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16
Nov 2009
09:57
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U.S.
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General Motors has much less debt than it did before
General Motors, just before they came out of the other end of bankruptcy, had $94.7 billion in debt owed,
source
After its first full quarter out of bankruptcy, GM had $17 billion in debt – $6.7 billion owed to the U.S. government.
source
July 9
source
Nov. 16
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16
Oct 2009
11:06
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Biz
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Ken Lewis is retiring rich, but Bank of America is still struggling
$
1
billion in losses
, mostly from bad debt, this quarter alone
source
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15
Oct 2009
10:32
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Biz
:
Goldman Sachs’ gains cancel out Citigroup’s losses
+
$
3.19 billion
the third-quarter gain
of Goldman Sachs,
which has been doing quite well
at handling the recession
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17
Sep 2009
20:22
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Biz
,
Tech
:
The Pre is all Palm has: Despite strong Pre sales, Palm is tanking
+134
%
increase in smartphone sales
this quarter for Palm; which sounds pretty good, until you consider …
source
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11
Aug 2009
20:05
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Biz
:
All that bad karma catches up to Clear Channel in a big way
$
3.7
billion in losses
for the reason why radio sucks
source
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radio
22
Jul 2009
11:07
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Biz
:
Morgan Stanley: A big financial firm that’s actually feeling the recession
3
straight quarters
of pain and sadness for the financial giant
source
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3 straight quarters
bailout
decline
economy
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morgan stanley
recession
07
May 2009
08:32
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Biz
,
U.S.
:
GM lost a cartoon-eye-poppin’ amount of money in Q1
$
6
billion in losses
for the broken dreams manufacturer
source
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04
May 2009
19:37
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Biz
:
Why was the Boston Globe in danger? Huge losses.
$
85
million in losses
this year – a huge chunk of change
source
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boston globe
decline
income
losses
money
newspaper
24
Apr 2009
10:27
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Biz
:
Ford desperately tries not to waver into bailout realm
-75
¢
The per-share loss
that Ford had last quarter. That loss, which is $1.8 billion, is far less than analysts expected.
source
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21
Mar 2009
21:40
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Tech
:
Palm better hope the Pre is a hit, or they’re screwed
$
98 million
Palm’s losses last quarter
, driven down by people waiting for the Pre, a worthy could-be iPhone-killer
source
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