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    Hedge Inflation with two gold ETF ideas: GDX and GLD

    Filed under: Barrick Gold (ABX), Yamana Gold (AUY), Newmont Mining (NEM), ETF Investing, Goldcorp Inc (GG), Kinross Gold (KGC), BHP Billiton Ltd ADR (BHP), Anglo Amer ADR (AAUK)It seems that everywhere you turn you hear something about the price of gold, ...
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    A California earthquake shocks Detroit

    Not only do Detroit's Big Three appear to be on the verge of going down, but their biggest defender, 81-year-old Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., may be about to lose his powerful post as the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The Wall Street ...
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    Why does a solar power company want a piece of GM?

    The early reaction to the surprise $1.3 billion dollar bid by Germany's SolarWorld to buy the German carmaker Opel from General Motors has not been kind. It's "a great gag" said one German auto-industry analyst, strongly implying that the bid was just ...
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    Imax lovers can look forward to 5 new Disney (DIS) Imax movies

    Filed under: Products and services, Walt Disney (DIS), Media World, TechnologyFor movie lovers, one of the things that matters almost as much as a movie story line, is the picture and sound quality. Up until recently, there was little question as to ...
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    American banks pay the most for their capital

    Filed under: Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), Financial CrisisBanks around the world have been raising capital in the last few months. If the market is efficient, then the cost of capital for these banks should tell us something about how ...
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    Citi: From Bad to Worse

    Shares in Goldman Sachs are down 3% this afternoon to a new low of just $60 a share -- a level not seen since 1999. To give you an idea of the straits that the financial sector is in, Goldman is outperforming significantly today: JP Morgan, Bank of America, ...
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    Shares of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway fall more than 12 percent

    Class A shares of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc fell more than 12 percent on Wednesday to below $84,000, a 3-year low.
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    To gain marketing knowledge P&G and Google swap staff

    Filed under: Google (GOOG), Marketing and advertising, Procter and Gamble (PG)Maybe it is one of the reasons that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) are among the best managed companies in America. They will go to almost any legitimate ...
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    Citi shares hit 15-year low as analyst cuts view

    Citigroup Inc. shares hit a 15-year low Wednesday as an analyst predicted the bank will have to cut the value of some of its assets by an additional $3 billion.
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    Closing Bell: Dow closes below 8,000; C, ETFC, FNM, GM, LVLT, YHOO all got hammered

    Filed under: After the bell, Major movement, Earnings reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Yahoo! (YHOO), General Motors (GM), Market matters, Citigroup Inc. (C), Federal Natl Mtge (FNM), Level 3 Communications (LVLT), S and P 500, DJIAHow many ...