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Olympic Hockey Rules The Day for Canadians and Ratings

Tags: CTV, TV Ratings, NBC Universal, Ice Hockey, Vancouver Olympics
24 Feb 11:54am
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As the 2010 Winter Olympics roll on in brilliant and beautiful Vancouver on Canada's west coast the event most prized in the eyes of the host nation is the Men's Ice Hockey competition. The Games of these Olympiad have moved through tragedy and difficulty towards triumph and as the competition settles in for its 2nd half there is plenty of more excitement in store.CTV, owned by CTVglobemedia, the television network in Canada with the rights to televise the Olympics, much like NBC in the US, ha...
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New Orleans Saints are Superbowl Champs but what of the Commercials?

Tags: Superbowl, YouTube, GOOG, ETFC, CBS, General Motors, BUD, VZ, BUD, ETFC, MOT, VZ, GOOG, CBS
8 Feb 10:55am
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A football team embraced by a city as escapism; and for the excitement it provided the residents of New Orleans following the disastrous aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, has now come full circle to offer its hometown the celebration it deserves and desires. The New Orleans Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts in Superbowl XLIV, the 44th such contest of football's conference champions, and sent the French Quarter and the surrounding and still rebuilding areas into a frenzy that's likely the co...
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Digesting Apple's Pie... and Tablet

Tags: iPod Touch, iPhone, iMac, AAPL, Apple, AAPL
26 Jan 10:38am
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A certain Cupertino company, best known for selling a few computers, music players and telephones, had all of Wall St. in a frenzy yesterday as it announced quarterly earnings for the December quarter. A Christmas quarter that was wildly expected to be the most profitable in history for Cupertino based Apple Inc. (AAPL).Expectations were inching up until analysts had settled on Income of around $2.10/share and Revenue of about $12Billion. Apple's reported numbers came in at Income of $3.67/s...
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Goldman Sachs: Profiteers abound!

Tags: Goldman Sachs, Barack Obama, GS, GS
21 Jan 12:23am
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13.4Billion! A staggering number when counting just about anything, but especially so when one is counting all of the dollars of profit made by investment banking titan Goldman Sachs (GS) in 2009. Revenue for the year topped out at $45Billion, another massive figure.$4.79Billion in profits in the latest quarter sees Goldman once again having the eyes of the banking industry squared directly on itself. This time however, more than just the envious glares of rivals await Goldman, as the banking...
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Google China to be no more?

Tags: Baidu, GOOG, China, Human Rights, BIDU, Censorship, Google, Chinese Government, BIDU, GOOG
13 Jan 10:36am
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Google's (GOOG) foray into China had never gone swimmingly, the "Don't Be Evil" chants turned to scoffs as the company told the world its better to have a censored presence in China than no presence at all. The pitchforks subsided and its been business as usual for the company as it slowly built a base of business, taking on the dominant local Baidu (BIDU).Having now built a business, that according to analysts represents about 20-25% of the market, Google is becoming entrenched into China's b...
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ChrisKrasowski

WC Power Tech Fund founder. Chris sets out to prove that the new generation of investor can emerge from nontraditional circumstances. An engineering graduate from a Canadian University, Chris developed his passion for investing and the markets at an early age and personally owned his first stock at the age of 16. Now 24, with work experiences in the banking and investment banking industries in front of him and behind him, Chris built a personal trading account into the unofficial WC Power Tech Fund. The fund's official blog gives Chris the opportunity to write about investment topics of all shapes and sizes giving insights, opinions and market commentary to seasoned and new investors alike. Visit: http://wcpowertechfund.blogspot.com

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