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According to Reuters, Chuck Prince stepped down at CEO of Citigroup (C) and the bank indicated it may have to write off as much as another $11 billion. Reuters writes that shares of PetroChina (PTR)...
With the markets down so much today on the financial stock fallout after the Citi downgrade/concern and with oil stocks listing lower after the Exxon miss, we wanted to show a brief comparison of...
Following is the short interest in stocks of major companies traded on the NYSE. Figures are as of October 15 and compare to numbers on September 28, 2007. Most of the large increases and total short...
The Grocery Manufacturers Association is going to ask the government to strengthen regulation of food imports. The group, which includes Kraft (KFT) and Coca-Cola (KO) wants "beef up federal...
We are frequently asked about how certain basket picks perform compared to the overall market.  It has been years since anyone has claimed their stocks should gain regardless of the market because...
If you ever heard the old saying "Be careful what you wish for, you may get it!" it sure seems like we are there.  It also makes you wonder if it is time to go back into Defensive Stocks.  The...
According to Reuters, American Blind & Wallpaper Factory Inc has dropped its long-running suit against Google (GOOG) for running ads for competitors when search results for a company appear....
Starbucks (SBUX) is not doing very well selling convincing investors that coffee sales in its stores are rising at an acceptable rate. The company’s stock is down 22% this year. So, the coffee...
(AMGN) Amgen announced 12-14% layoffs and lowered guidance for 2007.(ANX) ADVENTRX Pharma announces fast track designation granted by the FDA for CoFactor for treatment of metastatic colorectal...
Kraft (KFT) may sell its Post cereals operation. The Wall Street Journal thinks the unit could be worth $3 billion. That really isn’t very much. The snacks and cereals division at the company did...
According to Reuters, China Mobile’s (CHL) net rose 28%. Reuters writes that Amgen (AMGN) will fire 14% of its sales force. Reuters reports that Hasbro (HAS) will increase inspection of products...
With the market in bad shape and likely to get worse, investors are running in circles looking for something to buy? Well, tobacco takes a long time to go out of style. And, Altria (MO) sells more of...
Last Friday, we wrote about defensive stock havens for a crummy stock market.  We also warned that in true market selling extremes there is no such thing as a true haven, and stocks that do "less...
It’s yet another crummy day in the markets with roughly a 280 DJIA point drop before the closing bell went off.  Bear Stearns added the most fuel at the end of the day, unemployment was not a big...
Stock Tickers: KO, MRK, PG, CAG, BUD, HRL, CL, MO, MCD, KFT, NVO, WTR If you are a long-term bull and aren’t feeling panic after seeing a huge down day (of over 400 DJIA points earlier), you will...