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Circuit City On Thin Ice

By On October 20, 2008 · 1 Comment

Circuit City’s stock has been going down hill a little over two years now faces having to close many of its stores or bankruptcy.

In April 2007, when Circuit City’s stock was at almost $20 per share, the AP attributed Circuit City’s struggles to “Customer Service.”

Earlier this year in April, Blockbuster [...]

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The U.S. Economic Crash and Peter Schiff

By On September 30, 2008 · 1 Comment

Peter Schiff predicted the financial recession two years ago.

Peter Schiff’s take on the BailOut Bill.

This book just jumped to the top of my reading list. (Crash Proof: How to Profit From the Coming Economic Collapse)

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Nortel Struggles Continue

By On September 18, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Nortel stocks have plummeted after they annouced lower than expected sales for 2008.

It has seen its biggest declines since 1980 according to Jonathan Ratner article “Nortel faces tough timing as peers struggling too”.

“With softening demand and increased competition, Nortel may need to once again retool and refocus as it looks [...]

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Investment Basics

By On September 12, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Amongst the several blogs I read frequently is the Mark Cuban Blog, and a few days ago I noticed that it went down for maintenance. Now he probably has people on his staff that maintain, upgrade, etc his blog, but after seeing feed disappear, content which at first sight seemed not in [...]

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