A growing pack of bears is now clawing away at China.Much of the world might have bought into the miracle of China, but there's a significant platoon of heavyweight investment strategists and market

Stocks posted their first weekly decline since early October with unhappy anniversaries all around us; Monday marked twenty-two years since one serious slump day and the Great Depression was unoffici

Stocks slipped a second session though still posted their best August since ‘00. But buyer beware: September is invariably the scariest month for shares.It was a merger Monday with Disney&rsquo

Minyan Morning MemoOne to watch: Sara Lee (SLE) shares are in retreat after the supermarket staple reported a fiscal fourth quarter shortfall of $14 million. While the narrower loss ex-items act

BHP Slashes Coke Prices BHP Billiton (BHP) said it has agreed to slash its annual coking coal prices by almost 60% after demand for the steelmaking material fell. The company said it has already sett

Inventory Reduction and Restocking During the first quarter of 2009, US economic production resembled something along the lines of deer in headlights. The silence of consumption was deafening,an

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Seriously, I’m trying to figure out what makes me such a freak magnet. Yesterday, I talked about the guy making orgasmic noises as he slurped his coffee; last night, I was treated to an hour-an

Alcoa (AA) stock jumped in today’s session, recovering much of yesterday’s 14% loss. The reason for the change in sentiment? According to Reuters, the stock was upgraded by analysts at De

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