by SeekingAlpha.com | Feb 28, 2013 | Financial-Blogs
By David Zanoni:
At first glance, Exxon Mobil (XOM) looks like it could be a laggard according to its low below average annual expected earnings growth of 1.79% for the next five years. The average annual earnings growth for the S&P 500 is expected…
by SeekingAlpha.com | Feb 28, 2013 | Financial-Blogs
ByVlad Deshkovich:
BlackBerry (BBRY) has been battling a rapid decline in consumer market share for the last several years. BlackBerry didn’t make a name for itself by selling phones to con…
by SeekingAlpha.com | Feb 28, 2013 | Financial-Blogs
ByUrban Jaekle:
Around the Mobile World Congress (MWC) there has been much noise about Nokia’s (NOK) phone business. New models were discussed from the lowest
by Deborah L. Jacobs | Feb 28, 2013 | Financial-Blogs
by Deborah L. Jacobs | Feb 28, 2013 | Financial-Blogs
This is a guest post by Thayer Willis, author of Navigating the Dark Side of Wealth: A Life Guide for Inheritors and Beyond Gold: True Wealth for Inheritors
by SeekingAlpha.com | Feb 28, 2013 | Financial-Blogs
ByProfit Fan:
While much can be said of their recent improvements, Citigroup Inc. (C) is far from being as green or as pretty as it was looking back in 2007. At that time, Mr. Market had this mega bank’s sha…
by Deborah L. Jacobs | Feb 28, 2013 | Financial-Blogs
The U.S. might be a bit more heavily taxed in relation to its European peers, but regulation and other business burdens has not hampered the country from being the No. 1 place in the advanced economies to set up shop. Here’s a look at the best in the business, according to the “Doing Business 2012” report by the World Bank.
by Deborah L. Jacobs | Feb 28, 2013 | Financial-Blogs
This is a guest post by Bill McBean, an entrepreneur and author of The Facts of Business Life.
by Washingtons Blog | Feb 28, 2013 | Financial-Blogs
Waste and Fraud Are the Real Causes of the Deficit With sequestration set to go into effect in a few days, everyone is talking about it (via Google trends): Sequestration means across-the-board cuts in government spending, split 50%-50% between the military and domestic spending. As this post will show, the hypocrisy surrounding the sequestration deb…
by Mike Mish Shedlock | Feb 28, 2013 | Financial-Blogs
Finger-pointing and fear-mongering over trivial budget non-cuts are now in full swing. Obama is blaming House speaker John Boehner and of course Boehner is blaming Obama.
Of the more ridiculous hype, Obama asserts “Navy ships could lie idle and children would lose out on vaccinations if the cuts are not halted.”
Mercy!
Mainstream Media Nonsense
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by SeekingAlpha.com | Feb 28, 2013 | Financial-Blogs
strong>By Delian Naydenov:
When I first discussed Sony (SNE) in detail on May 30, 2012, I said that “Sony could be worth betwe…
by SeekingAlpha.com | Feb 28, 2013 | Financial-Blogs
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (TDS)
Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference
February 27, 2013 12:45 PM ET
Executives
Kenneth Meyers – Chief Financial Officer
Steven Campbell – Chief …
by SeekingAlpha.com | Feb 28, 2013 | Financial-Blogs
Inventure Foods, Inc. (SNAK)
Q4 2012 Earnings Call
February 28, 2013 11:00 am ET
Executives
Michael Houston – Investor Relations
Terr…
by SeekingAlpha.com | Feb 28, 2013 | Financial-Blogs
Portugal Telecom, SGPS SA (PT)
Q4 2012 Earnings Call
February 28, 2013 11:00 am ET
Executives
Zeinal Bava – Chief Executive Officer
Luis Pacheco de Melo – Chief Financial Officer
Analys…
by SeekingAlpha.com | Feb 28, 2013 | Financial-Blogs
Tetra Technologies Inc. (TTI)
Q4 2012 Earnings Call
February 28, 2013 10:30 am ET
Executives
Stuart M. Brightman – President and Chief Executive Officer
Elijio V. Serrano – Senior Vice President and Chief Fin…
by kingworldnews.com | Feb 28, 2013 | Financial-Blogs
With the wild recent trading action in gold and silver, top Citi analyst Tom Fitzpatrick put together 7 fantastic gold charts where he laid out the explosive roadmap for gold going forward. Fitzpatrick believes that his call for a doubling of the gold price from current levels may now prove to be too “conservative.” Below is his tremendous piec…
by Robert Cyran | Feb 28, 2013 | Financial-Blogs
The troubled Internet daily deal firm has fired witty boss Andrew Mason. But with overseas operations a mess, coupons in decline and a controversial chairman calling the shots, the company has bigger…
by WSJ.com: Markets | Feb 28, 2013 | Markets
Bank of China is one of the largest foreign lenders to commercial real estate in the U.S. Now it is looking for ways to make even more loans through a quintessential American way: packaging its loans into securities.
by David Merkel | Feb 28, 2013 | Financial-Blogs, Insurance
Thanks to all of my readers, whether you read me via RSS, e-mail, twitter, or natively at the website. But I have a favor to ask… if you read me elsewhere, drop by the site every now and then, because not all of my commentary gets republished by those that reprint my work. Also, not […]
by WSJ.com: Markets | Feb 28, 2013 | Markets
Asian markets were mostly lower on Friday, as below-view Chinese factory numbers weighed on regional sentiment. The HSI fell 0.3%.