Fed’s Plosser Says He Hasn’t Cut His 2012 Economic Forecast ‘Very Much’ [cut his earlier prediction for 3 percent to 3.5 percent growth in 2012, and also said he has lowered his expectations for 2011]
Philadelphia Fed Reports Steep Manufacturing Drop
Philly Fed factory activity index worst in 2-1/2 yrs
Philly Fed's factory index in August freefall
Drop in Philadelphia-area manufacturing reported
Philadelphia Fed index slumps, home sales fall
Philly Fed at Recessionary Level
Philly Fed – the nightmare index
A Raft of Ugly Data Adds to Street’s Malaise: “Shockingly Weak” Manufacturing
Wisdom From the Philly Federal Reserve
Shocking miss by Philly Fed index sends stocks into free fall
UPDATE: US stocks seen sharply lower after jobs data, FTSE 100 falls
Treasuries Surge on Weak Philly Fed
Dollar, Euro Fall Vs Yen, Franc After Philly Fed Data
US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St tumbles after Philly Fed data
Philly Fed Reading is -30.7; Gold and Swiss Franc Gain
Gold at new highs as growth fears hit markets
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Copy Catch: Layoffs Summer 2011: 1,000s
Credit Suisse to Cut 2,000 Staff
HSBC May Slash 10,000 Jobs ... [Aug. 2] HSBC to Cut 30,000 Jobs by 2013 as Costs Rise
Goldman Sachs Targets 1,000 Layoffs
RIM to chop 2,000 jobs worldwide
Cisco Layoffs: 6,500 Jobs Cuts [9% of its global workforce], $1B Expenses Trimmed
RBS to Cut 2,000 Jobs After Posting Huge First-Half Loss
Dendreon plunges on slow sales, plans 'across the board' layoffs [Seattle's largest biotech company already had rocketed in less than two years from 180 employees to about 2,000.]
Bank of America eliminating 3,500 jobs; reports say more cuts expected
Bank of America Confirms 30,000 Layoffs [Sept. 12] / ...Phase I of ["Project New BAC"] Cutting $5 Billion in Costs by End-2013
HSBC May Slash 10,000 Jobs ... [Aug. 2] HSBC to Cut 30,000 Jobs by 2013 as Costs Rise
Goldman Sachs Targets 1,000 Layoffs
RIM to chop 2,000 jobs worldwide
Cisco Layoffs: 6,500 Jobs Cuts [9% of its global workforce], $1B Expenses Trimmed
RBS to Cut 2,000 Jobs After Posting Huge First-Half Loss
Dendreon plunges on slow sales, plans 'across the board' layoffs [Seattle's largest biotech company already had rocketed in less than two years from 180 employees to about 2,000.]
Bank of America eliminating 3,500 jobs; reports say more cuts expected
Bank of America Confirms 30,000 Layoffs [Sept. 12] / ...Phase I of ["Project New BAC"] Cutting $5 Billion in Costs by End-2013
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
"10 Million"
The location-based social networking service says it has more than 10 million members.
By sharing that number, as well as related maps and figures, Foursquare is trying to show that it's becoming a service with mass appeal...
But Foursquare's news doesn't really address the biggest criticism heard about the service, that most people will quickly tire of check ins that serve very little purpose...
The real question, then, isn't how many people have signed up for Foursquare, but how many are still active in a given month. And a Foursquare spokesperson declined to provide that number.
And if Foursquare does have a healthy amount of active members, it still faces another big question: How is it actually going to make money?
2 months ago: ...looking to raise a reported $20 million to $40 million for its next investment round, based on the idea that the company, which has 8 million users, is worth as much as $500 million. The problem? Foursquare has yet to demonstrate a successful revenue model—or even show that its principals care much about coming up with one that can justify that kind of valuation.
7 months ago: "That Growth Phase"
By sharing that number, as well as related maps and figures, Foursquare is trying to show that it's becoming a service with mass appeal...
But Foursquare's news doesn't really address the biggest criticism heard about the service, that most people will quickly tire of check ins that serve very little purpose...
The real question, then, isn't how many people have signed up for Foursquare, but how many are still active in a given month. And a Foursquare spokesperson declined to provide that number.
