Description: America might run on Dunkin’, but investors aren’t likely to get rich buying Dunkin’ Brands’ pricey shares. There are better bargains elsewhere in the restaurant sector.
Source: Barrons.com
Date: 08/26/2011
Link: http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052702303545104576524712905829294.html?mod=mktw
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Description:Â Â Shares of Hewlett-Packard nosedive on news that the company might spin off its struggling PC business and is also dumping the TouchPad tablet.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: 08/19/2011
Link:Â http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2011/08/19/mkts_am_hp.cnnmoney/
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Description: Hewlett-Packard Co., the world’s largest computer maker, is in talks to buy Autonomy Corp. for about $10 billion and plans to spin off its personal-computer business, people with direct knowledge of the matter said. Autonomy confirmed it is in talks with Hewlett-Packard in a statement. Cory Johnson reports on Bloomberg Television’s “Fast Forward.” (Source: Bloomberg)
Source: Bloomberg.com – video report
Date: 08/18/2011
Link: http://bloom.bg/phatLP#ooid=p1anNxMjqzp3Bi0Hs9NvAZ2uVAXR5Cdh
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Description: Marc Faber readies for hyperinflation, dollar’s demise and civil unrest
Source: Marketwatch.com
Date: 08/19/2011
Link:Â http://www.marketwatch.com/story/5-money-moves-dr-doom-is-making-now-2011-08-18?Link=obinsite
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Description: The biggest wave of deals for mobile-phone assets in more than a decade may help Research In Motion Ltd.’s shareholders almost double their money in a sale.
Source:Â Businessweek.com
Date: 08/19/2011
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Description: There’s a good chance that Google Inc. overpaid for Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc., given that the premium was 63% in an overall stock market looking for direction. Also, the acquired company’s competitive position was far from certain, especially given the fickle nature of the market for smartphones.
Source: Marketwatch.com
Date: 08/18/2011
Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/google-rescues-a-potential-falling-star-2011-08-18?siteid=nwtwk
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Description:Â Â NNi’s Felicia Taylor spends the day with gold traders in the NYMEX, during the markets’ roller-coaster week.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: 08/12/2011
Link:Â http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2011/08/12/n_nymex_taylor.cnnmoney/
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Description:Â John Chambers, chief executive officer of Cisco Systems Inc., discusses the company’s fiscal fourth-quarter profit, strategy and outlook. Profit, excluding some costs, was 40 cents a share, the San Jose, California-based company said yesterday. Analysts on average had predicted 38 cents, according to Bloomberg data. Chambers speaks with Betty Liu and Jon Erlichman on Bloomberg Television’s “In the Loop.” (Source: Bloomberg)
Source: Bloomberg.com – video report
Date: 08/11/2011
Link: http://bloom.bg/qSKblK#ooid=V3ZmFxMjqEEwvth_SUb7RoNJVqs3C5nK
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Description: Commentary: Technicians see stocks heading into bear country
Source: Marketwatch.com
Date: 08/12/2011
Link:Â http://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-low-will-stocks-go-2011-08-12?siteid=nwtwk
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Summarize the arguments presented.
Description: ONE of the most harrowing stretches in Wall Street history began with the loss of the AAA credit rating of the United States and ended with fears of a new recession. In between, the wild swings in the financial markets captivated the nation, and the world.
Source: NYTimes.com
Date: 08/13/2011
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