Archive for February, 2011
February Auto Sales Likely Kept Zipping Along
by David Schepp on Feb.28, 2011, under Towing
Major automakers are set to release February sales figures on Tuesday, and analysts expect the reports will show sales improved 20% compared to a year ago. Consumers continued to warm to the slowly improving economy — so far, despite surging oil prices.
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February Auto Sales Likely Kept Zipping Along originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:30:00.
Filed Under: Company News, Economy, Honda Motor Co, Ford Motor Co, Toyota, General Motors, Autos, Retail, Chrysler
Oil and Food Prices Keep Rising, but It’s Not Time for the Fed To Act
by Peter Cohan on Feb.28, 2011, under Towing
Unrest across the Middle East is pushing high oil prices higher, and that’s having a cascade effect that feels a lot like inflation as these higher prices bubble through the economy. Still, that’s not enough reason for the Fed to battle inflation by starting to raise rates.
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Oil and Food Prices Keep Rising, but It’s Not Time for the Fed To Act originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:00:00.
Seven of Business’s Most Bizarre Brand Bedfellows
by Bruce Watson on Feb.28, 2011, under Towing
Wall Street’s endless parade of buyouts and mergers, divisions and revisions has created a tangled landscape in which companies that are famous for one thing often own brands that are completely different — or even diametrically opposed. Here are seven of our favorite mismatches.
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Seven of Business’s Most Bizarre Brand Bedfellows originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:00:00.
Filed Under: Company News, Economy, Investing, Berkshire Hathaway
Startup Covestor Combines Social Networking With Investing [Video]
by Vishesh Kumar on Feb.28, 2011, under Towing
Covestor lets its users mirror the portfolios of other successful investors. And it lets investors who want to showcase their stock-picking prowess use the technology to build up a following — and get compensated in the process. Covestor’s Simon Veingard explains. [Video]
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Startup Covestor Combines Social Networking With Investing [Video] originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:00:00.
Filed Under: Company News, Investing, Facebook, Video
What Are We Getting for an Extra $1 Trillion in Federal Spending?
by Charles Hugh Smith on Feb.28, 2011, under Towing
Washington now spends that much more than it did a mere three years ago. But trying to figure out what we’re getting for all that extra money is no simple matter. A lot of slicing and dicing does yield some answers — none of which are very satisfying.
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What Are We Getting for an Extra $1 Trillion in Federal Spending? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:35:00.
Filed Under: Economy






