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Week in Preview: Fed Policy Meeting, GDP, Housing Data and Earning Galore
by Trey Thoelcke on Jan.23, 2011, under Towing
With corporate earnings season in full swing — watch for McDonalds, along with Catepillar, Amazon and other — and with the Fed meeting on interest rates, the GDP estimate and housing numbers coming out — the week ahead is expected to be quite busy.
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Week in Preview: Fed Policy Meeting, GDP, Housing Data and Earning Galore originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 23 Jan 2011 15:10:00.
Filed Under: Economy, Earnings, Microsoft, American Express, McDonald’s, Chevron, Caterpillar
Job No. 1 for Larry Page: Halt Google’s Brain Drain
by Peter Cohan on Jan.21, 2011, under Towing
When Google co-founder Larry Page replaces Eric Schmidt as CEO, he’ll have a host of things to worry about: ad revenues, growth, Facebook, privacy concerns and just how to get the company’s rebel groove back. But first on his agenda will have to be reversing the flow of top employees out the door.
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Job No. 1 for Larry Page: Halt Google’s Brain Drain originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:50:00.
Filed Under: Company News, Technology, People, Google , Microsoft, Southwest Airlines, 3M, Stocks in the News
What If the Dow Jones Industrials Tracked Just the ‘Industrials’?
by Dan Burrows on Jan.17, 2011, under Towing
It’s been a long time since the DJIA reflected just America’s smokestack economy. But today’s economic rebound is being led so far by manufacturers. And if you plot those Dow components as a group, you’ll see they’re leading the larger pack by far.
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What If the Dow Jones Industrials Tracked Just the ‘Industrials’? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:00:00.
Filed Under: Economy, Investing, Stocks in the News, Market News
Dow Dives 178 Points on China Interest Rate Hike Fears
by Dan Burrows on Nov.16, 2010, under Towing
The Dow tumbled Tuesday as part of a global sell-off in stocks fueled by further speculation that China will hike interest rates to fight inflation and renewed worries over the wobbly finances of Ireland, Portugal and Greece.
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Dow Dives 178 Points on China Interest Rate Hike Fears originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:30:00.
Filed Under: Energy, Company News, Economy, Investing, Earnings, Currency, Stocks in the News, Market News, Streetwise
AstraZeneca Looking to Sell Unit for $2 Billion
by Melly Alazraki on Nov.16, 2010, under Towing
As the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker looks to divest assets, it seeks a buyer for its dental implants and medical devices unit Astra Tech.
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AstraZeneca Looking to Sell Unit for $2 Billion originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:00:00.
Filed Under: Company News, Health Care, Astrazeneca, Stocks in the News






