Archive for the Finance Category
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Discover Financial: Put It On My Card
Discover Financial Services just charged into a new multi-year high, gaining traction on an impressive 51% first quarter earnings surprise. Estimates have since jumped higher, providing more upward momentum for this stock.Company DescriptionDiscove
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The Next Financial Crisis
The mainstream financial media are running stories on the next financial crisis. This is unheard of two years into a so-called economic recovery Excerpt from: The Next Financial Crisis
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Nokia shares fall further after Microsoft deal
Shares in Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker by volume, fell again on Monday as analysts cut their recommendations and earnings forecasts after its deal to use Microsoft's software. Continued here: Nokia shares fall further after Microso
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Kinder Morgan shares 6 percent above IPO price
Shares of Kinder Morgan Inc traded more than 6 percent above their initial public offering price in early trading, signaling strong investor appetite for cash flow from the U.S. pipeline company's assets. Here is the original: Kinder Morgan sh
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VIDEO: Garuda shares plunge on bourse debut
Shares in the Indonesian airline Garuda have made a less then impressive debut on the stock market in Jakarta. Read more here: VIDEO: Garuda shares plunge on bourse debut
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Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Places Blame on American Households
American households got blasted by the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission because they borrowed too much and saved too little. American households had created an environment of taking on too much risk by over-extending themselves. They did this by p
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Fire Your Financial Adviser, Unless They are a Fiduciary
If you have a conventional stock broker or agent acting as a financial adviser working on commission, fire them. The rest is here: Fire Your Financial Adviser, Unless They are a Fiduciary
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Financial crisis panel: This was “avoidable”
The financial crisis was "avoidable," and was brought on by failures of government regulation, and reckless risk-taking and mismanagement on Wall Street, the congressional panel probing the episode has concluded. "The greatest tragedy would be to acc
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Financial Crisis Was Avoidable, Inquiry Concludes
A Congressional inquiry said bankers and regulators could have seen the 2008 crisis coming and stopped it. Continued here: Financial Crisis Was Avoidable, Inquiry Concludes
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Financial speculation tax could cut deficit
As the deficit debate in Washington grows increasingly noisy, a research group said Monday that a tax on financial "speculation" could help resolve some of the nation's thorniest fiscal problems. See more here: Financial speculation tax could
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