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Wall Street Closes Higher, General Electric (NYSE: GE) Rallies

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:14:45 GMT

US stocks finished higher on Friday as investors shrugged off disappointing government data showing the unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent in October - the highest in 26-1/2 years.[More...]

Closing Update: Wall Street Recovers From Jobs Report Downer, Ends Higher Friday and Up 3% for Week

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:04:10 GMT

Stock averages end narrowly higher Friday after a whipsaw session. All three leading averages record solid 3% weekly gains. A jump for Dow component General Electric (GE) after an analyst upgrade helped offset the damage from a weaker-than-expected October jobs report. Travelers (TRV) and Amazon.com (AMZN) also advanced after an upgrade.[More...]

Biostar Raises $3.6 Million

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:26:18 GMT

Biostar Pharmaceuticals has completed a private placement that raised $3.6 million in new capital. Biostar will use the proceeds to complete its new raw materials processing facility. By taking its raw material production in house, Biostar will lower costs and ensure its product quality. Biostar plans to sell excess raw materials to other pharmaceutical companies in the Shaanxi province.[More...]

Bulls Back On Track?

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:21:18 GMT

Good morning. With chants of "Dow 10K… Dow 10K" once again rising from the streets at the corner of Broad and Wall yesterday, it is easy to believe that the bulls are back on track and that we'll soon be looking at new highs for the stock market. And when reviewing the data inputs to yesterday's 204 point romp, it is also easy to don the Dow10K hat once again and join in on the celebration.[More...]

Ford's Main Problem: The UAW's Crippling Job Classifications And Work Rules

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:52:50 GMT

Ford's 2,215 page 2007 master contract with the UAW 1941 UAW-Ford contract[More...]

Wall Street Surges On Strong Economic Data, Boeing (NYSE: BA) Rallies

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:29:19 GMT

US stocks rallied on Thursday as upbeat economic data and better-than-expected revenue forecast from Cisco bolstered investor confidence.[More...]

Closing Update: Bulls Take Charge, Sending DJIA Back Above 10,000

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:35:00 GMT

Wall Street looked past the previous session's mixed reaction to a murky Federal Reserve release and relished in upbeat economic data and earnings news Thursday, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 200 points and back above 10,000. It's the biggest one-day jump for the blue-chip index since July 15.[More...]

Your Kind of Day?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:06:48 GMT

As a rule, I try not to read too terribly much into a "Fed Day" as there is usually a big batch of volatility that may or may not mean much of anything come the dawn of the next day. Maybe, it's just me. Or maybe there are others that find themselves inclined to simply stand aside and watch the nuttiness from the sidelines on "Fed Days." But in any event, the volatility after a Fed announcement, while fun to watch, may not be telling as to what to expect in the future.[More...]

Oracle of Omaha teaching us

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:02:00 GMT

Nov. 8--Just when we're struggling to make sense of stock market's daily palpitations, the Oracle of Omaha comes along with a $26.3 billion offer for the shares of Burlington Northern Santa Fe [ticker: BNI] he doesn't already own and provides some insight to defog the befuddled brains of average investors.
Let's get one thing straight: Putting his genius aside for a moment, Mr. Buffett is not your average investor.
He's more like Goldman Sachs or a private equity firm.

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Wall Street Closes Higher, General Electric (NYSE: GE) Rallies

Closing Update: Wall Street Recovers From Jobs Report Downer, Ends Higher Friday and Up 3% for Week

Biostar Raises $3.6 Million

Bulls Back On Track?

Ford's Main Problem: The UAW's Crippling Job Classifications And Work Rules

Wall Street Surges On Strong Economic Data, Boeing (NYSE: BA) Rallies

Closing Update: Bulls Take Charge, Sending DJIA Back Above 10,000

Your Kind of Day?

Oracle of Omaha teaching us

The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Ron Bartizek column: Service work, spending won't bring success

BofA director flying high on perks of special deal: Former FleetBoston CEO Chad Gifford's jet travel cost bank more than $1million last year.

Mercury News Interview: Kevin Johnson, CEO, Juniper Networks

Stocks post modest gains as job losses slow

Give PPL old refrigerator, receive $35 rebate

Evening Standard, London, market report column

Stocks zigzag as dollar slides on jobs report

Unemployment nears 10 pct. as rebound remains slow

Unemployment nears 10 pct. as rebound remains slow

Cisco Breaks Down Barriers to Business-to-Business Collaboration

Cisco Transforms Unified Communications With Innovative Business-to-Business Solutions

ePlus Achieves Cisco Master Managed Services Certification; Company Recognized as Having Highest Level of Expertise in Developing and Delivering Managed Services

Treasury & Risk Magazine's 2009 Alexander Hamilton Awards Winners Announced

Ares Capital Corporation to Partner with GE Capital in Senior Secured Loan Fund LLC

IneoQuest Develops the First and Only Solutions for Monitoring, Analyzing and Reporting the Quality of Streaming Video to the iPhone(TM)

GE Taps Asia, Renewables Growth, Makes Loan to Indonesia's Biggest Geothermal Power Plant

Cisco and EMC, Together With VMware, Form Coalition to Accelerate Pervasive Virtualization and Private Cloud Infrastructures

Cisco and EMC Together With VMware to Host News Webcast

Acacia Subsidiary Licenses Medical Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) Technology to General Electric Company

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