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International Beauty Pageant Franchise

Gossip in Hollywood — Thu, 23 May 2013 09:50:59 +0000

Your chance to become the national license holder in your country of the fastest growing international beauty pageant in the world. This exciting and glamorous opportunity is a great revenue builder and networking platform. The first events have been a huge success. Contact Miss Grand International issaree@heffcap.com

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Key West Summer Fishing Adventures

Shayne Heffernan — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:59:23 +0000

Key West Party boat fishing is group fishing at it’s finest in the Florida Keys. In order to save you, the lucky fisherman, money on your party boat fishing trip, and still provide a great Key West fishing experience, we book a group of fishermen on a single chartered fishing trip, which lowers your cost [...]

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The Currency War Rages On, USD Outlook

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:47:20 +0000

The Currency War Rages On, USD Outlook The alignment in the currency markets has been incisive, as most countries are not bashful in their attempts to devalue their currencies. While the USD is gaining strength these days, the consequence of the current events does not look good for the USD. During Ys 2008-9 crises the [...]

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Try Thomson Reuters XENITH Free

Shayne Heffernan — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:09:01 +0000

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Apple NASDAQ:AAPL Keeping Tech in the Green

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:26:08 +0000

Apple NASDAQ:AAPL Keeping Tech in the Green GOOG, INTC Apple Inc.’s shares rose on Monday as Barclays raised its price target for the stock, saying the iPhone maker was poised to “retake control of the narrative.” Apple rose more than 2% to 460.14. Barclays analyst raised his price target by 13% to $525 from $ [...]

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Warren Buffett Warns on Bubble

Shayne Heffernan — Mon, 06 May 2013 09:33:58 +0000

Warren Buffett dispensed plenty of advice on investing and life during the weekend’s Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska in the US. The wisdom Buffett and his investing partner Charlie Munger offer is part of what attracts more than 30,000 to the meetings each year. What he did say they was somewhat telling was [...]

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Glencore Xstrata LN:GLEN Merger Complete, Employee Sackings Coming Next

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Sun, 05 May 2013 08:19:01 +0000

Glencore Xstrata LN:GLEN Merger Complete, Employee Sackings Coming Next GLCNF The completion of the $76-B merger Thursday between Glencore International plc and Xstrata plc created a new company called Glencore Xstrata plc with 190,000 employees in 50 countries. Among of the 1st items of business for the new company is make good on its promise [...]

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Hong Kong Real Estate Under Pressure

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Thu, 02 May 2013 11:37:36 +0000

Hong Kong property market begins to adjust under government cooling measures Pre-owned home sales in Hong Kong picked up a bit recently after an unusually sluggish transaction volume in March, with property owners axing prices to entice home buyers. The transaction volume of the city’s secondary residential properties plunged to around 2,300 in March, the [...]

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Miss Grand Thailand May 7 in Bangkok

Shayne Heffernan — Wed, 01 May 2013 17:13:32 +0000

Miss Grand Thailand May 7 in Bangkok Centara Grand Miss Grand Thailand 2013: Promoting World Peace Miss Grand Thailand 2013, part of the new Miss Grand International was the centre of attention in Thailand this week. The contestants, Thailand’s most beautiful young women were at Sofitel So Bangkok, the stunning Christian Lacroix designed amenities were [...]

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Jim Rogers, Investing in Gold

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Wed, 01 May 2013 17:02:06 +0000

Jim Rogers, Investing in Gold Commodities investor Rogers is concerned about the worldwide economy, but he is not worried about the recent sell off in Gold. In fact, he stands ready to buy the precious Yellow metal on another pull back. Gold prices are already making a comeback after their 2 day fall in April. [...]

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ASEAN Stock Exchange Preview

Shayne Heffernan — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:16:23 +0000

Singapore The FTSE Straits Times Index (STI) ended +6.26 points higher or +0.19% higher to 3,368.18, taking the year-to-date performance to +6.35%. The FTSE ST Mid Cap Index declined -0.04% while the FTSE ST Small Cap Index declined -0.02%. The top active stocks were Singtel (+2.34%), DBS (+2.45%), Kep Corp (+0.19%), OCBC Bk (-0.64%), and [...]

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ROC Hollywood to IPO in 2014

Gossip in Hollywood — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:16:46 +0000

ROC Hollywood to IPO in 2014 ROC Hollywood is using a combination crowdfunding and traditional funding hybrid model for their 2014 IPO Founded in 2006, ROC Hollywood is a full-service entertainment company, inclusive of artist, songwriter, producer and engineer management including music publishing, touring & merchandising, film & television and a music label. ROC Hollywood [...]

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Investing in ASEAN

Shayne Heffernan — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:44:08 +0000

We Offer 4 Funds that are ASEAN focused. Guided by the Asean Economic Community (AEC) blueprint, the ASEAN Exchanges collaboration will jointly promote the development of ASEAN as an asset class, with the intention of increasing liquidity of the member exchanges. This will be achieved through creating ASEAN-centric investment products, implementing targeted promotional initiatives and [...]

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Euro Crisis Data Points to Continued Contraction

Shayne Heffernan — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:18:36 +0000

Spain fell deeper into recession in the first three months of the year, the seventh straight quarter it has seen its economy shrink, data showed on Tuesday. Rising exports and weaker imports, reported separately, provided some relief by cutting the trade deficit. The data showing further contraction will add to a Europe-wide debate about whether [...]

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US Corporate Revenues Disappoint

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:02:20 +0000

US Corporate Revenues Disappoint IBM, CAT, UTX Earnings may be up as US public companies report their quarterly results but revenues are not. This may be a sign of trouble ahead, perhaps driven largely by a slowing in exports to Europe. The USA Today reports on US corporate revenues: Investors were hoping by this point [...]

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AUD a Sell As Australia Warns of Major Fiscal Gap

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:58:01 +0000

AUD a Sell As Australia Warns of Major Fiscal Gap Australian government revenue will be about 12-B Australian Dollars (US$12.3-B) less than expected this fiscal year, Prime Minister Julia Gillard will say in a speech Monday. The latest warning on the state of the nation’s finances comes ahead of the annual budget on 14 May, [...]

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Shayne Heffernan: How to Develop an Inflation Hedge 2013

Shayne Heffernan — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:01:23 +0000

Shayne Heffernan: How to Develop an Inflation Hedge 2013 QE1, QE2, QE3, the Bernanke “Twist” and QE4 are pumping out money at a rate never before seen in history. The Fed will not only generate US inflation but it will be exporting that inflation to the rest of the World, especially emerging markets. It is [...]

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Gold, Silver and Oil Prices This Week

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:44:32 +0000

Gold, Silver and Oil Prices This Week The Overall Fundamentals Commodities recovered across the board last week on bargain hunting and short covering after the sharp selloff the week before. The Bullishness could be temporary and extension rallies from the current price levels are less likely, the market fundamentals are still weak overall. The spread [...]

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Silver to Price to Rally

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:34:45 +0000

Speculators Have Reversed Their Positions on Silver Over the past 10 weeks there was a fall in net Long positions in Silver, but now large speculators finally reversed course and added Silver contracts according to the most recent Commitment of Traders (COT) report. From 5 February through 9 April, the group saw its holdings drop [...]

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Investing in Rare and Exotic Cars

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:00:28 +0000

Investing in Rare and Exotic Cars Rare and Exotic Trophy Motor Cars are Considered Fine Art in the Investment Community. Fine examples of rare sports, racing, muscle, classic, vintage and antique motor cars represents the historic marriage of art and machine. Collectors of these works of automotive art depend on experts to assist them in [...]

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Motor Cars as Art

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:58:36 +0000

Motor Cars as Art shown in Kansas City Missouri One Sunday each year, the Art of the Car Concours is presented on lawn of the Kansas City Art Institute campus. Lined up on KCAI’s main Green are the much admired works of artists and engineers from the automotive world’s Golden Ages Last year, a collection [...]

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Apple Inc NASDAQ:AAPL Apps for Sport

Shayne Heffernan — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:29:25 +0000

Apple Inc NASDAQ:AAPL Apps for Sport College Hoops and Major League Baseball Lift Smartphone Sports Apps Sports fans in Arbitron smartphone panel flock to mobile apps to follow their passion on the go Use of sports apps by members of the Arbitron Mobile smartphone panel has been climbing steadily since their post-Super Bowl, mid-winter doldrums, [...]

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S&P Dow Jones Indices Licenses Pan Asia Dividend Aristocrats Index to State Street Global Advisors

Shayne Heffernan — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:23:15 +0000

S&P Dow Jones Indices announced today that it has licensed the S&P Pan Asia Dividend Aristocrats® Index to State Street Global Advisors for the launch of an exchange traded fund (ETF) based upon the Index. The S&P Pan Asia Dividend Aristocrats Index measures the performance of constituents within the S&P Pan Asia Broad Market Index [...]

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Strong Silver Investment Demand

Shayne Heffernan — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:19:11 +0000

The Silver Institute Reports Continued Strong Silver Investment Demand Drove Annual Average Price to 2nd Highest on Record Jewelry Demand Remained Strong While Industrial Demand Eased Modestly Strong global Silver investor demand was the dominant driver of Silver prices last year, accounting for almost 25% of total Silver demand. Averaging 31.15 oz, Y 2012’s price [...]

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SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: SEAS) IPO

Shayne Heffernan — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:20:38 +0000

SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. Announces Closing Of Initial Public Offering Of 29,900,000 Shares Of Common Stock SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: SEAS) (“SeaWorld Entertainment” or the “Company”) today announced the closing of an initial public offering of 29.9 million shares of common stock at a price to the public of $27 per share. IPO Stocks are some [...]

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Preview, Gold, Silver and Crude Oil Trade

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:57:35 +0000

Preview, Gold, Silver and Crude Oil Trade US Gold futures prices finished pit trade higher Wednesday, as traders and investors continue to step in buying the dip in prices. Demand for physical Gold worldwide is strong after last week’s price plunge. Outside market forces were Bullish for Gold and Silver Wednesday, as the USD index [...]

