as the Swedish truckmaker’s largest owner.
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: Dec 13, 2012
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Description: Google Inc. (GOOG) avoided about $2 billion in worldwide income taxes in 2011 by shifting $9.8 billion in revenues into a Bermuda shell company, almost double the total from three years before, filings show.
Source: Bloomberg.com
Date: Dec 10, 2012
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Description: The King of All Media and other investors will get a special dividend. Sirius XM, now profitable, has thrived while online radio stock Pandora has lagged.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: Dec 06, 2012
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2012/12/06/investing-buzz-sirius-xm-radio-pandora.cnnmoney/
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Description: Shutterfly CEO Jeffrey Housenbold says the holiday season accounts for all of the company’s profits and about 40% of its revenue.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: Dec 05, 2012
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2012/12/05/t-shutterfly-holidays.fortune/
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Description: Apple Inc. AAPL-0.37% is in the midst of another sell-off, leaving market observers and analysts to ponder the reasons why a company that is still expected to gin up strong double-digit sales growth next year has seen its market value clipped by 7% this week alone – and more than 20% over the last 10 weeks.
Source: Marketwatch.com
Date: Dec 05, 2012
Link: http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2012/12/05/5-downside-catalysts-for-apple/
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