February 26, 2010 GDP Revised Up to 5.9% for Q4 2009 Bernanke Pushes to Keep Regulatory Power Chicago PMI for February Rises to 62.6 Brazil's Central Bank Calls Auction to Buy Dollars Existing Home Sales Drop 7.2% in January Reuters Michigan Sentiment slips to 73.6 U.K. Q4 Growth Revised Higher New Worries Darken Greek Prospects EU Demands Greater Action by Greece India Leaves Stimulus Measures in Place China Wind Power Reports Results Bayer's Net Profit Rises Fed Probing Goldman's Role (NYSE: GS) CKE Restaurants Finds Buyer (NYSE: CKR) AIG Extends Support to Lease Finance Co. Kabul Pays for Marja Offensive Doctors Threaten Medicare Backlash Thai Court Seizes Thaksin's Cash Canadian Poor Sports? Hockey Team Celebration Investigated Blizzard Hammers New York Obama's Day Ahead Yahoo! Earnings Calendar February 25, 2010 Tempers Flare Ahead of President's Health Care Summit Moody's Says Greece Must Act Standard & Poor's Levies Downgrade Threat Against Greece Durable Goods Orders January Fell 0.6% Ex-Transportation Weekly Initial Jobless Claims Surge to 496K Bernanke's Testimony FHFA Housing Price Index Falls Modestly in Q4 Repairing Turkish Gov't EIA Natural Gas Report EU Rejects IMF Proposal to Raise Inflation Target to 4% Newmont Mining Posts Golden Result (NYSE: NEM) RBS Loss Narrows Coke to Acquire Bottler (NYSE: KO) Allianz and Aegon Both Profit Killer Whale Kills Trainer at Seaworld Swiss No Longer Accept Untaxed Money Ukraine President Sworn In Wintery Fuery Unleashed India and Pakistan Hold First Talks in 15 Months Yahoo! Earnings Calendar February 24, 2010 Toyoda Faces Congress' Questions Bernanke to Address Congressmen Mortgage Activity Sinks on Weather Related Hurdle Striking Workers Paralyze Greece Greece Lashes Out Rogoff Says Watch Out for China Google Faces Down Brussels on Antitrust Google Bosses Convicted in Italy TJX's Q1 Profit Rises (NYSE: TJX) H.R. Block Shares Fall on Miss (NYSE: HRB) New Home Sales Sink Below Forecast in January, to 309K Pace Petroleum Status Report Toll Brothers Posts Narrower Loss (NYSE: TOL) Credit Default SWAPS Do Not Indicate EU Woes Heading Our Way Crude Prices Drop Slightly California's High Speed Rail Dream Nigerian Deputy in Charge for Now Snow Hurricane a'Coming Israel to Push China to Support Iran Sanctions Turkey Charges Military Officers Over Coup Attemp Yahoo! Earnings Calendar February 23, 2010 S&P Case Shiller's Home Price Index Posts Smaller Declines in December Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Drops Sharply in February, to 46 State Street's Investor Confidence Index Dips Slightly in February to 103.9 ICSC Weekly Sales Wk Feb 20: +2.3% Wk/Wk, +0.9% Yr/Yr Toyota Boss Faces Tough Questions (NYSE: TM) Yahoo Partners with Twitter to Boost Social Features February 22, 2010 Credit Cards: The Rules Have Changed New Credit Card Traps The New Credit Card Rules USA Hockey Upsets Canada China Taps More Saudi Crude than US President's Revived and Revised Healthcare Push Yellen on the Economy and Monetary Policy Gold Eases After Touching 1 Month High Oil Teases $80 Greece Not Alone in Exploiting EU Policy Threats to Sustained Recovery Judge Approves Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) SEC Disclosure Settlement Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) First Profit Increase in Two Years Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Steps Up Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) Assault Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB) Smith