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Thursday, October 11th, 2007
The SEC is being asked to look into case of insider trading at CountryWide Financial, the troubled lender. The subprime mortgage crisis has been tough on almost everyone in the financial industry, but not so for Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo. Now, some would like his trades investigated. ...
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
Apparently the UAW is in a striking mood these days. Workers at Chrysler have now walked off the job, much like their counterparts did at GM.
It would be the first UAW strike against Chrysler since 1997, when one plant was shut down for a month, and the first strike ...
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
From the "Department of the Obvious": a prolonged strike at General Motors lasting more than a few weeks could really hurt the company an easily cost them billions.
GM had about a 65-day supply of cars and trucks as September began, versus a 71-day supply at the same time ...
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Monday, September 10th, 2007
Two more major lenders are worried that the credit woes that continue to plague the financial services industry might take a bite out of their earnings. Wachovia and WaMu, which are two of the nation's largest lenders, are concerned about losses related to crumbling credit conditions, due to consumers ...
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Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
Countrywide Financial's shares rose 7% today as investors decided the $2 billion infusion of capital from Bank of America is proof that the company will survive. Countrywide, like many other subprime lenders, has been hanging on by a thread as the bad loans pile up.
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Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
Virgin America is coming to the skies near you, adding capacity to the airline industry, which has been trying to cut back on its' size due to expenses. Of course, the additional capacity will likely cause pressure on pricing for the industry at large.
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
That's a question that a lot of people have had for a very long time. And every step of the way the answer has appeared to be a resounding "Yes". Somehow, though, the company has defied negative expectations and the stock price has remained upwards of $500 per ...
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Friday, July 21st, 2006
Dell is slumping as PC sales seem to be tanking. I'm not sure this trend is reversible. Every day I see more and more units of devices like UMPCs and SmartPhones moving out to the masses, and I wonder: "will people really want to chain themselves down to ...
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Thursday, July 20th, 2006
Google has enjoyed another very successful quarter, and their earnings are quite high, but when you pick through the numbers a bit, you wonder if the ebullience currently being exhibited by investors in Google might cool quick. There's a few trends you can notice right away:
Other Cost of Revenues ...
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Tuesday, July 11th, 2006
From all of the plans that Google has been announcing this year, you can be sure of a few things. One is that expense are going way up at the company, as they continue to derive most of their revenue from search engine advertising. They've expanded into tons ...
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