And if Foursquare does have a healthy amount of active members, it still faces another big question: How is it actually going to make money?
2 months ago: ...looking to raise a reported $20 million to $40 million for its next investment round, based on the idea that the company, which has 8 million users, is worth as much as $500 million. The problem? Foursquare has yet to demonstrate a successful revenue model—or even show that its principals care much about coming up with one that can justify that kind of valuation.
7 months ago: "That Growth Phase"
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Copy Catch: Secret
Fed Gave Banks Crisis Gains on Secretive Loans
Fed's secret loans to banking giants revealed
$80 Billion In Secretive Fed Loans Disclosed
Details Emerge Of Fed's Emergency Bank Loans In 2008
Meet ST OMO: The Top Secret Loan Facility The Fed Used To Loan Money To Banks
Fed Gave Banks Crisis Gains on Secretive Loans Low as 0.01%
Ben Bernanke Gave Wall Street an Unbelievably Sweet Interest Rate on That Secret $80 Billion Loan
Greenberger on Fed's Secretive Bank Loans
Fast-forward: August 2011:
B. Exclusive: Wall Street Aristocracy Got $1.2 Trillion in Secret Fed Loans:
"The loans dwarfed the $160 billion in public bailouts the top 10 got from the U.S. Treasury, yet until now the full amounts have remained secret.
Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s unprecedented effort to keep the economy from plunging into depression included lending banks and other companies as much as $1.2 trillion of public money, about the same amount U.S. homeowners currently owe on 6.5 million delinquent and foreclosed mortgages. The largest borrower, Morgan Stanley, got as much as $107.3 billion, while Citigroup took $99.5 billion and Bank of America $91.4 billion, according to a Bloomberg News compilation of data obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests, months of litigation and an act of Congress."
Fed's secret loans to banking giants revealed
$80 Billion In Secretive Fed Loans Disclosed
Details Emerge Of Fed's Emergency Bank Loans In 2008
Meet ST OMO: The Top Secret Loan Facility The Fed Used To Loan Money To Banks
Fed Gave Banks Crisis Gains on Secretive Loans Low as 0.01%
Ben Bernanke Gave Wall Street an Unbelievably Sweet Interest Rate on That Secret $80 Billion Loan
Greenberger on Fed's Secretive Bank Loans
Fast-forward: August 2011:
B. Exclusive: Wall Street Aristocracy Got $1.2 Trillion in Secret Fed Loans:
"The loans dwarfed the $160 billion in public bailouts the top 10 got from the U.S. Treasury, yet until now the full amounts have remained secret.
Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s unprecedented effort to keep the economy from plunging into depression included lending banks and other companies as much as $1.2 trillion of public money, about the same amount U.S. homeowners currently owe on 6.5 million delinquent and foreclosed mortgages. The largest borrower, Morgan Stanley, got as much as $107.3 billion, while Citigroup took $99.5 billion and Bank of America $91.4 billion, according to a Bloomberg News compilation of data obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests, months of litigation and an act of Congress."
Copy Catch: US GDP
The Dow at 115: It's Close Relationship to GDP
Rise in jobless claims hits stock futures
US Stocks Lower on Jobless Claims Increase and GDP Estimate of 1.8%
Consumer Spending Cools More Than Estimated (The smaller gain in pay dwarfed the slowdown in spending, pushing the savings rate down to 5.1 percent in the first quarter from a prior estimate of 5.7 percent...Manufacturing, which accounts for 12 percent of the economy, is slowing this quarter...Economists at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York each cut second-quarter growth forecasts by half a percentage point this week, citing setbacks in vehicle output caused by supply disruptions. Goldman trimmed its projection to 3 percent, while JPMorgan lowered it to 2.5 percent.)