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Obama Using George Bush Policies Despite Differences

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:52:01 +0000

Obama Using George Bush Policies Despite Differences Despite vast differences with President George W. Bush on ideology, style and temperament, President Obama has stuck with Bush policies or aspirations on a number of fronts, from counterterrorism to immigration, from war strategy to the global fight against AIDS. Even on tax policy, where Bush advocated lower [...]

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Corum Sold to China Haidian (HKG:0256)

Shayne Heffernan — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:42:13 +0000

Corum Sold to China Haidian (HKG:0256) The Swiss watchmaker Corum said it had been acquired by China Haidian (0256) in the first purchase of a luxury Swiss watch company by a Chinese rival. China Haidian, which owns the Eterna watch brand among others, said it had acquired 100 percent of Corum for 86 million Swiss [...]

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Terrorist Attack in China

Shayne Heffernan — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:26:28 +0000

Terrorist Attack in China Kashgar in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region was the scene of a deadly terror attack that left 21 dead. The clash, severe, violent, terror incident, happened after three community workers in Selibuya township, Bachu county, found several suspicious people and knives in a house on Tuesday. They reported the details to [...]

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Robert Kuok’s entry into Iskandar Malaysia

Shayne Heffernan — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:12:11 +0000

Robert Kuok’s entry into Iskandar Malaysia will create a ripple effect, drawing more interest from international investors and creating new jobs and opportunities in the region. “Because Kuok has close ties with China, more investments are also likely to pour into Iskandar Malaysia from the world’s second-largest economy,” an industry observer told StarBiz. Kuok had [...]

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Vietnam NganLuong Joint Stock Co.

Shayne Heffernan — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:06:32 +0000

E-payment services provider, MOL AccessPortal Sdn Bhd, has entered into an agreement with pioneering Vietnamese e-commerce group, PeaceSoft Solutions Corp, to jointly acquire a 50% equity stake in NganLuong Joint Stock Co. Under the agreement, MOL and PeaceSoft would jointly operate one of the country’s first online payments and escrow platforms, together with other related [...]

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Nikkei 225 Ready to Fall

Shayne Heffernan — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:02:48 +0000

Nikkei 225 Ready to Fall The dramatic move forward of the Nikkei is about to reverse. The Yen is headed back to 90 in USD terms. A spinning top occurred (a spinning top is a candle with a small real body). Spinning tops identify a session in which there is little price action (as defined [...]

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Moody’s Like The Philippines

Shayne Heffernan — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:38:36 +0000

Moody’s Analytics, a sister company of credit rating watchdog Moody’s Investor Service, said the country’s 6.6-percent growth in 2012 was achieved despite weak growth in the United States, a crisis in the eurozone and a slowdown in China. It said the problems of the United States, the eurozone and China— key export markets—significantly dampened the [...]

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Citi NYSE:C CEO, I Won’t be Satisfied Until Citi’s Credibility is Rebuild

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:35:19 +0000

Citi NYSE:C CEO, I Won’t be Satisfied Until Citi’s Credibility is Rebuild Citigroup Inc.’s top executives said the bank is going to continue to favor share repurchases over dividends and promised the era of shrinking the company is over. Shareholders at Citi’s annual meeting in New York Wednesday demanded to know why Citi chose to [...]

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Schwab NYSE:SCHW Website Hit With Denial of Service Attack

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:23:20 +0000

Schwab NYSE:SCHW Website Hit With Denial of Service Attack WFC, JPM Charles Schwab Corp. was hit with a “denial of service” attack Wednesday, the 2nd straight day clients of the discount brokerage were unable to place online trades. In an emailed statement, a company spokeswoman said Schwab is having “intermittent access issues this morning with [...]

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Apple NASDAQ:AAPL Plans Debt Debut, Investors Lined Up

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:15:18 +0000

Apple NASDAQ:AAPL Plans Debt Debut, Investors Lined Up MASFT, GOOG, INTC Apple’s announcement Tuesday that it plans to borrow for the 1st time could be as well received as its smart phone launches. Investors are desperate to take cash off the sidelines, even on high-quality securities that will yield relatively little. The bonds, which in [...]

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Boston Bomber Blames America

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:53:32 +0000

Boston Bomber Blames America Boston Bomber Suspect: US Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan Motivated the Brothers The suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings told interrogators that the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq motivated he and his brother to carry out the attack, US officials familiar with the interviews said. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19 anni, acknowledged from [...]

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Major US Banks in Trouble JPM, MS, BAC, MS

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:50:59 +0000

Major US Banks in Trouble JPM, MS, BAC, MS Fitch Warns About Bank Earnings for Balance of 2013, echoing the sentiment of Shayne Heffernan from early 2013. US Bank Stocks are some of the stocks actively traded in the HeffCap Dividend Focused CFD Fund, great protection in the current economic environment after the success of [...]

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Ford NYSE:F Earnings Review

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:42:41 +0000

Ford NYSE:F Earnings Review Ford Motor Co. reported a 15% increase in Q-1 profit as a record performance in the company’s North American division offset softness in other regions around the world. The results highlight how Ford’s moves in the US over the past 18 months to expand its car portfolio, refresh its F- series [...]

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Durable Goods Reflect Sagging Economy in USA

Shayne Heffernan — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:49:04 +0000

Durable Goods Reflect Sagging Economy in USA Durable goods are just part of the story in the USA as the economy struggles despite a massive money printing exercise conducted by the Federal Reserve. Orders for the so-called core capital goods had dropped 4.8 percent in February and economists had expected a 0.4 percent increase last [...]

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Enviro-Serv, Inc. (OTCPK:EVSV) Takes on the Short Sellers

Shayne Heffernan — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:37:37 +0000

Enviro-Serv, Inc. (OTCPK:EVSV) Takes on the Short Sellers I said this might see 25c and that is looking possible today: In the Wall Street Journal the company confirmed the share count http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130424-907930.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Enviro-Serv, Inc. (OTCPK:EVSV) is clarifying its capital structure to current and prospective investors in response to questions posed over the past thirty days. [...]

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New Buy Out Fund Launched in Asia

Shayne Heffernan — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:01:14 +0000

New Buy Out Fund Launched in Asia The objective of the Fund is to achieve capital appreciation with optimum returns, within controlled levels of risk, over the medium to short term by investing in buyouts and build-ups and growth equity investments. The Fund will only target rapidly growing companies that are profitable, have proven business [...]

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China – Australia Economic Report

Shayne Heffernan — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:46:23 +0000

Philip Lowe Deputy Governor of The Reserve Bank of Australia It is a great pleasure to be here in Shanghai today. I would like to thank AustCham Shanghai for the invitation to speak at this lunch. As you may know, the Reserve Bank of Australia’s head office is located in Sydney. I mention this because [...]

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Apple NASDAQ:AAPL Supplier SK Hynix Inc (KRX:000660) Earnings Jump

Shayne Heffernan — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:42:38 +0000

Apple NASDAQ:AAPL Supplier SK Hynix Inc (KRX:000660) Earnings Jump SK Hynix Inc (KRX:000660) says it has swung to a profit in the first quarter from a year earlier thanks to higher chip prices. The South Korean memory chipmaker said today its net income reached 178.7 billion won (US$159 million) in the January-March period, compared with [...]

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Dhanin Chearavanont Takes Advantage of Strong Thai Baht

Shayne Heffernan — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:34:25 +0000

Dhanin Chearavanont Takes Advantage of Strong Thai Baht Dhanin Chearavanont Thailand’s richest man launched a $6.6 billion takeover bid for Thai discount retailer Siam Makro as rapid economic growth drives a boom in the kingdom’s retail sector. The agreed bid is the latest mega-deal involving billionaire Dhanin Chearavanont, whose sprawling empire includes a string of [...]

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Huawei Technology Co Ltd (SHE:002502) to Take on Apple NASDAQ:AAPL and Samsung

Shayne Heffernan — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:30:30 +0000

Huawei Technology Co Ltd (SHE:002502) to Take on Apple NASDAQ:AAPL and Samsung Huawei Technologies plans to expand its presence in the smartphone industry, intensifying competition in a market dominated by “superheroes” Apple and Samsung. “We want to be a leading smartphone brand in the world,” C.T. Johnson, Huawei’s corporate controller, told the Huawei Global Analyst [...]

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Wall Street Preview AAPL, NFLX, XHB, COH, XRT

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:29:28 +0000

Wall Street Preview AAPL, NFLX, XHB, COH, XRT Tuesday after the close these companies reported earnings: RNST, ANEN, CREE, ETH, NSC, RFMD, RKT, SMCI, TRMK, TSS, AAPL, AMGN, FBC, FNB, PLCM, JNPR, T, CTS, VMW, WRB, BRCM, HA, HLIT, MANH, RHI, SFG, UIS, OI, SLG, BCR, EW, TMK, YUM, HBI, PACB, PNRA, USNA, VASC, DV, [...]

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Election Violence in Malaysia

Shayne Heffernan — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:23:22 +0000

Hundreds of cases of Malaysian election violence have been reported since campaigning for tightly contested May 5 polls got under way at the weekend, police were quoted saying. A total of 387 incidents were reported in the first three days of the two-week campaign, which kicked off Saturday, and at least 15 people have been [...]

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SingTel SI:Z74 announces island wide LTE coverage in Singapore

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:11:02 +0000

SingTel SI:Z74 announces island wide LTE coverage in Singapore Singapore Telecommunications SingTel SI:Z74 announced Tuesday that it has achieved nationwide LTE aka long-term evolution coverage in Singapore, a city state of about 700 sq kilometers. This makes SingTel the second carrier to announce islandwide 4G coverage. Another carrier M1 has announced its nationwide LTE coverage [...]

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ASEAN: Myanmar, Indonesia sign economic co-operation accords

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:07:26 +0000

ASEAN: Myanmar, Indonesia sign economic co-operation accords Myanmar and Indonesia Tuesday signed some three accords on economic co-operation between the 2 countries in Nay Pyi Taw, state radio and TV reported The signing of the accords came shortly after talks between Myanmar President U Thein Sein and his visiting Indonesian counterpart Dr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono [...]

