December 20, 2011 Dutch Lab Develops Most Dangerous Virus World has Ever Known, Leaves it Unguarded House Begins Debating Payroll Tax Cut Iowa Caucus Faces Hacking Threat The Christmas Blizzard of 2012 Monday Night Football Blackout and Bomb Threat China Recognizes Kim Jong Un Il Under Glass Housing Sentiment Gains will Prove Fleeting Housing Starts Jump in November Wisconsin Scientist Also Develops Dangerous Virus Euro Finds Footing on Spanish Debt Sale and German Data Spain’s Blowout Bond Auction Germany Posts Strong Data Rising Ingredients Costs Grind General Mills (NYSE: GIS) ConAgra (NYSE: CAG) Also Beaten by Costs Japan Picks Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) for Fighter Upgrade Gold Gains Ground Jefferies (NYSE: JEF) Profit Drops Winn-Dixie (Nasdaq: WINN) Sold to Bi-Lo On-Line Sales Rock the House Sanctions on Iranian Oil will Impact Europe and Japan Deutsche Telekom Slams US Regulators (OTC: DTEGY.PK) Oil Climbs for Second Straight Day Repsol Buys Back Shares from Troubled Holder (OTC: REPYY.PK) Navistar Rises on Strong Profit (NYSE: NAV) Activists Plotting Egypt’s Fall Sweden Predicts Unchanged Rates Apple’s Patent Victory Not Expected to have Major Impact (Nasdaq: AAPL) Arab League Monitors Arriving in Syria Barney Frank Flaunts his Man Boobs Payroll Processors Say 2 Month Fix Impossible to Implement Oakland Port Measures Considered Carbon Time Bomb Ticks in Arctic Another Billionaire Joins Space Race Yahoo! Earnings Calendar December 16, 2011 Lawmakers Agree on Budget, Work Toward Payroll Tax and Unemployment Agreement Bachmann Calls Paul’s Passive Position on Iran Wildly Dangerous RIM Shares Continue Tumult (Nasdaq: RIMM) How Zynga Got to $9 Billion (Nasdaq: ZNGA) GOP’s Perry Compares Himself to Tim Tebow IMF Stirs Fear with 1930s Comparison Assistant Coach Confesses to Witnessing Sandusky Molesting Boy U.S. Mayors Note Rise in Poverty and Homelessness Italy’s Monti Wins Gov’t Confidence Vote Consumer Prices Up in November French Launch War of Words Against British Facebook’s Timeline Going Live on Desktop and Android (Nasdaq: GOOG) Russia Added to WTO Former Fannie (OTC: FNMA.OB) and Freddie (OTC: FMCC.OB) Execs Charged with Fraud Fitch Downgrades Goldman (NYSE: GS), Citigroup (NYSE: C) and BofA (NYSE: BAC) NY High School Athletes Suspended for Tebowing Free Shipping Day Could Surpass Cyber Monday Spanish & Italian Bonds Advance on ECB Demand, Bunds Rise Landry’s Owner Buys Morton’s (NYSE: MRT) United Rentals (NYSE: URI) Buys RSC (NYSE: RRR) For $1.9 Billion Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) Down 15% on Loss of COO Irish Comeback in Doubt US Trade War with China over Chicken Feet National Retail Federation Revises Forecast, Sees Record Year Gold Prices Stabilize Russian Customs Seize Iran Bound Custom Materials Internet Architects Oppose US Anti Piracy Bills Best Holiday Shopping Deals Dollar, Yen Fall, Euro Rises School District Bans Christmas Cookies Florida Students Flash Rally at Governor’s Mansion Christopher Hitchens Dead Today Comet Lovejoy Survives its Close Pass of the Sun Yahoo! Earnings Calendar December 15, 2011 Census Data Shows Half of Americans Poor U.S. Formally Withdrawals from Iraq Weekly Jobless Claims at 3-Year Low Morgan Stanley Slashing 1600 Jobs (NYSE: MS) Retailers Raise Holiday Outlook Draghi: Europe on Track Howard Stern to Judge on America’s Got Talent Michael Kors (Nasdaq: KORS) Soars in IPO The European Crisis You’re Not Hearing About Putin Defends Election Result Gold Extends Decline Republican Disconnect with America Evident in Jobs Legislation Italy Risks Social Explosion Factory Output Declined Sharply in November FedEx (NYSE: FDX) Posts Strong Q2 Percentage of Married Couples Lowest in History Former French President Chirac Found Guilty of Corruption Bird Kill: Thousands Mistaking Parking Lots for Ponds Mortgage Rates Touch Record Low Gingrich Slammed by National Review Homeless Man Uses Stolen Credit Card for Pedicure Obama: No Need to Raise Taxes Nor Shut Down Gov’t European Banks Downgraded Brazil Sues Chevron (NYSE: CVX) Philly Area Manufacturing Improved Victoria’s Secret Implicated in Child Labor Suit (NYSE: LTD) Oil Prices