Industries Find Surging Profits in Deeper Cuts - New York Times

Industries Find Surging Profits in Deeper Cuts
New York Times
As companies this month report earnings for the second quarter, news of healthy profits has helped the stock market — the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index ...

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Stock Market Retreat's End May Be in Sight: Commentary by Marc Reinganum - Bloomberg

Stock Market Retreat's End May Be in Sight: Commentary by Marc Reinganum
Bloomberg
Even the smallest one-year rebound of 27 percent, following the September 2002 post-tech bubble bust, well exceeds the typical 12-month return of the stock ...

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UBS Rehires BNP's Carl Mason as Equity Derivatives Strategist - BusinessWeek

UBS Rehires BNP's Carl Mason as Equity Derivatives Strategist
BusinessWeek
He said in a September 2007 Bloomberg Television interview that US options were pricing in the highest risk of a stock-market drop since the ...

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Some NC boomers: Fat and flat broke - Charlotte Observer

Some NC boomers: Fat and flat broke
Charlotte Observer
About three-quarters of baby boomers say their retirement plans have been negatively affected by the current financial downturn. Mauricio Soto, a researcher ...

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Q&A With Wireless Entrepreneur Hiep Pham on San Diego's Changing Startup Landscape - San Diego Union Tribune

Q&A With Wireless Entrepreneur Hiep Pham on San Diego's Changing Startup Landscape
San Diego Union Tribune
However, the 2001 stock market crash pulled down the values of those companies. On top of this, there was lower demand for high-capacity bandwidth, ...

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The stock rally is meaningless - MarketWatch

The stock rally is meaningless
MarketWatch
It's up 3.1%, versus negative 5.8% for the dividend-reinvested Wilshire 5000 Total Stock Market Index. It was skeptical too soon of the post-March 2009 ...

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Consumer confidence? What confidence? - Edmond Sun

Consumer confidence? What confidence?
Edmond Sun
In my opinion, now is the time to get out of the stock market or start hedging your equity positions. If you don't know how to do that, call me and I'll ...

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Maryland keeps triple-A bond rating, but ... - Baltimore Sun (blog)

Maryland keeps triple-A bond rating, but ...
Baltimore Sun (blog)
The situation has gotten worse since then, thanks to the stock market crash. Only 65 percent of future benefits were funded as of June, although the number, ...

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The confidence game - Washington Post (blog)

The confidence game
Washington Post (blog)
Also, we had a stock market crash where a lot of people sold near the bottom, they are now saving more to get back to their previous balances. ...

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Melbourne is expected to lead a cooling of the Australian real estate market - Property Wire


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Melbourne is expected to lead a cooling of the Australian real estate market
Property Wire
The eight-bedroom waterfront property, bought for $28m in 2002, was put on the market last month with a $40m-$45m price tag. Still to find a buyer is the ...

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