Deal to Increase Drilling Yields Campbell Soup Sales Fall 8% (NYSE: CPB) Genzyme Faces Proxy Challenge from Icahn (Nasdaq: GENZ) Lufthansa Strike Disrupts Thousands Iran Rigid on Persian Gulf Beyond Copenhagen Afghanistan Condemns NATO Air Strike Senior Level Peace Talks Begin Between India and Pakistan Yahoo! Earnings Calendar February 19, 2010 Fed Hikes the Discount Rate Dell Profit Slips Despite Sales Rebound (Nasdaq: DELL) Dollar Strengthens on Fed Move Consumer Price Index (CPI) January: CPI Rose +0.2%, Core CPI -0.1% Tiger Not Out of the Woods Yet Delinquency Rates and Foreclosure Starts Fade in Q4 Oil Prices Rose 12% in Two Weeks Banks Worry On New Credit Card Law Penney Poops on Profits (NYSE: JCP) GM Chief Gets $9 Million as 9 Million Americans Lose Jobs Schlumberger in Talks to Buy Smith Int'l (NYSE: SLB) Greek PM Urges EU Solidarity Tobacco Tussle to Supreme Court Russia Hints Will Back Iran Sanctions CPAC Speakers Jockey for GOP Mantle UK Retail Sales Drop Twice as Much as Forecast Nestle Pulls in Big Profit America's Most Miserable Cities China Complains About Bama Lama Love African Union Condemns Niger Coup Yahoo! Earnings Calendar February 18, 2010 Leading Indicators Slow in January to +0.3% Producer Price Index (PPI) Plumps in January Weekly Initial Jobless Claims Heat to 473K in Feb. 13 Period Japan is Our Debt Man Now IMF is Selling More Gold Germany's Greek Dilemma Angela Merkel Lashes Out at Banks Over Greece Dealings Philly Fed Index Improved to 17.6 in February Plans to Drill in Falklands Raises Argentine Ire The President's Day Plan Natural Gas Storage Decreased by 190 Bcf in Feb. 12 Period Wal-Mart Posts Strong Results, Though Same-Store Sales Sank (NYSE: WMT) PSE&G Posts Profit (NYSE: PEG) Fairfax Buys Insurer Zenith (FFH.CN) Daimler Posts Surprising Loss (NYSE: DAI) AIG to Keep Up to 25% of Derivatives Portfolio (NYSE: AIG) Missionaries Freed in Haiti Americans Say the Supreme Court Got it Wrong Obama to Meet with Dalai Lama Despite Chinese Concerns UK Defends on Mossad Aid Accusations Lindsey Vonn, Shani Davis and Shaun White All Took Gold Wednesday Yahoo! Earnings Calendar February 17, 2010 FOMC Meeting Minutes from January Treasury Posts Uncharacteristic Budget Deficit for January Housing Starts Pace Above Forecast at 591K Productivity and Capacity Utilization Improved in January: +0.9%, 72.6% Government Wants Detailed History of Toyota's Internal Documentation of Recalls (NYSE: TM) Toyota Considering Corolla Recall (NYSE: TM) Import and Export Prices Rose More than Expected in January Mortgage Activity Drops in Week Ending February 12 Weekly Same Store Sales Slip in Feb 13 Period: -1.6% Weekly, -0.7% Yearly Greece and Goldman Did Not Disclose SWAPS, Leaving Investors and World Fooled Oil Rises Above $77 Soros Increased Gold Bet Humana Cuts 2500 Positions (NYSE: HUM) Campbell Lowers Sales Guidance (NYSE: CAG) Deere Beats Wall Street (NYSE: DE) Toyota Boss Will Not Attend US Hearings on Recalls White House Takes Credit for Stopping Economic Freefall Walgreen Buying Duane Reade (NYSE: WAG) Russia Suspends Arms Sale to Iran What European Credit Crisis? Afghan Army Raises Flag in Embattled Town US Envoy Visits Syria Mossad Under Fire for Dubai Hit Yahoo! Earnings Calendar February 16, 2010 EU to Give Greece Budget Deadline Why Greece Should Default OPINION: Greece and Europe Portfolio Managers Are Playing it Safe in February, Survey Says Is China Next? Top Taliban