Oil lower on disappointing jobs, GDP reports
Crude oil ends lower as GDP disappoints
Poor GDP Data Erases Oil Futures Gains
Disappointing US Unemployment, GDP Reports Sink Dollar
Emerging Stocks Rally Most in Five Weeks on South Korea, U.S. GDP Outlook
Rise in jobless claims hits stock futures
US Stocks Lower on Jobless Claims Increase and GDP Estimate of 1.8%
Consumer Spending Cools More Than Estimated (The smaller gain in pay dwarfed the slowdown in spending, pushing the savings rate down to 5.1 percent in the first quarter from a prior estimate of 5.7 percent...Manufacturing, which accounts for 12 percent of the economy, is slowing this quarter...Economists at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York each cut second-quarter growth forecasts by half a percentage point this week, citing setbacks in vehicle output caused by supply disruptions. Goldman trimmed its projection to 3 percent, while JPMorgan lowered it to 2.5 percent.)
Oil lower on disappointing jobs, GDP reports
Crude oil ends lower as GDP disappoints
Poor GDP Data Erases Oil Futures Gains
Disappointing US Unemployment, GDP Reports Sink Dollar
Emerging Stocks Rally Most in Five Weeks on South Korea, U.S. GDP Outlook
Sunday, November 14, 2010
"That Growth Phase"
“We're currently not in that mode where we're building salespeople and filling the desks...We're in that growth phase where we're just trying to build as much as possible.”
...its user base has surged to more than 4 million from 170,000 at the end of 2009. The company is adding features to fend off a threat from rivals, including Facebook and Twitter Inc., which are creating their own location-based services...
While it's mainly focused on attracting users, Foursquare is also working on tools that would help it make money from local merchants.
7 months later: "10 Million"
...its user base has surged to more than 4 million from 170,000 at the end of 2009. The company is adding features to fend off a threat from rivals, including Facebook and Twitter Inc., which are creating their own location-based services...
While it's mainly focused on attracting users, Foursquare is also working on tools that would help it make money from local merchants.
7 months later: "10 Million"
BubbleWatch: Superhero Movie Franchise Frenzy
1. January 2011: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thegreenhornet/
Fast Five (5th Fast & Furious: 2001-2011)
2. May 2011: http://thor.marvel.com/ (cross fingers)
Priest
Kung Fu Panda 2
Pirates of the Caribbean 4
"Starting with this issue, 2011 becomes the year of Green Lantern..."
DC Comics' Super Hero GREEN LANTERN will focus the might of his Power Ring at Six Flags Magic Mountain in 2011...
3. June 2011: http://greenlanternmovie.warnerbros.com/ (cross fingers)
"In the eighties and early nineties, the movie star was the brand," explains Simon Kinberg, producer of X-Men: First Class. "Then in the nineties, visual effects became the brand. Now, the brand is the brand."..."I wouldn't even pitch an original idea anymore," says Christopher McQuarrie, who, lest we forget, won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar in 1995 for The Usual Suspects. Most recently, he wrote the Wolverine sequel at Fox. "What [studios] want is — through no fault of their own — a piece of pre-existing material that's survived some sort of a litmus test, like a graphic novel...it creates a visual template on which the movie is based. Someone in marketing can look at that, and say, ‘We're selling this.’ An original piece of material is a complete gamble."...Kinberg’s X-Men: First Class is a more tangible case of casting downward while maintaining a healthy brand.
4. June 2011: X-Men: First Class (5th via Fox)
2015: The Lost Years of Merlin (via Warner Bros.)
Fast Five (5th Fast & Furious: 2001-2011)
2. May 2011: http://thor.marvel.com/ (cross fingers)
Priest
Kung Fu Panda 2
Pirates of the Caribbean 4
"Starting with this issue, 2011 becomes the year of Green Lantern..."
DC Comics' Super Hero GREEN LANTERN will focus the might of his Power Ring at Six Flags Magic Mountain in 2011...
3. June 2011: http://greenlanternmovie.warnerbros.com/ (cross fingers)
"In the eighties and early nineties, the movie star was the brand," explains Simon Kinberg, producer of X-Men: First Class. "Then in the nineties, visual effects became the brand. Now, the brand is the brand."..."I wouldn't even pitch an original idea anymore," says Christopher McQuarrie, who, lest we forget, won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar in 1995 for The Usual Suspects. Most recently, he wrote the Wolverine sequel at Fox. "What [studios] want is — through no fault of their own — a piece of pre-existing material that's survived some sort of a litmus test, like a graphic novel...it creates a visual template on which the movie is based. Someone in marketing can look at that, and say, ‘We're selling this.’ An original piece of material is a complete gamble."...Kinberg’s X-Men: First Class is a more tangible case of casting downward while maintaining a healthy brand.
