A couple of minor technical problems called “business” and “life” have now intruded on my increasingly bogged down publication schedule that, in the interest...
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Warren Buffett Stocks: Where the Oracle of Omaha Puts his Money
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) has been on a buying spree, adding a plethora of positions to its storied portfolio of "Warren Buffett stocks."
Last Wednesday the conglomerate released its stock holdings. Mutual funds and retail investors closely watch the picks to dissect the...
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GM Bows Out of Super Bowl Advertising – Wall Street Journal
The RepublicGM Bows Out of Super Bowl AdvertisingWall Street JournalBy SHARON TERLEP And SUZANNE VRANICA General Motors Co. has decided it won't advertise in the next Super Bowl, a surprising reversal of strategy that comes as the auto maker overha...
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Facebook, DVR And Solving The Ad Conundrum – Forbes
ForbesFacebook, DVR And Solving The Ad ConundrumForbesIn the social age, where do ads fit? If we are to live our lives as a mixer — some are talking Syria, others are watching teachers dancing — then we don't broadcast … we share. And one res...
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Facebook IPO Size Hits 421 Million Shares
As it approaches, the Facebook IPO just got bigger as more early investors look to cash out.
Just after the Facebook IPO price range got a boost, Facebook investors raised the number of shares they are selling in the social network giant's initial public offering. While the company...
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Warren Buffett’s investment firm buys 10 million shares of GM – Detroit Free Press
USA TODAYWarren Buffett's investment firm buys 10 million shares of GMDetroit Free PressBy Nathan Bomey Legendary investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway disclosed Tuesday that it had acquired 10 million shares of General Motors common sto...
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General Motors to pull ads from Facebook – Los Angeles Times
CBS NewsGeneral Motors to pull ads from FacebookLos Angeles TimesGM's decision to stop its paid advertising on Facebook comes as investors have been weighing revenue prospects on the social networking site. News about the Facebook IPO outside NASDA...
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Berkshire Discloses Stake in GM as Buffett Bets on Stocks – Bloomberg
BloombergBerkshire Discloses Stake in GM as Buffett Bets on StocksBloombergWarren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A) disclosed a stake in General Motors Co. Buffett's firm had 10 million shares of the automaker on March 31, the Omaha, Ne...
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GM’S Opel open to new allies in bid to turn profit – Reuters
Wall Street JournalGM'S Opel open to new allies in bid to turn profitReuters* Opel CEO- open to alliances beyond that with PSA * Opel CEO sees no job losses at development centre * Opel CEO- talking to GM about building Chevrolet model * State prem...
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General Motors made $1 billion in the first quarter, beating analysts … – Detroit Free Press
CTV.caGeneral Motors made $1 billion in the first quarter, beating analysts ...Detroit Free PressDoes your business work hard to keep your employees motivated and satisfied? Do you enjoy your...- 4:10 pm What is Cojita cheese? How do you buy and use Gu...
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Allstate beats Street, derivatives hurt Prudential – Reuters
Allstate beats Street, derivatives hurt PrudentialReuters* Prudential oper EPS $1.56 vs consensus $1.71 * Allstate oper EPS $1.42 vs consensus $1.12 * Hartford oper EPS $1.25 vs consensus 91 cents * Allstate rises after-hours, Prudential, Hartford fall...
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Toyota posts April US gains, GM lifts sales outlook – Reuters
AFPToyota posts April US gains, GM lifts sales outlookReuters* Growth for rest of 2012 may slow vs first-quarter pace * Chrysler's US April sales up 20 pct; Toyota up 11.6 pct * Hyundai, Kia post solid global sales gains in April * GM, Ford post sm...
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Ford, GM sales skid as Chrysler, Toyota accelerate
Ford, GM sales skid as Chrysler, Toyota accelerate (via AFP) General Motors and Ford saw their US sales skid in April as rivals Chrysler, Toyota and Volkswagen posted strong gains, industry data showed Tuesday. Total industry sales rose 2.3 percent from a year ago, while the sales pace was unchanged from March at a...
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GM April US Sales Drop 8.2% On Timing Of Rental Deliveries – Wall Street Journal
AutoSpies.comGM April US Sales Drop 8.2% On Timing Of Rental DeliveriesWall Street JournalGeneral Motors Co.'s (GM, GMM.UT) US auto sales fell 8.2% in April, missing the forecast from car-shopping website Edmunds.com, with the company citing the ti...
