Description:Â Â Â Â Fred Hickey, editor of The High-Tech Strategist, says (at Barron’s 2011 Art of Successful Investing conference) that Nokia’s smartphones based on the Windows operating system could be a big hit with consumers and help revive Nokia shares.
Source: Marketwatch.com – video report
Date: 10/29/2011
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Description:Â The world’s IPO market is officially on the skids right now, according to a new report from Thomson Reuters. What does it mean for companies like Groupon and Zynga? Scott Austin discusses on Digits.
Source: Marketwatch.com – video report
Date: 10/28/2011
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Why has the IPO market been so weak recently?
Description: A proposed pipeline stretching from Canada to the United States may contribute to a rise in the nation’s prices for oil, and has the potential to significantly change the landscape of the market.
Source:Â Marketwatch.com
Date: 10/28/2011
Link:Â Â http://www.marketwatch.com/story/cross-border-pipeline-may-change-oils-landscape-2011-10-28
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Description: The story of one man who used a little persuasion—and a lot of luck—to win the rights to millions of tons of rare earths
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: 10/27/2011
Link:Â http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/alaskas-billion-dollar-mountain-10272011.html
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Description: With the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission probing Avon Products Inc. (AVP)’s dealings with analysts, Andrea Jung may be facing the toughest challenge of her 12-year tenure as chief executive officer.
Source:Â Bloomberg.com
Date: 10/28/2011
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Description:Â Â Shares of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, maker of the popular K-Cup, have plunged after hedge fund manager David Einhorn recommended shorting it.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: 10/21/2011
Link:Â http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2011/10/21/n_bz_gmcr.cnnmoney/
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Description:Â Maker of iPhones and iPads posts earnings growth of more than 50% for the quarter, but even though consumers were seen likely holding off to wait for the new iPhone, expectations were very high, tech editor Dan Gallagher tells Stacey Delo.
Source: Marketwatch.com – video report
Date: 10/18/2011
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Description: Year’s tumble lures value seekers, but they could be a trap
Source:Â Marketwatch.com
Date: 10/21/2011
Link:Â Â http://www.marketwatch.com/story/can-bank-stocks-bail-out-your-portfolio-2011-10-21
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Description:Â It isn’t Occupy Wall Street. It’s the prospect of a shifting market and pay cuts and layoffs
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: 10/20/2011
Link:Â http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/what-really-has-wall-street-worried-10202011.html
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Description:Â Groupon Inc. founder and Chairman Eric Lefkofsky may parlay a $1 million check to co-founder Andrew Mason four years ago into a stake worth $2.3 billion when the daily-deal site sells shares to the public next month.
Source:Â Bloomberg.com
Date: 10/22/2011
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