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Stop Internet Sales Tax Legislation

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:03:58 +0000

Stop Internet Sales Tax Legislation Internet sales-tax legislation racing through the Senate is likely to face roadblocks when it moves to the House, anti-tax activist Grover Norquist said Tuesday. “The reason we have a House and Senate is when you rush something through one body, you have a chance to think it through in the [...]

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Iran, Crude Oil price below US$ 100 bbl is unreasonable

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:57:05 +0000

Iran, Crude Oil price below US$ 100 bbl is unreasonable Iran’s Oil Ministry spokesman said Tuesday that Crude Oil price below US$100 bbl is “unreasonable”, Press TV reported. Alireza Nikzad-Rahbar said that Tehran is discussing falling crude oil prices with all member states of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) particularly with Saudi [...]

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China’s logistics sector reports slower growth

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:55:29 +0000

China’s logistics sector reports slower growth China Tuesday reported mild growth in its logistics sector in Q-1 of Y 2013, with goods worth CNY 43.3-T (US$6.94-T) moving around the country in the period. The sector’s 9.4% growth in the Quarter slowed by a further 0.3% from the January-February period, according to data released by the [...]

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Richmond Federal Reserve Report Shows Real Contraction in April

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:52:41 +0000

Richmond Federal Reserve Report Shows Real Contraction in April Another weak reading was issued from yet another regional Federal Reserve Bank. The Richmond Fed reading fell sharply to -6 in April, Vs a reading of 3 in March. The consensus reading was to remain flat at 3, and businesses are growing more pessimistic for the [...]

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This Earnings Season’s Bright Lights

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:51:15 +0000

This Earnings Season’s Bright Lights INTC, JNJ, MSFT, NFLX, VZ, GOOG, BTU, VOD, ACI The results so far for Q-1 of this year are mixed, some winners and some losers, and with few exceptions, no big surprises. Below are LTNs earnings season bright spots to date; Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), Verizon [...]

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Mainland China sees more investment from Hong Kong

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:49:50 +0000

Mainland China sees more investment from Hong Kong The Chinese mainland is expecting more investment from Hong Kong in service sectors and emerging industries, an official said here Tuesday. “As a highly internationalized city, Hong Kong has advantages in finance, trade, logistics and shipping, while the labor-abundant mainland boasts vast market and promising economic growth [...]

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Apple Inc. NASDAQ: AAPL Values at $500 on Buyback

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:44:53 +0000

Apple Inc. NASDAQ: AAPL Values at $500 on Buyback Apple Inc. NASDAQ: AAPL is now doubling its capital return program by saying that it plans to return $100-B to shareholders by Y 2015. That is an increase in share buybacks up to $60-B and it has raised its Quarterly dividend to 3.05 per share. Shayne [...]

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Goldman NYSE:GS Exits Bet on Gold’s Fall

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:17:30 +0000

Goldman NYSE:GS Exits Bet on Gold’s Fall Goldman Sachs Group Inc. cut its “near-term” outlook for commodities and reduced forecasts for Crude Oil and Coffee amid prospects for weak demand from China to Europe. The bank exited a bet on lower Gold prices. Goldman Sachs lowered its 3 and 12-month return forecasts for the Standard [...]

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Trading Preview, Gold, Silver and Crude Oil

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:11:57 +0000

Trading Preview, Gold, Silver and Crude Oil US Gold futures finished pit trade lower Tuesday. Buying interest was limited by Bearish Key outside markets, including a firmer USD index and weaker Crude Oil prices. Strong demand for physical Gold did contained selling pressure. Jun Comex Gold last traded down 10.30 at 1,410.90 oz. Spot Gold [...]

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ASEAN Stock Exchange Preview

Shayne Heffernan — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:52:55 +0000

Sixteen Asia-Pacific countries are set to start talks next month on a free trade zone that would cover over half the world’s population, according to a document obtained by AFP on Tuesday. The start of negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) are planned despite deep rifts among potential members, including China, Japan and [...]

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Twitter Creates a Wall St Flash Crash

Shayne Heffernan — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:21:46 +0000

The @AP Twitter account created a fast but acute Flash Crash on Wall St showing how susceptible markets are to misguided retail investors. “Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured,” the AP tweeted And that was followed by a massive sell off, even though the report was untrue and caused [...]

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EU Regulators Approve Boeing’s NYSE:BA Fixes for 787 Batteries

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:13:47 +0000

EU Regulators Approve Boeing’s NYSE:BA Fixes for 787 Batteries European regulators Tuesday approved Boeing Co.’s proposal to modify the lithium-ion batteries on its flagship 787 Dreamliner jet, clearing the way for Europe’s carriers to fly the wide-bodied jets. The European Aviation Safety Agency said it “approved the design change of the Boeing 787-8 Auxiliary Power [...]

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Coach NYSE:COH Growth Back, Shoppers Like the News Shoes

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:53:36 +0000

Coach NYSE:COH Growth Back, Shoppers Like the News Shoes KORS Coach Inc.’s demand returned after fading during the holidays, revamped shoe line helped recapture shoppers’ attention and increase profit 6.2%. Investors were happy to see the handbag and accessories maker’s sales rise in North American with better profitability, pushing shares up 9.6% to $55.43. The [...]

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Callaway Golf Company (NYSE: ELY) Golfer’s LinkedIn Network

Shayne Heffernan — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:37:35 +0000

CALLAWAY PARTNERS WITH LINKEDIN FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING CAMPAIGN FOR GOLFERS Integrated Media and Technology Program Pulls from a Golfer’s LinkedIn Network to Create the Ultimate Foursome Callaway Golf Company (NYSE: ELY) today launched a social media networking campaign in partnership with LinkedIn. The application, which lives on www.CallawayHitTheLinks.com, introduces a modern approach to the long-held [...]

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Sustainable Food and Water Production

Shayne Heffernan — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:30:05 +0000

Global Agro-industry Working Together to Drive the World Towards Sustainable Food and Water Production Committee’s far reaching conclusions will be used to direct industry and international bodies on achieving a sustainable global supply chain “As we consider the rapidly expanding world population and the ever increasing demand for an abundant, healthy, and affordable food supply; [...]

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Indonesia a Consumer Hotspot

Shayne Heffernan — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:25:31 +0000

Indonesia a Consumer Hotspot Rising Purchasing Power Makes Indonesia a Consumer Hotspot: Regional Market Research Spotlight - Consumer hotspot Indonesia is expected to bring in an additional $1 trillion or so in annual consumer spending by 2030. Indonesia’s consumer spending (61% at 2010 GDP levels) is already nearing the amount of spending activity in developed [...]

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USA Economy Struggles 1,337 Mass Layoffs, 127,939 Workers Unemployed

Shayne Heffernan — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:19:15 +0000

USA Economy Struggles 1,337 Mass Layoffs, 127,939 Workers Unemployed Employers took 1,337 mass layoff actions in March involving 127,939 workers as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Each mass layoff involved at least 50 workers from a single employer. Mass layoff events [...]

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Gold Price to Move Higher

Shayne Heffernan — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:54:41 +0000

Gold Price to Move Higher GOLD (Spot) intraday: further advance. Pivot: 1391.00 Our preference: LONG positions above 1391 with 1439 & 1473 as next targets. Alternative scenario: The downside penetration of 1391 will call for 1363 & 1335. Comment: the RSI has just broken above a bearish trend line. Opinion published is an intraday view. [...]

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Short Squeeze List TTIN, TSLA, Gold

Shayne Heffernan — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:17:59 +0000

Transfer Technology International Corp (PINK:TTIN), Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), Gold Transfer Technology International Corp (PINK:TTIN) This is one of the biggest short stories around, massive shorting huge volume and news today that everything is about to change, this stock could see 20c! Transfer Technology International Corp. (OTC Pink: TTIN) announces that effective today, it will [...]

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Apple NASDAQ:AAPL Looks Bullish Before Earnings

Shayne Heffernan — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:01:45 +0000

Apple NASDAQ:AAPL Looks Bullish Before Earnings Institutions have been active in APPL 126 Institutions have increased their holdings AAPL is one of the stocks actively traded in the HeffCap Dividend Focused CFD Fund, great protection in the current economic environment after the success of their Metals, Currencies and Private Equity Funds. Apple NASDAQ:AAPL saw its [...]

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Bernanke Ready to Retire

Shayne Heffernan — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:45:39 +0000

Ben Bernanke is intensifying speculation that this year will be his last as Federal Reserve chairman by deciding to skip the Fed’s annual August conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Jackson Hole has long been a high-profile platform for speeches by Fed chairmen. Since taking over the Fed in 2006, Bernanke has been the marquee speaker [...]

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Euro Crisis: Spain Continues to Suffer

Shayne Heffernan — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:39:32 +0000

Spain’s struggling economy logged a 0.5 percent contraction in the first quarter of 2013 due to falling internal demand, the central bank said on Tuesday. “During the first quarter of 2013, the Spanish economy continued its path of contraction, but at a slower pace compared to the end of last year,” the Bank of Spain [...]

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ASEAN Hong Kong Free Trade

Shayne Heffernan — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:44:42 +0000

ASEAN Hong Kong Free Trade The Association of Southeast Asian Nations will pursue a free trade agreement with Hong Kong. ASEAN leaders meeting in the Brunei capital of Bandar Seri Begawan tomorrow and Thursday will endorse a decision by their economic ministers to expand trade ties with the city, according to the document. “We welcomed [...]

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Gold and Silver Prices and Physical Divergence

LiveTradingNews.com wire staff — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:39:50 +0000

Gold and Silver Physical Divergence Since April 01, COMEX gold stocks have declined from 21% to 25% from their all-time high seen in July 2011. But noticeably most of this decline began in October 2012, around the time the cartel began placing pressure on the gold and silver market. Here’s the chart for gold stored [...]

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Trading Report: Las Vegas Sands NYSE:LVS

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:27:48 +0000

Trading Report: Las Vegas Sands NYSE:LVS Profile: Las Vegas Sands Corp. develops integrated resorts worldwide. It owns and operates The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino, The Palazzo Resort Hotel Casino and an expo and convention center. LVS is a best-in-class operator of integrated resorts that generate high margins and high returns on invested capital, and its [...]