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Reports: GM To Hold Talks With Isuzu On Acquiring 10% Stake – RTT News
Automobile MagazineReports: GM To Hold Talks With Isuzu On Acquiring 10% StakeRTT News(RTTNews) - General Motors Co. (GM: News ) will hold talks with Isuzu Motors Ltd. to acquire a stake of about 10 percent in the Japanese truckmaker, according to medi...
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Welcome To Austerityville
PONTIAC, Mich.—To get to city hall, you drive up I-75, past the empty Silverdome where the Detroit Lions used to play, and into a nondescript concrete municipal building. The city clerk was laid off a few days ago, but the door to her office hangs...
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Five Companies to Avoid Until the Eurozone Debt Crisis is Over
U.S. companies with significant exposure to Europe will take a profit hit regardless of how the Eurozone debt crisis shakes out.
The financial strain of Europe's efforts to avert default among its troubled members - Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain (PIIGS) - has set the Eurozone...
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Seven Prospective Corporate Bankruptcies
Ten companies with at least $100 million in assets filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month - the most since April when 17 such companies filed. So far in October five more big companies have filed, including Friendly Ice Cream Corp. and Open Range Communications Inc.
India’s 2011 gold imports projected to exceed 1000 tonnes
Hindustan Times link
Notwithstanding skyrocketing gold prices, its imports are likely to cross the 1,000-tonne mark this year on robust investment demand, say analysts. Since the US sovereign debt downgrade and the new threats emanating from euro zone...
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Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX)Chases Hot Profits in Latin America
Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) delivered big news this week to those doubting its stock can keep up its meteoric rise: It's going global.
The online video service announced Tuesday it will expand into 43 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, giving investors another...
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Team Bernanke’s QE17: A Glimpse of America in 2015
At the end of last month, the U.S. Federal Reserve brought down the curtain on its $600 billion "quantitative easing" initiative, a U.S. Treasury-bond-purchase program that investors liked to refer to as "QE2."
Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke has indicated that he does not intend to carry...
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Chinese Car Companies Racing to Produce a Global Champion
With Detroit a shadow of its former self and Japanese automakers sidelined by that country's recent disasters, Chinese car companies are racing to produce a global champion capable of competing with Western brands.
It's something that's long been talked about and something that Nissan Motor Co. (PINK:...
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America for Sale: Liquidate Assets to Avert Debt Ceiling Crisis, Republicans Say
It would be the greatest garage sale in history.
The United States Treasury possesses 261.5 million ounces of gold, worth about $392.25 billion at current prices.
Some in Washington say the time has come to sell some of its gold, along with other government assets such...
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Hot Stocks: Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) Won’t Be Back on Track Any Time Soon
Don't count on Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE ADR: TM) to regain its place as the leader in global auto sales any time soon.
Because even though the company is ahead of schedule as it looks to bounce back from the horrible wave of disasters that engulfed...
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Appalling analysis of GM by Ratner…
Link
This is stunning. I hope this guy gets it when the mob assembles.
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U.S. Automakers Throttle Past Japan Quake Supply Chain Woes, While Others Stall
While Japan's March 11 earthquake did not damage the global supply chain as badly as initially feared, the world's automakers - particularly those based in Japan - have faced a tougher road to recovery.
Thanks to a smaller reliance on Japanese parts and a quick response to the...
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de Soto is correct…
Last week in the NY Times he stated that we are suffering from the obliteration of the factual based that allows a capitalist system to function. Whether it is inflation numbers or employment stats, it is all bogus. I just happened to notice GM pricing...
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How One State’s Light Bulb Legislation Could Impact All U.S. Manufacturing
South Carolina is close to pulling off a dramatic end-run around the federal government.
If that state succeeds, the end result could have a serious impact on every U.S. manufacturing industry from cars to toilets.
It could even help balance state budgets.
Dueling Light-Bulb Laws
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Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) CFO Encourages Global Production Shift as Profits Tumble
Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) reported a staggering 77% decline in quarterly profits this month due to production disruption from the Japan earthquake and a strengthening yen. Many now wonder if the automaker can maintain its strong manufacturing presence in Japan without losing too much in profit.
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