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The Canadian dollar has rise again, this time largely on the increase in crude oil, as the currency reached its highest level in six weeks, and rose for the fourth day in a row. After a statement from the Canadian central bank yesterday left out the previous ...
Canada (Mar 3rd, 10)
Chief Executive Officer of NYSE Euronext (NYSE:NYX), Duncan Niederauer, said he's looking towards derivatives as the major driver of revenue in the years ahead. Niederauer said he has felt for some time that the success of NYSE Euronext is depending on tradin...
Business (Mar 3rd, 10)
  The February 2010 ADP Employment Report shows Nonfarm private employment decreased 20,000 from January 2010 to February 2010 Some positive points include Manufacturing up 3000 and Services up 17000. Please note that from December 2009 to January 2010...
Business (Mar 3rd, 10)
Thinking their economy is strong enough to weather an interest rate increase, the central bank of Australia increased interest rates to four percent. Some concerns over the raising of interest rates at this time include the sovereign-debt risk from European c...
Australia (Mar 3rd, 10)
General Motors has a new set of problems as they are about to recall 1.3 million vehicles sold in North America and Mexico because of problems related to motors of the power steering unit. In an odd statement to me, the company said while the cars can experie...
Business (Mar 2nd, 10)
Whether you like them or not, and whether you think they're guilty of certain assertions or not, there is no doubt Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) has been singled out as the company to bear the brunt of political and consumer frustration over the economic crisis. Th...
Stocks (Mar 2nd, 10)
Basing their recommendation on government support being removed from some types of deposits, JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) says investors should look at Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) options because they should do better than their weaker competitors as a result. Specifically...
Investing (Mar 2nd, 10)
It was not too long ago when expatriates left Australia to find employment and return with a $3 Australian dollars for every $1 British Pound Sterling. How things have changed, as of 1st of March 2010 the rate has capitulated with $1.66 Australian dollars for ...
Australia (Mar 2nd, 10)
It's hard to tell what to make of Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) re-instituting their late fees policy, but that has now been implemented as of March 1, while the company struggles to survive as revenue continues to plunge at the movie rental company. The policy cha...
Strategy and Planning (Mar 1st, 10)
Entering the investment banking business last year by Cantor Fitzgerald wasn't the most opportune time, and that has played out in that way, as the company is now refocusing its efforts on its bond business, looking to that sector for growth until investment b...
Corporate Finance (Mar 1st, 10)
The recent quarterly report for AIG (NYSE:AIG) had them losing $8.87 billion, while they stated their core insurance business is still very weak, while costs increased due to paying back loans from the government. Total costs for repaying loans was $6.2 billio...
Financials (Feb 28th, 10)
In his annual report just released recently, Warren Buffett states that somewhere in 2011 the residential real estate crunch should be over, as demand starts to mirror the supply out there. While that may seem like good news in general, part of that news is p...
Construction (Feb 28th, 10)
So while 4,100,000 jobs were lost in 2009, the recent drop from 10% to the current unemployment rate of 9.7% indicates the job market may be improving slightly. It also highlights perhaps employers were overzealous in layoffs and may be starting to look bac...
United States (Feb 28th, 10)
The losses for Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) were extraordinary in 2010, as the largest mortgage finance company in America continues to experience huge losses in the wake of the mortgage meltdown. For the entire year, the company lost $74.4 billion, a major increas...
Banking (Feb 27th, 10)
Implying he was older and wiser than his people at Geico, Warren Buffett pressured them to develop a credit card offering for their people that they were against but which Buffett was sure would be a money-winner for Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A) and Geico. ...
Business (Feb 27th, 10)
It's nothing new when a company starts to be successful that its opponents will come out of the woodwork to try anything to keep them down, and that's the case with Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), who continues to find themselves under attack almost everywhere lately. ...
Technology (Feb 26th, 10)
  With all the talk about the stimulus from one point of partisan politics of having no significant effect and the other pointing to the Congressional Budget Office finding that the Act has saved or created as many as 2.4 million jobs seems quite a st...
United States (Feb 26th, 10)
Yelp, an Internet company which allegedly exists for the purpose of allowing reviews of various businesses to be written on their web site, have been sued, being accused of extorting companies in order to make money through their advertising. What the lawsuit...
Business (Feb 26th, 10)
Mortgage rates in the US are low, so low in fact that some rates are even available at a 5% fixed for 30 years. However on the opposite end there is the US investor who wants to park their cash somewhere and is getting an ultra low 1.4% for a year or .99% for ...
United States (Feb 26th, 10)
The rise in unemployment claim and fall in equipment sales confirms the alleged economic growth of 5.7 percent in the fourth quarter was only a replenishment of inventory and nothing else, showing we're still battling through a recession, and are in no way in ...
United States (Feb 25th, 10)
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