4. June 2011: X-Men: First Class (5th via Fox)
Cars 2
5. July 2011: http://captainamerica.marvel.com/ (cross fingers)
6. July 2011: http://www.cowboysandaliensmovie.com/
Transformers 3
5. July 2011: http://captainamerica.marvel.com/ (cross fingers)
6. July 2011: http://www.cowboysandaliensmovie.com/
Transformers 3
Harry Potter 7/8 (finale: 2001-2011)
Zookeeper
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2nd reboot)
7. August 2011: Conan (reboot)
The Three Musketeers (# reboot)
8. December 2011: Sherlock Holmes 2
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (4th via Paramount)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Adventures of Tintin
- - - -
January 2012: Underworld 4
March 2012: John Carter (John Carter of Mars)
March 2012: Wrath of the Titans (Clash of the Titans reboot 2; wrapped July 2011)
March 2012: 21 Jump Street
March 2012: The Hunger Games
March 2012: Brothers Grimm: Snow White (via Relativity)
March 2012: Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (via Paramount)
9. May 2012: The Avengers
...the release of the first promotional image from The Avengers. It is, without question, the most exciting picture of four empty chairs that the world has ever seen...There's nothing wrong with studios wanting to build up a bit of buzz around their films, but isn't buzz supposed to be, you know, buzzworthy? At least more buzzworthy than a photo of some chairs.
10. May 2012: Men in Black 3
Battleship
Prometheus (Alien reboot)
Snow White and the Huntsman (via Universal)
June 2012: R.I.P.D. (via Universal)
11. July 2012: Spider-Man (reboot)
12. July 2012: The Dark Knight Rises (3rd directed by Nolan & 7th via WB)
Zookeeper
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2nd reboot)
7. August 2011: Conan (reboot)
Real Steel
The Three Musketeers (# reboot)
Twilight 4
Happy Feet 2
8. December 2011: Sherlock Holmes 2
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (4th via Paramount)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Adventures of Tintin
- - - -
January 2012: Underworld 4
March 2012: John Carter (John Carter of Mars)
March 2012: Wrath of the Titans (Clash of the Titans reboot 2; wrapped July 2011)
March 2012: 21 Jump Street
March 2012: The Hunger Games
March 2012: Brothers Grimm: Snow White (via Relativity)
March 2012: Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (via Paramount)
9. May 2012: The Avengers
...the release of the first promotional image from The Avengers. It is, without question, the most exciting picture of four empty chairs that the world has ever seen...There's nothing wrong with studios wanting to build up a bit of buzz around their films, but isn't buzz supposed to be, you know, buzzworthy? At least more buzzworthy than a photo of some chairs.
10. May 2012: Men in Black 3
Battleship
Prometheus (Alien reboot)
Snow White and the Huntsman (via Universal)
June 2012: R.I.P.D. (via Universal)
11. July 2012: Spider-Man (reboot)
12. July 2012: The Dark Knight Rises (3rd directed by Nolan & 7th via WB)
Twilight 4/5
Total Recall (remake)
Meanwhile, in London... london2012.com
August 2012: The Expendables 2
13. December 2012: Superman: Man of Steel (2nd reboot)
Total Recall (remake)
Meanwhile, in London... london2012.com
August 2012: The Expendables 2
13. December 2012: Superman: Man of Steel (2nd reboot)
Monsters Inc. 2
14. 2012: The Wolverine (2nd via Fox)
15. 2012: Judge Dredd (reboot)
2012: Ghost Rider 2
2012: Star Trek reboot 2 (12th total via Paramount -- America's oldest existing film studio; 1912-2012)
2012: G.I. Joe 2 (Paramount)
14. 2012: The Wolverine (2nd via Fox)
15. 2012: Judge Dredd (reboot)
2012: Ghost Rider 2
2012: Star Trek reboot 2 (12th total via Paramount -- America's oldest existing film studio; 1912-2012)
