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Photostat Inc. (PHO)

ISSUE 48•21 | 05.22.12 | Stockwatch

$14.72 (+$1.30) (-9.7%) Acquisition rumors have created buzz for this social-media startup that restores digitally yellowed and mottled photos to clear and bright quality images worthy of today's cameras. more»
3M Co. (MMM)

ISSUE 48•20 | 05.15.12 | Stockwatch

$86.40 (-$1.03) (-1.2%) Investor confidence wavered following president and CEO Inge Thulin’s gory public suicide at this morning's annual shareholder meeting. more»
General Electric (GE)

ISSUE 48•19 | 05.08.12 | Stockwatch

$18.77 (+$0.02) (+0.11%) Share prices rose after CEO Jeffrey Immelt threw a bunch of light bulbs off the GE Building's roof and it was totally sick. more»
Hearst Corporation (HRST)

ISSUE 48•18 | 05.01.12 | Stockwatch

$17.13 (+4.18) (+12.7%) Stock prices for the publisher of the popular women's magazines Cosmopolitan and Elle rose sharply today on word the company had acquired cutting-edge nano-body-scanning technology that will now allow editors to isolate and map men... more»
New Visa Talking Credit Card Urges Buyers To Go For It

ISSUE 48•18 | 05.01.12 | News in Brief

SAN FRANCISCO—Financial services giant Visa held a press event Tuesday to introduce "Visa Voice," a new line of talking credit cards that urges shoppers to just go ahead and buy it if that's what they really want. "Whenever ... more»
Coca-Cola Co. (KO)

ISSUE 48•16 | 04.17.12 | Stockwatch

$73.47 (+.81) (+1.1%) Profits are up for the company's sports drink, Powerade, because part of the bottle is made of plants and people love that shit. more»
Groucho Marx Disguises (GMD)

ISSUE 48•15 | 04.10.12 | Stockwatch

$47.05 (-.61) (-1.3%) The company's value plummeted after the unveiling of a newly retooled disguise featuring no mustache, an average-sized nose, and, in the place of this black glasses, stylish wire frames. more»
H.J. Heinz (HNZ)

ISSUE 48•14 | 04.03.12 | Stockwatch

$13.51 (+.88) (+7.0%) Shares rose this week when the Pittsburgh-based company discovered after going through some old papers that it was a global conglomerate that sells other items abroad besides ketchup, such as baked beans and baby food. more»
U.S. Mint Gears Up To Release Commemorative Penny For Every County

ISSUE 48•14 | 04.03.12 | Radio News
Church & Dwight (CHD)

ISSUE 48•13 | 03.27.12 | Stockwatch

$47.05 (+$0.61) (+1.3%) If this is the kind of thing that gets your juices flowing, hey, who is Stockwatch to judge? more»
'The Recovery Is Here,' Reports Underemployed Man Making $20,000 Less Than He Used To

ISSUE 48•13 | 03.27.12 | News in Brief

CARBONDALE, IL—Citing the fact that he's now able to make the minimum payment on his credit cards each month and is back in the workforce making $20,000 less than when he was laid off in 2009, 43-year-old Tom Baker declared Tuesday that the ec... more»
Delta Air Lines (DAL)

ISSUE 48•12 | 03.20.12 | Stockwatch

$10.98 (+$0.38) (+3.6%) Delta's stock rose after its website began letting users search by which flights were going to crash. more»
Sprint (S)

ISSUE 48•11 | 03.13.12 | Stockwatch

$2.53 (+$0.08) (+3.3%) They’re still around. That alone is worth something. more»
Embarrassing Bounced Check From Greece Taped Up In IMF Headquarters

ISSUE 48•10 | 03.08.12 | News in Photos
Best Buy Co. Inc. (BBY)

ISSUE 48•10 | 03.06.12 | Stockwatch

$24.13 (-$0.17) (+0.7%) Really? The big-box retailer doesn't have any copies of Drive? Oh, man, that sucks— investors were really hoping to get a copy. more»
Venetian Cruise Lines (VCL)

ISSUE 48•09 | 02.28.12 | Stockwatch

$9.95 (-$.14) (+1.4%) Investors and travelers alike appear to be wary of this cruise-ship operator, which promises to show tourists the magical narrow waterways of Venice, Italy from a 600-stateroom luxury ocean liner. more»
Bank of America (BAC)

ISSUE 48•08 | 02.21.12 | Stockwatch

$7.98 (+$.13) (+1.66%) Shares jumped after Bank of America marketing researchers finally found some fees their customers love. more»
McCormick & Company (MKC)

