Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Thursday, August 06, 2009
Russian Tobacco Makers Relaunch Iconic Soviet CCP Cigarette Brands / Companies / Russia
By: Pravda
The Russian tobacco market has been showing a curious trend recently. The cheapest and premium class cigarette brands currently enjoy the biggest demand in Russia. Many tobacco companies focus their efforts on the inexpensive segment and resume the production of Soviet brands, BFM.ru business portal said.
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009
How Are Corporate Earnings Beating Estimates on Lower Sales? / Companies / Corporate Earnings
By: Marty_Chenard
It is now August. Many are guessing that the 4th. Quarter will see a positive GDP number this year. The market appears to be factoring in that possibility. Will it really be possible to generate a positive GDP?
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Halifax, HBOS Cancer Continues to Eat into Lloyds TSB, £4Billion Loss / Companies / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Today Britains biggest tax payer bailed out bankrupt mortgage bank HBOS, contributed towards Lloyds TSB bottom line loss of £4 billion. The HBOS bad mortgage debt losses continue to eat into Lloyds TSB's balance sheet to the tune of another £10 billion, that's £20 billion to date of HBOS bad debt provisions of which the UK tax payers have a 50% stake in and given more capital injections will soon rise to approx 70% of the group. So that there is no illusion A 70% GOVERNMENT STAKE MEANS DEFACTO NATIONALISATION
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Northern Rock, Tax Payer Bailed Out Bankrupt Bank Adds 750Million More Losses / Companies / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Today Northern Rock, the first of a series of tax payer bailed out bankrupt banks announced a further loss of £750 million to be added to the tab picked up by the tax payer that is now approaching in total £1.5 trillion across the banking sector and destined to continue expanding to an eye watering £2 trillion or near 200% of GDP by the end of this year as I originally estimated back in November 08.
Monday, August 03, 2009
Global Big Banks Exploit the Financial Crisis to Reap Massive Profits / Companies / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Global_Research
Stefan Steinberg writes: At the start of this week, German-based Deutsche Bank announced a huge increase in its profits. The bank reported a net profit of €1.1 billion in the second quarter of this year, nearly doubling its earnings over the same period last year (€645 million).
Sunday, August 02, 2009
C, BAC, UYG, and Eurodollar Position Trading Alerts / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Patrice_V_Johnson
LONG-TERM TREND (> 1YR) OF THE MARKETS: DOWN
SHORTS LONGS _____________________
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
Investors Get On Board the Biotech Bandwagon with ETFs / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Money_and_Markets
Ron Rowland writes: The stock market isn’t just a big block of stone that moves all at once. So I’m always looking for market leadership. Even in a strong market, a smaller group is almost always breaking ahead.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
How to Profit From Britain's Bank Lending Drought / Companies / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Money_Morning
Despite Chancellor Alistair Darling's desperate pleas, Britain's banks simply aren't doing as they're told. In June, bank lending to British businesses fell year-on-year for the first time ever recorded, according to the Bank of England.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
These Corporate Earnings Results are Cause for Celebration?!?! / Companies / Corporate Earnings
By: Graham_Summers
With Wall Street clamoring about how great earnings are, it’s worth our time to examine the REAL Year over Year (YoY) results for economic bell-weathers. After all, beating an estimate that set so low that an earthworm could clear it is hardly grounds for a celebration. And Wall Street analysts hardly have a reputation for nailing earnings.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Twitter and Facebook To Become World’s Richest Companies / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Pravda
The founders of Twitter, a social network, have never given a precise answer to the question of their profit expectations. However, a hacker managed to access the email account of an administrative employee at Twitter last month to discover the information about the financial position of the company.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Dead Banks Walking / Companies / Credit Crisis 2009
By: John_Browne
In recent weeks, the financial world has been dazzled by strikingly high earnings reported by our leading investment banks... or at least what we used to call investment banks. The numbers are reminiscent of another era - the one that came to a crashing end last September. Today's euphoria was keyed to the record $3.44 billion 2nd quarter profit announced by that branch office of the Treasury Department also known as Goldman Sachs. Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, and State Street also chipped in with strong numbers.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Will Citigroup Lose its Top Energy Trader? / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Jason Simpkins writes: Grow Rich Automatically with the World’s Only Gold-Backed "Cash" The U.S. Treasury Dept. has finally approved the new gold-backed "cash." And according to gold expert Peter Schiff, this new money, called "Gold Dollars," is not only the best place for your savings today... it could prove very profitable. Why? Because every "dollar" you hold in your bank account is backed by 1 gram of solid gold, held in Fort Knox-like security. So when each gram of gold goes up in value, so does your cash! (Meanwhile, you can spend your money just like you would regular paper dollars.) For Schiff's full report, please go here.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Why You Should Not Bank on Banking Stocks / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes: Can U.S. bank stocks continue their winning streak?
In February, I analyzed the top 12 U.S. banks to determine whether they really needed $1.5 trillion in taxpayer-provided bailout capital. I concluded that only a few of those banks seemed to be in any danger of collapse, and actually recommended several.
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
SKY Broadband Is a Joke, Real Speed 1/10th Advertised / Companies / Corporate News
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Ofcom has today published the results of speed tests across Britians broadband suppliers that reveals that all broadband suppliers fall short against advertised speeds, where typical speeds tend to average at LESS than half that advertised. However real consumer speeds tend to fall further far short as Ofcom's speed test ignored the impact of wireless home networks run off of broad supplier routers, which can result in a further degradation of service.
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Monday, July 27, 2009
Metro PCS Communications Stock Trading Signal / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Patrice_V_Johnson
LONG-TERM TREND (> 1YR) OF THE MARKETS: DOWN
SHORTS LONGS _____________________
None PCS (Metro PCS Communications)
Saturday, July 25, 2009
How Currencies Impact Corporate Earnings / Companies / Corporate Earnings
By: Money_and_Markets
Bryan Rich writes: It’s earnings season. And more and more companies are talking about currencies.
The headlines read like this …
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Saturday, July 25, 2009
The Banking Crisis Winners and Losers / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Money_and_Markets
Mike Larson writes: The government is helping to create a two-class system of banks — winners and losers.
Despite their protestations to the contrary, the bailout efforts of the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department have helped fuel big gains at certain institutions; while their reluctance to prop up others has lead to their near-demise.
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
Apple the Hot Tek Stock Bucking the Recession / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Bob Blandeburgo writes: Is high-tech stalwart Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) bucking the worst downturn since the Great Depression?
It sure looks that way.
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
eBay’s Slow and Painful Death Spiral / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Mike_Stathis
Despite a big boost in shares in after hours trading, Wednesday's (disappointing) earnings for the online auctioneer represent a continuing trend that will not be broken anytime soon. Yes, they beat estimates, but this means nothing. Estimates have been revised downward over and over.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs Making Billions in Profits From the Tax Payers / Companies / Market Manipulation
By: LewRockwell
Two important headlines this morning, both of them fraudulent: "Chinese economy bounces back," says one headline in the International Herald Tribune.
"JPMorgan profit soars despite downturn," says another.
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