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Comcast And Competition
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Thomas Lindmark
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014 12:07 PM EDT
Ah, the enduring faith in the ability of government to lead us out of the wilderness and into a land of gigabit nirvana. Shall we count the ways that regulation has accomplished this feat, or should we count the ways it has led to sanctioned monopolies?
In this article: CMCSA
Tesla Plans To Build World’s Biggest Battery Factory
Article By:
OilPrice
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014 11:51 AM EDT
Tesla is set to announce a plan this week to build the world’s largest battery factory. The plan will include the involvement of Panasonic and other partners, and it will be so big that Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk is calling it a “gigafactory.”
In this article: TSLA
Case-Shiller Home Prices December 2013: Strongest Part Of Recovery May Be Over
Article By:
Steven Hansen
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014 11:40 AM EDT
The non-seasonally adjusted Case-Shiller home price index (20 cities) for December 2013 (released today) declined slightly but showed the 19th consecutive monthly year-over-year gain in housing prices since the end of the housing stimulus in 2010.
Revisiting Why Benchmarking Is A Bad Strategy
Article By:
Lance Roberts
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014 11:17 AM EDT
"Benchmarking is a pernicious thing in financial circles. Not only because it disconnects the way the client and a fund manager understand the concept of 'risk', but also because the concept of benchmarking seems to be misunderstood."
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Growth Contracts In February 2014
Article By:
John Lounsbury
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014 10:45 AM EDT
Of the four regional Federal Reserve surveys released to date, two show manufacturing expanding in February 2014.
Welcome To The Currency Wars, China (Yuan Devalues Most In 20 Years)
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014 10:06 AM EDT
The last 7 days have seen the unstoppable 'sure-thing' one-way bet of the decade appreciation trend of the Chinese Yuan reverse.
Trucking Tonnage Falls Due To Weather In January 2014
Article By:
Steven Hansen
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014 9:32 AM EDT
Econintersect: The American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) trucking index dropped 4.3% in January 2014 after falling a revised 0.8% in December (originally reported as 0.6% growth.
Stocks Wobble Overnight As China Tremors Get Louder
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014 7:57 AM EDT
All eyes were on China overnight, where first the PBOC drained a quite substantial CNY 100 billion in liquidity via 14 day repos in the month following the biggest credit injection on record...
Wall Street’s Greatest Racket: FINRA’s ‘Meter Maids'
Article By:
Larry Doyle
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014 7:22 AM EDT
In 2013 the six largest banks on Wall Street generated profits of $76 billion.
Last year, Wall Street’s primary self-regulatory organization FINRA imposed fines of $57 million.
The Truth About Goldman Sachs
Article By:
Casey Research
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014 7:13 AM EDT
In 2009, in an attempt to profit from hedged uranium commodity trades, Goldman Sachs bought a uranium trading house called NUFCOR International Limited.
Weighing The Week Ahead: Does Weakness In Housing Threaten The Economy And Stocks?
Article By:
Jeff Miller
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014 6:25 AM EDT
Housing data have clearly hit a soft patch. How much of the deceleration is important? How much can be attributed to weather?
Crushing The "US Is Decoupling" Meme (In One Simple Chart)
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014 5:58 AM EDT
With US equity markets hitting fresh all-time highs (as much of the rest of the world is 10-15% off its highs and falling), the meme that rules the "common knowledge" talking-head world is "US decoupling" or yet another version of 'cleanest dirty shirt'.
Things That Make You Go Hmmm: Appetite For Distraction
Article By:
Grant Williams
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Monday, February 24, 2014 10:31 PM EDT
This story came to me from the pen of Jared Dillian, the very talented writer of an excellent publication called The Daily Dirtnap; and the moment I read it I knew I had to share it with my readers.
Thoughts From The Frontline: The Worst Ten-Letter Word
Article By:
John Mauldin
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Monday, February 24, 2014 3:16 PM EDT
This week we begin what will probably be a multi-week series on the subject of income inequality.