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 …
Monthly Archive: August 2011
Aug
28
2011
[$$] Ben Passes the Buck
“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
No Knee-Jerk Reaction This Year
{“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
Employment Probably Slowed in August as Confidence in U.S. Economy Waned
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
3 Top Dogs Of The Dow
Aug
25
2011
Verizon acquires cloud software startup CloudSwitch
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
WRAPUP 2-Striking Verizon workers boost US jobless claims
{“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
Oil falls on higher jobless claims
{“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
Verizon Offers Free, Fun, Educational Resources to assist Kids in Delaware Prepare to come back to college
{“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 …