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Vietnam Government to Boost Trade, Cut Deficit with China

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:26:02 +0000

Vietnam Government to Boost Trade, Cut Deficit with China The Vietnamese government is seeking to boost trade with China while trying to reduce its widening trade deficit with its neighbor. China is Vietnam’s largest trading partner and Vietnam’s key exports to China include agricultural products and minerals, while its key imports from China are Machinery, [...]

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No Stimulus for China as Inflation Bites

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:24:42 +0000

No Stimulus for China as Inflation Bites Monday China’s experts ruled out the need for any extra economic stimulus, in the wake of Saturday’s earthquake that struck Ya’an, Sichuan province, insisting the effects of the disaster will be “regional and temporary”, in monetary terms. Although official figures are still unavailable, Beijing-based Anbound Consulting has estimated [...]

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South Africa sees more trade with other BRICS nations

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:18:14 +0000

South Africa sees more trade with other BRICS nations More trade with other BRICS countries will help South Africa recover from the global economic crisis, the South African Reserve Bank said in a statement. The statement said the remark was made by its Governor Gill Marcus in Johannesburg on the weekend. Ms. Marcus said in [...]

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International Demand Rises for China Rare Earths in Q-1

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:12:59 +0000

International Demand Rises for China Rare Earths in Q-1 Global demand for China’s rare earth metals rose in Q-1 on to falling prices despite domestic producers and processors reporting losses. Statistics from the General Administration of Customs suggest that rare earth exports rose 55% in March from February to 1,718 metric tons. Export volume in [...]

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Philippine stock index cracks 7,000 mark for 1st time

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:08:12 +0000

Philippine stock index cracks 7,000 mark for 1st time Less than a month after Fitch Ratings gave the Philippines the much-awaited investment grade, the Philippine Stock Exchange PSE Monday breached the psych 7,000 mark for the 1st time in history. The PSE index closed at a new all-time high of 7,120. 48 pts, gaining 163.38 [...]

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Obama says, Tsarnaev is Not An Enemy Combatant

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:03:39 +0000

Obama says, Tsarnaev is Not An Enemy Combatant The Obama White House says the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing will not be tried as an enemy combatant in a military tribunal. White House spokesman Jay Carney said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be prosecuted in the federal court system. He says President Obama’s full national [...]

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Wall Street Preview

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:03:00 +0000

Wall Street Preview DFS, FRX, IRWD, JCI, CLS, DAL, DD, EAT, FMER, IIVI, RF, SBNY, SNV, TRV, TWIN, WAT, APD, COH, LCC, MOLX, UTX, AOS, JNS, LMT, XRX, AKS, AXE, CIT, GNTX, IDXX, ITW, LXK, PCH, PII, PNR, STBA, WDR, DHX, FCF, ST, ENTG, PCAR, R, IR, GCI, ACI, ARMH, CNC, LRY, PMT, CPLA, RAI, [...]

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Viewers Streaming to Netflix NASDAQ:NFLX

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:01:14 +0000

Viewers Streaming to Netflix NASDAQ:NFLX TWX, AMZN Netflix Inc. shares rose 24% in after-hours trading Monday as the online video service posted a Q-1 profit, adding more than 2-M streaming video subscribers. The company also reported a strong reception for “House of Cards,” its high-profile original series. Netflix now is about on par with Time [...]

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ASEAN: Thailand and Cambodia agree to boost trade ties despite border spat

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:15:11 +0000

ASEAN: Thailand and Cambodia agree to boost trade ties despite border spat Cambodia and Thailand agreed Monday to further promote bi-lateral trade, investment and tourism despite ongoing border dispute, Cambodian Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh said. “We’re trying to increase our bilateral trade and economic ties regardless of border conflict,” he told reporters after the 4th [...]

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China’s External Financial Assets at US$ 5.17-T

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:10:30 +0000

China’s External Financial Assets at US$ 5.17-T China’s external financial assets expanded 9% to reach US$ 5.17-T by the end of Y 2012, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) said Monday. On the back of slower growth in China’s increased foreign exchange reserves and overseas investment, the growth rate in external financial assets marked [...]

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Insurance Companies to Take Loss from “Haircut” in Cyprus Under New Order

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:59:25 +0000

Insurance Companies to Take Loss from “Haircut” in Cyprus Under New Order Local and foreign insurance companies originally excluded from a haircut on bank deposits will take a 27.5% loss on their deposits over EUR100,000 (US$130,000) in the Bank of Cyprus under a new order of the Central Bank of Cyprus published Monday. The order [...]

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ASEAN Stock Market Preview

Shayne Heffernan — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:41:17 +0000

Malaysia At Bursa Malaysia, Maybank rose seven sen to RM9.77, pushing the KLCI up 1.08 points, Public Bank foreign added 12 sen to RM16.38, Hong Leong Capital 11 sen higher at RM4.48, HL Bank added six sen to RM14.46, Public Bank four sen to RM16.32 and AMMB three sen to RM6.52. UMW and Petronas Dagangan [...]

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US GDP Momentum is Slowing

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:37:35 +0000

Analysts Expect US GDP to Show 3.1% Growth in Q-1 CSX, GM, HBC The biggest gain in US consumer spending in 2 yrs probably helped the world’s largest economy accelerate in Q-1, and housing made further progress, economists said reports this week will show. Gross domestic product rose at a 3.1% annual rate after expanding [...]

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SouFun Holdings Limited NYSE: SFUN Vs Short Sellers

Shayne Heffernan — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:17:08 +0000

SouFun Holdings Limited NYSE: SFUN Vs Short Sellers SouFun Holdings Limited (NYSE: SFUN, “SouFun”, the “Company”), the leading real estate and home related product and services Internet portal in China, responded to a short seller’s third report today: A short seller (Glaucus Research Group: “We are short seller. We are biased.”) released yet another biased [...]

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Philippine Savings Bank Outperforms

Shayne Heffernan — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:05:08 +0000

Philippine Savings Bank, the thrift bank arm of the Metrobank group, generated a record-high net profit of P2 billion in the first quarter as hefty trading gains complemented core interest earnings. The first quarter net profit was 273-percent higher than the level in the same period last year, the bank disclosed to the Philippine Stock [...]

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Top 100 College Party Schools of 2013

John Heffernan — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:53:21 +0000

Top 100 College Party Schools of 2013 Colleges where Nightlife and Parties are Majors The minds behind FiestaFrog.com, have made it their mission to help people find nightlife events, no matter where they are located. It’s no surprise that a lot of parties happen on college campuses. So, this month, Fiesta Frog rolled out their [...]

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Wealth in Asia

Shayne Heffernan — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:18:23 +0000

New report finds that many asset rich households in Asia are retiring income poor However, research reveals that the relatively vast sums of personal wealth accrued by households in Asia provide a solid foundation for generating retirement income if efficiently mobilized Manulife Asset Management recently issued a report that analyses the retirement income security of [...]

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Earnings Preview; Netflix NASDAQ:NFLX

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:11:23 +0000

Earnings Preview; Netflix NASDAQ:NFLX Netflix Inc. will report earnings after the markets close Monday, the trading community is on edge for this earnings report. With a huge turnaround and with many improvements having been made to the business, the Short interest is at its lowest level in more than a year. NFLX is one of [...]

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Apple iPhone and Samsung Drive Line App Downloads

Shayne Heffernan — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:09:35 +0000

Apple iPhone and Samsung Drive Line App Downloads LINE camera exceeds 30M downloads LINE Corporation announced that the total download figure for LINE’s official camera app, LINE camera, exceeded 30M today. This easy-to-use camera app allows users to edit and decorate photos taken with or saved on their smartphones, then share their finished creations with [...]

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North American Freight Index Up 7.7 Percent in Q1

Shayne Heffernan — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:00:46 +0000

Spot market freight volumes reported by the DAT North American Freight Index finished the first quarter of 2013 up 7.7 percent compared to Q1 2012 and rose 11 percent over Q4 2012. After an unusually strong January, freight volumes dipped seasonally in February and continued to follow typical patterns in March with a 37 percent [...]

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No Criminal Charges Against Ralph Lauren NYSE:RL in Argentina Bribery Charges

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:56:50 +0000

No Criminal Charges Against Ralph Lauren NYSE:RL in Argentina Bribery Charges The US Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday that it entered into a what is a called a non-prosecution agreement (NPA) with Ralph Lauren Corp. The issue was uncovered from an internal review by the company and that the company reported the matter to [...]

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Dubai Sparks Gold Bullion Shortage

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:56:03 +0000

Dubai Gold Buying Leads to Bullion Shortage Manic buying of gold jewellery at local shops since 12 April is now pushing up the premium retailers need to pay to ensure they have enough stock coming in on a daily basis. Premiums have touched $5 oz in the wholesale trade and even bullion banks have raised [...]

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Trading Hollywood FOX (NASDAQ: NWS), Disney (NYSE: DIS), Warner Bros (NYSE: TWX)

Shayne Heffernan — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:39:48 +0000

Trading Hollywood FOX (NASDAQ: NWS), Disney (NYSE: DIS), Warner Bros (NYSE: TWX) Rentrak Corporation (Nasdaq: RENT), the global leader in box office measurement, today announced the worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of April 21, 2013 as compiled by the company’s Box Office Essentials™ and International Box Office Essentials™ theatrical measurement services. As [...]

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Olie Inc (OTC:OLIE) Looking to Run

Shayne Heffernan — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:09:12 +0000

Olie Inc (OTC:OLIE) Looking to Run $1.50 is the target as an ENORMOUS promo is about to begin, if you like getting in early rumor has it that VAPR, MSWM, and BZTG are lining up for large promotions as well. This one has some real management, Len Schutzman, former PepsiCo SVP, has joined the Company [...]

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Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) Still Value

Shayne Heffernan — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:56:50 +0000

Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) Still Value Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) still offers value, the stock is trading at less than 14 times earnings during a depressed period for oil prices, Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) is a long term growth stock due to the the major worldwide increase in oil and gas reserves, and an increasing demand for drilling [...]

