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Sometimes a death of a brand can take quite a bit longer than many might expect. Borders Group was one of our brands to disappear picks in late-2010 despite a broad and obvious economic recovery. ...
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Nothing like the Chapter 11 filing of a major public company brings in poor press notices. Borders Group filed for bankruptcy and closed 200 stores which is also bound to hurt it in local stories...
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Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE: BGP) has confirmed what most thought was inevitable. It has filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11. It has secured a commitment for $505 million in...
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Negative press about Chevron (NYSE: CVX) has reached a boiling point after news that the oil company had been hit with a $9.5 billion ruling by an Ecuador count. The penalty comes from pollution of...
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We have many big events to watch for in the coming week at American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ),...
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BP plc (NYSE: BP) may face US charges that it manipulated gas prices. (Reuters) Roche said that regulations in the US could harms its results. (Reuters) Borders Group (NYSE: BGP) may file for...
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Barai Capital may be part of the insider trading investigation. (WSJ) Honda (NYSE: HMC) expects higher profits as its Q3 topped forecasts. (Reuters) A Florida judge could say that part of the Obama...
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The IMF “Fiscal Monitor” and ratings agencies have both warned Japan and the US on their growing debt loads (Reuters) Ford Motor’s (NYSE: F) annual profit may be its largest since 2000...
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We examined nine companies whose plans to revive their fortunes have not succeeded and found several common themes. Managements often fail to appreciate the size of the challenges they face. ...
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The heads of several major investment banks attempted to sell their services of an AIG (NYSE: AIG) plan to pay off money it owes taxpayers (Reuters) Forecasts from Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) helped combat...
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AIG (NYSE: AIG) will meet banks to choose those that will handle the sale of the Treasury’s share in the company. (Reuters) With a split Congress it is less likely that there will be legislation to...
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Reuters: Obama’s deal with Congress will extend Bush tax cuts for two years. Reuters: The US will sell its remaining shares in Citigroup (NYSE: C) and will make a $12 billion profit. Reuters:...
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Twitter has, by most estimates, 145 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...
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The regulator filing reads: The Reporting Persons have informed the Issuer that they would be prepared to finance, on mutually acceptable terms, an offer by the Issuer to purchase all of the equity...
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A temporary job is better than no job, until the person who has it is fired. Toys “R” Us said yesterday that it would add 45,000 workers for the holidays. Presumably, unless holiday sales are...
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