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Social Networking by the Billion
Chinese social networking upstart FaceKoo had a very good day on Nov. 18: It passed MySpace China in page views, according to Alexa. Some people dispute the accuracy of Alexa's web stats, saying it's more weighted to the tech elite, who download the
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Can Stimulus Prop Up China's Investment Growth?
Chinese-language social networking site FaceKoo (yes, like Facebook) last month surpassed MySpace China in page views, according to Alexa data. ...
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Study: Auto Bankruptcy Fears Are Overblown
From ClusterStock, Dec. 17, 2008:We think the government will hold off an auto bankruptcy at all costs, in part because the industry has convinced everyone that bankruptcy would be the equivalent of dropping a nuclear bomb in the midwest industrial state
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'Multiple Failures' by SEC in Madoff Case: Cox's (Not So) Stunning Confession
With regulators scrambling to clean up the Madoff mess, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox admitted to the obvious yesterday: There were "apparent multiple failures" at the SEC. ...
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'All Available Tools': What the Fed's Moves Really Mean
After gorging themselves Tuesday, buyers were taking a breather early Wednesday as traders contemplated the true meaning of the Fed's historic announcement."The Federal Reserve will employ all available tools to promote the resumption of sustainable
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Time for Apple Fans to Freak Out
From Silicon Alley Insider:Apple bull Gene Munster says he was "shocked" to hear that Steve Jobs won't be giving the Macworld keynote in three weeks. He wasn't the only one. Let's walk through some possible reasons for this decision: App
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Limited Options for Investors Burned by Madoff
Even as revelations about the Bernie Madoff scandal continue to emerge, there seem to be many more questions than answers so far.Chief among them: Do Madoff's investors have any hope of getting any money back?John Singer, partner at the New York law firm
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Madoff Fraud Nowhere Near $50 Billion (So Far)
From ClusterStock.com, Dec. 16, 2008: Based on publicly acknowledged losses to date, it appears that the Madoff Ponzi scheme losses are a lot smaller than the $50 billion he told his sons about. They're still massive, though.Our back-of-the-envelope count
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Federal Reserve Establishes Target Range: 0 to 25 Basis Points
From ClusterStock.com, Dec. 16, 2008: Forget the target rate! The Fed is establishing a range for federal funds, which will be zero to a quarter of a percent. Perhaps most importantly, they said that rates would be low for a very long time and that the Fe
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As Fed Slashes Rates, Gold's Appeal as a 'Stateless Currency' Rises
Gold prices rose Tuesday ahead of the Fed's meeting and are likely to continue pushing higher after the central bank's extraordinary decision to set a range for the fed funds rate of 0% to 0.25%. ...
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Madoff Mysteries: Missing $20B, Who Helped, and Those Perfect Golf Scores
Every day seems to bring a new twist to the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme story, but much remains unclear. Among the latest headlines:An inquiry has so far found no evidence that Madoff's family helped him bilk investors.
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Madoff Mysteries: Missing $20B, Who Helped, and Perfect Golf Scores
Every day seems to bring a new twist to the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme story, but much remains unclear. Among the latest headlines:An inquiry has so far found no evidence that Madoff's family helped him bilk investors.
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Goldman Sachs: Best House in a Really Bad Neighborhood
Shares of Goldman Sachs shares jumped Tuesday after the firm reported its first-ever loss on quarterly basis.While the loss, of $2.29 billion, or $4.97 per share, was wider than the Street's expected loss of $3.73 a share, it wasn't as bad as the $6 per s
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Why GE Should Never Give Earnings Guidance Again
From ClusterStock.com, Dec. 16, 2008: GE CEO Jeff Immelt will be giving his annual state-of-the-company address from the Saturday Night Live studios this afternoon. The scuttlebutt is that he will announce that GE will stop giving earnings forecasts. ...
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Wall Street Wobbles, Rocking Americans' Retirement Plans
The drama of 2008 has clearly roiled Wall Street but also played havoc with the portfolios of individual investors, and not just those eviscerated by the Bernie Madoff scandal. ...
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Apple iPod, Mac Sales Holding Up, But Growth Hits a Wall
From Silicon Alley Insider, Dec. 15, 2008:This morning, Goldman Sachs warned that weak consumer spending could whack Apple's sales and profits. ...
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Is Google Breaking Its Net Neutrality Promises?
Late Sunday night the Twitters started to fly:"Beware the all powerful google""Google now officially evil""Contemplating a boycott of google"Some twelve hours later and Twitterers turned on the Wall Street Journal, calling it
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List of Madoff's Victims Keep Growing, Likely to Extend Beyond Clients
The victims of the Bernie Madoff scandal continue to mount and include some of the world's biggest financial institutions, major fund of funds managers, well-heeled individuals and many charities.Henry Blodget has
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How to Get Money Back from Bernie Madoff: Sue Tremont, Others
From ClusterStock, Dec. 14, 2008:The more we learn about the Bernie Madoff affair, the more clear it becomes that many extremely well-compensated advisers and firms who steered money to Madoff failed their clients by not examining his returns and strat
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Be of Good Cheer: Street Confident Despite Madoff Scandal, Fed Meeting
Having averted what some feared could be a crash on Friday, the stock market enters this week with a sense of confidence. ...
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