ISSUE 48•07 | 02.14.12 | Stockwatch

$64.98 (+$13.84) (+27.1%) Shares in the spice purveyor soared on word that the three sturdy galleons dispatched two years afore had been sighted off the coast of Cape Verde, returning from their dangerous voyage to the exotic Orient with their casks brimf... more»
Toyota (TM)

ISSUE 48•06 | 02.07.12 | Stockwatch

$75.30 (+$.1.10) (+1.5%) The automaker's shares went up after it announced a deal with Costco in which the warehouse-store chain will carry 20-packs of Camrys. more»
McDonald's Corp. (MCD)

ISSUE 48•05 | 01.31.12 | Stockwatch

$95.63 (+$8.52) (+9.8%) Shares for the restaurant chain got an early- morning boost after management finally caved to customer demand and started selling tacos. more»
Converse Shoes (CON)

ISSUE 48•03 | 01.17.12 | Stockwatch

$6.58 (-$0.32) (+4.6%) Shares fell when the company’s quarterly report revealed the lack of punk bands forming in 2011 had caused sales of the shoe manufacturer’s popular Chuck Taylor brand to fall to its lowest level since 1997. more»
Aetna Inc. (AET)

ISSUE 48•02 | 01.10.12 | Stockwatch

$35.50 (+$0.24) (+0.68%) Confidence in the company increased after laughing executives simply said, “Obamacare,” and raised premiums 20 percent. more»
Google Inc. (GOOG)

ISSUE 48•01 | 01.03.12 | Stockwatch

$675.19 (-$9.92) (-1.4%) Disillusioned investors sent this once-mighty web company’s stock into a tailspin after it came to light that CEO Larry Page was still using his Hotmail account. more»
Derek's Bullshit (DSBS)

ISSUE 47•49 | 12.06.11 | Stockwatch

$11.64(-$0.36)(-3.0%) Stock prices plunged after Amanda wasn't buying it, no sir. more»
Money And Politics: Are They Somehow Connected?

ISSUE 46•08 | 02.26.10 | Sunday Magazine
Lawmaker Seeks To Ban U.S. Currency

ISSUE 46•07 | 02.19.10 | American Voices

Mike Pitts, a representative in the South Carolina legislature, has proposed a law that would replace dollars with gold and silver in his state. What... more»
U.S. Economy Grinds To Halt As Nation Realizes Money Just A Symbolic, Mutually Shared Illusion

ISSUE 46•07 | 02.16.10 | News

WASHINGTON—"I've spent the last 24 years in this room yelling 'Buy, buy! Sell, sell!' but what have I actually accomplished? All I've done is move arbitrary designations of wealth from one column to another," said longtime stock trader Michael Palermo. more»
Fed Bans Debit Overdraft Fees

ISSUE 45•52 | 11.17.09 | American Voices

The Federal Reserve is prohibiting banks from collecting overdraft fees on purchases paid with a debit card unless customers opt in to programs that... more»
Nicolas Cage Broke

ISSUE 45•46 | 11.11.09 | Infographic

Owing $6.3 million in back taxes and facing financial ruin, Nicolas Cage, star of such hit films as Ghost Rider,... more»
No Rise In Social Security

ISSUE 45•43 | 10.22.09 | American Voices

For the first time since 1975, there will not be a cost-of-living increase for Social Security payments. What do you think? more»

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Photostat Inc. (PHO)

3M Co. (MMM)

General Electric (GE)

Hearst Corporation (HRST)

New Visa Talking Credit Card Urges Buyers To Go For It

Coca-Cola Co. (KO)

Groucho Marx Disguises (GMD)

H.J. Heinz (HNZ)

U.S. Mint Gears Up To Release Commemorative Penny For Every County

Church & Dwight (CHD)

'The Recovery Is Here,' Reports Underemployed Man Making $20,000 Less Than He Used To

Delta Air Lines (DAL)

Sprint (S)

Embarrassing Bounced Check From Greece Taped Up In IMF Headquarters

Best Buy Co. Inc. (BBY)

Venetian Cruise Lines (VCL)

Bank of America (BAC)

McCormick & Company (MKC)

Toyota (TM)

McDonald's Corp. (MCD)

Converse Shoes (CON)

Aetna Inc. (AET)

Google Inc. (GOOG)

Derek's Bullshit (DSBS)

Money And Politics: Are They Somehow Connected?

Lawmaker Seeks To Ban U.S. Currency

U.S. Economy Grinds To Halt As Nation Realizes Money Just A Symbolic, Mutually Shared Illusion

Fed Bans Debit Overdraft Fees

Nicolas Cage Broke

No Rise In Social Security

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