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Whole Foods down 74% YTD but still "A Growth Company"

Posted by Cheapsuits 1298 days ago (http://www.thestockmasters.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: wfmi whole foods
How and Why will American's keep buying organic and high-end foods?They won't. People are cutting back, and an easy way is to not buy the organic [...] read more »
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Scholes's Platinum Grove Fund Halts Withdrawals After Losses

Posted by Cheapsuits 1298 days ago (http://www.bloomberg.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: myron scholes platinum fund withdrawls
Platinum Grove Asset Management LP, the hedge-fund firm co-founded by Nobel laureate Myron Scholes, temporarily stopped investor withdrawals from its[...] read more »
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Is Apple Getting Into the Chip Business?

Posted by Cheapsuits 1298 days ago (http://voices.allthingsd.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: aapl apple chips semiconductors
A brewing battle between Apple Inc. and its frenemy, IBM Corp., over the role of an executive who at one time managed Big Blue’s PowerPC chip busines[...] read more »
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Number of credit card offers dives amid financial crisis

Posted by Cheapsuits 1299 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: credit cards
The number of credit card offers sent to Americans has declined to its lowest point in over three years, punctuating the extreme credit tightening by[...] read more »
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Largest Wind Farm in World Halted By Credit Crisis

Posted by sunnyspeaks 1299 days ago (http://cleantechnica.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: credit crisis economy market
The credit crunch is not just hurting the banks and the real estate market. Even the billionaire and wind energy enthusiast, T. Boone Pickens is havi[...] read more »
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NYSE Rule Change

Posted by Cheapsuits 1302 days ago (http://optionsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: after hours nyse
the New York Stock Exchange is now allowing specialists to place orders for 30 minutes after the market closes in order to cope with the “wild swings[...] read more »
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Dollar Libor Falls to Lowest Since Lehman Failure on Rate Cuts

Posted by Cheapsuits 1302 days ago (http://www.bloomberg.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: libor
The cost of borrowing in dollars in London fell on speculation European policy makers will join counterparts in Asia in slashing interest rates this [...] read more »
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Petrochemical prices slide to multi-year lows

Posted by Cheapsuits 1302 days ago (http://www.ft.com)
Category: Commodities | Tags: petrochemicals
The price of petrochemicals used in the production of goods from toys to mobile phones and from T-shirts to pipes has tumbled to multi-year lows, pro[...] read more »
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Circuit City to Close 155 Stores, Cut U.S. Workforce

Posted by Cheapsuits 1302 days ago (http://www.bloomberg.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: cc circuit city
Circuit City Stores Inc., the unprofitable electronics retailer, will close 155 U.S. stores and renegotiate leases on some of its remaining 566 U.S. [...] read more »
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JPMorgan Meets WaMu Homeowners, Face to Face

Posted by Cheapsuits 1302 days ago (http://seekingalpha.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: jp morgan jpm mortgage wamu
Three cheers for JPMorgan (JPM)! read more »
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Invest As Much As You Can Now, So You Will Have Options Later

Posted by MMarquit 1302 days ago, popular 1302 days ago (http://cashmoneylife.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: invest personal finance retirement
A great look at how investing now can help your retirement later. read more »
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Crash Course On Options

Posted by TheFinancialBlogger 1302 days ago, popular 1302 days ago (http://www.thefinancialblogger.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: call hedge investment put stock option
Since we have received several questions about options, we decided to write a little about what they are, how they work and how you can use them. read more »
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U.S. rejects GM's call for help in a merger

Posted by Cheapsuits 1302 days ago (http://www.iht.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: bailout chrysler general motors gm
The Treasury Department has turned down a request by General Motors for up to $10 billion to help finance the automaker's possible merger with Chrys[...] read more »
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Reckless loans ruled Wa-Mu, ex-worker says

Posted by Cheapsuits 1302 days ago (http://www.pressdemocrat.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: fraud loans wamu
As a senior mortgage underwriter, Keysha Cooper was proud of her ability to spot fraud and other problems in a loan application. A decade of vetting [...] read more »
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Walt Disney Co. braces for worsening economy

Posted by Cheapsuits 1305 days ago (http://www.latimes.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: dis disney layoffs
Executives have been meeting this week to prepare belt-tightening measures that could include job cuts, according to people familiar with the discuss[...] read more »
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