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Jonathan Berr's Blog Posts
Before the bell: Stocks set to open higher before earnings season
10/05/09
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U.S. stock markets are poised to open higher ahead of the start to the third quarter earnings season. Investors are also continuing to digest last week's worse-than-expected jobs report, which heightened fears of unemployment topping 10 percent before the end of the year.
Stocks in Europe were little...
Before the bell: Stock markets taking a breather
08/26/09
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Filed under: Before the bell, Economic dataThe stock market seems like it needs a rest today.After posting strong performances earlier this week following growing optimism about the economy and the reappointment of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, the main indexes appear headed toward a muted o...
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Before the Bell: U.S. stock markets unsettled
08/05/09
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Filed under: Before the bell, Caterpillar (CAT), Clorox Co (CLX), Hasbro Inc (HAS)U.S. stock markets may be poised to rise, extending their gains from earlier this week, as traders bet that the worst of the steepest economic decline since the Great Depression is ending. Then again, they may end their...
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Before the bell: Investors look for hopeful signs
04/13/09
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Filed under: General Electric (GE), Citigroup Inc. (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Wells Fargo (WFC)Investors have had little reason to be hopeful during the past two years as the economic news seems to get more depressing by the day. But lately, the stock market has turned optimist...
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BBBY
Before the Bell: Wall Street is on a roll -- for now
04/09/09
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Filed under: Before the bell, Earnings reports, Bed Bath and Beyond (BBBY), Morgan Stanley (MS), Economic data, Oil, Calif Pizza Kitchen (CPKI)Investors are expecting Wall Street to continue its recent winning ways.
Stocks are poised to open higher as investors await March retail sales data and the w...
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Before the Bell: Will earnings season start with a whimper?
04/07/09
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Filed under: Before the bell, Earnings reports, Market matters, Alcoa Inc (AA), Economic dataAlcoa Inc. (AA) must have drawn the short straw to be the economic canary in the coal mine decades ago, but for many investors the aluminum maker's earnings are seen as a harbinger of things to come. Judging ...
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IBM
Before the Bell: When will the party end?
04/06/09
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Filed under: Before the bell, Market matters, International Business Machines (IBM), Sun Microsystems (JAVA)For the past few weeks, investors have "partied like its 1999" as in the heady days of the tech bubble and not the song by Prince.They have taken a "What me worry?" attitude that would make Alf...
Private investors have to be part of any financial rescue
02/09/09
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Filed under: Deals, Private equity, Economic data, Federal Reserve, Recession, Financial CrisisLost amidst all of the talk about bank nationalization, capital ratios and executive jets is any discussion about how the free market can help stabilize the faltering banking system. That's until Treasury S...
Private investors have to be part of any financial rescue
02/09/09
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Filed under: Deals, Private equity, Economic data, Federal Reserve, Recession, Financial CrisisLost amidst all of the talk about bank nationalization, capital ratios and executive jets is any discussion about how the free market can help stabilize the faltering banking system. That's until Treasury S...
IBM
IBM offers laid-off workers a job -- overseas
02/06/09
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Filed under: Employees, International Business Machines (IBM), Economic dataInternational Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) is taking offshoring to a new level.According to CNN/Money, Big Blue has a program called Project Match that will "help interested workers whose jobs are on the chopping block...
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Media World: First ever layoffs at Bloomberg L.P.
02/05/09
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Filed under: General Electric (GE), Marketing and advertising, Employees, ColumnsBloomberg L.P., where I worked for seven years as a reporter for Bloomberg News, has announced plans for its first-ever corporate layoffs, proving that the media empire founded by New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg in 19...
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Media World: First ever layoffs at Bloomberg L.P.
02/05/09
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Filed under: General Electric (GE), Marketing and advertising, Employees, ColumnsBloomberg L.P., where I worked for seven years as a reporter for Bloomberg News, has announced plans for its first-ever corporate layoffs, proving that the media empire founded by New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg in 19...
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Will Fortunoff be the next chain to bite the dust?
02/04/09
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Filed under: Products and services, Law, RecessionFortunoff may be the next retail chain headed for the scrap heap.According to Bloomberg News, this once-venerable company is headed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and a possible liquidation. The demise of Fortunoff comes a year after Lord & Taylor pare...
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Will Fortunoff be the next chain to bite the dust?
02/04/09
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Filed under: Products and services, Law, RecessionFortunoff may be the next retail chain headed for the scrap heap.According to Bloomberg News, this once-venerable company is headed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and a possible liquidation. The demise of Fortunoff comes a year after Lord & Taylor pare...
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The Citigroup-NY Mets deal is nuts
02/03/09
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Filed under: Marketing and advertising, Citigroup Inc. (C), Financial CrisisThe New York Mets, whose September collapses have delighted us Philadelphia Phillies fans, have screwed up even bigger with their $400 million stadium naming rights deal with Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C).Baseball's premier choke ...
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The Citigroup-NY Mets deal is nuts
02/03/09
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Filed under: Marketing and advertising, Citigroup Inc. (C), Financial CrisisThe New York Mets, whose September collapses have delighted us Philadelphia Phillies fans, have screwed up even bigger with their $400 million stadium naming rights deal with Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C).Baseball's premier choke ...
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Sandy Weill gives up Citigroup corporate jet
02/02/09
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Filed under: Management, Citigroup Inc. (C), DJIAOver the weekend, the New York Post reported that former Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) Chief Executive Sandy Weill and his family flew on a company jet for a vacation in Mexico weeks after the New York-based bank received a $45 billion bailout from the fede...
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How 'super' was the Super Bowl for GE?
02/02/09
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Filed under: Competitive strategy, General Electric (GE), Marketing and advertising, Business of sportsWas yesterday's Super Bowl "super" for General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE)? While it is no doubt prestigious to broadcast the NFL championship, I wonder whether it's as great as it seems for the company...
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