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Upgrades & Downgrades: Toasting Bud With a Buy RatingWed Nov 18th, 2009
Justin Sharon For the loneliest number, one sure has a lot of company. A one point gain took the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to within one percent of its retracement level while one dollar will suffice a |
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Does Another Round of Beer Mergers Make Sense?Fri Nov 13th, 2009
Scott Reeves Mass-produced beer is a slow-growth industry, and major brewers have merged in an effort to cut costs and grab market share. But consolidation may be little more than a short-term fix. The best known |
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Upgrades & Downgrades: Profiting From Oracle?Fri Nov 13th, 2009
Justin Sharon An ocean of black led to a sea of red with Wall Street declining as EIA data showed oil inventories up and demand off. For related content see The Untapped Energy Riches of Uzbekistan. The Dow s |
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Upgrades & Downgrades: Long Road Ahead for CoachThu Nov 12th, 2009
Justin Sharon Slim gains on vacation volume still sufficed to send the Dow Jones Index up for a sixth successive session as it and the Standard & Poor’s 500 closed at fresh highs for the year. While 1,10 |
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Happy Days Again -- For Blackstone, AnywayFri Nov 6th, 2009
Scott Reeves A strong IPO market is good news for private equity, and the new issues market will remain strong into next year, the president and chief operating officer of Blackstone Group (BX) believes.“We |
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TV Networks Programmed to Win from Major GamesMon Nov 2nd, 2009
John F Kelly Is a 30-second commercial that runs during the Super Bowl really worth $3 million? Hell, yes, say the companies that lined up to buy spots during the NBC-hosted game in 2009. The network's line-up so |
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Upgrades & Downgrades: BUD Needs a FriendTue Oct 27th, 2009
Justin Sharon The investment outlook is waxing at Madame Tussauds while waning everywhere else with stocks falling for a fourth day in five on weakness in financials and a jump in the dollar as Greenback and Green |
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Video: Alternative Beer Goes MainstreamTue Oct 20th, 2009
Kevin Depew Pabst Blue Ribbon, or PBR as it’s affectionately called by loyalists, has become the de facto recession-special beer in the 20-something market. To its many drinkers, PBR is cheap, unpretentiou |
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A Private-Equity Rebirth Is PrematureWed Oct 14th, 2009
Megan Barnett Private equity is back!Or so it would seem, according to some of the biggest rock stars from the leveraged buyout industry this week. The Blackstone Group’s (BX) Steve Schwarzman told a Dubai c |
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As Seen On TV: Duff / BudweiserWed Oct 14th, 2009
Scott Reeves Raise your glass to Duff Beer, the King of Parody.Duff is Homer Simpson’s brew of choice. He and other members of Springfield’s elite sit on their more-than-somewhat-ample duffs at Moe&rs |