Man Captured in Pakistan Empire State Survey Shows Life in NY Manufacturing TIC Report Shows $63.3 Billion Inflow Gold Shines, Reclaims $1100 Housing Market Index Improved 2 Points in February, to 17 Minneapolis Fed President: Why Fed Should Regulate Banks Simon Properties (NYSE: SPG) Bids on General Growth Properties Barclays Nearly Doubles Profit (NYSE: BCS) Kraft Profit More than Triples (NYSE: KFT) Tough Times at Office Depot J.P. Morgan Buying Sempra Units Iran Says, You Will Regret Sanctions! Geopolitical Week Ahead: Bailing Out Greece Philly Flight Cleared Post Bomb Threat Mitt Romney Assaulted on Flight from Vancouver Yahoo! Earnings Calendar February 12, 2010 Retail Sales Rose Again in January, +0.5% Eurozone Economic Recovery Falters China Raises Bank Reserve Requirements Again Congress Slashes Jobs Bill to $15 Billion on Bipartisan Deal Oil Looks Back to $74 Gold Gives Ground on Dollar Rally (on China Bank Move) EU Infighting Held Back Support for Greece Consumer Sentiment Index February Slips to 73.7, from 74.4 Business Inventory December Fell 0.2%, Inv-to-Sales to 1.26, from 1.27 Foreclosures Dip in January Agilent Q1 Beats (NYSE: A) Lithium Demand Rises on Electric Car Push Toyota to Expand Disclosure as Pressure Intensifies on CEO ThyssenKrupp Beats Mark but Stays Wary (DE: TKA) Buffet Stake in Munich Re Reaches 5% Canada Facing Host of Troubles with Vancouver Olympics US Successfully Tests Airborne Laser on Missile NATO Offensive Lifts Few Afghan Spirits China Demands Obama Not Meet the Dalai Lama Bill Clinton Released from Hospital Post Heart Procedure Yahoo! Earnings Calendar February 11, 2010 Greek Rescue Details Sketchy EU Backs Greece Rescue Plan Iran Claims Nuclear Breakthrough as Celebrates Revolution Anniversary Iran Anniversary Spurs Clashes with Opposition Iran Leader Shifts Spotlight EU Rejects US Bank Data Sharing Deal Weekly Jobless Claims Fall to 440K in Feb 6 Period China's January Inflation Eases to 1.5% IEA Boosted its Global Energy Outlook Economic Reporting Delayed Due to Bad Weather Pepsico Gains on Overseas Growth Senate Unveils Long Awaited Jobs Bill Dodd Hopeful for Financial Reform Bill National Association of Realtors Shows Home Sales Surge in Q4 2009 Why Google's Fiber Network Experiment Could Prove Disruptive (Nasdaq: GOOG) Boston Scientific Pounded (NYSE: BSX) First Energy Buying Allegheny (NYSE: FE, NYSE: AYE) TreeHouse Beats Views (NYSE: THS) Dangers Ahead for World Economies 10 Green Job Winners from Obama's Initiative Mandela's Fairness Inspires Sri Lanka in Turmoil Yahoo! Earnings Calendar February 10, 2010 Federal Reserve Outlines Exit Strategy ECB Council to Discuss Greece Tonight Greek Unions Strike Against Austerity Measures Greek PM Determined to Carry Out Austerity Plan China Exports Rose 20% in January Crude Oil Inventory Increased 2.3 Million Barrels Trade Deficit Expands to $40.2 Billion in December Mortgage Activity Declined in Week of Feb 5 Economic Aid Tops Agenda as Obama Meets with Black Leaders Goldman CFO Sees Market Risk (NYSE: GS) Sprint Loss Narrows (NYSE: S) UBS Takes Back Bonuses as Posts Quarterly Loss Google Tests Super-Fast Broadband Network (Nasdaq: GOOG) New York Times Shares Slump on Cautious Outlook (NYSE NYT) EOG Resources Profit Sinks (NYSE: EOG) Second Blizzard Strikes Northeast US Thousands of Flights Grounded by Storm Somali Rebels Storm Mogadishu North Korean Regime Stumbles Canada Trade Gap Persists Poll Shows Republicans Gain Favor Among