Rino International (RINO), one of the top China water and remediation plays, reported earnings after the bell today. Growth was excellent, but it didn’t quite meet Wall St estimates. The company reported an adjusted EPS of .53/share which was a big jump from the year ago quarter (.28/share), but missed by a penny and was [...]
Continue reading...31 March 2010 9:42 pm PST
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Many investors have been wondering why certain certain financial institutions and companies were bailed out and others weren’t. Others wondered why the American taxpayers are bailing out any companies a all. Now a study has been released by a couple professors at Tilburg University in the Netherlands and Manchester Business School in Great Britain, which [...]
Continue reading...31 March 2010 8:50 pm PST
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On January 25, 2006, Phillip Bowring wrote this op-ed piece in the NYT on pension liabilities: A remarkable if obscure event last week highlighted the potentially colossal impact on the global economy of the collision of two forces: the pension needs of aging populations throughout the developed world and the collapse of long-term interest rates. [...]
Continue reading...31 March 2010 8:40 pm PST
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I’ll keep this short as I know you’re busy, I just got word from my inside contact at MarketClub, that they’re opening up the premium service for a no cost 2 week trial! Just click here to get instant access here…. There are 4 powerful tools available to members that you, as a free trial [...]
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The US market continues to be range bound as the Dow closed down by 50 points today. Even though the ADP employment report was disappointing today, it didn’t stop the market from opening up strongly and staying high for most of the day on great factory orders. Profit taking stepped in towards the end of [...]
Continue reading...31 March 2010 7:49 pm PST
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Energy Focus (EFOI) reported results after the bell today that were so so, but the guidance may give the stock a boost going forward as its recent acquisition of Stones River Companies begins contributing to the bottom line. The company reported a loss of .17/share on revenues of 3.6 million which is about inline with [...]
Continue reading...31 March 2010 7:48 pm PST
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Europe’s rescue plan for Greece is now bank at square one. The reason the plan failed is there never really was a plan to begin with, just bazooka talk. Please consider Greece May Be Heading Back to ‘Square One’ on Aid as Bonds Fall Europe’s week-old rescue plan for Greece has so far failed to [...]
Continue reading...31 March 2010 4:12 pm PST
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President Barack Obama, surrounded by the family of Cesar Chavez and leaders of the United Farm Workers that Chavez co-founded, signs a proclamation in the Oval Office designating March 31, 2010, which would have been his 83rd birthday, as Cesar Chavez Day. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) [View Full Size] Today, I joined [...]
Continue reading...31 March 2010 3:54 pm PST
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A PROCLAMATION The rights and benefits working Americans enjoy today were not easily gained; they had to be won. It took generations of courageous men and women, fighting to secure decent working conditions, organizing to demand fair pay, and sometimes risking their lives. Some, like Cesar Estrada Chavez, made it the cause of their [...]
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Crude oil closed up $1.10 at $83.47 a barrel today. Prices closed near the session high today and hit a fresh 11 week high. Prices also closed at a bullish monthly high close. Crude oil bulls have the overall near term technical advantage and have regained solid upside momentum this week. Natural gas closed down [...]
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