Yearly Archives: 2011
Tokyo City Proper Detects Radiation in Tap Water
Officials are warning parents to avoid giving infants tap water, due to dangerous levels of radiation iodine.
Related: shares of TEPCO are down 8%+ on that news. The NIKKEI is down close to 2%.
Comments »Violence in Syria (VIDEO)
These video were taken in the city of Daraa, Syria.
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bO7DWRLoGY&feature=youtu.be 616 500] [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GoKA-9nlf4 616 500]Apparently, Syrian forces indiscriminately killed up to 7 people, and injured scores more, at a mosque.
Comments »Small Cap Energy Stocks Soaring
With oil prices on the rise, investors have been upping their appetite for risk, buying up shares of small cap energy stocks.
Here are some of today’s winners.
1 CHGS 62%
2 SHZ 29%
3 REE 25%
4 ROYL 20%
5 LEI 18%
6 MCP 17%
7 HNR 14%
8 RAME 13%
9 GMET 12%
10 PDO 12%
11 SYMX 11%
12 MXC 11%
13 DEJ 10%
14 FTK 9%
15 CXPO 9%
16 QBC 8%
17 LNG 8%
18 ICO 7%
19 CBEH 6%
20 FPP 6%
Allies Playing Hot Potato With Libya
Sadly, this was predictable.
“Deep divisions between allied forces currently bombing Libya worsened today as the German military announced it was pulling forces out of NATO over continued disagreement on who will lead the campaign.”
Read the rest here.
Update on Coalition of the Winning Progress in Libya
Via BBC:
0359: The Pentagon says that of Tuesday, the US military had flown 212 aerial missions over Libya, while 124 had been flown by other coalition forces. A total of 108 air strikes had been carried out and 162 Tomahawk missiles had been fired, it adds.
162 tomahawks at $569,000 per.
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Asian Markets Mixed
Flash: High Radiation at Nuclear Plant #2 Prompts Evacuation
Apparently things are not running along smoothly at nuke plant #2. High levels of radiation are forced an evacuation.
Comments »Japan’s Bonds Reverse Course on Speculation BoJ Will Inject More Liquidity and That Will Spur Further Bond Purchases
State Attorney Generals Say Foreclosure Terms May Pose “Moral Hazard”
Adobe Systems Misses Forecasts on Soft Sales Affected by Japan Disaster
coming in @ $0.47-$0.54 per share as opposed to estimates of $0.56 per share….
Comments »Nikkei Opens Down 1.4% on More Earthquakes Near Fukushima
IMF Positioning To Own The World’s Debt
NRG May Cancel Two Reactors in TX
Fast Money Moving Out of Small Caps and Into Large
OPEC Thinks $120 Oil Will Not Harm Global Economy
GM To Sell $1 Billion in Ally Financial Inc.
Google is Denied Online Book Library on Anti Trust Issues
They must pay $125 million to settle and possibly have a chance to build the library with authors choosing to sign up rather than requesting to opt out…..
Comments »Flash: Reports of Heavy Fire in Syrian City of Daraa
People reporting first hand accounts of Syrian troops indiscriminately firing on people in the city of Daraa.
UPDATE: It’s being reported that Syrian troops have opened fire on people inside the Omari mosque.
UPDATE II: It’s also being reported that opposition leader, Taher Masalmeh, was killed.
Comments »Apollo Global Prepares for IPO
Joining other publicly traded private equity firms KKR, FIG and BX, Apollo Global intends on raising $417 million in an ipo, giving it a market cap of $7 billion.
Related: Carlyle Group may file for an ipo later this year.
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