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Microsoft to Acquire Facebook?

Money – Henry Blodget - Rumor of the day: Microsoft (MSFT) to acquire Facebook for $6 Billion. No, of course we can't confirm it. But it makes sense, don't you think?

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Is Bernanke Giving Too Much Away?

Money – Taking into account the mind-sets of both the public and investors about where prices are headed is a key factor for policymakers working to tame inflation, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday. This news is has me somewhat on the fence. "Undoubtedly, the state of inflation expectations greatly influences actual inflation and

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Hot Topic: Out of the Dungeon?

Money – Is Hot Topic making the right move by changing their once dark and Gothic look for a new "lighter and brighter" one? Sales have jumped since the change, but will it last?

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Coke to Replace Pepsi at Daytona

Money – This is a huge blow for Pepsi. Pepsi has been the official soft drink and beverage company at Daytona for nearly 50 years. Pepsi plans on staying committed to racing and will leverage its relationships with other racing figures and at the remaining tracks where it has marketing agreements in place.

Voted for on July 26, 2007 04:04pm

Apple iPhone in Strong Supply
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Apple iPhone in Strong Supply

News – AT&T (T) reported less than 150,000 subscribers from the Apple (AAPL) iPhone in the last 2 days of the quarter that the iPhone was sold.

Voted for on July 26, 2007 04:03pm

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Sirius/XM 'a la carte' plan isn't very appetizing

Money – I don't know if Tom Bemis doesn't get it or is being paid to write this article. He focuses on the anti-competitive nature of the merger, but brushes off the fact that satellite radio competes against a variety of other delivery platforms, including "terrestrial" radio, the internet and personal music players. He mentions the fact, but on

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Jim Cramer Mad Money Stock Picks, July 20th

Money – Miriam Metzinger has summarized the stocks that Jim Cramer discussed on July 20th Mad Money. Jim Cramer still believes the Dow will hit 14,500 by the end of the year, but is a little hesitant on the short term and suggests that you may want to take some profits off of the table. He also discussed this weeks earnings reports and gives us some

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Countrywide Profit Sinks

Money – Countrywide, the largest U.S. home lender, said losses on certain loans to more creditworthy borrowers contributed to a 33% drop in second-quarter net income. They slashed 2007 earnings outlook on expectations of "increasingly challenging" housing and mortgage markets. Countrywide's shares fell $2.56, or 7.5%, to $31.50 in recent trad

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Stocks with the Best Five Year Charts

Money – Roy Barkwell, as a hobby, searches for stocks with up-trending 5-year charts. These are well-managed companies that have the potential to continue their uptrends in the next five years. First up is MetLife (MET). The insurance company has exhibited very steady growth over the past five years. Every year for the past seven, for instance, MetLife

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Jim Cramers Portfolios of the Week

Money – Cramer's Dozen Tech Stocks for Summer: Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG) and Oracle (ORCL). Cramer's Growth Stocks: Research In Motion (RIMM) and Intel (INTC). Cramer's Oil & Oil Service Plays: Exxon Mobil (XOM). Cramer's Steel Stocks: Nucor (NUE) and U.S. Steel (X). Cramer's Tech Sector Plays:.......

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Starbucks & Hershey to offer Coffee Flavored Chocolate Products

Money – The world's largest specialty-coffee retailer and the nation's largest candy-maker Starbucks and Hershey are teaming up to create coffee-flavored chocolate products due out this fall. The first product will be a premium hot chocolate and the rest will follow...

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Health-Care Funds

Money – Smartmoney has a weekly fund screen and for this weeks screen they focused on the healthcare industry. These funds invest in the stocks of drug companies, insurers, hospital chains and even fledgling biotech firms. There are 158 funds in the Lipper database, but Smartmoney's screen only returned 9 funds. Health care has a number of compelling a

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Homebuilder Chart Pattern

Money – Is it significantly probable for next week's housing report to introduce an upside? ....

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Time to Get Market Neutral

Money – CondorOptions - Our market outlook is very weak. Stocks in general look overbought, both in technical terms and in terms of fundamental valuations. Internal breadth, price trends, and higher sustained volatility all suggest...

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The Oil Squeeze

Money – This is exactly the opposite of what we all want to see as a headline, especially with oil prices in the low to mid $70s. But, according to the International Energy Agency the market for oil will get even tighter over the next five years. They are predicting that supply will grow at 1% annually and demand will grow by 2.2% a year over the next fiv

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