Drop Swiss Franc Extends Gains Over Dollar and Euro Producer Prices Edge Higher Zynga IPO on Deck Yahoo! Earnings Calendar December 14, 2011 Political Brinkmanship Threatens Taxes, Benefits and Gov’t House Defies Obama on the Bill Time Person of the Year for 2011 is The Protester The US Flag Burns in Fallujah Euro Markets Collapse Oil Prices Decline on OPEC Production Increase Groupon (Nasdaq: GRPN) Shares Not a Bargain Postal Service to Delay Closings Atheists Displace Nativity Scenes in California Park Wal-Mart Stays Open Through a Stabbing (NYSE: WMT) Germany Rebuffs Calls for ECB Action Post Summit Zynga, Michael Kors, Jive (Nasdaq: JIVE) Lead Parade of IPOs IMF Warns Greece Slipping on Reforms Is “Belly” the Next Groupon? Silver Slumps 6% and Gold Lower Equity Movers Include Joy Global (NYSE: JOY) and Avon (NYSE: AVP) Another Lousy Day for the Euro German Party Positioning for Play Against Merkel More Americans to Travel Over the Holidays US Economic Growth Seen Brighter in 2012 First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR) Scaling Back Production and Targeting Unsubsidized Markets Broadcom Shares (Nasdaq: BRCM) Rise on Upbeat Outlook Olympus (OTC: OCPNY.PK) Reveals $1 Billion Balance Sheet Hit Delta Air Sees Solid Profit Growth (NYSE: DAL) China’s Easing Case Gains Support Iowa Poll Shows Gingrich THEN Paul THEN Romney Keep Christ in Christmas Sign Stirs Controversy Gingrich Aide Fired After Mormon Comments Iran and Venezuela May have Engaged in Cyber Warfare Against US Home Sales Miscounted for Years Petroleum Status Report US Import and Export Prices Data Toll Booth Worker Making $100K Yahoo! Earnings Calendar December 13, 2011 Saudi Arabia Executes 76th Person this Year on Sorcery Charges Maniac Drops Grenades from Belgium Roof Merkel Dumps on EU Enthusiasm Federal Reserve Monetary Policy Statement Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Alert Text Message Terrified New Jersey Residents Iran May be Planning to Close the Strait of Hormuz During War Games Fed May Revise its Zero Rate Policy Demand High for Spanish Bonds Greek Finance Minister Says No New Taxes Baby Develops H1N2 Virus Another US Drone Crashes Strange Robotic Probe Surveyed Protesters in Moscow Best Buy’s Profits Eaten into by Discounts (NYSE: BBY) Urban Outfitters (Nasdaq: URBN) Surges on Q4 Sales Retail Sales Growth Fell Short in November Small Business Optimism Rose in November Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) Makes Record Boeing Order (NYSE: BA) Illinois Lawmakers Seek to Send Tax Breaks to Lawmakers OPEC Likely to Keep Output Steady Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) Argues Against the Free Speech Kill Switch DuPont’s Results are Looking Good (NYSE: DD) Israel: Iran Must Decide Between Bomb and Survival Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) Settles MBIA Suit Lawmakers Pissed Off by MF Global Comments (OTC: MFGLQ.PK) The Next EU Flashpoints Jive Software (Nasdaq: JIVE) an IPO Success Story 8 Siemens (NYSE: SI) Executives Charged with Bribery Amazon Extends Free Shipping (Nasdaq: AMZN) Oil Surges on Iran Concern Business Inventories Up in October Gold Prices Falter Europe’s Bank Meltdown will Hit Home Euro Falls Against the Dollar Yahoo! Earnings Calendar December 12, 2011 Romney’s Daring Challenge to Gingrich’s Statement Occupy Activists Shutting Down West Coast Ports Russian Billionaire to Challenge Putin for Presidency The European Divide Europe Cracks U.S. Stocks Fall on Moody’s Call (NYSE: MCO) Intel Lowers its Outlook (Nasdaq: INTC) Obama’s Take on Wall Street Prosecutions Tim Tebow, Making God Cool Again OECD Warns on Growing Global Debt Load Woman Leaves $13 Million to Pet Cat Dog Survives 50 Foot Fall on Upper West Side Obama Meets with Iraqi PM North Korea Warns Against Christmas Lights Massacre Could Follow Deadline in Syria Italy Starts Striking Against Monti’s Austerity Greece Works to Halve Debt Burden Greece’s Ill-Advised Austerity Continues to Pain Greeks Fed Prepares for Quantitative Yakking Fitch: EU Failed Pfizer Lifts Dividend 10% (NYSE: PFE) Euro Wary Investors Turn to Treasuries Are You Better Off than your Mom and Dad? IPO Fever The Week