The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (8/24/2010) Yen Soars, Dumb Dell

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Published: August 24, 2010 8:46 am

Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than one million Twitter users. It raises the question of whether there is wisdom in crowds.

24/7 Wall St. will look at the Twitter posts at Reuters Biz, WSJ, Financial Times, CNN Money

The Economist: Headlines: Yen rises, shares sink; WPP profits disappoint; Chi-X Europe says has takeover approach http://ow.ly/2tUcm

CNN Money: Yen soars to 15-year high against dollar http://bit.ly/aiEBsq

FT: BP listed 390 problems on Gulf rig: Investigation by US Coast Guard and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management told… http://bit.ly/d5OKiF

Reuters Biz: Dell may up 3PAR bid: report http://link.reuters.com/ced86n

Reuters Biz: Yen rises to 15-year high versus dollar http://link.reuters.com/gax76n

Yahoo! Finance: Yen hits 15-year high as Japan ponders move http://yhoo.it/a9rO2u #FOREX $$

Yahoo ! Finance: $Dell may up 3PAR bid: report http://yhoo.it/aAld86 $$

Douglas A. McIntyre

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