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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (8/31/2010) Japan Trouble, Google Magic Mail

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, MarketWatch, CNBC, and 24/7 Wall St. each day to see which stocks.

CNN Money: Gmail’s new mind-reading inbox http://bit.ly/bqU5dP

Reuters Biz: India GDP grows most since Dec 2007 http://link.reuters.com/rek48n

Reuters Biz: BlackBerry maker wins reprieve on India shutdown http://link.reuters.com/pek48n

FT: Eurozone jobless rate flat despite growth: Robust growth in the eurozone has failed to put a dent its near-record … http://bit.ly/cA7e4w

FT: Google to rank e-mails automatically http://bit.ly/adQljA

MarketWatch: Japan’s Nikkei ends 3.6% down at 8,824.06, lowest finish since April 2009, as yen soars http://on.mktw.net/9HjUWm

Yahoo! Finance: Summer revenue rises to record $4.35B for Hollywood, while attendance falls to five-year low http://yhoo.it/aAWzDB

DailyFinance: India’s Economy Grows Most Since 2007 http://bit.ly/94vSAH

Douglas A. McIntyre

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