Tag Archives: Worries

Samsung’s Weak Earnings Forecast Heightens Smartphone Worries Even As Chipset Prices Soar

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Samsung Electronics issued weak preliminary guidance for the fourth quarter of 2013, predicting a sequential drop in operating profits of over 18% on nearly flat revenues. The company said that its...
    






Downton Abbey Makes A Powerful Case For Economic Freedom

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By Brian Brenberg Season 4 of Downton Abbey opened with the Crawley family continuing to mourn the loss of Sybil and Matthew. For fans of the show, what makes their deaths so difficult is that,...
    






Beating Back The Bubble Babble

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WITH STOCKS AT or near alltime highs, financial publications and market pundits are providing plenty of hot air as they inflate a bubble by talking about a stock market bubble. All of that chatter is...
    






Investing In Vietnam With Dragon Capital’s Bill Stoops

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Dragon Capital is the largest private shareholder of stocks in Vietnam. I spoke with Bill Stoops, Dragon’s Chief Investment Officer for his take on the opportunities in Vietnam’s markets. The first...
    






Minimum Wage Hike Increased by WCC

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It happens to be the highest rate in the entire US. But that is the way things are. Washington City Council took a decision that may have been abrupt yet it was necessary too. The raising of minimum...
    






Why Debating Apple’s "Misunderstood" Ad Is An Amazing Holiday Gift

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Apple's latest television ad, “Misunderstood,” is leaving viewers with impassioned and conflicting interpretations. Giving Talmudic treatment to a short commercial might seem like overkill,...
    






Hurrah! The European Union Will Not Be Regulating Fracking For Natural Gas

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One of the worries that we over here in Europe have had is that the European Union will decide to regulate the practice of fracking for natural gas. No, this isn’t because we believe (nor that I...
    






EOG Resources: Soon To Be America’s Biggest Oil Producer

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Which companies are the biggest oil producers in the United States? According to Rystad Energy and Bernstein Research the line up goes like this: 1. Chevron, with roughly 475,000 barrels per day 2....
    






Microsoft to Offer Single Version of Windows in Future

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At present, Microsoft manufactures Windows RT, Windows 8 and Windows Phone. That is quite a trio of services that are just making things more complex. The head honcho of devices at the giant firm,...