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Posted by admin | Posted on 09-07-2012
Category : Business
Tags: dutch, ending, fortune, global, largest, made, royal, shell, streak, tops, wal, winning, world
Royal Dutch Shell tops the Fortune Global 500, ending Wal-Mart’s two-year winning streak.See who else made the list of the world’s largest corporations.
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Posted by admin | Posted on 17-06-2012
Category : Stocks
Tags: cbs, democratic, disrupt, gazette, itinerary, mitt, pilot, pines, pittsburgh, post, romney, streak, supporters, top stories
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Posted by admin | Posted on 08-06-2012
Category : Business, Stocks
Tags: aapl, average, day, equities, finished, jones, points, session, streak, view, winning, ^dji, ^gspc
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — U.S. stocks closed on a mixed note Thursday, held in check by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s non-committal stance on additional stimulus measures and a downgrade of Spain’s credit rating by Fitch.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 46 points, or 0.4%, to close at 12,461, settling more than 90 points below a session high of 12,555.
The S&P 500 finished flat at 1315, snapping a three-day winning streak. The Nasdaqshed nearly 14 points, or 0.5%, to finish at 2831. …
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The rest is here: Stocks Finish Mixed After Bernanke Buzzkill, Spain Downgrade
Posted by admin | Posted on 30-05-2012
Category : World News
Tags: beat, blew, cubs, favor, finally, fortunes, game, home, run, san, soriano, streak
On a windy day at Wrigley Field, the fortunes finally blew in the Chicago Cubs’ favor. The Cubs stopped their 12-game losing streak, getting a boost from Alfonso Soriano’s go-ahead home run to beat the San Diego Padres 11-7 on Monday.

Read more here: Bumbling Cubs prevail over Padres, snap 12-game slide
Posted by admin | Posted on 06-05-2012
Category : World News
Tags: appearances, field, mariners, matt, play, previous, pushed, streak, suzuki
Ichiro Suzuki tripled in two runs in a five-run seventh inning as the Seattle Mariners routed the Minnesota Twins 7-0 Saturday to snap a seven-game losing streak. Suzuki’s triple to right-center off Matt Maloney pushed the Mariners’ lead to 5-0 at Safeco Field. He grounded into a double play and drew a pair of walks in his previous three plate appearances.

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Posted by admin | Posted on 28-03-2012
Category : World News
Tags: action, day, downed, group, kasumi, magdalena, natalia, sayaka, serbia, streak, szczerkowska, women
Unbeaten Japan breezed past Poland 3-0 to extend its winning streak to three in the women’s tournament on the second day of the World Team Table Tennis Championships on Monday. Japan, which defeated Spain and Serbia on the opening day, led with wins by Ai Fukuhara and Sayaka Hirano, over Magdalena Szczerkowska and Katarzyna Grzybowska, respectively, before Kasumi Ishikawa downed Natalia Partyka in Group C action.

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Posted by admin | Posted on 22-03-2012
Category : Business, Stocks
Tags: adjusted, based, basis, consensus, currencies, figures, guesstimate, japan, jpy, report, row, september, streak, unadjusted
The following commentary comes from an independent investor or market observer as part of TheStreet’s guest contributor program, which is separate from the company’s news coverage.
By Marc Chandler
NEW YORK (BBH FX Strategy) — Early Thursday in Tokyo, Japan is likely to report a trade deficit for February. On a unadjusted basis, it will be the fifth monthly deficit. Based on the trade figures for the first 20 days of February, it will likely be the smallest of the streak. The consensus is for a JPY120 bln shortfall. On a seasonally adjusted shortfall, it will be the eleventh in a row. At the consensus guesstimate of a JPY342.5 bln deficit, it will be the smallest since September….

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Posted by admin | Posted on 20-03-2012
Category : Stocks
Tags: beating, broke, equities, estimates, guidance, investors, quarter, streak, tif, tiffany, video: bells, youtube
Tiffany’s broke a five quarter streak for beating estimates, but investors like the guidance.

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