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Citigroup Shares: Hey, Where’d All The Volume Go?
MarketBeat Blog
Remember when Citigroup was racking up billion-plus volume days on the regular? Well, trading has quieted down a lot.
In August, the average daily NYSE Composite volume for Citigroup averaged...
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As Gold Briefly Touches $1,060, a Moment of Reflection
MarketBeat Blog
Gold stretched higher early Thursday afternoon, with futures prices briefly touching $1,060 an ounce. The conventional wisdom on Wall Street is that gold’s run higher is fueled by some...
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As Gold Briefly Touches $1,060, a Moment of Reflection
MarketBeat Blog
Gold stretched higher early Thursday afternoon, with futures prices briefly touching $1,060 an ounce. The conventional wisdom on Wall Street is that gold’s run higher is fueled by some...
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Employment Report
Angry Bear
Not only was the employment report disappointing, but previously reported encouraging leading indicators of employment were revised away.
Most importantly, hours worked...
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The Mother of All Jobless Recoveries?
The Big Picture
Nice chart via Annaly Capital, showing the “Mother of All Jobless Recoveries.”
You can see why the Rutgers study showing a full jobs recovery not taking place until 2017 is very...
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Walgreen Same-Store Sales Up 5.3% In Sept Amid Flu Shots
Savvy Investor
Walgreen Co.’s (WAG) same-store sales jumped 5.3% in September on strength both in the pharmacy and the front end of the store.
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Gannett issues optimistic Q3 forecast
BloggingStocks
Gannett shares rose Tuesday after the company forecast third-quarter EPS between 39 and 42 cents. Analysts had been expecting EPS of 28 cents in the coming period.
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U.S. home prices up in July for third straight month
The Sparkpost
U.S. home prices in July rose for the third straight month, surpassing forecasts and suggesting that the housing market is stabilizing after a three-year plunge.
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10 Myths About Employee Incentive Programs
Wisebread
Employee incentive programs are popular, if only because they are prolific. They range from industry standard sales commissions and other pay by performance jobs to more...
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Money is More About Mind Than It Is About Math
Get Rich Slowly
This is the first of a thirteen-part series that explores the core tenets of Get Rich Slowly.
I had a group of old high-school friends over to the house last weekend. As the daylight faded and...
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British Airways “Face of Opportunity” winner shares experience!
Startup Nation
Un-freaking-believable! Is the first word that comes to mind when I think of the exciting- around the world- trip that I just went on with SUN’s Rich Sloan, and 100 other “Face of...
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Three Things You Should Know About Print Ads That Sell
Advertising Age
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- MRI Starch Communications surveyed print readers to learn exactly what makes a print ad sell. Here's what it found.
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Why Don’t Democracies Suffer Famines?
Business Strategy Innovation
In his keynote at the Spigit Customer Summit, Gary Hamel said that something that caught my attention: democracies don’t suffer famines. Hearing this, I was intrigued...
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The American Apparel AD the UK Doesn’t Want You to See!
Adrants
What would a week of controversial ads be with a little Dov love. The UK's Vice magazine ran an American Apparel ad on its back cover which one, repeat, one reader was offended over.
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Jobless Rate for Men Far Worse Than Women’s
Economics Blog
Looking underneath the headlines, two points ring out from today’s jobs report.
1) Men are getting hammered by this recession. The jobless rate for men hit 10.1% in August. This now matches the...
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