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July 23, 2008, 3:15 pm, 324252
Rob Curran of Dow Jones Newswires has this report on commodities and related stocks, and what may be in store.
If there is a speculative commodities bubble, we’re in the early stages of its deflation.
To some investors it may already feel like something popped: The price of ...
July 23, 2008, 3:15 pm, 324251
Costco televisions.
Costco Wholesale Corp. and its warehouse-club brethren had been a refuge for investors sick of ...
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The love-fest for financial stocks, particularly major banks, is continuing Wednesday.
The catalyst in Wednesday’s action appears to be word that President Bush will sign Congress’s housing bill, which solidifies support for the mortgage guarantors Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, both of which are rising ...
July 23, 2008, 1:15 pm, 324166
Tip your waiters.
Deal Journal’s
warrior goddess Heidi Moore notes President Bush’s remarks of late suggesting that ...
July 23, 2008, 1:15 pm, 324165
Few people would disagree that Wall Street lenders, hedge fund and investment banks got a little giddy during the credit boom, extending loans left and right and buying up risky securities linked to dodgy home mortgages.
The result was, in the now-famous words of U.S. President George W. Bush: “Wall Street ...
July 23, 2008, 1:15 pm, 324164
One year into a credit crisis few expected to last this long, the leveraged-loan market still is a shell of its former self.
Once one of the primary funding sources for a large number of risky U.S. corporations, the market has yet to recover from the ...
July 23, 2008, 1:15 pm, 324163
Its summertime and the living is supposed to be easy.
You can watch the market anxiously or go to the movies. My advice? Grab a cold beer and rent a movie. Youll learn more about business in two hours from one of these films than from reading ...
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Back in April, Perini Corp. (PCR), a large general contracting company whose projects include the MGM CityCenter in Las Vegas and the Foxwoods Resort and Casino in ...
July 23, 2008, 11:15 am, 324078
Just as the equity market has turned it around in the last several days, the dollar is rising from the ashes as well. Those who have witnessed the dollar’s previous attempts at a rally have reason to be skeptical, but there are a few factors moving in ...
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While the broader market is set to rally on another decline in oil prices, shares of Costco Wholesale Corp. are down 10% before the opening bell after the warehouse retailer said higher energy costs and internal decisions to try to maintain lower prices will hurt profit for the current ...
July 23, 2008, 9:15 am, 324004
By Stephen Grocer and Heidi Moore
Deals of the Day includes all the major news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions and financing. For breaking deal news, turn to the WSJ’s Deals & Deal Makers page, or
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After carefully reviewing the current status of supply and demand for crude oil, thoughtful minds might reasonably conclude that the price of crude oil has peaked.
For starters, airlines are going bankrupt left and right, and the level of route reductions the industry is taking ...
July 23, 2008, 9:13 am, 323960
Bill Miller, the manager of Legg Mason Value Trust, shares some advice about building wealth.
[My father said…] “See this ‘plus .25’? That means that if you own one share of this company today, you have 25¢ more than you had yesterday.” I had come in from mowing the grass ...
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