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Google, NASA to Bring Internet to Outer Space

Oct 28, 2008, 2:26 PM

Google (GOOG) and Nasa are partnering up to take the evolution of the Internet architecture to a higher level. Both companies, according to Technology Review, are... Read »

Nothing Has Changed With Agency Debt

Oct 28, 2008, 1:12 PM

On Thursday, James Lockhart, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (formerly OFHEO), said that the U.S. government is providing a “explicit guarantee... Read »

5 Signs of a Market Bottom

Oct 28, 2008, 1:03 PM

“We’ve hit bottom!” Pundits around the world have signaled “All Clear” and it’s time to go all in, right? Wrong. We’ve been avoiding calling a bottom... Read »

By How Much Will the Fed Cut Rates Tomorrow?

Oct 28, 2008, 11:05 AM

The biggest event risk this week is undoubtedly the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decision on Wednesday. Now more than ever, the Fed’s decision could turnaround... Read »

What, If Anything, Can Dividend Yield Tell Us?

Oct 28, 2008, 9:22 AM

It’s been known for some time–decades, really–that relatively high dividend yields tend to precede relatively high returns in subsequent years.... Read »

You want volatility?

Oct 28, 2008, 8:39 AM

Yesterday was not a good day to be long stocks – in any country. In China the market dropped nearly 3% in the first half hour of trading, and then took off another... Read »

Global Finance: How Bad Is It Out There?

Oct 28, 2008, 4:38 AM

How bad is it out there? Global finance resembles nothing so much as an enormous, multi-car pile-up, the kind that blocks traffic for many miles behind and even... Read »

Pickens Hedge Funds Investors Heading for the Exit

Oct 28, 2008, 12:35 AM

T. Boone Pickens’ BP Capital Management hedge-fund has always delivered for its investors in a big way. In 2005 alone BP Capital returned 300%. If an investor... Read »

The Stock Market: The New Normal?

Oct 27, 2008, 9:17 PM

“Past Performance is No Indication of Future Results”. Its a statement attached to every financial salespitch ever offered. So why is it no one believes it? Turn... Read »

Deutsche Bank Faces $400 mln Loses on Equity Derivatives

Oct 27, 2008, 4:30 PM

If equity derivatives are a way of minimizing financial risk, then in Deutche Bank’s (DB) case that argument is certainly valid only in theory. According to... Read »

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