Ahead on the Hill Is Apple Vulnerable in 2012 (Nasdaq: AAPL)? Gold Prices Off 3% Committee Okays Sears (Nasdaq: SHLD) and CME Group (NYSE: CME) Deal FedEx (NYSE: FDX) Sees Busiest Day in History Diamond Foods (Nasdaq: DMND) Nuts Squeezed Martin Marietta (NYSE: MLM) Bids on Vulcan Materials (NYSE: VMC) Yahoo! Earnings Calendar December 9, 2011 Plan to Fix Europe May Split it Britain Now Isolated Stocks Rally on News Trump May Kill his Debate and Run for President Consumer Sentiment Improves ”Occupiers” Taking Back their Foreclosed Homes Bomb Explodes at Italian Tax Office Moody’s (NYSE: MCO) Downgrades French Banks Societe Generale (OTC: SCGLY.PK), BNP Paribas (OTC: BNPQY.PK), Credit Agricole (OTC: CRARY.PK) Shopping at Pawn Shops Replaces the Mall Job Seekers Believe in Santa Claus Trade Deficit Shrinks for 4th Straight Months Republicans Want to Cut Unemployment Insurance to Pay for Payroll Tax Cut Scotland Lashed by 165 MPH Winds U.S. Army Cuts Begin Toyota Cuts its Profit View (NYSE: TM) Lindsay Lohan’s Naked Playboy Photos Leaked Why the Virginia Tech Shootout? Putin Sets Trap to Round Up his Opposers Why to Buy Amazon Shares (Nasdaq: AMZN) Punt on DuPont (NYSE: DD) Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) Predicts Surge in Hybrids AT&T (NYSE: T) Antitrust Case Delayed by Justice Department Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) Struggling GE (NYSE: GE) Raises its Dividend 13% Poll Shows Germans and French Believe Euro is Costing them Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) Discloses Internal Investigation Warren Buffet Names Son as Successor EU Summit Not Enough to Draw ECB in Oil Prices Waver Euro Rises Against Dollar Conservative Host: Obama Fired the First Class Warfare Shots S. Korean Developer Plans Skyscraper Resembling Exploding WTC Yahoo! Earnings Calendar December 8, 2011 GOP Ties Pipeline Construction to Jobs Bill Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) Chief Targeted by Letter Bomb German Politician Says Downgrade is American Plot (NYSE: MCO) Iran Shows Film of Downed Drone Draghi Eases Credit but No Bond Move Putin, Clinton Trade Blows Corzine Says he Didn’t Know About the Money (OTC: MFGLQ.PK) Oil Dips on Economic Issues Is McDonald’s Recession Proof? (NYSE: MCD) EU Banks Must Raise $153 Billion EU May Employ IMF to its Aid Alec Baldwin’s Online Rant American Imprisoned for Insulting Thai King Pujols Signs Blockbuster Deal with Angels Costco (Nasdaq: COST) Shares Sink on Tighter Margins IBM (NYSE: IBM) Pays More than SAP (NYSE: SAP) for Cloud Growth Smithfield Foods (NYSE: SFD) Will Cease Cruel Pig Treatment Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) Union Fix How the GOP Got to Newt Cuomo’s Economic Push Jobless Claims Count Dips Again Don’t Allow Consumer Confusion to Confound Your Investment Direction Wholesale Inventories Rose More than Forecast Consumer Discomfort Little Changed MEMC Electronic (NYSE: WFR) to Cut Staff by 20% Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) Settles Muni Rigging Case Emerging Market Shares Dip on Worries Bank of England Holds Rates 80 Year Old Jailed for Feeding Ducks Yahoo! Earnings Calendar December 6, 2011 S&P is Pissing the EU Off Gallup Shows Gingrich Ahead Russian Opposition Leaders Jailed After Election Protest Obama Considers Putting Morning After Pill on Store Shelves Greece Facing Run on the Banks Geithner Backs EU Fiscal Union Court Approves of Lehman Emergence from Bankruptcy Many Planets Like Earth Discovered Model Suffers Traumatic Injuries from Plane Propeller Chinese President Hu Tells Navy to Prepare for Combat Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Sees Better Trading Revenues How will Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) Handle the Post Office Slowdown Ireland Cuts its Growth Outlook Brazilian Economy Stalls Bernanke Defends Secret Bank Bailouts Call Options May be the Better Bet on Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) ”Occupy” Protesters Acting Against Foreclosures Workforce Decline May be Start of Demographic Shift Obama Sees Make or Break Moment for the Middle Class Governor Brown Begs Californians to Choose Higher Taxes US