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Friday, May 17, 2013 - 4:49pm
How Effective Will McDonald's Simplified Menu Be?
As reported by Benzinga on Friday, McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) is cutting several items from their menu. In an email sent to franchisees that Bloomberg was able to obtain, Caesar salads, the McSkillet Burrito, the Southern Style Biscuit and Steak Bagels are all on the chopping block. Over the past...
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Friday, May 17, 2013 - 8:53am
Bloomberg Survey Finds Apple has Lost Reputation as Industry Leader
It’s hardly what statisticians would consider scientific data but it’s telling, none-the-less. The Bloomberg Global Poll is a survey that was conducted with 906 Bloomberg customers on May 14. According to the back story, Bloomberg interviewed the respondents using their Bloomberg terminal....
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 4:03pm
Bloomberg Reports on Rise of Possible Housing Bubble
Is the U.S. housing market entering the early stages of a possible bubble? Or is this stagnant industry finally growing? Kathleen M. Howley of Bloomberg published an article earlier Thursday pertaining to these implications in the housing market. In her article, Howley comments that the...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 9:37am
Former FTC Attorney Robert Belair's Hypothetical Advice To Bloomberg
Robert Belair, managing partner at Arnall Golden Gregory's Washington office and former Federal Trade Commission attorney, appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box on Tuesday to talked about the 10,000 messages sent on Bloomberg terminals that leaked, and the privacy scandal overall. According to Belair,...
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Monday, May 13, 2013 - 10:42am
CFTC's Bart Chilton On Bloomberg Privacy Violations
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Bart Chilton appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Monday to discuss the Bloomberg News terminal spying scandal and his hopes for future accountability through new regulations on swap-execution facilities. "Once Bloomberg would be under us, under our...
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Friday, May 10, 2013 - 6:40am
Benzinga Market Primer: Friday, May 10
Futures Slightly Higher On Yen Weakness U.S. equity futures rose slightly in early pre-market trade although the story was all about the yen overnight. The yen continued to weaken against the dollar overnight as the USD/JPY rose above 101 on new reports that Japanese citizens are starting to buy...
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 2:29pm
Why BlackBerry's Thorsten Heins is Dead Wrong About Tablets
BlackBerry's (NASDAQ: BBRY) CEO Thorsten Heins is making headlines today after sharing his views on the future of tablets. "In five years I don't think there'll be a reason to have a tablet anymore," Heins told Bloomberg. "Maybe a big screen in your workspace, but not a tablet as such. Tablets...
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Saturday, April 27, 2013 - 10:34am
A 'Buffet' of Buffett: Benzinga's Biggest Pet Peeve
Everybody makes mistakes. But can you imagine incorrectly spelling the name of one of the biggest and most respected business people in America, not once, but hundreds of times? From Wikipedia: Warren Edward Buffett (/ˈbʌfɨt/; born August 30, 1930) is an American business magnate, investor, and...
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Friday, April 26, 2013 - 4:49pm
Every Investor Should Follow These 23 Twitter Feeds
Everybody's doing it. It's become so mainstream that when somebody hacks the Associated Press Twitter feed, it moves the Dow more than 100 points. If you've resisted the Twitter experience so far, give it a try. The secret to using Twitter is to be choosy. Don't follow just anybody. Constrain...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 1:37pm
Amazon's Set-Top Box Poses New Threat to Intel, Apple
While some analysts had predicted that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) or Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) would lead television to the next generation, there is a third player approaching that could challenge their supremacy. According to Bloomberg, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) plans to release a set-top box that will allow...
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