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Sunday, May 8, 2011

Confused debate about rarity of rare earths
The Australian
The hubbub was a consequence of Goldman Sachs issuing a report predicting
that the rare earths market would be in surplus by 2013. Remember, recently
we have seen other forecasters predicting a big shortage from 2015, so bad
that China -- now supplying ...
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Analysts' Weekly Ratings Changes for General Motors (NYSE: GM)
American Banking News
Goldman Sachs analysts raised their EPS on shares of General Motors. They
now have a “buy” rating and a $43.00 price target on the stock.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. analysts raised their price target on shares of
General Motors from $42.00 to $46.00. ...
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Bank of England forced to cut UK growth forecast yet again
Telegraph.co.uk
Kevin Daly, at Goldman Sachs, also confirmed: "For this year I imagine they
will downgrade their growth forecast." This year's growth has been
progressively downgraded by analysts as more data emerge. In January, the
consensus was for 2.1pc and the ...
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Why commodity prices collapsed
Livemint
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. had warned investors in mid-April to get out of
commodities, because they had become too pricey. Among a lot of other
things, the brokerage said, “We maintain that crude oil prices have
pushed ahead of where fundamentals ...
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Use fiscal good sense
Monroe News Star
The most recent desperate suggestion is to let Goldman Sachs take over the
state employees' insurance program and to sell state prisons. Condos at
Angola, anyone? No, Charlie Sheen is not advising the state. These
proposals originated with and are ...
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THE RAJ VERDICT: Our Complete List Of Predictions On The 14 Counts
The Business Insider
Galleon conspiracy - not guilty (Adam Smith's testimony was good, but there
are 8 "overt acts" that the prosecution had to prove: trading in the stock
of ICS, XILINX, Clearwire, Vishay, Spansion, Goldman Sachs, Atheros, and
Marvel. ...
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The performance of Emerging Market debt
Jamaica Observer
Goldman Sachs coined the acronym "BRIC" citing Brazil, Russia, India and
China as the most dominant emerging markets with the highest capacity and
expectations for growth. No other phrase has gained such strong traction
among the investing community. ...
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Analysts' Weekly Ratings Changes for Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO)
American Banking News
Goldman Sachs analysts cut their price target on shares of Aeropostale,
Inc. to $20.00. They now have a “sell” rating on the stock. JPMorgan
Chase & Co. analysts reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of
Aeropostale, Inc.. They now have a $24.00 price ...
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The truth behind the popular markets adage of 'sell in May'
Telegraph.co.uk
Goldman Sachs' flotation marked the top of the equity bubble in 1999, while
Blackstone's IPO rang the bell for private equity in 2007. By Tom Stevenson
10:30PM BST 07 May 2011 No surprise then that the day after Glencore, the
world's biggest ...
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Herald News: Letters, May 8, 2011
NorthJersey.com
But as president, he has been pulling his punches regarding Goldman Sachs
after receiving a $994795 campaign contribution from the investment
company. I believed Obama would have appointed people of integrity to key
financial positions in his ...
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Tax Justice Network: "Peace and all good to Goldman Sachs"
By TJN
At a time in her life when many others prefer to take it easy, Sister Nora
is engaging the executives of the almighty Goldman Sachs on the vexed
question of executive remuneration. She and her colleagues have put forward
a fair pay ...
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Religious Groups to Goldman Sachs: How About Paying Your Execs ...
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