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For the Hotel Industry, Recovery Is a Long Way Off

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:23:00 +0000

IN these uncertain economic times, I am wary when I hear someone proclaiming, “We have finally bottomed out.” After all, who knows how long we may stay on the bottom? So that’s why I urge caution in evaluating small recent indicators that might mean better times ahead for the hotel industry. On ...

Calculated Risk found this 15 hours ago on nytimes.com

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Amazon Taking the Fight to Walmart

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:46:12 +0000

“But while media products still account for a majority of Amazon’s sales, the company’s added dozens of new products. It’s become the online Walmart, not the online Borders… Amazingly, it is much lower than Walmart, which allows it to undercut Walmart’s prices. ...

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E.U. Steered to Strict Hedge Fund Rules

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:34:00 +0000

Top parliamentarian Jean-Paul Gauzes has written to members of an influential European Union committee recommending strict rules for hedge funds that clamp down on pay and borrowing, according to Reuters.

Between the Hedges found this 23 hours ago on dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com

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Video: Layaways help Sears and Kmart

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:09:09 +0000

Sears posts the best earnings report since the merger of Sears and Kmart while other retailers warn of cautious forecasts

MediaMan posted 4 days ago from marketnewslive.blogspot.com

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Ohio Pension Funds Sue Credit Rating Agencies

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:49:01 +0000

The credit rating agencies have been bulletproof from litigation for years, but new attacks keep coming. Today, Reuters reports, Ohio’s AG sued Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch Ratings, claiming that they provided misleading credit ratings that led to hundreds of millions of losses ...

bcarton posted 4 days ago from securitiesdocket.com

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Felix Salmon: Henry Blodget Should Be Banned From The Industry

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:52:00 +0000

Sharp Looking Quarter for The Gap, Inc.

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:14:24 +0000

In a tough retail environment sales gains are always a welcome sign, and so is profit growth of 25%. The Gap, Inc ( GPS ) reported quarterly net income of $307 million or 44 cents per share which was in-line with analysts’ estimates. Revenue was actually better than expected ...

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Cramer: Flat Wrong on GameStop

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:11:44 +0000

“The problem with Gamestop is you need to be able to have both good hardware and software sales. Not until later next year do I expect Grand Theft Auto. We had Rock Band, Guitar Hero. Those are all played out. I can’t get behind GameStop not because they’re not a great company ...

ockhamsrazor posted 6 days ago from blog.ockhamresearch.com

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Video - Business Update: Wal-Mart's blues

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:17:26 +0000

Wal-Mart added to a growing list of major retailers warning of a weaker-than-expected fourth quarter, which includes the key holiday shopping season.

MediaMan posted 11 days ago from marketnewslive.blogspot.com

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Geothermal Needs Support: Industry

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:44:12 +0000

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The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and ... found this 4 days ago on nationalpost.com

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Black Friday Gimmicks & Desperation, A Win For Consumers (WMT, BBY, COST, TGT, KSS, GPS, M, JWN, MA, AMZN)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0000

We are right at a week away from the highly-awaited Black Friday for 2009’s holiday and Christmas season. As you likely know, this is THE day that retailers look forward to all year and critically depend upon as an anchor to how each retailer’s full year earnings results turn out. ...

BloggingStocks found this 4 days ago on 247wallst.com

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The Price of a Pipeline: Rena Effendi's Powerful Photos of Lives Destroyed By the Oil Industry

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:04:33 +0000

An abandoned oil well (left) and a fisherman in an oil village, both in Baku, Azerbaijan. Photos by Rena Effendi via Getty Images . Boosters of the Nabucco pipeline project tout the economic and political clout it will bring to Turkey. But where there are winners, there are also often ...

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Doubts raised on nuclear industry viability

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:44:12 +0000

November 19, 2009 by Lin Edwards nuclear power plant (PhysOrg.com) -- The investment in nuclear power has been growing around the world over the last few years, being viewed as a means for countries to control their energy security, avoid the price fluctuations of other energy sources, and ...

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Retail Options Sale

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:35:57 +0000

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Oil industry sinkhole threatens to swallow city

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:07:36 +0000

BAD CAVERNS: Unlike the Carlsbad Caverns, collapsed brine wells like this one in nearby Artesia, N.M., aren't natural. (Photo: National Cave And Karst Research Institute/AP)

The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and ... found this 9 days ago on mnn.com

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The Kanjorski “We’re Tough on TBTF” Headfake

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:55:42 +0000

Dear God, if you read the media, you’d really think the Congressional huffing and puffing at the banking industry was going to solve the “too big to fail” problem, or even make much of a difference. Folks, I hate to tell you, these remedies fall so far short of what it would ...

Rolfe Winkler found this 11 days ago on nakedcapitalism.com

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Just Another Manic Monday - Retail Edition

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:17:55 +0000

Good morning! Japan had a huge GDP beat (+1.2% for the Q, 4.8% annualized)) and they leaked it early (to oil executives!) but, strangely, deflation is accelerating at the same time. That’s great news for stimulus watchers as the government can continue to pump ...

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Cramer: Retail Investors Returning to Market?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:18:18 +0000

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DOJ’s Breuer Says Pharmaceutical Industry Will Be Scrutinized for FCPA Compliance

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:03:18 +0000

Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, stated today that the DOJ is planning to focus more criminal enforcement under the FCPA related to the pharmaceutical industry’s interaction with foreign officials. The Blog of the Legal ...

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Asia Electronics Industry

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:55:39 +0000

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