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Google Inc (GOOG) Death and Taxes

Shayne Heffernan — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:23:28 +0000

Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) Death and Taxes Google is not a Tax cheat, it has built a proper global taxtaion structure, the real question is, why haven’t you? Learn more about planning your global presence According to figures cited by a UK Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke, Google paid only £3.4 million ($5.4 million, 4.2 million euros) [...]

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Apple in (AAPL) Earnings and Outlook

Shayne Heffernan — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:09:18 +0000

Apple in (AAPL) Earnings and Outlook AAPL is a pre earnings bargain and institution have been active buyers. Some more turmoil may hit the stock price after the news that Apple Inc’s top management is secretly looking for a replacement for chief executive Tim Cook, according to a report published in Forbes today. The reports [...]

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Shipping News in Japan

Shayne Heffernan — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:59:54 +0000

Shares in Japan’s Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding surged Monday following a report that it had started merger talks with Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The leading Nikkei business daily said a merger between the shipbuilders would create a firm with almost 2.0 trillion yen (US25 billion) in annual sales, putting it in second spot behind Japan’s Mitsubishi [...]

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Gold Price News and Outlook

Shayne Heffernan — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:34:26 +0000

Gold spot up 1.4 % to $1,423.10. Gold June up 1.8 % to $1,420, gaining for a 3rd day . Silver up 1.1 % to $23.504 rising for the first time in four days Pivot: 1381.00 Our preference: LONG positions above 1381 with 1436 & 1473 as next targets. Alternative scenario: The downside penetration of [...]

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BMW XE:BMW Sees Slower Growth in China

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:20:56 +0000

BMW XE:BMW Sees Slower Growth in China Germany’s BMW said it expects slower sales growth in China this year, as premium car makers grapple with a slowdown in economic growth and intensifying competition in one of their most lucrative markets. The German auto maker said at the Shanghai auto show over the weekend that it [...]

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Amazon NASDAQ:AMZN Previews New Online TV Shows

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:18:38 +0000

Amazon NASDAQ:AMZN Previews New Online TV Shows NFLX Amazon.com Inc. has posted on its website the pilot episodes for 14 new programs the company is considering producing for its Amazon Prime subscribers. The 14 programs include 8 comedies and 8 children’s shows, and they are available to everyone, not just Amazon Prime subscribers. Unlike streaming [...]

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General Motors NYSE:GM Discusses China Growth

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:11:06 +0000

General Motors NYSE:GM Discusses China Growth F, TM, VLKAY, DDAIF General Motors discussed its present situation in China and pointed to its future plans. GM has been the leading car company in China for 8 years, based on its sales numbers. GM management pressed the point that China is the world’s largest car market, and [...]

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Myanmar Anticipates Total Lift of EU Sanctions

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:08:19 +0000

Myanmar Anticipates Total Lift of EU Sanctions Foreign ministers of the European Union (EU) are due to meet in Luxembourg Monday to make a decision to withdraw all sanctions against Myanmar, exactly a year after the regional grouping announced suspension of most sanctions against the country for a year except arms embargo. Firms like HeffCap [...]

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ASEAN Under Attack From Japan

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:00:55 +0000

ASEAN Under Attack From Japan A Weak Yen Could Set Off Asian Currency Crisis SCGLY, HCS, USD, JPY, EUR The Yen’s fall could herald bad news for Asia, just as it did prior to the Y 1997 currency crisis, says a global currency strategist at Societe Generale PA:GLE, PINK:SCGLY “It seems investors may have forgotten [...]

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Gold’s Much Needed Pullback

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:58:05 +0000

Gold’s Much Needed Pullback BAC, GLD The pull back in Gold prices coincided with evidence of a slowing of the rate of price increases aka inflation. Last Tuesday, the US Labor Department said US consumer prices have increased by 1.5% over the past 12 months, the slowest rate of increase since July 2012. Bank of [...]

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The Start of Something Big in Gold and Silver

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:53:49 +0000

The Start of Something Big in Gold and Silver BLK, BAC, GS, ABX, NEM, RIO When the US economy is booming, Gold suffers, when the US economy looks dismal and shows little signs of growth, this strong because it signals that the US Fed will continue to keep the liquidity faucet wide open. In the [...]

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Mark Mobius is Bullish on China

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:43:03 +0000

Mark Mobius is Bullish on China NMR, HCS Emerging markets guru Mark Mobius is Bullish on China, despite that nation’s slower economic growth in Q-1. Mr. Mobius, Executive Chairman at Templeton Emerging Markets Group, says he likes investments tied to China’s huge consumer base. “The new administration in China is just getting its game going. [...]

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Paul Ebeling on Wall Street

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:29:44 +0000

Paul Ebeling on Wall Street Earnings season is in full swing and many earnings reports are coming this week, meaning that the focus will be on how the market weathers the misses, and the winners, pharma, healthcare, retail, and even some semiconductors look good So far the indices have held pretty well given some weak [...]

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Wall Street: Too Good to be True

LiveTradingNews.com wire staff — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:29:59 +0000

Wall Street: Too Good to be True Muni-Bonds Problems and a Market Update 19 April 2013 I covered municipal bond yields last year as they approached their second anniversary of an amazing and historic yield inversion. Geeze Louise, muni-bonds pay tax-free income, yet since November 2011 they have yielded more than Barron’s Best Grade Bonds. [...]

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The Gold Market Will Rally

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:18:41 +0000

The Gold Market Will Rally SCGLY, CRZBY Many investment experts are strong on Gold despite its recent pull back. Gold will likley recover when traders Shorting Gold start to unwind their positions. I believe that when significant Short position holders begin to take profit, that this market will rally at least 50%+ and should Gold [...]

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QE Fails America

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:18:14 +0000

QE Fails America US Fed’s Lacker, If I Were Dictator, QE Would Stop Now The US Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President, Jeffrey Lacker, said he favors slowing bond buying now to ensure record growth in the central bank’s balance sheet does not impede the eventual withdrawal of record accommodation. “I’m in the camp we [...]

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FBI Knew of Boston’s Terrorists Radical Islam Ties

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:16:54 +0000

FBI Knew of Boston’s Muslim Terrorists Boston Bombing Suspect was interviewed by FBI in 2011 The US FBI and other law enforcement agencies were aware of at least 1 of the Boston terror suspects for at least 3 yrs, the US did not deport him after a domestic violence conviction in Y 2009. The FBI [...]

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Dividends No Longer Safe in USA

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:13:23 +0000

Dividends No Longer Safe in USA MLP Payouts, the Good News, the Bad News… AMJ, AMPL, MLPJ From time to time Master Limited Partnerships MLPs go through adjustment as investors sometimes wonder about their tax consequences when the government starts to look for new tax revenues. Fitch Ratings addressed this recently. Dividend and income investors [...]

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Boston Terror Attack: US and Russia Respond

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:09:45 +0000

Boston Terror Attack: US and Russia Respond The US and Russia Will Step Up Counter-Terrorism Co-operation The Russian and US Presidents have agreed to increase cooperation on counter-terrorism following the Boston Marathon bombings, the Kremlin said Saturday. The White House said President Obama had thanked President Vladimir Putin for Russia’s close co-operation on counter-terrorism after [...]

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Picasso La Reve: Investing in Art

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:09:31 +0000

You Cannot Overpay for Trophy Assets Over the past 50 yrs I learned that if there is a Golden Rule in collection to collecting watches, classic cars or anything of personal relevance and value for that matter, that Rule is one can never pay too much for a Trophy Asset. Because in collecting is often [...]

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The Week Ahead AAPL, NFLX, BA

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:59:35 +0000

The Week Ahead, More Earnings, Housing Data, 1st Take of Q-1 GDP ++ NFLX, HAS, CAT, HAL, TXN, YUM, AAPL, DFT, TRV, DAL, T, PNRA, GE, KO, BUD, F, CS, BA, BCS, LLY, S, PG, S, ZNGA . UPS, COP, XOM, SBUX, NXY, JNJ,HLF, PFE, ISRG, DHI, CVX, HMC Last week Boston was the after [...]

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China Economy, 8% growth forecast for Q-2

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:56:10 +0000

China Economy, 8% growth forecast for Q-2 The recovery in economic growth is likely to continue in the second quarter at a modest pace, Chinese economists said on Friday. The second quarter’s GDP growth may rebound to 8 percent from a lower-than-expected 7.7 percent in the first three months, said Zhu Baoliang, an economist at [...]

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Warren Buffett and BYD Company Limited (HKG:1211) Make a Comeback

Shayne Heffernan — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:15:56 +0000

Warren Buffett and BYD Company Limited (HKG:1211) Make a Comeback China’s BYD mulls leaner, greener ‘rebirth’ plan SHANGHAI: BYD Co, one of the better-known Chinese brands thanks to a stake held by billionaire US investor Warren Buffett, may stop making conventional petrol-fuelled cars within two years and focus on “new energy” battery models as part [...]

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Islamic Finance News: Petronas Sukuk

Shayne Heffernan — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:08:28 +0000

Petronas Dagangan Bhd has been given the green light to issue up to RM2bil in a sukuk programme, pursuant to which Islamic commercial papers and Islamic medium-term notes may be issued from time to time. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, the company said the proceeds would be utilised to finance the issuer’s capital expenditure, [...]

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Shanghai Motor Show

John Heffernan — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:04:27 +0000

China’s auto sales last year topped 19 million. Industry analysts and automakers say they expect rapid growth to continue, rising to annual sales of as much as 32 million vehicles by 2020 — the equivalent of the United States and Europe combined. “China really is in the infancy of industry development,” said David Schoch, Ford’s [...]

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Simpson and Bowles Present Modified Budget Plan

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:54:14 +0000

Simpson and Bowles Present Modified Budget Plan The Chairmen of US President Obama’s 2010 fiscal commission ventured back into Washington’s budget war with a revised, somewhat milder plan to rein in intractable federal deficits. The plan released Thursday by and former Sen. Alan Simpson, R-WY., and former Clinton White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles [...]

