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Thirty Percent Of U.S. Adults Get News On Facebook
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 1:16 PM EDT
According to Pew Research's State of the News Media, the role that social media plays in the spreading of news isn’t as big as many people tend to believe. The only social network that is really relevant as a news source is Facebook with 30 percent of U.S. adults at least occasionally using it to get news.
In this article: META
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Market Commentary: Markets Open Up, SP500 Sets New Historic High, But Remain Flat
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 11:49 AM EDT
Premarkets remained around +0.05% until the opening where the SP500 edged up +0.07% marking a new historic high (1886.97) on volume that was so low it was difficult to measure.
In this article: GLD, SPY, VIX
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Renewables Rise - Can Storage Keep Up?
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 10:20 AM EDT
Renewable energy has been growing tremendously in the US over the past several years - with an average growth rate of over 25% a year for wind power and over 50% a year for solar
In this article: DDEJF, MXWL, AXPW
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Resolution Оf Failed Banks
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 8:41 AM EDT
During the recent crisis, some of the largest and most prominent financial institutions failed or nearly failed, requiring extraordinary intervention from regulators, such as extended access to lender-of-last-resort facilities, debt and deposit guarantees, and injection of capital to mitigate systemic risk.
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Sweden’s Labour Costs Are 10x As High As Bulgaria’s
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 7:35 AM EDT
According to Eurostat, there are tremendous differences across the European Union when it comes to average hourly labor costs.
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Five States And The Gulf Of Mexico Produce More Than 80% Of U.S. Crude Oil
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 5:51 AM EDT
Five states and the Gulf of Mexico supplied more than 80%, or 6 million barrels per day, of the crude oil (including lease condensate) produced in the United States in 2013.
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Stratfor: Russia And The United States Negotiate The Future Of Ukraine
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 3:41 PM EDT
During the Cold War, U.S. secretaries of state and Soviet foreign ministers routinely negotiated the outcome of crises and the fate of countries. It has been a long time since such talks have occurred, but last week a feeling of deja vu overcame me.
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Cash In Big On Russia’s Tech Market
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 1:11 PM EDT
There's an old French proverb that says: Achetez aux canons, vendez aux clarions. That's "buy on the cannons, sell on the trumpets."
In this article: CEO, MBT, MTL, VIP, VOD, OGZPY, YNDX, QIWI
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Market Commentary: Averages Trading Sideways On Anemic Volume
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 12:26 PM EDT
The averages have traded more or less sideways with a slightly negative slant this morning. The SP500 set a new historic high by 0.63 cents and then backed off on falling volume. By the noontime hour the volume was anemic as investors are holding back until Mr. market does something.
In this article: WTI, SPY, VIX
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Market Commentary: Markets Gap Up On Opening, SP500 Bests Historical High
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 11:24 AM EDT
Premarkets were actually up again this morning by +0.20% and Asia is not looking very good, especially China with its second bond default
In this article: GLD, SPY, VIX
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Mixing And Matching Collateral In Dealer Banks
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 9:53 AM EDT
The failure or near-collapse of some of the largest dealer banks on Wall Street in 2008 highlighted the profound complexity of the industry.
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Career Changes Decline During Recessions
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 7:34 AM EDT
Some types of jobs lost during recessions are never recovered, which suggests some unemployed workers must change careers. However, data on hiring during recessions shows the fraction of unemployed workers who change their industry or occupation declines rather than increases.
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Paying For Goods And Services
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 5:43 AM EDT
The way consumer pays for goods and services varies by the generation in which the person was born. The future of payments is in the hands of the younger generations today — and those who will come after Gen Y.
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Fed Chair Yellen: "Considerable Slack In The Labor Market"
Monday, March 31, 2014 4:36 PM EDT
Chair Yellen spent considerable time describing the evidence of considerable employment slack. A summary as well as the full text of her speech follows.
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March 2014 Texas Manufacturing Survey Growth Strengthens Again
Monday, March 31, 2014 3:20 PM EDT
Of the five Federal Reserve districts which have released their March surveys, four are forecasting growth and one is forecasting contraction. A complete summary follows.
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Market Commentary: Averages Remain Elevated, Now Trading Sideways On Anemic Volume
Monday, March 31, 2014 1:50 PM EDT
The averages have traded more or less sideways throughout the morning session. The small caps are still trading above one percent while the large caps have lost a bit of their morning luster as the volume continues to fall.
In this article: GLD, SPY, VIX
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