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analyst stories: 8 news summaries
TODAY AT THE WORLDWIDE LEADER

 ESPN Axes Phillips' Galpal, Too 

Meanwhile, former baseball analyst enters sex-addiction rehab

Oct 26, 09 7:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A day after ESPN fired baseball analyst Steve Phillips in the wake of his affair with a production assistant, the channel has cut Brooke Hundley loose, too. And that’s not all, Phillips agent tells the New York Post: Phillips, 46, is seeking treatment for sex addiction, and it’s... More »

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Iraq • ESPN • NASCAR • Juan Pablo Montoya • baseball • analyst • college football • Steve Phillips • Brooke Hundley

Sales of Men's Undies Rebound With Economy

Analyst sees hope in unusual indicator's promising numbers

Aug 13, 09 3:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Amid mixed reports about recession and economic recovery, here's a bright spot: Men’s underwear sales are on the rebound. Believe it or not, that's a reliable indicator, because selling unmentionables is “such a need-based business that it really is a good indication that the consumer hasn't checked... More »

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recession • consumer spending • retail sales • lingerie • analyst • apparel • men's underwear

Goldman Analyst Bullish
on Stocks' Recovery

Cohen predicts S&P to gain 10% by Jan 2010

Aug 6, 09 5:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - A top Goldman Sachs forecaster predicts the recovery in stocks that began in March should hold, Reuters reports. The S&P 500 could rise as much as 10% from its current level to top 1,050-1,100, says Abby Joseph Cohen, the chief of Goldman’s investment policy committee. "... More »

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Goldman Sachs • recession • recovery • S&P 500 • investment banks • analyst • recession depression • forecaster

(Newser) - The turmoil on Wall Street has left fewer analysts covering companies of all sizes, the Journal reports, leaving smaller operations struggling to connect with investors. Since September, there have been more than 2,200 instances of analysts formally dropping coverage—nearly a quarter of all research. That plunge has been... More »

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investors • Bear Stearns • Lehman Brothers • Scholastic • stock price • analyst guidance • analyst • financial crisis

OPINION

 Obama, Biden Earn A-Minuses 

Pundits offer wide-ranging report card

Apr 29, 09 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - On President Obama’s 100th day in office, Mark Halperin of Time provides a White House report card:
  • Barack Obama: A-. “Instantly comfortable and highly skilled at the hardest job in the world.”
  • Joe Biden: A-: Operates "precisely in the manner he and
... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • media • Michelle Obama • pundits • Grover Norquist • grades • Obama administration • analyst • President Obama • Timothy Geithner • Jonathan Alter • 100 days • Marcy Wheeler

super bowl

Madden Has Lots of Fans, If Not All the Facts

Aging voice of the NFL still flashes brilliance along with slip-ups

Jan 30, 09 1:46 PM CST
(Newser) - John Madden's on-air analysis isn't always right—zealous fact-checkers will attest to that—but the elder statesman of NFL commentators is usually on the money, writes Matthew Futterman in the Wall Street Journal. "I know there's talk he's lost a step," his former boss acknowledges, but the onetime... More »

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NFL • NBC • Super Bowl • football • broadcasting • John Madden • analyst • sportscaster

OPINION

 Analyst Rules
 Could Use
 Some Analysis

It might be time to ease some of the restrictions

Aug 12, 08 5:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Frank Quattrone is back in the investment business and is taking on research rules, Andrew Ross Sorkin writes in the New York Times. Quattrone thinks Wall Street should try to remove the settlement that forced the separation of investment banking and research. The rules are “denying small companies the... More »

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Wall Street • finance • Frank Quattrone • opinion • analyst • market research

After Yahoo, Microsoft Amps Up Search Effort

Ballmer says company can be more flexible now in Google fight

Jul 24, 08 4:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - CEO Steve Ballmer is spinning Microsoft’s failure to acquire Yahoo expertly, telling analysts today that, unburdened by the search giant, the company can be more frisky and adaptable in its fight with nemesis Google, the Wall Street Journal reports. Actions might speak louder than words, though: Microsoft announced yesterday... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • mergers and acquisitions • search engine • Steve Ballmer • analyst

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