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Cash for Clunkers program to end on Monday

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Filed under: Press releases , Consumer experience , Politics If you are getting tired of reading all the news on the government’s “cash for clunkers” program, don’t worry…

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Cash for Clunkers program to end on Monday

Reconciliation is a nasty word for healthcare stocks (UNH, WLP and HUM)

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Filed under: Bad news , Rumors Unless you’ve been spending your summer vacation on a tropical beach with no television or internet access, you have seen that the public reception to Congress’ proposals for heathcare reform have not exactly been well accepted. I mean, nut jobs showing up to town hall meetings with guns strapped to their legs isn’t really the norm. So you would think that the Republicans who are against a public insurance plan are in control, right?

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Reconciliation is a nasty word for healthcare stocks (UNH, WLP and HUM)

Barnes & Noble struggles with comps in the second quarter

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Filed under: Earnings reports , Wal-Mart (WMT) , Amazon.com (AMZN) Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS ), a bookseller that competes with Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN ), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

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Barnes & Noble struggles with comps in the second quarter

Interested in buying some General Motors stock?

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Filed under: Internet , General Motors (GM) , Market matters , CVS Corp (CVS) , Procter and Gamble (PG) If you are one of the investors out there watching General Motors stock each day trying to pick the perfect time to buy the stock… don’t ! For whatever reason, people have continued to buy General Motors stock , despite the fact that the company and the government have issued warnings that the stock is destined to be worthless

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Interested in buying some General Motors stock?

While oil flies high at $72, natural gas hits a 7-year low

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

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Filed under: Commodities , Oil Go figure the energy markets. Oil, which despite the U.S.’s worst recession in more than a generation, never really approached its 150-year real average of $25-30, is trading around $72 per barrel. Meanwhile, a prime competitor, natural gas, hit a 7-year low Thursday, falling through the psychologically-significant $3 per million BTUs (MMBtu) level on rising supplies and low demand from industry and power plants.

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While oil flies high at $72, natural gas hits a 7-year low

China Green Agriculture attractive after pullback

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Filed under: China , Agriculture With the Shanghai index plunging 20.6% last week, some China small-cap stocks are now trading at attractive valuations. One of my favorites is China Green Agriculture (AMEX: CGA ). China Green Agriculture is fertilizer company based in Xian, China that has been on the rise

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China Green Agriculture attractive after pullback

Bears circling China

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Filed under: China , Economic data The hype around China is seductive, especially when we’re mired in a recession. Any ray of hope is worth a few minutes of our time.

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Bears circling China


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