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Taylor's Rule indicates Turkey not so far behind the curve
Monday, May 16, 2011 - 3:45pm | 660Stanford economist [John] Taylor's Rule is often used by analysts to get a sense of how far from “idealized” monetary policy a given central bank sits by taking into account information conveyed by output gaps, inflation, neutral levels for policy rates and the exchange rate; Taylor's blog post...
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Earnings Preview for Wal-Mart (WMT, MSM, CA)
Monday, May 16, 2011 - 3:24pm | 513Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) is expected to announce its Q1 earnings results on Tuesday, May 17. Analysts expect earnings per share to reach $0.95, or an increase of 9.2% on the same quarter last year. Revenues are projected to stand at $103.02 billion, or 3.2% higher than in the same quarter a year ago....
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Stocks Back in Red as Tech Drags
Monday, May 16, 2011 - 2:02pm | 149(TheStreet) -- Stocks slipped back into the red as weakness in technology stocks offset strength in basic materials. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down by 22 points, or 0.2%, at 12,573. Earlier in the session, the index rose to as high as 12,642. The S&P 500 was down by 4 points or 0.3...
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No foolproof way to know the future for Microsoft (MSFT) and Skype?
Monday, May 16, 2011 - 10:21am | 1515In past one year, Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) has lost $2.5bn in its web based business. Company spend $2 to make $1 in revenue. Buying and “integrating” the Internet telephony giant Skype will make the picture even harder. So, again, why spend $8.5bn on Skype considering the company incurred a...
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How effectively Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Is Creating Value?
Monday, May 16, 2011 - 6:03am | 1465Akamai Technologies (AKAM)- Akamai provides services for accelerating and improving the delivery of content and applications over the Internet is trading at a price of $33.95, a dramatic change of -0.20 with % change of -0.59 from its previous day's close. Currently, the company has a Market...
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CEOWORLD stock picks that will outperform the S&P 500- BRK-B, SAM, LUK, NYB, SYY, BAX, LVB, RSO, UAN…
Monday, May 16, 2011 - 5:35am | 1362Boston Beer Company (SAM)- Trailing-12-Month Revenue- $471.9 million, Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years)- 20.5%, Cash/Debt, $45.3 million / $0, Competitors- Anheuser-Busch (BUD), Molson Coors (TAP). Boston Beer Company is trading at a price of $84.15, a dramatic change of -0.87 with %...
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CEOWORLD Most Promising Top Dividend Stock Picks To Buy Right Now
Sunday, May 15, 2011 - 10:11am | 2008Cognex (CGNX) is trading at a price of $34.86, a dramatic change of -0.97. Currently, the company has a Market capitalization (total value of a company in the stock market) of approximately 1.45B. Cognex is giving up its quarterly distributions by 13% to $0.09 a share. This is the third time over...
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Top 10 Highest Paid Chief Executives 2011 -CEO Compensation
Sunday, May 15, 2011 - 7:00am | 99210) Jeffrey L. Bewkes- Time Warner Inc. (TWX), Total Direct Compensation- $26,012 9) Donald J. Stebbins- Visteon Corporation (VC), Total Direct Compensation- $26,841 8) Robert A. Iger- The Walt Disney Company (DIS), Total Direct Compensation- $27,219 donald-j-stebbins ◄ Back Next ►...
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Are Apple Shares Overvalued or Undervalued?
Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 1:52pm | 137By Drew Nicholas There has been a lot of hype around Apple, Inc. (AAPL) since it recently passed Microsoft (MSFT) as the world's largest tech company. In this article we will find out what all the hype is about, who is listening, and if it is reasonable. Over the past few years we have seen...
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It's So Obvious, You'll Wonder Why They Didn't Think of It Sooner
Friday, May 13, 2011 - 5:14pm | 225Forget about the mail offerings from Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). Now you can have your very own @SmartAss address. SmartAss is a new search engine that, according to KillerStartups, was designed to “provide users with a more engaging and livelier...
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CEOWORLD Top Software & Programming Stocks on 5/13/11- SYMC, SAPE, N, DVOX, VRTU, DWCH, ADAT, DMRC, PKT…
Friday, May 13, 2011 - 8:45am | 1667Symantec Corporation (SYMC) is trading at a price of $20.42, a dramatic change of 1.01 with % change of 5.2 from its previous day's close. Currently, the company has a Market capitalization (total value of a company in the stock market) of approximately 15.59B Sapient Corporation (SAPE) is...
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Goldman Sachs Adjusts CA Estimates
Friday, May 13, 2011 - 8:34am | 82Goldman Sachs is adjusting its estimates on CA (NASDAQ: CA). “We lift our FY12/13 non-GAAP EPS to $2.20/$2.50 from $2.13/$2.33 previously due to stronger expected top line growth and a modestly lower share count than previously modeled,” Goldman Sachs writes. “We also introduce FY14 EPS of $2.75...
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Deutsche Bank Maintains Rating, PT On CA
Friday, May 13, 2011 - 8:19am | 114Deutsche Bank, citing missed expectations in the quarter, is maintaining its Buy rating and its $29 price target on CA Inc. (NASDAQ: CA) . According to Deutsche Bank, “CA's results generally underperformed expectations, except the total bookings number. Bookings for the quarter were $1.9b, up 31%...
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Citigroup Reports on CA (CA)
Friday, May 13, 2011 - 8:07am | 141In a report released today, Citigroup commented on CA (NASDAQ: CA). In the report, Citigroup was mixed in its assessment of the company. Citigroup writes, “Revenue, bookings and billings were all light if looked at in the right context. 4Q11 revenue of $1.13B was below our $1.15B while billings ($...
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CEOWORLD Top Computer Services Stocks on 5/13/11- ZANE, MCHX, DTLK, GKNT, QIHU, CASS, MAIL, HSTM, REDF, INTX, ONSM…
Friday, May 13, 2011 - 7:16am | 1628Zanett Inc. (ZANE) is trading at a price of $1.07 , a dramatic change of 0.06 with % change of 5.95 from its previous day's close. Currently, the company has a Market capitalization (total value of a company in the stock market) of approximately 9.91M Marchex Inc. (MCHX) is trading at a price of...