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Brazil’s Economic Recovery Is Gaining Traction

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:53:26 +0000

Brazil’s Economic Recovery Is Gaining Traction Brazil’s economic recovery is gaining traction, Brazilian Central Bank International Affairs Director Luiz Pereira said Friday, but he would still like to see more “virtuous” growth in the country. Consumer demand has driven growth in Brazil in recent years, as investment and industrial production have declined. That pattern is [...]

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Dividend Focused CFD Fund

Shayne Heffernan — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 05:16:29 +0000

Dividend Focused CFD Fund HeffCap is launching a new Dividend Focused CFD Fund, great protection in the current economic environment after the success of their Metals, Currencies and Private Equity Funds. There also funds focused on Metals, Agriculture and Currencies, here is how they work. Contract for Difference, or CFDs as they are commonly known, [...]

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The Paramount Issue of Overpopulation!

Shayne Heffernan — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 05:10:05 +0000

The Paramount Issue of Overpopulation! As another Earth Day rolls around, a California organization reminds us that population growth is still the fundamental environmental problem. “The consequences of that growth are all around us—loss of open space, air and water pollution, traffic congestion, and never-ending sprawl,” said Jo Wideman , executive director of Californians for [...]

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Pessimism on US Economy is Growing

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 04:52:46 +0000

Pessimism on US Economy is Growing For the 3rd yr running, the USA’s economic recovery has hit a Springtime soft spot. Reflecting that weakness, just 1 in 4 Americans now expects his or her own financial situation to improve over the next year, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows. The dour mood is undermining support [...]

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Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs Crawl Into US Food System

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:28:09 +0000

Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs Crawl Into US Food System Antibiotic-resistant bacteria called “superbugs” are entering the nation’s food system and endangering consumers at an alarming rate, according to researchers who analyzed data from the federal government. The Environmental Working Group said Monday that it had revied studies from the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System published in [...]

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Bank of Thailand and the Thai Baht

Shayne Heffernan — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:20:51 +0000

Bank of Thailand and the Thai Baht Economist and Hedge Fund Manager Shayne Heffernan takes a look at the Thai Baht. The Thai Baht has taken the path we suggested last year, in fact when I spoke to former Prime Minister in 2011 I informed him I had estimated that by 2015 the Thai Baht [...]

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Vietnam Cuts Taxes

Shayne Heffernan — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:47:39 +0000

Vietnam Cuts Taxes Vietnam announced a plan to cut corporate income tax to 22% from the current 25% starting 2014. It will reduce the taxes from January 1 and plans to bring it down further to 20$ in the 2016-2020 period. The new rate of 22 percent will apply to small and medium sized enterprises [...]

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The Sexy iPhone Apple Inc NASDAQ:AAPL

Shayne Heffernan — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:59:42 +0000

The Sexy iPhone Apple Inc NASDAQ:AAPL Even Google Glass sounds a little boring compared to this! Bored with Sexting and getting naked on Skype?, Durex may have a new product to add some spice to your iPhone experience. The condom company announced its first ever wearable tech today with “Fundawear,” a line of lingerie designed [...]

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Fun ideas for Green Dating

John Heffernan — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:47:32 +0000

Earth Day list of “Green” date ideas couples can explore and “Green” activities singles can do to attract the interest of likeminded individuals. Celebrated every April 22nd, Earth Day is a global chance for individuals and businesses to turn their attention to various environmental issues. It reinforces how local choices can impact the globe and [...]

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Gold Price -7% on the week

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:38:30 +0000

Gold Price -7% on the week Gold notched its 2nd straight gainer Friday, but did not reclaim the 1,400 mark by the close finishing the week with a loss of 7.1%. J Jun Gold +0.45% added 3.10, or 0.2%, to settle at 1,395.60 on the Comex division of the New York Merc. Gold prices, which [...]

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Hot List Update VAPR, BZTG, AAPL

Shayne Heffernan — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:02:53 +0000

VaporBrands International Inc (PINK:VAPR), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Buzz Technologies, Inc. (PINK:BZTG) VaporBrands International Inc (PINK:VAPR) Jumped 20% early but a seller came in and the stock is now trading flat, it seems the seller is done and there are rumors of a huge promo coming into VAPR soon. Buzz Technologies, Inc. (PINK:BZTG) BZTG has rallied [...]

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GBP Value as Britian Refuses to Print Money

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:57:28 +0000

UK’s Osborne Indicates He Will Reject IMF Advice to Slow Austerity UK Treasury boss George Osborne Friday indicated he is prepared to reject International Monetary Fund advice to slow his austerity program, setting the scene for a battle with the Fund that was once a Key backer of his ambitious plan to correct the country’s [...]

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Another Major Downgrade as Global Economy Stalls

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:55:39 +0000

Friday Fitch Ratings has downgraded the United Kingdom from “AAA” to “AA+” in a call ahead of the weekend. This is not the 1st downgrade that the United Kingdom has seen this year. Wilbur Ross describes the loss of a “AAA” rating better than anyone else, he equates a “AAA” rating to virginity, being easy [...]

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G-20 and the Currency Wars

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:49:56 +0000

G-20 to Warn on Competitive Exchange Rates The finance ministers from the world’s biggest economics are expected send the message to avoid competitive devaluation of their currencies. Two officials representing Group of 20 nations said there would be no major changes to the Key points of the organization’s widely followed communique, expected to be issued [...]

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DOJ, Big Beer Firms Reach Merger Settlement

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:47:58 +0000

DOJ, Big Beer Firms Reach Merger Settlement BUD, GPMCY, STZ Anheuser-Busch InBev NV BT:ABI and Mexico’s Grupo Modelo SAB MX:GMODELO have finalized a settlement that resolves the US Justice Department’s challenge to the beer makers’ planned merger. The parties submitted a proposed final settlement Friday for federal court approval in Washington. The deal includes provisions [...]

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Marc Faber Says Buy Gold

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:46:16 +0000

Marc Faber Says Buy Gold The drop in the Gold price is great news, says Marc Faber, 67 anni, one of Gold’s biggest fans. “I love the markets. I love the fact that gold is finally breaking down. That will offer an excellent buying opportunity”, said Mr. Faber in an interview. At the time of [...]

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General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) Trading Outlook

Shayne Heffernan — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:45:28 +0000

General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) Technical Outlook Short Term: Oversold Intermediate Term: Bearish Long Term: Bullish Bollinger Bands are 40.15% narrower than normal. The narrow width of the bands suggests low volatility as compared to GE’s normal range. Therefore, the probability of volatility increasing with a sharp price move lower has increased for the near-term. The [...]

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What’s Hot: PHOT, VAPR, BRGO

Shayne Heffernan — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:18:18 +0000

What’s Hot: PHOT, VAPR, BRGO Growlife Inc (OTC:PHOT), VaporBrands International Inc (PINK:VAPR), Bergio International, Inc. (PINK:BRGO) Growlife Inc (OTC:PHOT) Phot is consolidating in here, business still looks good and this one will see 10c again soon. GrowLife Inc. (otcqb:PHOT), a provider of highly effective indoor growing technologies and unique lifestyle brands, recently reported strong fiscal [...]

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@REHAB_LV CELEBRATES 10 YEARS With #JuicyBeach

John Heffernan — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:01:24 +0000

@REHAB_LV CELEBRATES 10 YEARS With #JuicyBeach Pool festivities begin with Juicy Beach on April 20 and Sublime with Rome kicks off REHAB on April 21 Sin City heats up this weekend @HardRockHotelLV w/ #JuicyBeach SAT & @REHAB_LV 10yr Ann SUN w/ @SublimeWithRome! Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas launches REHAB’s 10th Anniversary season with [...]

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Nu Skin Enterprises (NYSE:NUS) and China

Shayne Heffernan — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:20:18 +0000

Nu Skin Enterprises (NYSE:NUS) and China Nu Skin Reiterates Greater China Regional Sales Goal In Advance Of Meetings With Sales Leaders Date for first quarter earnings release also announced In connection with its annual incentive trip for Greater China sales leaders, Nu Skin Enterprises (NYSE: NUS) today reiterated its goal of reaching $1 billion in [...]

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Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) Air Warfare

Shayne Heffernan — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:09:45 +0000

Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) Air Warfare Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) delivered the second Phalanx Block 1B Close-In Weapon System for installation on Australia’s newest Air Warfare Destroyer, the Brisbane. A previously awarded direct commercial sale contract calls for a total of three Phalanx mounts to be delivered to the Royal Australian Navy. The first mount [...]

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Singapore SembCorp Score Big in UK

Shayne Heffernan — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:07:39 +0000

Shayne Heffernan strong buy SembCorp Industries the Singapore listed conglomerate has had a major win in the UK SITA SEMBCORP UK, a consortium led by SITA UK, a subsidiary of SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT, has been selected as preferred bidder for a resource recovery contract worth €1.4 billion[1] over 30 years with the Merseyside Recycling and Waste [...]

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Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) Next Generation Unmanned Ground Vehicle

Shayne Heffernan — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:00:59 +0000

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) Next Generation Unmanned Ground Vehicle Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has launched CUTLASS, its latest generation unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), expanding its range of industry-leading capabilities in unmanned systems for the remote handling and surveillance of hazardous threats. CUTLASS has been designed, developed and manufactured by Northrop Grumman in the [...]

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Green Mining and Anglo American plc (ADR) (PINK:AAUKY)

Shayne Heffernan — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:58:49 +0000

Anglo American will launch its Sustainable Development Report 2012, “Creating Value with the Future in Mind”, at today’s annual general meeting in London. The report details Anglo American’s sustainable development performance for 2012, highlighting how long-term thinking helps to generate wealth, mitigate environmental harm, combat poverty and promote development in the communities in which we [...]

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Facebook, YouTube and Twitter Confirm Their Dominance

Shayne Heffernan — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:55:39 +0000

Facebook NASDAQ:FB, Google NASDAQ:GOOG 2013 Ranking of the Strongest Social Network Brands The department of Social Media Management of HWZ University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich, in cooperation with BV4 Certified Brand Valuation Experts, present the 2013 ranking of the most valuable social media brands. The four most valuable brands in 2012 were [...]

