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The Comcast And NBC Universal Mega-Deal

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:31:06 GMT

Welcome to the Wealth Daily Weekend Edition — our insights from the week in investing and links to our most-read Wealth Daily and sister publication articles. Another dizzying week of ups and downs was capped with good news yesterday...[More...]

Measuring The Fiscal Costs Of Not Fixing The Financial System

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:26:39 GMT

This post is a slightly edited version of remarks prepared for delivery at Unwinding Public Interventions in the Financial Sector: Preconditions and Practical Considerations, IMF High-Level Conference, Thursday, December 3, 2009, Washington D.C. I participated in Session 2: Managing Fiscal Risks—Public Finance Aspects of Unwinding.[More...]

Wall Street Ends Higher On Stronger-Than Expected Data, DuPont (NYSE: DD) Sinks

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:00:46 GMT

US stocks finished up as as a government release showed that economy lost far fewer jobs than expected in November, as the unemployment rate fell to 10 percent.[More...]

Unemployment Duration Still Rising

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT

While we got some very good news with the employment report today (see "Unemployment Report - WOW!"), there was one part of the report that was very troubling. While it looks like the number of people entering the pool of unemployed is falling, once people are out of work it is extremely difficult for them to find new jobs.[More...]

Comcast to Pay $13.75B for NBC

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:58:40 GMT

Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) is expected to pay $13.75 billion in cash and assets to gain control of NBC Universal from General Electric Company (GE).[More...]

Dell Plans To Sell Polish Plant

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:45:57 GMT

Dell Inc. (DELL) recently announced that it will sell the two-year-old manufacturing facility at Lodz, Poland to a Taiwan-based company Foxconn Technology. Although the company did not mention the sale value. This manufacturing facility mainly serves customers in the Europe, the Middle East and Africa and has a headcount of nearly 1,600 workers.[More...]

With NBC Deal Done, Comcast Becomes The New Cable Juggernaut

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:01:33 GMT

Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA) will acquire a 51% stake in General Electric Co.’s (NYSE: GE) NBC Universal Inc. for $13.75 billion in cash and assets, giving the cable giant lucrative cable channels including SyFy, Bravo and the USA Network, as well as Universal Pictures and its related theme parks in California, Florida and Japan.[More...]

Unemployment rises for south-central Idaho

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:48:00 GMT

Dec. 5--Unemployment jumped more than two percentage points in Mini-Cassia and nearly a full percentage point in Twin Falls and Jerome counties in November, according to Idaho Department of Labor.
According to the department of labor's monthly unemployment report, Lincoln County reported more than 15 percent of its population -- or about 400 people -- were unemployed.
Camas County, which reported one of the highest unemployment rates in Idaho in October, declined four percentage points to 12.8 percent.

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The Comcast And NBC Universal Mega-Deal

Measuring The Fiscal Costs Of Not Fixing The Financial System

Wall Street Ends Higher On Stronger-Than Expected Data, DuPont (NYSE: DD) Sinks

Unemployment Duration Still Rising

Comcast to Pay $13.75B for NBC

Dell Plans To Sell Polish Plant

With NBC Deal Done, Comcast Becomes The New Cable Juggernaut

Unemployment rises for south-central Idaho

Chicago Tribune Gail MarksJarvis column: Surprising jobs strength provides some promise

Baird to open brokerage office in SouthPark area: Landrum Henderson Jr. to head financial firm's move into wealth management market.

Senator John Kerry out million$: Study: Senator lost one-third of fortune amid economic crisis

AP source: Apple in talks to buy Lala.com

'Monk' gets 33,000 farewell texts

AP source: Apple in talks to buy Lala.com

Treasury gets $146.5M for Capital One warrants

GE to buy $345 mln of ads from NBC Universal

100% Profitable Stock Trading Streak Climbs to 51 in a Row

Cisco Controls Approximately 89 Percent of TANDBERG -- 90 Percent Condition Waived

ADDING MULTIMEDIA Comcast and GE to Create Leading Entertainment Company

Citi Private Bank Announces Key Hires

Comcast and GE to Create Leading Entertainment Company

Grass Roots Research and Distribution Issues "BUY" Rating With $0.15 Target Price for United States Oil & Gas Corporation

Customers Switch to HP Workstations for Improved Performance, Value

GE Invests $117 Million in EDP Renewables' Oklahoma Wind Farm and Additional $111 Million in Established Wind Farm Portfolio

Reval Testifies Before U.S. Senate on OTC Derivatives Reform

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