Real Estate/Credit Deflation 14: Anatomy of a Murder
Safe Haven - The result was the biggest global investment mania of all-time, as Wall Street’s NASDAQ index soared from 1419.12 in October of 1998 to 5048.62 in just 17 months’ time and taxi drivers, bartenders and ditsy blondes were going “all-in
Hot Topic Total Sales Increase in Feb.
Los Angeles Business Journal - Shares in Hot Topic Inc. gained 5 percent in after-market trading Wednesday after the retail chain announced February store sales declined 2.3 percent, which was a significantly lower dip than analysts expected. Wall Street had expected the
Pearl speaks about memoir, life of husband
Dawgnet - Daniel Pearl was “The Wall Street Journal” reporter (Middle-Eastern correspondent) who was kidnapped and brutally murdered in 2002 by a militant Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan.
Philippine shares higher in early trade on Wall Street lead
Forbes - MANILA (Thomson Financial) - Philippine shares were higher in opening deals Thursday on bargain hunting, tracking modest gains on Wall Street. At 9.36 am (0136 GMT), Manila’s composite index rose 18.30 points or 0.6 percent to 3,111.55. The broader
KB Goes Green to Gain Sales Edge
Los Angeles Business Journal - More builders are adding “green” features to their new homes. It is a strategy born out of necessity, the Wall Street Journal rerpots. In October, the Trilogy division of Shea Homes rolled out a program dubbed Shea Superiology for its 1,500 to 2,000
Government: U.S. needs foreign cash
CNN Money - Congress is examining these controversial investments after foreign funds pumped more than $40 billion into Wall Street firms in recent months.
Costco 2Q profit rises 31 pct
Associated Press - Galanti stated the company expects it can meet Wall Street’s third-quarter earnings estimate of 65 cents per share and $2.99 for the full year. Sales at stores open at least a year, a key measure of a retailer’s health, rose 7 percent companywide in the
Philippine shares outlook - Slightly higher on Wall Street lead
CNBC - MANILA (Thomson Financial) - Philippine shares may open slightly higher Thursday, tracking modest gains on Wall Street, even though volumes may remain thin amid persistent worries about the US economy. The Dow industrials shut off the session’s highs
Corzine: Atlantic City casino financing looks OK
Courier News - I had a pretty high-risk focused job.” Was he gambling on Wall Street? “I wouldn’t call it gambling,” he said. “We made probability judgments about the viability of assets.
Talk of bid for Liberty underpins property
Times Online - New York: Shares on Wall Street managed a moderate gain in an erratic session as investors sorted through a downbeat Federal Reserve assessment of the economy and were also disappointed by a plan to bail out Ambac, the troubled bond insurer.
BSG Alliance Acquires Iconixx Corporation AUSTIN — BSG Alliance, the
dBusinessNews.com - A January 15, 2008 Wall Street Journal article (”Demand Rises for Talent Management Software”) identifies one of many issues that shine a spotlight on the looming talent crisis: a labor shortage in industries across the board caused by the aging of
Hong Kong shares higher on upbeat earnings, Wall Street’s gains
Forbes - HONG KONG (Thomson Financial) - Hong Kong shares were higher in early tradeThursday as investors took their cue from Wall Street’s moderate rise overnight and upbeat company earnings. ‘The earnings provided some surprise and helped the market move
Lenox Group Turns To Profit In Q4 - Quick Facts [LNX]
RTT News - Seven Wall Street analysts estimated revenues of $16.20 million for the first quarter. Total costs and expenses for the quarter rose to $34.15 million from $26.59 million in the previous year quarter.
Stocks jump on data, commodities; Thornburg sinks
CNBC - Beige Book How Wall Street Views the Presidential Candidates Costco, BJ’s Profits Rise on Strong February Sales ECB, BoE to Hold on NEW YORK - U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday as evidence the services sector might not be as weak as feared allayed
US Senators want tighter bank standards to check losses
Economic Times - Wall Street has been increasingly concerned about the rising estimate of damage from the mortgage market mess, with the most pessimistic forecasts putting total losses as high as $600 billion (e394.58 billion)
Outlook roundup: Exxon Mobil, Coldwater
CNBC - SANDPOINT, Idaho (AP) _ Apparel retailer Coldwater Creek Inc. stated Wednesday it expects to report a far wider loss in its first quarter than Wall Street analysts expect.
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