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Fast Money Recap	Dylan Ratigan hosted CNBC’s “Fast Money” Tuesday night. He started the show with a discussion of how the republican and democrats in Congress don’t like the $700 billion bailout plan for the financial sector. Ratigan quoted republican Joe Barton of Texas who said, “Just because God created the world in seven days doesn’t mean we have to pass this bill in seven days.” Karen Finerman said this is a very urgent matter and the Congress needs to get this done by Monday or Tuesday of ne...	September 23, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street Dylan Ratigan hosted CNBC’s “Fast Money” Monday night. He kicked the show with a discussion of the markets negative action towards the news of the U.S. government’s bailout plan to inject $700 billion into the financial sector. Karen Finerman said there is a lot of concern on Wall Street because nobody knows how the government is going to implement the plan. She says there is a sneaking fear on the street of what happens if it doesn’t work. “Is there anything else ...	September 23, 2008
Nike Share Repurchase - Where is the Cash	Nike (NKE) announced a $5 billion dollar share repurchase program spread out over the next few years. This highly significant financial news comes out two days before their announced release of quarterly earnings. The Olympics have come and gone so this should be a report card on how well promotional activities have done or not done.The dividend yield is approximately 1.40%. This number needs to be read in the context that the stock trades at the mid point of its 52 week range. The company clear...	September 22, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WORD VIDEO HERE Financial Take Lee turned the conversation towards the financial complex. Karen Finerman said investor shouldn’t try to be a hero in Lehman Brothers (LEH). She said her hedge fund is still short some of the big banks like Capital One Financial (COF), Wells Fargo, BB&T and Wachovia (WB). Finerman said more pain is coming for the financial stocks. Macke explained the Wells Fargo news is scary because it proves the banks can’t raise capital. Oil Moves Next...	September 04, 2008
Jim Cramer’s Am I Diversified	The first caller had the following stocks: Altria (MO), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Nike (NKE), General Electric (GE) and Cisco (CSCO). Cramer said he loved this portfolio. The second caller is long the following names: Great Lakes Dredge (GLDD), Darling International (DAR), Frontline (FRO), Tupperware (TUP) and Temple Inland (TIN). Cramer said this portflio is good for this environment. The third caller held these stocks: Coca-Cola (KO), Terra International (TRA), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), John De...	August 27, 2008
Supermodels Outperform the Dow	Three top celebrities, Gisele Bündchen, Heidi Klum, and Angelina Jolie, all of which had celebrity stock indexes created by Fred Fuld at Stockerblog.com and implemented a Stockpickr.com, have had their indexes updated and compared to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The one thing that these three women have in common, other than the fact that they are wealthy, successful celebrities [two supermodels and one movie star who was also a model], is that all three of their indexes have outperformed ...	August 18, 2008
Stocks in Oregon?	When you think of Oregon, you don't normally think of the stock market. However, Portland is the home of a couple of well known Fortune 500 companies. Here are some interesting facts about Oregon:1. Oregon has no sales tax.2. It produces 95% of the domestic hazelnuts in the United States.3. It is the third largest producer of wine in the U.S. with 303 wineries.4. It is the largest producer of softwood lumber in the U.S.5. It has one of the largest salmon-fishing industries in the world.7. Portla...	August 17, 2008
3 blue chips to watch, the one stock to buy now & car stereos disappearing - Today in Money 7/29	Filed under: Cisco Systems (CSCO), Wal-Mart (WMT), Starbucks (SBUX), General Motors (GM), XM Satellite Radio (XMSR), Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Money and Finance Today, Merrill Lynch (MER), ConocoPhillips (COP), NIKE, Inc'B' (NKE), Alcatel-LucentADS (ALU), Amgen Inc (AMGN), Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI)In the News: · Merrill Lynch to Sell Bad Assets and Issue New Stock to Raise $8.5 Billion · U.S. Drivers Drive 9.6 Billion Fewer Mi...	July 29, 2008
Nike pulls ads deemed homophobic	Filed under: Marketing and advertising, NIKE, Inc'B' (NKE)Whatever other problems it has, Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) has, historically been on the side of the gay community. From sponsoring athletes at the Gay Games to offering domestic partnership benefits to its gay and lesbian employees, there is little fault for a gay rights activist to find with Nike. But that didn't stop some people from making up fake controversies. The companies ads for its Hyperdunk basketball shoes feature competing basket...	July 27, 2008
Spokesperson fiasco #7: Kobe dribbles McDonald's money away	Filed under: Coca-Cola (KO), Marketing and advertising, McDonald's (MCD), NIKE, Inc'B' (NKE), Business of sports, Earnings transcriptsThis post is part of a series on celebrity spokespeople who ended up doing serious harm to the brands they were hired to promote, or vice versa. See how we rank the 20 top spokesperson fiascos. Basketball star Kobe Bryant may be this generation's Michael Jordon, a combination of lightning-quick moves, shooting touch and court savvy unmatched by any backcourt play...	July 20, 2008

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