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pheedcontent.com - Nov 06, 2009   about  DIS, GE, CBS and 1 more
Filed under: Earnings reports, Television, General Electric (GE), Walt Disney (DIS), CBS Corp 'B' (CBS), News Corp'B' (NWS), Media WorldShares of CBS (NYSE: CBS) are no longer rolling around in the pits of equity hell. Do you recall when they were trading around $3 per share? Nasty time it was. Amaz...
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businessinsider.com - Nov 06, 2009   about  CMCSA, MCD, FDX and 3 more
The big 10.2% unemployment number hit this morning and stocks were down. Then they were up. Then they were down. This cycle repeated itself throughout the day, finally ending with Dow up 17 points, the NASDAQ up 7 points, and the S&P up 2 points.While Fannie Mae was busy asking the government fo...
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pheedcontent.com - Nov 06, 2009   about  FNM, MOT, GE
Filed under: General Electric (GE), Motorola (MOT), Federal Natl Mtge (FNM)Today was a surprise considering the news. There was not great economic news to hang on, particularly considering that the 10.2% unemployment was the worst reading since 1983. As the market did not crater and as it went posit...
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businessinsider.com - Nov 06, 2009   about  CMCSA, GE
Even the 10.2% unemployment rate can't keep these Bulls down. The market opened up for a few minutes, then as expected, began to plummet. However, the Dow has since reversed and is up 7 points, still above 10,000 at 10,008. The NASDAQ and S&P are barely up, essentially breaking even at the momen...
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pheedcontent.com - Nov 06, 2009   about  DE, AMZN, GE and 1 more
Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, General Electric (GE), Amazon.com (AMZN), CBS Corp 'B' (CBS), Analyst initiations, Deere and Co (DE)Analyst upgrades: Bernstein upgraded General Electric (NYSE: GE) to Outperform from Market Perform Thursday after the close. The fir...
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blogs.barrons.com - Nov 06, 2009   about  GE
There’s a couple analysts making some quick calls on a slightly lagging General Electric (GE). How bullish the calls may be can be subject to conjecture. But the optimism is finding some accommodation in the market, with shares rising 6% to get back above $15. GE has faded a little in October. Aft...
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247wallst.com - Nov 06, 2009   about  FRE, FNM, GE and 1 more
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) may be the one single bright spot taking the market higher this Friday when you consider the 10.2% unemployment rate and when you look over the latest round of earnings. Both Oppenheimer and Bernstein raised their official GE ratings to “Outperform” in research calls...
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straightstocks.com - Nov 06, 2009   about  NILE, GOOG, M and 8 more
• Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) reported fourth quarter earnings of 24 cents a share, up from last year's 10 cents, above Zacks estimates of 21 cents, as revenues dropped 3.7% to $2.42 billion. The firm raised its 2010 guidance to 15-20% earnings growth from prior guidance of 13-18% growth • Hyatt Hotels...
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247wallst.com - Nov 06, 2009   about  GE
Who is the greatest American CEO of the last decade? Jack Welch, who retired as GE’s (NYSE:GE) chief in 2001. He held his job at the head of the world’s largest conglomerate for 20 years. During that time, GE’s stock rose from roughly $1.30 to $40. Revenue at the company moved from $27 billion to $1...
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businessinsider.com - Nov 05, 2009   about  GE
Conan O'Brien -- or CoCo, as Tom Hanks prefers to call him -- has managed to one-up ratings ruler David Letterman. Read the rest of this story »See Also:Conan O'Brien's Redonkulous "Tweet Tracker" (CLIP)Leno's Finale Plan: The Human Sacrifice of Conan O'Brien (GE)Leno: I Wouldn't Trade Places With...
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pheedcontent.com - Nov 05, 2009   about  DIS, GE, NWS and 1 more
Filed under: Earnings reports, General Electric (GE), Time Warner (TWX), Walt Disney (DIS), News Corp'B' (NWS), Media WorldNews Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS), the big media conglomerate that competes with Disney (NYSE: DIS), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), and General Electric's (NYSE: GE) NBC Universal, issued Q1 d...
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pheedcontent.com - Nov 04, 2009   about  MMM
Filed under: 3M Corporation (MMM), Stocks to BuyI'm reiterating my Buy rating for 3M Co. (NYSE: MMM), first recommended on April 20, 2009 at a price of $51.97. If you bought 3M in April, you're up an impressive 46%. Way back in the spring, I argued, among other factors, that a strong case for buying...
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pheedcontent.com - Nov 04, 2009   about  CMCSA, VZ, GE and 1 more
Filed under: Earnings reports, General Electric (GE), AT and T (T), Comcast Cl'A' (CMCSA), Verizon Communications (VZ), Media WorldCable giant Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) posted Q3 numbers earlier today. It seems like the company is doing well with earnings growth and cash flow, even if revenues moved u...
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minyanville.com - Nov 04, 2009   about  GS, BNI, GE
Yesterday Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) CEO Warren Buffett stunned Wall Street when he announced he was plunking down $34 billion to acquire Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI). This isn’t the first time the Oracle of Omaha has gone “all-in” during the tough economic climate. In September 2008 he bought b...
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blogs.barrons.com - Nov 04, 2009   about  CMCSA, GE
Comcast (CMCSA) showed its cash-flow generation prowess, but anybody who thought they would glean some insight into its talks about acquiring NBC Universal … they would have been disappointed. Comcast has been talking with General Electric (GE) about taking a stake - prospectively a majority stake...
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247wallst.com - Nov 03, 2009   about  CMCSA, VG, GE and 3 more
We have four key earnings for technology and media investors and traders due on Wednesday, and one key cult stock.  The two biggest for tech which can impact all components of their related sub-sectors are Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) and QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM).  Then in media and communi...
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pheedcontent.com - Nov 03, 2009   about  VIA, DIS, HAS and 4 more
Filed under: Earnings reports, General Electric (GE), Time Warner (TWX), Walt Disney (DIS), Viacom (VIA), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), News Corp'B' (NWS), Hasbro Inc (HAS), Media WorldViacom (NYSE: VIA), a content player in competition with News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), Sony (NYSE: SNE)...
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businessinsider.com - Nov 02, 2009   about  GE
Maria Bartiromo was interviewing ex-Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker today on CNBC when in the middle of the interview, he began excusing himself and walked off on the air. Watch: <object width="425" height="344"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Dg2FCda7fng&amp...
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minyanville.com - Nov 02, 2009   about  GE
Reality TV costs about half as much to produce - about $600 000 per hour - as a typical scripted drama or sitcom."You can get these reality shows quickly " NBC’s (GE) Randy Falco told the BBC. "They're well-produced. They're cheap. And they've gone beyond summer replacements. They're ratings weapons...
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247wallst.com - Nov 02, 2009   about  CMCSA, GS, CNBC and 10 more
Updated throughout the day. A deal for Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) to take control of NBCU from GE (NYSE:GE) is imminent, as usual.  (NYTimes) Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is considering buying Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) tax credits (WSJ) Bank of NY Mellon’s (NYSE:BK) CEO turned down a chance to be considered for...
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