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Friday, February 3, 2012 - 3:03pm
Will Friday's Jobs Beat Set Up Disappointment For Next Month?
Investors were energized this morning on a jobs report that blew consensus estimates out of the water. Markets had braced for potentially bad news on expectation of employment corrections on the heels of the holiday season - and the temporary jobs it was thought to have brought. Will the stronger...
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Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 6:36am
Facebook Comes Out of the Closet
Facebook is now a public company. It has filed a $5 billion IPO that is expected, in all likelihood, to be the proverbial mother of its kind. Before it trades its first share, however, it has yet to choose an exchange. Resiliently private until now, Facebook had been contemplating an initial...
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 2:08pm
Whirlpool Shares Soar on 4Q11 Earnings, Cost Cuts
Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) shares have soared this morning as the company posted rising profits despite a drop in sales for the fourth quarter of 2011. Investors focused their attention on the company's aggressive cost cutting initiatives in order to counteract falling demand and...
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Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 11:51am
Who Wants to Get Even Fatter?
Burger King, the restaurant responsible for such monstrosities as the Triple Whopper and that creepy, possible pedophiliac mascot "The King", is once again taking life one step further over the line. This time, they're redesigning their fries to be even more delicious. Well, ok, "even more...
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Gov't: Consumers Still Confused By Credit Cards
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 5:29pm
Wednesday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a report on its first three months of collecting credit card complaint data while also asking the public for feedback on a proposed policy for releasing consumer complaint data in the future. What it found is that consumers are still...
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Tiger Woods Partnering With FUSE Science
Monday, November 21, 2011 - 11:34am
Fresh off a stellar performance in the Presidents Cup that has some pundits saying “Tiger is back,” Tiger Woods will be promoting his partnership with FUSE Science, a maker of products to help athletes absorb nutrients faster. Fuse focus provides revolutionary energy and body replenishment...
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Boeing, Emirates Announce Historic Order for 50 777-300ERs
Sunday, November 13, 2011 - 1:22pmBoeing (NYSE: BA) and Dubai-based Emirates Airline today announced an order for 50 Boeing 777-300ERs (Extended Range) plus options for an additional 20 of the popular twin-aisle commercial jetliner. The order, with a value of $18 billion, makes this the single largest commercial airplane order in...
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CORRECTION: HFF, Inc. Announces Pricing of Secondary Public Offering by Certain Selling Stockholders
Monday, November 7, 2011 - 6:10pmCORRECTION: A correction from source is issued for the press release incorrectly disseminated on Benzinga.com on October 29 regarding HFF, Inc. (NYSE: HF) and it's announcement of pricing of secondary public offering by certain selling stockholders on August 4. The release, incorrectly...
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Autodesk Acquires GRIP Entertainment Technology Assets
Sunday, November 6, 2011 - 8:39pmAutodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) announced that it has acquired certain technology-related assets and hired individuals associated with GRIP Entertainment, a privately-held artificial intelligence game middleware company, based in Montreal. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “The acquisition...
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Abbott Announces New Long-Term Data Evaluating Use of HUMIRA for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sunday, November 6, 2011 - 8:30pmAbbott (NYSE: ABT) announced results from long-term open-label extensions of the PREMIER and DE019 Phase 3 studies, which evaluated HUMIRA plus methotrexate for up to eight years in patients with early moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis and up to 10 years in patients with long-standing...
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