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Treasury’s Geithner pledges that U.S. will cut its budget deficit

Filed under: Law , Scandals While Donald Trump fights to regain control of the bankrupt Trump Entertainment Resorts, the company is also being sued by Coastal Marina, LLC , the company that had agreed to acquire the Trump Marina Hotel Casino from the company prior to the bankruptcy filing.

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Another lawsuit for The Donald…

Filed under: General Electric (GE) , Time Warner (TWX) , Walt Disney (DIS) , Viacom (VIA) , News Corp’B’ (NWS) , Media World Time Warner (NYSE: TWX ) issued Q2 results today and they were… okay. I wouldn’t call them great, but I wouldn’t say they were anything approaching a disaster, either.

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Time Warner tops the Q2 estimates, but is it a trade yet?

Filed under: Forecasts , Other issues , Market matters , Money and Finance Today , Economic data , Headline news , Federal Reserve , Recession , Financial Crisis The Federal Reserve released its latest beige book report detailing economic conditions across the country based upon observed evidence and conversations. The 12 Fed district banks “indicated that the pace of decline has moderated since the last report or that activity has begun to stabilize, albeit at a low level.” It indicates that retail activity is weak with essentially no wage pressure

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The Fed Beige Book: Maybe a bottom but where’s the bounce?

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Filed under: Stocks to Buy It goes without saying that I favor the railroad sector. And why not

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Kansas City Southern: On the border lies a gem

Filed under: Major movement , Earnings reports , Bad news , Options , Technical Analysis Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE: RCL - option chain ) stock is falling today after the company reported a second-quarter loss of $35.1 million, or 16 cents per share , worse than analysts’ forecasts of a loss of 13 cents per share. RCL also forecast third-quarter earnings of 95 cents to $1 per share, while analysts are expecting a profit of $1.22 per share. If you think this stock won’t be rising too far in the coming months, then it could be a good time to look at a bearish hedged play on RCL

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Royal Caribbean (RCL) drops on Q2 loss

Filed under: Earnings reports , ConocoPhillips (COP) Oil firm ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP ) reported second-quarter earnings of 87 cents per share this morning, barely edging the consensus estimate calling for 85 cents per share. Despite topping the consensus estimate, the results fell well short of last year’s same-quarter earnings of $3.50 per share. Quarterly revenue totaled $35.4 billion, which was less than half of the $71.4 billion earned a year ago

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ConocoPhillips barely tops second-quarter expectations

Filed under: Before the bell , International markets , Earnings reports , Time Warner (TWX) , Market matters , Sprint Nextel Corp (S) , ConocoPhillips (COP) , Economic data , Oil , Federal Reserve , General Dynamics Corp (GD) U.S.

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Before the bell: Futures lower amidst more earnings, ahead of Beige Book