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Indian Stock Market Closing Report: Sensex Closes Up 1% For The Week

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:02:41 GMT

The volatile trading session today largely mirrored the market movements during the week, which saw mixed investor sentiments. While some sectors managed to draw investor interest others continued to witness their apathy.[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...]

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...]

The Deep, Inner Meaning Of Bank of America's (BAC) TARP Repayment

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:19:07 GMT

As expected, Bank of America (BAC) will repurchase its $45 billion TARP preferreds, funded in part by an additional $18.8 billion in "common stock equivalents", $4.0 billion in asset sales, and $1.7 billion in restricted stock issued to employees in lieu of cash bonuses.[More...]

Forget Yesterday, It's All About Jobs

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:21:30 GMT

Good morning. Stocks tanked in the last half-hour on Thursday and while the major news outlets attributed the decline to either profit taking or some trepidation in front of this morning's big Jobs report, we'd like to offer a little more substantial reason for the 85 point dive on an otherwise subdued day of trading.[More...]

Credit Market Overview: Dec 4, 2009

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:07:42 GMT

Credit Market Overview December 4, 2009 When he and Bruce Willis are not saving the world from internet terrorists intent on shutting down the United States in “Live Free or Die Hard”, Justin Long spends his time battling John Hodgman to save the world from the other internet terrorist, Microsoft (MSFT), in ...[More...]

Fed Balance Sheet Declines By $15 Billion After Improbable Reduction In MBS, Excess Reserves, Monetary Base Hit Record

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:14:41 GMT

The Federal Reserve's balance sheet declined by $15 billion to $2,183 billion from the prior week, after the Fed presumably offloaded $2.7 billion in MBS: this is the first time since QE started that MBS holdings have declined. If anyone can tell us just who the idiots are who bought MBS from the Fed (and at what price), and who the even greater idiots are who are supposed to believe this, please send us an email.[More...]

Yahoo, Verizon: Our Spy Capabilities Would Shock You

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:21:28 GMT

Every now and then, ordinary citizens can glimpse the breadth and depth of the surveillance infrastructure erect to monitor us. In the last few days, Americans have had such an opportunity, thanks to privacy researcher Christopher Soghoian, a doctoral student at Indiana University.[More...]

China Will Continue To Drive The Global Economic Recovery In 2010

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:38:07 GMT

China isn’t just leading the global economic recovery – it’s lapping the field.[More...]

MFI Stock Review: Nathans Famous (NATH)

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:18:24 GMT

Yes, it's the company that sponsors the hot dog eating contest. It's also a Magic Formula small-cap stock worth biting into, with a cheap valuation, good business model, and strong balance sheet.[More...]

AP: Manufacturing areas lead surprise job comeback

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:49:00 GMT

CONOVER, N.C. - As record numbers of orders flow through Legacy Furniture Group's manufacturing plant, workers toil between towers of piled foam and incomplete end tables precariously stacked five pieces high.
With a 10 percent sales growth this year, Legacy has quickly forgotten the recession's low point in March, when weak order volumes forced the company to implement four-day work weeks.
The Associated Press Economic Stress Index, a monthly analysis of the economic state of more than 3,100 U.S. counties, found that manufacturing counties have outperformed the national average since March.

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Indian Stock Market Closing Report: Sensex Closes Up 1% For The Week

Comcast to Pay $13.75B for NBC

With NBC Deal Done, Comcast Becomes The New Cable Juggernaut

The Deep, Inner Meaning Of Bank of America's (BAC) TARP Repayment

Forget Yesterday, It's All About Jobs

Credit Market Overview: Dec 4, 2009

Fed Balance Sheet Declines By $15 Billion After Improbable Reduction In MBS, Excess Reserves, Monetary Base Hit Record

Yahoo, Verizon: Our Spy Capabilities Would Shock You

China Will Continue To Drive The Global Economic Recovery In 2010

MFI Stock Review: Nathans Famous (NATH)

AP: Manufacturing areas lead surprise job comeback

AP: Manufacturing areas lead surprise job comeback

AP source: Apple in talks to buy Lala.com

AP source: Apple in talks to buy Lala.com

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Microsoft ironing out Bing glitch

Daily Mail, London, market report column

Pawlowski in spotlight at jobs summit

Modavox Releases Management Letter to Shareholders

New Sopheon Strategic Roadmapping Software Enables Users to Quickly Adjust Strategies in Response to Changing Market Conditions

Mertech to Develop BTR2SQL for MySQL

Infonetics Research: Carrier VoIP equipment holds steady at $595M in 3Q09; IMS market on track for growth

Level 3 to Support Clearwire's National 4G WiMAX Network

BlueCat Networks Receives "Positive" Rating in Leading Analyst Firms DNS, DHCP & IP Address Management (DDI) MarketScope Report

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