Description:Â Â Â Â Barrons.com Stocks Editor Bob O’Brien makes a stop on Mean Street to discuss the relationship between the European debt crisis and the U.S. economy.
Source: Moneywatch.com – video report
Date: 11/07/2011
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Description: The allure of gold is thousands of years old, but nowadays the precious metal has a youthful look. Gold’s spectacular, decade-long run, coupled with the sovereign-debt crisis in Europe, an uncertain outlook for the U.S. dollar, and worries of worldwide recession, has tapped a new vein of investors in their 20s and 30s.
Source:Â Marketwatch.com
Date: 11/11/2011
Link:Â Â http://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-gold-bugs-are-young-and-restless-2011-11-11
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Description:Â An inside look at the real reasons for the once-beloved chain’s demise
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: 11/10/2011
Link:Â http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/the-end-of-borders-and-the-future-of-books-11102011.html
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Description: Walt Disney Co. (DIS), the world’s biggest theme-park operator and owner of ESPN, posted a 30 percent gain in fourth-quarter profit, beating analysts’ estimates on growth in cable TV and at U.S. resorts.
Source:Â Bloomberg.com
Date: 11/11/2011
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Description:Â In his On the Mark segment, Evan Newmark says Friday’s Groupon IPO should be waded through with caution by investors, because it is another example of Wall Street shenanigans.
Source: Marketwatch.com – video report
Date: 11/04/2011
Link:Â http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/groupon-investor-beware/5DE4D58B-F543-470C-880B-4F2183A8AE19
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Description:Â Â Â Â Author and economist Ben Stein tells Mean Street host Evan Newmark the Occupy Wall Street protesters still do not appear to have a mission and “are not doing anything useful.” He offers them advice to advance their cause. AP Photo.
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Description: Investment moves for those who think now is a time to buy
Source:Â Marketwatch.com
Date: 11/04/2011
Link:Â Â http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-housing-deserves-a-home-in-your-portfolio-2011-11-04
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Description: Unlocking vast reserves of shale gas could solve the energy crisis, the jobs crisis, and the deficit. Now, about fracking’s safety …
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: 11/03/2011
Link:Â http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/could-shale-gas-reignite-the-us-economy-11032011.html
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Summarize the key points in this report?
Description: Apple Inc. (AAPL), seeking to retain its management team in the wake of former Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs’s death last month, gave $60 million restricted-stock grants to most of its senior vice presidents.
Source:Â Bloomberg.com
Date: 11/04/2011
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Description: No one believed more fervently in China’s economic miracle than the residents of this pretty coastal city, which produces shoes, eyeglasses and cigarette lighters sold around the world. The good times of the past decade made many in Wenzhou rich, and residents repeatedly doubled their bets, pouring their earnings and more into stock markets and real estate.
Source:Â GlobeandMail.com
Date: 11/05/2011
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