Voters US Sanctions Iran's Guard Yahoo! Earnings Calendar February 9, 2010 Iran Steps Up Uranium Enrichment Trichet Changes His Plans to Attend Debt Summit ICSC Weekly Sales Rose in Feb 6 Period: Wk/Wk +1.4%, Yr/Yr +1.8% Small Business Index Shows Ongoing Pessimism Obama's Bipartisan Jobs Push Shilling Says 40-50% Chance Stocks Hit New Low Wholesale Inventories Fell in December While Sales Rose (-0.8%, +0.8%) Chinese Exporters Have No Fear of Yuan Revaluation Oil Prices Top $72 on Iran China Urged to Make Economic Punch On US Toyota Recalls Prius Worldwide (NYSE: TM) Coke Profit Surge (NYSE: KO) Pulte Homes Q4 Loss Narrows Electronic Arts Disappoints (Nasdaq: ERTS) McDonald's January Store Sales Rise (NYSE: MCD) Sri Lankan Parliament Dissolved Chinese Military Officials Urge Economic Punch Against US Jailed Americans Plea for Help from Home Still Counting the Votes in Ukraine Yahoo! Earnings Calendar February 8, 2010 Superbowl Ad Breakdown Geithner Says US Will Never Lose Aaa Rating Gates Says Sanctions Only Option Left for Iran Iran Ratchets Up Enrichment Anxiety Builds About Europe Thain Rises from Merrill Bonus Scandal to Lead CIT Group Europe's Next Move G-7 Split on Regulation US Economic Stress Peaked in December Oil Prices Rising on Iran, Weather Bond Yield Spreads Widen Most Since November Obama Pushing Congress on Small Business Help America's Discouraged Workforce US Needs Clean Energy Fed Pushes Small Business Lending Lorillard Profit Puffs Away Hasbro Profit Soars 77% (NYSE: HAS) CVS Profit Up 11% (NYSE: CVS) SAP Shares Sink on CEO Surprise Departure Afghan Push Readies, Villages Empty Ukraine Election Impressive Yahoo! Earnings Calendar February 5, 2010 Employment Situation Report January Shows 9.7% Unemployment & -20K Nonfarm Payrolls, Big Downward Revision to December Payrolls Obama's Hiring Tax Credit May Face Uphill Battle in Congress Toyota CEO Issues Apology Toyota Facing at Least 29 Lawsuits Over Accelerator (NYSE: TM) China Imposes Dumping Duties on American Chicken Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), NSA Take on China and Cyber Security Europe's Debt Distress Continues European Leaders Scramble to Stop Financial Market Bleeding Congress Raises US Debt Limit G7 Meeting to Focus on Banking Senators Spar Over Jobs Bill Consumer Credit Report for December at 3 PM - Forecast -$8.4 Bln. Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN) Reports Profit UBS Reorganizing US Wealth Management Biz Beazer Homes Swings Profit (NYSE: BZH) Aetna Profit Shrinks (NYSE: AET) Four U.K. MPs Face Criminal Charges Over Misuse of Funds Blizzard Cometh - Mid-Atlantic Region Prepares for Hit The Taliban Rejected an Offer for Peaceful Resolution with West and Afghan Government Tea Party Convention Under Way Yahoo! Earnings Calendar 12:30: Kansas City Fed President Thomas Hoenig Interview by Nightly Business Report 5:15 PM: St. Louis Fed President James Bullard Speaks on Monetary Policy at Washington University in St. Louis February 4, 2010 Cisco Beats Views (Nasdaq: CSCO) Weekly Jobless Claims Rose 8K to 480K Week of Jan 30 China Resumes Opposition to Iran Sanctions China Dismisses US Trade Threats ECB Introductory Statement on Monetary Policy ECB Webcast Toyota Earnings Report (NYSE: TM) - Recall Keeps it in Red Amazon Buys Touch Screen Maker (Nasdaq: AMZN) Productivity & Costs Report Q4 2009 - Productivity +6.2%, Costs -4.4% Monster World Wide (NYSE: MWW) - Online Job Demand Slips in January: MEI to 