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Wall Street Preview

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:39:05 +0000

Wall Street Preview AAPL, GOOG, TSM, ITB, TNP, COL, FHN, GE, SLB, STI, STT, KSU, SAP, BHI, FNFG, MCD, BGG, NPBC, TAYC, HON, KMB, MAN, TCB, UA, LH, GPC, IPG. Watching the VIX: a Key developments this week has been the sharp rise of the CBOE Volatility Index VIX 17.31, +0.80. After spiking nearly 45.0% [...]

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IBM NYSE:IBM in Talks to Sell Part of Its Server Unit to Lenovo PINK:LNVGY

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:37:11 +0000

IBM NYSE:IBM in Talks to Sell Part of Its Server Unit to Lenovo PINK:LNVGY MS, HPQ, DELL, INTC, GOOG, AMD, LNVGF International Business Machines Corp. is looking decamp with the servers that have powered much of the Internet. The company is in advanced discussions to sell its so-called x86 server business to China’s Lenovo Group [...]

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Microsoft Windows Hangs Tough in Face of Falling PC Shipments

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:35:40 +0000

Microsoft Windows Hangs Tough in Face of Falling PC Shipments MSFT, UBS, GOOG, AAPL Flat revenue growth ordinarily doesn’t get much attention on Wall Street, but in the case of Microsoft Corp.’s NASDAQ:MSFT Windows division it may be something to pay attention too, say analysts. Global PC shipments fell 14% in Q-1, according to research [...]

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Cyprus Bailout is Uncertain

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:35:01 +0000

Cyprus Bailout is Uncertain The Cypriot government informed parliament Thursday that it will submit a bailout deal for a vote before it is formally signed, possibly on 26 April. Party leaders met to fix the procedure for a discussion and a vote on the deal of EUR 10-B (US$13-B) with the Eurogroup and the International [...]

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China’s Economy in a Flap Over Bird Flu

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:33:41 +0000

China’s Economy in a Flap Over Bird Flu YUM The fear of contracting H7N9, which was first confirmed in Shanghai and Anhui, has quickly spread across the nation, shattering demand all the way down the poultry industry chain, from restaurants to farms, as consumers became more alarmed each day. China’s meat sector, until recently growing [...]

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Portugal Continues Harsh Austerity

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:32:20 +0000

PIIGS: Portuguese gov’t announces EUR 800-M spending cuts The Portuguese government announced Thursday spending cuts worth EUR 800-M (US1-B) or some 0.5% of its GDP in a fresh effort to meet its deficit reduction targets set by international lenders after a rejection of some of the austerity measures in the Y 2013 state budget by [...]

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Bank of Japan Defends Currency War

Shayne Heffernan — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:30:16 +0000

Bank of Japan Defends Currency War Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said Thursday he intends to attempt the impossible, that is, to explain to fellow members of the Group of 20 major economies that Japan’s bold monetary easing isn’t aimed at cheapening the yen. The finance ministers and central bankers of the G-20 are [...]

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US Bank Bail Out Failed

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:18:40 +0000

US Treasury Official, No US Financial Firm Will Be Bailed Out Again US taxpayers will never again have to bail out a failing financial firm, a US Treasury Department official said Thursday, pushing back at criticism that regulators have failed to appropriately deal with too-big-to-fail banks. Mary Miller, the US Treasury’s undersecretary for domestic finance, [...]

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Google NASDAQ:GOOG Reports, Revenue +22% Profit + 16%

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:15:06 +0000

Google NASDAQ:GOOG Reports, Revenue +22% Profit + 16% Thursday Google Inc. gave us more evidence it is coping with lower prices for online ads on mobile devices. The Internet giant posted stable revenue growth in Q-1 as the average price of ads that it sells on websites and mobile apps continued to drop, but at [...]

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Investor Confidence Damaged by the Dive in Gold’s Price

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:13:35 +0000

Investor Confidence Damaged by the Dive in Gold’s Price DB, BAC, MS, GS The most voracious Gold Bugs must be feeling a bit dizzy after Bullion’s biggest percentage decline about 30 yrs, as this action has raised questions about Paper Gold’s value as part of an investor portfolio. Most experts did not foresee this decline. [...]

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Honest Americans are Being Lumped Together with Terrorists

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:11:49 +0000

Honest Americans are Being Lumped Together with Terrorists Just minutes after the bomb went off at the Boston Marathon, while emergency crews and brave Bostonians rushed to help their neighbors, US Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said it could be “Homegrown Terrorists” to blame. Soon after that Chris Matthews went on the Air and asked, “…would [...]

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Sotheby’s NYSE:BID Sells 74-Ct Diamond for $14-M

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:09:54 +0000

Sotheby’s NYSE:BID Sells 74-Ct Diamond for $14-M Stock prices are up about 30% since Y 2001, but Diamonds, huge diamonds have done better. Sotheby’s Wednesday sold a 74.79 carat white diamond for $14.2-M, far above the pre-sale estimate of $9 to 12-M Five bidders were vying for the unnamed rock, which has a coveted “D” [...]

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Russia and China’s Oil Giants Raise Billions

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:06:29 +0000

Russia and China’s Oil Giants Raise Billions SPN, SHI Investing in Russia and investing in China are not exactly the easiest places for US institutions to commit billions of dollars for exposure. There are Russian ETFs and China ETFs and there are large public companies there. There are also ADRs that trade in New York [...]

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Gold, Silver and Crude Oil Trading Preview

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:20:42 +0000

Gold, Silver and Crude Oil Trading Preview BLK US Gold future prices finished pit trade with moderate gains Thursday, making a good recovery from the selling pressure during Asian trading hours. Jun Comex Gold last traded + 9.00 at 1,391.70 oz. Spot Gold was last quoted + 14.30 at 1,392.25 oz. May Comex Silver last [...]

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ASEAN Market Preview

Shayne Heffernan — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:58:26 +0000

China’s central government has pledged to slash 126 million yuan ($20.38 million) from its spending on public-funded vehicles, receptions and overseas trips this year, a move that experts said lives up to the new leadership’s promise to be frugal. Departments under the central government and organizations that receive public funds are planning to spend 7.97 [...]

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PIMCO’s El-Erian, Central Banks Create Artificial Asset Prices

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:32:25 +0000

PIMCO’s El-Erian, Central Banks Create Artificial Asset Prices The US Federal Reserve and the world’s other central banks, not fundamentals are boosting asset prices, says Mohamed El-Erian, CEO of money manager Pimco. “Investors should recognize that in virtually every single market segment, we are trading at very artificial levels,” El-Erian told WSJ.com. “It’s true for [...]

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USA Very Slow Growth, Poor Employment

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:18:04 +0000

Very Slow Growth, Poor Employment The Philadelphia Federal Reserve, or the Philly Fed, is out with its monthly report on business for the month of April. As the Business Outlook Survey is a somewhat live reading, we pay attention to the report. The index indicator for overall activity remained slightly positive this month at 2.5. [...]

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Police Raid JPMorgan NYSE:JPM

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:52:00 +0000

Police Raid JPMorgan NYSE:JPM NMR, C, SAN, BAC JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Italy’s financial police came to its Milan office Thursday morning to take away documents related to the 2008 Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA acquisition of smaller rival Banca Antonveneta. Italian prosecutors are investigating MPs’ acquisition for possible violations of market [...]

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IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX; TSX: IMX) and Despicable Me 2

Shayne Heffernan — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:52:17 +0000

IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX; TSX: IMX) and Despicable Me 2 IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX; TSX: IMX), alongside Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, which are both divisions of Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA), today announced that Despicable Me 2, the highly anticipated 3D-CG feature follow-up to the 2010 hit, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX® [...]

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Flora-Bama 29th Annual Interstate Mullet Toss

Shayne Heffernan — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:48:19 +0000

The Flora-Bama Lounge & Package wants you to come and bend the fish and throw the fish at the 29th Annual Interstate Mullet Toss and Gulf Coast’s Greatest Beach Party. The Weekend draws in thousands of tourists, spectators and contestants alike to what has become one of the busiest weekends of the year for the [...]

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Mortgage Rates Slump for 5th Straight Week

Shayne Heffernan — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:59:59 +0000

Fixed mortgage rates fell to a 3-month low, with the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate retreating to 3.61 percent, according to Bankrate.com’s weekly national survey. The average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.32 discount and origination points. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20040122/FLTHLOGO ) To see mortgage rates in your area, go to http://www.bankrate.com/funnel/mortgages/. The average 15-year [...]

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Experts Concern Over Allocation of EU Funds

Shayne Heffernan — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:51:14 +0000

Experts Concern Over Allocation of EU Funds Yesterday’s seminar entitled “The European Neighbourhood Policy- Eastern Dimension: Progress with Reforms” taking place at the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Croatia in Zagreb aimed to analyse the comparative progress of the six Eastern Neighbourhood countries with reforms, discussing areas of difficulty and exploring [...]

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Insight into March Hedge Fund Performance

Shayne Heffernan — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:46:42 +0000

The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 1.21% in March. A new monthly commentary offers insight into hedge fund performance through the month of March. Some key findings from the report include: Hedge funds, as measured by the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, finished March up 1.21%, with 9 out [...]

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US Economy Lost Some Steam

Shayne Heffernan — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:38:06 +0000

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. declined 0.1 percent in March to 94.7 (2004 = 100) Says Ataman Ozyildirim, economist at The Conference Board: “After three consecutive gains, the U.S. LEI dipped slightly in March, with equally balanced strengths and weaknesses among its components. The leading indicator still points to a [...]

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Guess?, Inc. (NYSE:GES) Fast & Furious 6 Capsule Collection

Shayne Heffernan — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:14:18 +0000

Guess?, Inc. (NYSE:GES) Fast & Furious 6 Capsule Collection G by GUESS Creates Fast & Furious 6 Capsule Collection Inspired by the New Film in Universal Pictures’ Blockbuster Franchise G by GUESS, the youthful brand extension from denim pioneer GUESS Inc, is pleased to announce a collection inspired by Universal Pictures’ Fast & Furious 6, [...]

