Aug
28
2011
If you have to make some quick money today, you may replenish on D- and C-cell batteries and flashlights and sell them on a street corner in Manhattan, because many stores are sold out. Yes, Big apple and masses of the Eastern seaboard is preparing for an instantaneous hit from Hurricane Irene, that is being …
Aug
28
2011
“When ideas fail,” Goethe observed, “words are available very handy.” For no less than quarter-hour, anyway, or even when they’re weasel words, the poet may need judiciously added. Amid great expectations (not less than by a heap of investors) Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke journeyed to Jackson Hole, Wyo., to deliver his sermon on the Federal …
Aug
28
2011
{“s” : “bac,hmc,nsany.pk,tm,ubs,vz”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} Robert Johnson, CFA, On Saturday August 27, 2011, 7:00 am EDT The market spent many of the week watching for Ben Bernanke’s speech, mainly to look whether he’d implement an asset-friendly QE3 program. Although initially disappointed by no QE3 announcement, the market took some solace within …
Aug
28
2011
Aug
28
2011
Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) — Steven Wieting, economist and managing director at Citigroup Inc., talks in regards to the outlook for the U.S. economy and labor market. He speaks with Matt Miller on Bloomberg Television’s “Final analysis.” (Source: Bloomberg) Hiring probably slowed in August and U.S. manufacturing contracted for the 1st time in two years as …
Aug
28
2011
Dogs of the Dow is an investment strategy popularized by Michael O’Higgins. The tactic is to shop for 10 stocks of the Dow Jones with the top dividend yield and lowest price to earnings ratio in the beginning of the year or any trading period and to carry these stocks for a year. After this …
Aug
25
2011
Courtesy photo. Former Netezza marketing head Ellen Rubin co-founded CloudSwitch in 2008. The corporate announced its sale to verizon, Thursday, for undisclosed terms. CloudSwitch Inc., a cloud computing software startup based in Burlington, Mass., was acquired by verizon Communications Inc. verizon Communications Inc. Latest from The Business Journals Sprint top off on Apple iPhone …
Aug
25
2011
{“s” : “AAPL,IKJ,RBS.L,VZ”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} 16:18, Thursday 25 August 2011 * Weekly jobless claims rise to 417,000 * Four-week moving average up 4,000 * verizon (NYSE: VZ – news) strike boosts claims * Continuing claims claims fall 80,000 (Adds details throughout, byline; updates markets) WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) – The choice …
Aug
25
2011
{“s” : “vz”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} Chris Kahn, AP Energy Writer, On Thursday August 25, 2011, 11:21 am EDT NEW YORK (AP) — Oil dropped Thursday on higher U.S. unemployment claims and concerns about less demand for oil and gas. Benchmark West Texas Intermediate oil lost 95 cents at $84.18 per barrel …
Aug
25
2011
{“s” : “vz”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} ***a*** Press Release Source: verizon On Thursday August 25, 2011, 11:35 am EDT WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — As schools prepare to open, verizon is encouraging parents in Delaware to make use of the learning games on Thinkfinity.org to aid kids brush up on …
