Description: Bank’s loss is embarrassment for CEO, fodder for regulators
Source: Marketwatch.com
Date: May 11, 2012
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CT:Â Â Financial Analysis, Company Analysis, Industry Analysis, Management Issues, Governments & Regulators – Investing Strategies, Stocks, Risk Management, Derivatives
Description: Eduardo Saverin, the billionaire co- founder of Facebook Inc. (FB), renounced his U.S. citizenship before an initial public offering that values the social network at as much as $96 billion, a move that may reduce his tax bill.
Source: Bloomberg.com
Date: May 11, 2012
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Description: Ten years ago, smarting over my tech-stock losses, I should have bought shares of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR). Of course, it was the manifest destiny of a Vermont-based outfit to go out and rock the coffee world, Starbucks’ (SBUX) hegemony be damned.
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: May 09, 2012
Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-09/green-mountain-coffee-a-giddy-win-for-short-sellers
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Description: Delta Air Lines tries to take out the middle man by purchasing a Pennsylvania oil refinery, but it could prove to be a risky investment.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: May 01, 2012
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2012/05/01/n-delta-oil-refinery.cnnmoney/
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Description: Steven Rattner, former ‘auto czar’ for the Treasury Dept., says the government should hold its GM stake until the stock rises further.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: May 02, 2012
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2012/05/01/mkts-rattner-gm-government.cnnmoney/
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Description: When the broad stock market, as measured by the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, broke down through the important 1,390 support level in early April, it seemed that the bears would finally have their chance to take control after a long run by the bulls.
Source: Marketwatch.com
Date: May 01, 2012
Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-technicals-are-bullish-2012-05-01?link=mw_home_kiosk
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Description:Â For two former leaders in mobile and smartphones, the fall from the top was painfully obvious this week.
Source: Marketwatch.com
Date: May 03, 2012
Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/is-time-running-out-for-nokia-and-rim-2012-05-03?link=home_carousel
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Description: Banks from Citigroup Inc. (C) in the U.S. to BNP Paribas SA (BNP) in France are racing to shed assets and raise money ahead of new global capital rules that start taking effect in 2015. For Canadian lenders, these moves have created the opportunity to go on a shopping spree.
Source: Bloomberg.com
Date: May 02, 2012
Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-02/canadians-dominate-world-s-10-strongest-banks.html
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Description: It used to be easy—and I mean Uncle Pennybags-laughing-to-the-bank easy—to be a mutual fund. During the heyday of the cult of equity, investors would dutifully chase returns at Fidelity, Janus Capital (JNS), Munder NetNet, or whatever was the performance flavor of the year.
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: May 03, 2012
Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-03/mutual-funds-confront-not-quite-as-dumb-money
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Description:Â Strong global iPhone sales helped Apple beat expectations, as usual. Doubters beware – it’s hard to hate on AAPL.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: 04/25/2012
Link:Â http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2012/04/25/mkts-bz-apple-iphone.cnnmoney/
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