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Apple Inc (AAPL) Trading Preview

Shayne Heffernan — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:08:03 +0000

Apple Inc (AAPL) Trading Preview Technical Outlook Short Term: Oversold Intermediate Term: Bullish Long Term: Bullish A big black candle occurred. This is bearish, as prices closed significantly lower than they opened. If the candle appears when prices are “high,” it may be the first sign of a top. If it occurs when prices are [...]

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Silver Price: Market Oversold

Shayne Heffernan — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:00:49 +0000

Bollinger Bands are 156.63% wider than normal. The large width of the bands suggest high volatility as compared to Silver Price’s normal range. Therefore, the probability of volatility decreasing and prices entering (or remaining in) a trading range has increased for the near-term. The bands have been in this wide range for 4 period(s). The [...]

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Hot Charts: Gold Price

Shayne Heffernan — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:47:25 +0000

GOLD (Spot) intraday: the downside prevails. Gold is currently 16.0% below its 200-period moving average and is in an downward trend. Volatility is extremely high when compared to the average volatility over the last 10 periods. There is a good possibility that volatility will decrease and prices will stabilize in the near term. Our volume [...]

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Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) Earnings Show Slowing Market

Shayne Heffernan — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:41:18 +0000

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) Earnings Show Slowing Market Trading drove revenue but that trading is in doubt as the Volcker Rule and Dodd Frank come in to force, other income areas shrank as the company continued to downsize. Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) said Thursday its first-quarter profit increased to $984 million, or 50 cents a share, from [...]

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Nestle SA Reg Shs. Ser. B Spons (ADR) (PINK:NSRGY) Earnings Dive

Shayne Heffernan — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:21:55 +0000

Nestle SA Reg Shs. Ser. B Spons (ADR) (PINK:NSRGY) Earnings Dive The Swiss group Nestle, the world’s leading food industry group, said sales in the first three months of the year were up by 5.4 percent to 21.9 billion Swiss francs (US$23.6 billion). Nestle said the figures showed that the group was in line to [...]

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Nokia Corporation NYSE:NOK Q1 2013 Interim Report

Shayne Heffernan — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:10:43 +0000

Nokia Corporation NYSE:NOK Q1 2013 Interim Report FINANCIAL AND OPERATING HIGHLIGHTS Nokia Group non-IFRS EPS in Q1 2013 was EUR -0.02; reported EPS was EUR -0.07. - Nokia Group achieved underlying operating profitability for the third consecutive quarter, with a Q1 non-IFRS operating margin of 3.1%. - Devices & Services achieved underlying profitability for the [...]

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Germany Heads to Recession

Shayne Heffernan — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:05:39 +0000

Germany Heads to Recession Germany’s leading economic think tanks pared back their growth forecast for Europe’s top economy this year, but said growth would pick up again in 2014. The four institutes – Ifo in Munich, IfW in Kiel, IW in Halle and RWI in Essen – predicted that German gross domestic product would expand [...]

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Trading Report: Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold NYSE:FCX

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:34:30 +0000

Trading Report: Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold NYSE:FCX Profile:Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. is an international mining company. It engages in the mining of Copper, Gold and Molybdenum. Website: http://www.fcx.com Headlines: Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc Earnings Conference Call (Q-1 Y 2013) http://biz.yahoo.com/cc/2/137392.html A new 3-month trading record was established on both the Call and [...]

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BOATasia 2013 in Singapore

Shayne Heffernan — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:32:28 +0000

Yachts, Host of Lifestyle Activities, Lined Up for Boat Asia 2013 TMX Show productions has announced a stunning array of luxury yachts showcasing the best that the leisure marine industry has to offer at Boat Asia 2013, which opens today and take place from 18-21 April 2013 at Marina at Keppel Bay, Singapore. Over 30 [...]

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Vietnam’s central bank auctions Gold

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:31:08 +0000

Vietnam’s central bank auctions Gold The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has so far held seven consecutive gold auctions, with the first on 28 March and the 7th Tuesday, with the aim of balancing local supply and demand on Gold. The domestic Gold market became more stable in the past few weeks as the difference [...]

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Global Economic Contraction Hits Singapore

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:30:48 +0000

Singapore’s exports fell 4.8% Y-Y in March The non-Oil domestic exports (NODX of Singapore declined by 4.8% Y-Y in March, much eased from the plunge of 30.6 percent in February, the trade promotion agency International Enterprise IE Singapore said Wednesday. The NODX is a Key gauge of the export performance of Singapore, which is a [...]

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Bank of Canada pares 2013 growth forecast to 1.5%

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:24:05 +0000

Bank of Canada pares 2013 growth forecast to 1.5% The Bank of Canada cut its forecast for 2013 economic growth to 1.5% as it decided to maintain benchmark interest rate at 1% Wednesday. The central bank of Canada made this forecast in its Monetary Policy Report issued Wednesday. The January version of the report had [...]

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Mongolia Becomes Unattractive to Miners

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:22:48 +0000

Mongolia Becomes Unattractive to Miners Mongolia says mining deal with Rio Tinto NYSE:RIO not beneficial A large mining deal with Anglo-Australian mining group Rio Tinto is not good for Mongolia, a senior Mongolian official said Wednesday. “Many facts prove that the Oyu Tolgoi investment agreement is not benefiting the Mongolian people,” Finance Minister Chultem Ulaan [...]

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China on Economic Watch

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:22:11 +0000

China on Economic Watch The Chinese government says that boosting domestic consumption and maintaining proper investment scale are important economic task in the coming period. The State Council, China’s cabinet, Wednesday analyzed the domestic economic situation in the first quarter, vowing to coordinate the targets of maintaining steady growth, taming inflation and guarding against risks [...]

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ANA, JAL Looking to Resume Boeing NYSE: BA 787 Dreamliner Flights

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:18:05 +0000

ANA, JAL Looking to Resume Boeing NYSE: BA 787 Dreamliner Flights UAL , TO:9201, 9202 US regulators plan to lift the flight ban on Boeing Co.’s 787 passenger jet as early as this month, paving the way for All Nippon Airways Co. and Japan Airlines Co. TO:9201 to begin flying the aircraft soon after, the [...]

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China Plans Wider USDCNY Movement

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:17:12 +0000

China Plans Wider USDCNY Movement China’s central bank plans to widen the USDCNY’s trading band in the near future, People’s Bank of China Vice Gov. Yi Gang said Wednesday, suggesting that China’s leaders will press ahead with change despite the surprise slowing of the economy. “The exchange rate is going to be more market-oriented,” Mr. [...]

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Brazil Interest Rate Hike May Be Just the Beginning

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:14:31 +0000

Brazil Interest Rate Hike May Be Just the Beginning Brazil’s embattled central bank Wednesday raised its base interest rate for the first time in 22 months but the modest hike could be only the beginning in a long, tightening cycle to combat fierce inflation. The central bank’s monetary policy committee voted to raise its Selic [...]

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Wall Street Preview

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:12:53 +0000

Wall Street Preview PEP, FCX, MS, EBAY, AXP, SNDK, NOK, PM, ADS, VZ, AAPL, CRUS, XLK, SLX, INTC After Tuesday’s session saw the S&P 500 log its 2nd-largest 1-day advance of the year, Wednesday’s action was dictated by sellers. The S&P fell 1.4% as all 10 sectors finished in the Red. Watching the VIX: after [...]

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SINGAPORE YACHT SHOW NOW OFFICIALLY OPEN

Shayne Heffernan — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:37:41 +0000

SINGAPORE YACHT SHOW NOW OFFICIALLY OPEN The third annual Singapore Yacht Show is now officially open, with more than double the number of exhibitors as last year and many exciting brands and vessels making their Asia debut at the event. Managing director of Singapore Yacht Events, which owns the show, Andy Treadwell, said he was [...]

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Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Phone on Sale Next Week in USA

Paul A Ebeling Jr — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:04:04 +0000

Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Phone on Sale Next Week in USA AAPL, T, S Samsung Electronics Co’s KS:005930, PINK:SSNLF Galaxy S4 SmartPhone, the main challenger to Apple Inc. NASDAQ:AAPL’s iPhone, will go on sale next week at US carriers, including T-Mobile USA Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corp. NYSE:S Seven US carriers and seven retailers will be [...]

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ASEAN Market Preview

Shayne Heffernan — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:01:42 +0000

ASEAN Market Preview OCBC Singapore CBC Bank led the banc assurance business in Singapore, with sales (based on total weighted premiums1) closing in at S$268 million in 2012 – an increase of 160% from 2009. Last year, the Bank made significant inroads in protection products, with sales growing sevenfold year-on-year. OCBC Bank offers a wide [...]

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Emeco Holdings Limited (ASX:EHL) Undervalued

Shayne Heffernan — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:51:46 +0000

Emeco Holdings Limited (ASX:EHL) Undervalued Emeco Holdings Limited is engaged in the renting, maintaining and selling of heavy earthmoving equipment to customers in the mining industries. The Company operates in six segments: Australian rental, which provides a range of earthmoving equipment and maintenance services to customers in Australia; Australian sales, which sells a range of [...]

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Malaysia Listed DRB-HICOM Bhd a Buy

Shayne Heffernan — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:47:24 +0000

Malaysia Listed DRB-HICOM Bhd a Buy DRB-HICOM Berhad is an investment holding company. Its segments include Automotive, which is engaged in manufacturing, assembly, vehicles importation, motorcycles and special purpose vehicles; Services, which is engaged in concession, banking, insurance, postal and other services, and Property, Asset and Construction, which is engaged in property holding, development and [...]

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Ausdrill Limited (ASX:ASL) May Be a Bargain

Shayne Heffernan — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:41:35 +0000

Ausdrill Limited (ASX:ASL) May Be a Bargain Ausdrill Ltd announced that Allianz SE has an interest of 15,873,671 ordinary shares, which represents 5.13% of voting power in the Company. Ausdrill Limited is a diversified mining and services company providing edge services in mining, drill and blast, exploration, procurement and logistics, manufacturing and telecommunications in Australia, [...]

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