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The Federal Reserve will begin monetary easing shortly. (Reuters) Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison claims he can prove wrongdoing by Hewlett- Packard’s (NYSE: HPQ) new chief executive....
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Reuters: What might have become a currency war before the G20 has turned to very tentative cooperation. Reuters: Emerging nations will have more say in IMF policies. WSJ: Bank of America...
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Reuters: The US will push a trade and foreign exchange agenda at the G20 meeting. Reuters: Fed officials are still not in agreement about quantitative easing. Reuters: American International...
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E-commerce sales are still below 10% of all retail sales in the US, but the category has posted a better growth rate than bricks-and-mortar revenue for some time. comScore reported that between Black...
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Amazon.com (NYSE: AMZN) has begun to raise the price of some of its e-books above their paper versions. According to The New York Times, “Don’t Blink,” by James Patterson and Howard Roughan,...
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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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Reuters: The panel that will give advice to Obama about the deficit met but experts were concerned that it will offer few concrete answers. Reuters: The House may approve a bill aimed that...
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Reuters: American International Group (NYSE: AIG) and the Treasury are closer to a deal to recoup the taxpayers’ investment in the insurer. Reuters: China said movement on a bill to force...
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The demand for e-readers is nearly insatiable and the trend is likely to continue, at least for a little while. People with e-readers read more, which is good for the e-book industry. “Overall, two...
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Ron Bukle’s fierce battle for Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) is baffling for many reasons. The biggest mystery is why he is bothering at all. Barnes & Noble’s prospects are so...
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MarketWatch: The Chinese let the yuan rise perhaps because of pressure from the US. Reuters: The BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) bid for Potash (NYSE: POT) may go into 2011 as the Australian company...
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In new ads recently posted on YouTube which may make it to TV, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has savaged the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad based both on price and the trouble users have seeing its screen...
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The cast of characters in this week’s Unusual Suspects is not any ordinary group of companies. There are many key stocks to watch for investors that have carryover issues from last week or which...
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Updated throughout the day. A buyout of Burger King (NYSE: BKC) is likely to be at $24 (WSJ) China search engine firm Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) will focus more on mobile markets (Reuters) The SEC is...
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Updated throughout the day. Burger King (NYSE: BKC) is for sale (WSJ) Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will team up with a partner in China to expand its search operations. (WSJ) JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM)...
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