2012: G.I. Joe 2 (Paramount)
Red Sonja (reboot)
December 2012: The Lone Ranger (# reboot)
December 2012: The Hobbit
2012: One Shot (Jack Reacher)
- - - -
March 2013: The Host (set June 2011)
16. May 2013: Iron Man 3
2013: How to Train Your Dragon 2
May 2013: Fast & Furious 6 (set April-June 2011)
2013: The Hunger Games 2
July 2013: Thor 2 (set June-July 2011)
2013: Die Hard 5
2013: WarGames (remake)
2013...2014: Ant-Man
2013: Daredevil (reboot)
December 2012: The Lone Ranger (# reboot)
December 2012: The Hobbit
2012: One Shot (Jack Reacher)
- - - -
March 2013: The Host (set June 2011)
16. May 2013: Iron Man 3
2013: How to Train Your Dragon 2
May 2013: Fast & Furious 6 (set April-June 2011)
2013: The Hunger Games 2
July 2013: Thor 2 (set June-July 2011)
2013: Die Hard 5
2013: WarGames (remake)
2013...2014: Ant-Man
2013: Daredevil (reboot)
RoboCop (reboot)
Nov. 2010: "... will rely on DC Comics superheroes ... owned DC Comics since 1969, made the unit part of its film division last year in a move that highlighted the importance of the characters for future films. “We’re doing our best to get the DC properties lined up like airplanes taking off from the runway" ... and movies based on Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Arrow and Aquaman, Horn said [Alan Horn, Warner Bros. president and chief operating officer]."
Pack in all the thrills and excitement you can with The Flash Pass...
...the world has changed...It's a world on the brink of a cataclysmic war...It's a world that could be running out of time, if The Flash can't find the villain who altered the time line!
2013: The Flash
2013...(TV '11 - not via NBC)...2015: Wonder Woman
2014: Green Arrow
2014: Aquaman
2014: The Hunger Games 3
May 2014: Spider-Man reboot 2 (set August 2011)
May 2014: [Disney/Marvel TBA: Ant-Man?] (set August 2011)
June 2014: [Disney/Marvel TBA: Captain America 2?] (set August 2011)
Meanwhile, in Brazil... fifa.com/worldcup
2014: Avatar 2 (Fox Films -- founded in 1914 -- and 20th Century Pictures -- founded in 1933 -- merged in 1935 to form 20th Century Fox)
2014: Godzilla (reboot via Legendary/Warner Bros.)
2014: Tarzan (reboot via Warner Bros.; others reboots include Lethal Weapon, Westworld, The Wild Bunch, The Dirty Dozen)
2015: Avatar 3
Nov. 2010: "... will rely on DC Comics superheroes ... owned DC Comics since 1969, made the unit part of its film division last year in a move that highlighted the importance of the characters for future films. “We’re doing our best to get the DC properties lined up like airplanes taking off from the runway" ... and movies based on Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Arrow and Aquaman, Horn said [Alan Horn, Warner Bros. president and chief operating officer]."
Pack in all the thrills and excitement you can with The Flash Pass...
...the world has changed...It's a world on the brink of a cataclysmic war...It's a world that could be running out of time, if The Flash can't find the villain who altered the time line!
2013: The Flash
2013...(TV '11 - not via NBC)...2015: Wonder Woman
2014: Green Arrow
2014: Aquaman
2014: The Hunger Games 3
May 2014: Spider-Man reboot 2 (set August 2011)
May 2014: [Disney/Marvel TBA: Ant-Man?] (set August 2011)
June 2014: [Disney/Marvel TBA: Captain America 2?] (set August 2011)
Meanwhile, in Brazil... fifa.com/worldcup
2014: Avatar 2 (Fox Films -- founded in 1914 -- and 20th Century Pictures -- founded in 1933 -- merged in 1935 to form 20th Century Fox)
2014: Godzilla (reboot via Legendary/Warner Bros.)
2014: Tarzan (reboot via Warner Bros.; others reboots include Lethal Weapon, Westworld, The Wild Bunch, The Dirty Dozen)
2015: Avatar 3
2015: The Lost Years of Merlin (via Warner Bros.)
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