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What a Difference a Week Makes: Now, All News Is "Good" for Stocks

Friday 06 Nov 09 19:27:44 GMT

After an initial dive following the release of the October employment report, the stock market rebounded Friday morning and was holding steady above 10,000 mid-afternoon.Barring any late-day drama, Friday is shaping up to be a good proxy for the week: vol

Yankees Win, Workers Lose: Unemployment Rate Hits 26-Year High

Friday 06 Nov 09 18:39:36 GMT

They held a parade near Wall Street Friday but there was no celebrating on Main Street with the release of the October jobs report.The unemployment rate rose to 10.2%, higher than expected and the highest rate since 1983. The labor force shrank by 31,000

What's Next For Google? Trillion-Dollar Company Or Toast?

Friday 06 Nov 09 16:42:40 GMT

Microsoft still has dreams to the contrary, but Google has won the search game. With an estimated 70 percent market share worldwide and nearly $25 billion of revenue, the company has left the rest of the industry in the dust.But what's next? S

Is Google Taking Over the World?

Friday 06 Nov 09 15:22:12 GMT

It's difficult to deny Google's transformative -- and disruptive -- power on many traditional businesses from newspapers to book publishing. Now a decade after its founding by two Stanford University students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the digital media

Wall Street Is Setting Investors Up for Another Hurting, Robert Prechter Warns

Friday 06 Nov 09 12:30:00 GMT

With the Dow back above 10,000 (as of Thursday's close, at least), the message from many on Wall Street is: Hurry! The recovery train is leaving the station! Don't miss out on the next phase of the bull market!Not so fast, says Robert P

Stocks, Commodities Topping; Dollar Set for Major Rally, Robert Prechter Says

Thursday 05 Nov 09 20:02:00 GMT

Stocks and gold rallied sharply Thursday, moving in opposition to the dollar as is so often the case these days.The inverse correlation between financial assets and the dollar won't change but the trend is about to reverse in a major way, according to Rob

Bob Prechter: Bear Market Rally Is Over, Stocks Headed For New Lows

Thursday 05 Nov 09 18:50:03 GMT

With the Dow Jones Industrial Average once again marching closer to 10,000, many investors, especially those who missed the rally since March, must be asking themselves: Is now the time to finally pull the trigger?Robert Prechter, founder of Elliott Wave

The Case for Protectionism: "Buy American" Program Will Fix Jobless Recovery

Thursday 05 Nov 09 17:21:34 GMT

American worker productivity surged in the third quarter and new jobless claims fell to their lowest level since January, the government reported today, more signs of a nascent economic recovery. But no one's cheering just yet. With businesses reluctant t

Comcast's Brian Roberts Not Insane to Buy NBC, Says Ex-Cable Mogul Hindery

Thursday 05 Nov 09 15:40:33 GMT

Many media-industry pundits have dismissed Comcast's play for NBC as the latest foray of a deranged distribution guy (Comcast CEO Brian Roberts) obsessed with getting into the content business.The evidence? Roberts tried desperately to buy Disney a

James Altucher Is "Horribly Naive"! Legalizing Insider Trading Would "Create a Monster"

Thursday 05 Nov 09 12:30:00 GMT

Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam – the man accused of the largest insider trading scam in a generation – heads to court later today for a hearing on his request to lower his $100 million bail. Last week,