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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Tuesday defended the government’s rescue of American International Group Inc in September 2008, saying the action was necessary to prevent the country from plunging into a possible second Great Depression. Geithner’s comments came in testimony he provided in the trial of a lawsuit brought by Hank Greenberg, AIG’s top executive from 1968 to 2005, who contends the terms of the … Continue reading Watch List : American International Group (NYSE:AIG), GT Advanced Technologies (NASDAQ:GTAT), Hooker Furniture (NASDAQ:HOFT), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (NASDAQ:IMOS), MDC

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Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) CEO John Chambers shot down rumors Wednesday that his company was a possible buyer of computer storage company EMC. Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) belongs to Technology sector. Its net profit margin is 16.70% and weekly performance is -0.79%. On last trading day company shares ended up $25.00. Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -0.44%. American … Continue reading Morning Buzz : Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), American International Group, Inc. (NYSE:AIG), The Priceline Group Inc. (NASDAQ:PCLN), Mitek Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MITK), First Community Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:FCBC),

Peter Thiel, billionaire venture capitalist and hedge-fund manager, is apparently not very impressed by Twitter Inc.’s (NYSE:TWTR) management and is not afraid to share his feelings in an extremely colorful language. When asked if he is bullish on a company like Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), he had this to say: “Twitter is hard to evaluate. They have a lot of potential. It’s a horribly mismanaged company.”Twitter, … Continue reading Top News: Twitter, Inc. (NYSE:TWTR), American International Group, Inc. (NYSE:AIG), Richardson Electronics Ltd. (NASDAQ:RELL), Monolithic Power Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR), Senomyx Inc. (NASDAQ:SNMX),

Chinese Internet search giant Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) announced late Tuesday the appointment of Ya-Qin Zhang as president, in charge of new business, effective immediately. Zhang will report to Robin Li, Baidu’s chairman and chief executive officer. Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) belongs to Technology sector. Its net profit margin is 29.70% and weekly performance is -2.98%. On last trading day company shares ended up $220.68. … Continue reading Big Movers : Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU), American International Group (NYSE:AIG), Williams-Sonoma Inc. (NYSE:WSM), Liberty Tax (NASDAQ:TAX), Tenneco Inc. (NYSE:TEN)

Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:VOD) will launch a mobile wallet service in the UK next month into a market set to be shaken up by Apple’s plans for a payments platform. The British mobile group has developed its own service with Visa that will work with a special SIM card embedded with NFC (near field communication) technology that can be used to swipe for payments … Continue reading 5 Stocks Under Wall Street’s Radar : Vodafone (ADR) (NASDAQ:VOD), American International. (NYSE:AIG), CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:CASI), KMG Chemicals Inc. (NYSE:KMG), LRAD (NASDAQ:LRAD)

On 20 AUG Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) said that it believes the readers of its report should short 10-year U.S. Treasuries and long the S&P 500. The bank uses a proprietary Real-Time Tracker to predict what Existing Home Sales will be. The RTT estimate is for +2.6 percent or 5.17 million versus consensus expectations of -0.4 percent or 5.02 million. Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) belongs to Financial … Continue reading Trader’s Watch List: Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), Gerdau (NYSE:GGB), Camden National (NASDAQ:CAC), Mechel OAO (NYSE:MTL), American International Group, Inc. (NYSE:AIG)