August 5th, 2011
Investors looking for reasons for optimism after the worst stock-market sell-off since the 2008 financial crisis probably won’t find it in Friday’s July jobs report.Economists forecast that employers added only 90,000 jobs last month and that the unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.2 percent, according to a survey by FactSet.
That would mark an improvement over [...]
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July 20th, 2011
U.S. President Barack Obama is to meet Wednesday with senior congressional lawmakers for budget talks, the White House says.
The meeting was scheduled to start at 2:50 p.m. ET.
White House spokesman Jay Carney also signaled a position shift by Obama in a bid to resolve the impasse that has less than two weeks to go before [...]
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July 13th, 2011
Stock Market: Stock buybacks: That’s what most companies do when they buy their own shares. But how you can avoid the trap.
FORTUNE — In 2006 and 2007 timber giant Weyerhaeuser (WY) conducted one of the biggest share buybacks in its history. It unleashed $800 million to purchase its shares, which were dancing near an all-time [...]
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July 13th, 2011
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — After spending two months focused largely on the state of the U.S. economy, investors will get a chance to turn their eyes back to Corporate America this week.
Several key companies will report their results for the second quarter this week, with investors getting profit reports from Dow members Alcoa (AA, Fortune [...]
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July 13th, 2011
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Fear is running high in the bond market.
Treasury prices began the week sharply higher, sending the benchmark 10-year yield below 3% for the first time since June 27.
“Being under 3% means a fear trade — we need to get back to at least 3% to have more confidence,” said William Larkin, [...]
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June 6th, 2011
The first quarter comes to a close today with major averages at or near multi-year highs. Expect “substantial” further gains for stocks before a “major top” occurs in late summer, says noted forecaster Harry Dent, founder of HS Dent and The Dent Method.
The good news, for those long, is Dent predicts the Dow will trade [...]
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June 6th, 2011
The bullish forecasts are dangerously wrong. Psychologically, it’s hard for investors to ignore the happy talk and pull back from the market, but they should do so soon.
Politicians lie. Bankers lie. Yes, they’re liars. But they’re not bad; it’s in their genes, inherited. Their brains are wired that way, say scientists. Like addicts, they can’t [...]
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October 12th, 2008
The following is President Bush’s statement Saturday on the financial crisis, as released by the White House. He spoke in the Rose Garden after meeting with financial ministers from the G-7 nations:
Thank you all very much. Good morning. [Treasury] Secretary [Henry] Paulson, Secretary [of State Condoleezza] Rice and I just had a productive discussion with [...]
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October 12th, 2008
John D. McKinnon reports on the financial crisis from Washington.
President Bush’s Rose Garden appearance Saturday morning was meant to provide a reassuring picture of stability — the world’s most powerful leader, standing alongside finance ministers of the seven old-line industrial powers, their flags flapping proudly in the autumn breeze.
But as recent financial shocks have showed, [...]
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October 12th, 2008
WASHINGTON — President Bush and the world’s financial leaders staged repeated displays of unity Saturday to combat an unfolding credit crisis, hoping to calm investors whose panic has spread despite bold and accelerating government action.
While there were no concrete offers of new moves made on Saturday, Mr. Bush pledged anew that his administration was doing [...]
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