Description: Small businesses in metro New York are still having trouble borrowing, according to a new poll released today by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: Aug 15, 2012
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Description: Stocks approached their highest levels of the year on Friday in the wake of some mildly encouraging economic data, closing out their sixth-straight positive week.
Source: NYTimes.com
Date: Aug 17, 2012
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/18/business/daily-stock-market-activity.html?ref=business
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Description:Â Investors in once-hot social media stocks such as Facebook, Zynga and Groupon have gotten some painful lessons on the effects of supply and demand, which analysts say may hurt other Web firms contemplating an initial public offering.
Source: Marketwatch.com
Date: Aug 17, 2012
Link:Â http://www.marketwatch.com/story/facebook-zynga-and-groupon-unlock-pain-2012-08-17
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Description: WSJ’s Nick Timiraos stops by Mean Street to discuss Fannie Mae’s second-quarter profit, another indication of an improving U.S. housing recovery. (Photo: AP)
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: Aug 08, 2012
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Description: WSJ’s Matt Phillips stops by Mean Street to mark five years since the global credit crunch which sent the global economy into a tailspin. (Photo: Reuters)
Source: Marketwatch.com – video report
Date: Aug 09, 2012
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Description: It’s the dog days of summer, and Facebook’s (FB) stock price is locked in the kennel. Investors are obsessing over everything that’s wrong with the social network. Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t figured out how to make money on smartphones. Several million of its nearly 1 billion active accounts are duplicates, according to the company, and another few million may actually represent businesses or automated software bots—or even pets. Employees will soon be free to sell their shares en masse. Top executives are leaving. And on and on.
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: Aug 09, 2012
Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-08-09/the-markets-facebook-freakout#r=nav
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Description: By saying in a regulatory filing that investors may not get cash back from the Alibaba transaction, Yahoo Inc.’s new chief executive sends the company’s shares lower after hours and stirs up chatter about a major M&A deal.
Source: Marketwatch.com
Date: Aug 09, 2012
Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/yahoos-mayer-sends-a-strange-signal-2012-08-09
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Description:Â Large-cap growth shares guide investors through rocky market
Source: Marketwatch.com
Date: Aug 10, 2012
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Description: Panasonic North America CEO says that foreign companies need political consistency and tax incentives to invest in the U.S.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: Aug 02, 2012
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2012/08/02/n-panasonic-manufacturing-jobs.cnnmoney/
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Description: What does Warren Buffett see that no one else does? He just made an outsize bid on ResCap loans, the latest example of his bet that the housing market represents a great investment opportunity. Joe Light has details on The News Hub. Photo: Bloomberg.
Source: Marketwatch.com – video report
Date: July 31, 2012
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