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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
Starbucks (SBUX) recently announced that they are planning on raising the prices on some of their caffeinated beverages by an average of about .09 cents a cup. This will represent the second price increase for their products in less than a year.
Company officials stated that raising costs of dairy products ...
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
People are still using the American Express card, but more cardholders than usual are missing payments. Amex is the world's third largest credit card company, and they saw record spending on their credit cards in the second quarter.
The increase in delinquencies also led it to bolster its reserves for loan ...
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Monday, July 23rd, 2007
Year in and year out, if you observe what people say online, you'll see that the concept of low-costs stocks keep coming up. People are more convinced than ever that if they can purchase a "discounted" stock that they're sure it will eventually "rocket up", bestowing them with vast ...
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Thursday, July 19th, 2007
It was recently announced that the co-founder of Broadcom, Henry T. Nicholas III had a secret underground hideaway built to indulge in sex with prostitutes and illicit drug use.
Nicholas was identified as a “significant responsibility” for the way stock options were granted and dated when Broadcom ruled the stock ...
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Thursday, July 19th, 2007
Warren Buffett was giving out some investment advice at the recent Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder's convention, and he may have suprised some people with some of it. He dispensed wisdom, such as:
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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
The idea is simple: you put your money in a fund, so that a professional will manage your money wisely. This means you can't lose it all, right? Wrong! As is clearly the case, Bear Stearns has fared no better with two hedge funds than the most ...
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
Back in the days of irrational exuberance, the thought of a Dow Jones hitting 50,000 was commonplace. Then, as the market slumped and investors lost their zeal, the idea became ludicrous. With recent developments occurring in the market, it seems like the talk might start up again. ...
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Wednesday, September 13th, 2006
IMHO, the quality is low, and high, all at the same time. You have more information than ever before. And that's great, but it's also the downside of doing research on the internet. It takes almost nothing for people to generate "information" for the masses online, much ...
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Friday, September 1st, 2006
That's a big question for anyone who owns a home, and an even greater concern for people who are considering re-financing their homes. The bust is definitely already hitting areas: generally the areas that are hit hardest have been the ones that were flying the highest. But even ...
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Monday, August 21st, 2006
This comes from the "Old Advice That Probably Is True File". It's easy to become enamored of a stock's "story", especially if it's a compelling one. You can easily inflate the company's capabilities, at least in your own mind. Because there's one big problem when it comes ...
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