114 Consumer Confidence Sinks - RBC Cash Index Drops 18.9 Points in February January Chain Store Sales Tally Factory Orders Rose 1% in December German Factor Orders Fell in December Dollar Marks 7-Month High Mastercard Profits, Shares Fall (NYSE: MA) Natural Gas Inventory Declines by 115 Bcf in Week of Jan 29 Doctors Communicate with Patient in Vegetative State Greece, In Search of Credibility Scott Brown to be Sworn in Today Greek Officials Strike Over Cuts Romania Agrees to Host Missile Shield Pressure Builds in Pakistan After US Troop Attack Yahoo! Earnings Calendar February 3, 2010 Cisco Beats Views (Nasdaq: CSCO) ADP Employment Report Shows Lightest Loss Since Feb 2008: Jan. -22K al-Qaeda Attack Likely, According to Security Chief Toyota Problems Mount as Fields Calls About Prius Electronics (NYSE: TM) Global Manufacturing Surges in 2010 Planned Job Cuts Jump 59% in January Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Plans Bonus Bonanza! ISM Report Shows Service Sector Gained in January: Index to 50.5, from 49.8 Congress Vs. China Bernanke's Statement at Swearing In Obama Rips on GOP for Obstruction Crude Oil Inventory Grew by 2.3 Mln. Barrels in Jan 29 Period Honda Hikes its Outlook Pfizer Posts Plump Profit Senate Gears up for Jobs Creation EU Vows to Hold Greece to Austerity Treasury Quarterly Refunding West Wary of Iran's Uranium Offer Iran Sends Rat Into Space NASA's New Mission Post Obama Cuts Yahoo! Earnings Calendar February 2, 2010 Treasury Secretary Geithner Testifies on Federal Budget 2011 Pending Home Sales Index Increased 1%, to 96.6 ICSC Weekly Same-Store Sales Sluggish in Jan 30 Period: Wk/Wk: +0.1%, Yr/Yr: +0.4% Volcker Testifies Before Senate Banking Committee on his Plan to Restrict Prop Trading DR Horton (NYSE: DHI) Posts Surprise Profit, Shares Soar Dow Chemical Posts Mixed News (NYSE: DOW) BP Results Disappoint (NYSE: BP) Gold Rises as Markets Calm, Dollar Loses Ground Crisis Hit Greeks Scramble for Tax Receipts Motor Vehicle Sales Due Today for January Forces Push Obama on Don't Ask Don't Tell Kraft Cadbury Deal Nears (NYSE: KFT) Oil Surpasses $75 Medvedev Seeks to Lure Investment to Russia Avatar and Hurt Locker Lead Oscar Votes Groundhog Day, He Saw His Shadow! SEC Mistakenly Received Galleon Wiretaps China Warns US Over Dalai Lama Visit Yahoo! Earnings Calendar February 1, 2010 A Look at the Budget 2011 Office of Management & Budget Consumer Spending Fell Short of Views in December, Income Stronger ISM Report Shows Manufacturing Gains in January - PMI to 58.4 Construction Spending Sinks 1.2% in December Roubini Rues US Growth Russian Economy Sinks 7.9% Gannett (NYSE: GCI) Sees Ad Spending Pick Up Geopolitical Week Ahead Euro Failing as Dollar Alternative Eurozone Manufacturing Rose at Fastest Pace in 2 Years in January Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) Q4 EPS Release & Call Info ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) Q4 Profit Drops 23% EU Puts Greece on Tight Leash Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) Pays $1.73 Bln. to J&J (NYSE: JNJ) in Settlement Toyota Ships Fix Kits to Dealers (NYSE: TM) Medical Evacuations Resume in Haiti, After Some Hospitals Turned People Away! US Arms Sale to Taiwan Raises China Ire Shell, Brazil's Cosan Sign Big Ethanol Deal Defense Spending Rises, Adds Aircraft Plane Crash Lands on New Jersey Turnpike Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
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