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• The Week Ahead: A few nuggets

  Posted Jul 11 2008, 08:59 PM by Andrew Horowitz
  Filed under: Google, eBay, Citigroup, Intel, AMD, Andrew Horowitz
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  This week will be full of exciting earnings announcements that may actually show some promise. As investor anxiety grows, sometimes a stock will mistakenly get caught up in the hysteria/euphoria and shares will behave erratically. In these conditions, if a company can prove that it isn't in imminent danger by showing a string of solid earnings in the face of financial adversity, investors will bid shares up with a vengeance.

  There may actually be a few nuggets that will show up this week. Yes, even in a market that seems to whipsaw investors around daily, there may be a few good stocks out there. Even in the worst forest fire there is usually some form of life left that will help to bring life out of the ashes. With that in mind, here are few ideas to ponder:   Read More...

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• Rating the world's most powerful brands

  Posted Apr 22 2008, 04:43 AM by Douglas McIntyre
  Filed under: Google, Apple, Cisco, eBay, Motorola, Oracle, Citigroup, Ford, Starbucks, IBM
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  Once a year, the firm Millard Brown puts out its BrandZ 100 Most Valuable Brands. The data used for the list come from consumer research and financial data on the companies. The research house gives its methodology here.

  For those who think Google is the top brand, give yourself a pat on the back. It has a brand valuation of $86 billion, up 30%. For those research mavens in the crowd, the figure makes absolutely no sense. Google has a market cap of $168 billion. Most of that would go away -- no matter how good the technology is -- if it changed it name to Dawdle.   Read More...

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