Treasuries Falling Chain Store Sales Fall Post Holiday Sales Oil Prices Waver Paypal Facing Critics Over Charity Cut Off, Gives New Okay (Nasdaq: EBAY) Buy and Sell on Facebook Thanks to Intuit (Nasdaq: INTU) AMR Refills Top Spots (NYSE: AMR) North Korean ICBM Capable of Reaching US When Naked Bodybuilders Attack Yahoo! Earnings Calendar December 5, 2011 Keeping the Postal Service Afloat Merkel, Sarkozy Agree Treaty Should be Rewritten Fed May Fund Euro Zone through IMF Monti Takes Austerity Plan to Italian Lawmakers No Sign Iran Shot Down Drone Biden Jokes About Bringing Funds with to Bail Out Greece Gingrich Riding High in Iowa Putin Barely Clings to Power in Parliament Cloud Stocks Soar on SAP (NYSE: SAP) Bid for SuccessFactors (Nasdaq: SFSF) Commercial Metals (NYSE: CMC) Rejects Icahn Bid Toyota (NYSE: TM) to Export US Made Camry’s Gold Lower as Tensions Ease European Banks Rise on Italian Budget (NYSE: DB) Activists Invade Nuclear Plant Site in France Child Suspended for Calling Teacher Cute Oil Rises on Iran Cyber Week Holiday Spending hit All-Time High EU Second Guesses Iran Oil Ban Dollar General (NYSE: DG) Lifts Guidance and Plans Repurchases MetLife (NYSE: MET) Sees Higher Profit eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) Gets an Upgrade Factory Orders Slipped in October Service Sector Falls Short in November Obama Taking 17 Day Holiday CFTC Limiting Use of Brokerage Client Funds Entergy (NYSE: ETR) to Spinoff Electric Transmission Unit Iran has Missing US Drone 2 Reports Hint US Economy Slowing Kepler Finds Earth-Like Planets Yahoo! Earnings Calendar December 2, 2011 White House: Economy Needs to Create Jobs Unemployment Rate Improved to 8.6% Spain Rating Warning Sets Yields Soaring, Dollar Surging Cain Meets with Wife Today Corzine Subpoenaed Over MF Global Disaster (OTC: MFGLQ.PK) Merkel Says Solution Could Take Years Euro Turns Lower Oil Posting Weekly Gain on Iran Woes Putin’s Russia Gold Price up to Near $1750 Zynga Seeks a Billion Through IPO Big Lots Cautions on Christmas (NYSE: BIG) US Automakers Post Strong November Production (NYSE: F) Iran Warns US, EU not to Back UK Islamists Win Egypt GM Offers to Buy Back Volts (NYSE: GM) H&R Block Down on Loss (NYSE: HRB) Western Digital Surges on Forecast (NYSE: WDC) The Winds of Santa Ana al-Qaeda Claims to Have American Hostage Scientists Take First Step Towards Teleportation German Bank Chief Sticks to Hard Line Fed Hawks Say Central Banks Can’t Solve Fiscal Woes Making a Case Against China’s Unfair Solar Trade US Railroads Avert Union Strike (NYSE: CSX) Fiat Boss Says Euro Crisis Cuts too Deep (OTC: FIATY.PK) House GOP Meets on Payroll Taxes Monster Employment Index Rises 10% (NYSE: MWW) Yahoo! Earnings Calendar December 1, 2011 Massachusetts Sues Big Banks over Faulty Foreclosures EU Examines Iran Energy Sanctions, China Urges Calm Muslim Brotherhood Likely Winner of Egyptian Election Merry Christmas – Hundreds of Thousands Missing as Bank Courier Doors Open on Highway Thieves Busted into Church and Stole Toys for Needy Children Merkel Seeks to Limit ECB and German Exposure ECB Hints at Action if EU Alters Pact Strong November Auto Sales for GM (NYSE: GM), Chrysler, Nissan (OTC: NSANY.PK) Feds Raid Manhattan Strip Clubs, Uncover Russian Mafia Scheme Strong November Sales for Macy’s (NYSE: M), Limited Brands (NYSE: LTD) and Costco (Nasdaq: COST) Retailers Outperformed in November (NYSE: WMT) Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) Pops on Alibaba (OTC: ALBCF.PK) Bid Rumor Jobless Claims Creep Higher ISM Manufacturing Index Improves Construction Spending Increased in October Consumer Confidence Little Changed Gold Prices Pull Back After Monster Rally IMF to Meet Monday on Greek Funding Dollar Trims Losses to Euro Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR) Signs Deal with Sprint (NYSE: S) AT&T (NYSE: T) Blasts FCC Call on T-Mobile Merger (OTC: DTEGY.PK) Oil Drops Short of $100 Natural Gas Report Stocks Waver After Big Rally Republicans Lay Out Payroll Tax Cut Plan 97 MPH Winds Torment California Dog Shoots his Master Giant Great White Shark Filmed Off NC Coast Yahoo! 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