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Best Buy Names New CEO; IBM to Post Strong 2008 Earnings; BHP Cuts 6,000 Jobs; GM Loses Sales Crown to Toyota; Investors Retreat From Hedge Funds; Housing Market Index Hits New Low; Satyam Seeks Funding; Crude Futures Climb
- Best Buy Co. (BBY) crowned chief operating officer Brian Dunn as the electronics retailer’s new chief executive. Dunn, 48, started his career at Best Buy as a store associate in 1985 and will succeed retiring Bradbury Anderson, MarketWatch reported.
- IBM Corp. (IBM) will beat analysts’ estimates for its 2008 earnings. The company said yesterday (Wednesday) that its income will rise to at least $9.20…
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Siemens Settle Bribery Charges for $1.3 Billion; Google Walks From Yahoo; Enbridge Channels 88% Profit Growth; FCC Approves Sprint-Clearwire Merger; GMAC Finance Revenue Stuck in Reverse; Time Warner Revenue Unchanged; Molson Coors Pops; News Corp. Profit Down 30%
- Siemens AG (SI) put aside nearly $1.3 billion to settle charges that it bribed government officials around the world to win contracts. The concessionary provision will affect earnings for the year ended Sept. 30, Bloomberg reported.
- Internet titan Google Inc. (GOOG) announced Wednesday (yesterday) that its wariness for antitrust-related legal battles ultimately killed discussions with Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) about forming an advertising partnership, the New York Times reported.…
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Demand Drops Crude; Volkswagen Races Ahead; Yen’s Strength Sinks Stocks; Verizon Dials Up Gains; Sept. Home Sales Up; Wal-Mart Scales Back; Citi Rejects Goldman Merger
- Crude oil for December delivery declined 1.4% yesterday (Monday) with a 93-cent drop to close at $63.22 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil futures are down 57% from the July 11 record of $147.27 and 31% down from a year ago, Bloomberg News reported. “With all of the stock markets going down, there’s going to continue to be downward pressure,” said Michael Fitzpatrick, vice president for energy risk management at MF Global Ltd. (MF)…
Financial Reality Will Sound a Wake-Up Call for the Federal Reserve and the American Dream
In holding overnight rates steady at 2%, the U.S. Federal Reserve once again put forth its belief that, despite a cascade of horrific financial data, the economy is likely to continue to grow slowly and that inflation would moderate.
Although wrong on both counts, this view is consistent with the relative optimism that prevails across the country. After nearly two decades of an uninterrupted consumption binge, most Americans simply refuse to believe that anything can seriously derail the American economy. It’s a pleasant dream, but the wakeup call can’t be too far off.
The benign outlook on inflation is rooted…
13Aug2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | ContinuedSecond Quarter GDP Release Set to Confirm or Deny U.S. Recessionary Fears
A hectic week on the economic calendar is highlighted by the initial look at second quarter gross domestic product (GDP). Remember, a recession is defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth, so doomsayers have targeted this week’s release as confirmation of their pessimism.
Fortunately, the analyst consensus holds that the economy expanded at a faster pace than the 1% rate of the first quarter, putting us safely outside of recession territory. Investors get another view inside the struggling labor market where layoffs (mainly among financials) have resulted in overall job contractions for five consecutive months.
Economists hope for another positive showing…
28Jul2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | ContinuedGlobal Investing Roundups
Wells Fargo Jumps 32% on Dividend Hike; Crude Falls $10 in Two Days; Home Building Collapses; Gazprom Threatens to Take Belarus to Court; Gannett’s 2nd Quarter Tumble; SK Telecom Eyes up Sprint?; Time Warner Travels to Seattle; Delta’s $1 Billion Loss Turns to Gains
Wells Fargo Co. (WFC) stock jumped 32% after the nation’s fifth largest bank raised its dividend by 10%, from 31 cents a share to 34 cents. The company reported second-quarter profit fell 22% as more customers defaulted on loans, but the dividend hike was enough to answer any questions concerning the company’s stability.
Light, sweet crude for August…
17Jul2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | ContinuedWith the Dow in Bearish Territory, and Oil Prices in the Stratosphere, New Potential Problems Abound
With the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 20% from its October peak – placing it firmly in bear-market territory after what’s so far been its worst June since the Great Depression – neither institutional traders nor individual investors seem able to find anything positive about the economy, corporate climate or financial markets.
The subprime-mortgage mess and the ensuing credit crisis continues to exact a toll on the financial-services sector, meaning we can be certain those write-downs won’t be ending anytime soon. Oil prices can’t seem to find a ceiling as new records are again being set – regardless of whether you…
30Jun2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | Continued
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