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		<title>(BRKA) Three Formulas for Finding Value Stocks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InvestmentU</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite positive news lately, there’s a lot going on in the markets right now, and it isn’t good. The most terrifying aspect of all is that the doom and gloom is spread worldwide. Europe is a mess right now. Two of its four largest economies teeter on disaster. Meanwhile, Greece is the troubled teenager who knows he needs to get his act together but continues to find himself in bad situations. Germany and France are still experiencing menial growth… Eurozone authorities recognize there’s a problem, but it may be a too little too late. Then the United States has its own problems. Our Central Bank has come under fire for its “quantitative easing” monetary policy, which was primarily ineffective. Its latest initiative of flattening the yield curve may prove detrimental ]]></description>
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		<title>(BRKB) Berkshire Hathaway-B (BRKB) &#8211; Bull of the Day</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/02/brkb-berkshire-hathaway-b-brkb-bull-of-the-day/87947</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Berkshire Hathaway-B (BRKB) reported its third quarter 2011 operating earnings of $1.54 per share up 36% year-over-year, led by higher operating income across all the business segments except Finance &#38; Financial Products. Insurance, Railroad, Utilities and Energy, Manufacturing, Service and Retailing have performed well. Berkshire&#8217;s property and casualty insurance business has been the engine behind its growth. The company&#8217;s insurance business (which accounted for approximately 40% of its 2010 operating income) maintains capital strength at exceptionally high levels. Our six-month target price of $91.00 per share equates to about 13.2X our earnings estimate for 2011. This target price implies an expected total return of 17.0% over that period. This is consistent with our Outperform recommendation on the stock. BERKSHIRE HTH-B (BRKB): Free Stock Analysis Report Zacks Investment Research]]></description>
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		<title>(BRKA) Berkshire Hathaway&#8217;s Buffett Adds Hometown Newspaper</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/02/brka-berkshire-hathaways-buffett-adds-hometown-newspaper/87938</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, Warren Buffett, the Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKA) (BRKB), announced an acquisition to buy The Omaha World-Herald Company, publisher of Nebraska’s principal daily newspaper. The deal would add the World-Herald, six other daily newspapers and several weekly newspapers to its current portfolio of media business, which includes Business Wire, Buffalo News and Washington Post Co. (WPO). Buffett is known for cherry-picking big businesses. This acumen has helped him to build a conglomerate of this behemoth size, which houses over 70 different businesses. Over decades, Berkshire has become a mature company, which generates substantial cash quarter after quarter, keeping Buffett on continuous hunt to seek attractive investments in order enhance stockholder value. In an effort to diversify its investment, Buffett focuses on a combination of both ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. Housing Starts Slip Less Than Expected</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/21/dhi-u-s-housing-starts-slip-less-than-expected/87153</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We got some fairly good news on the housing front this morning. Housing Starts fell in September to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 628,000 from 630,000 in August, a drop of 0.3%. But the number was much better than the expected level of 603,000. However, the September numbers were revised sharply lower from 658,000. Thus it looks like a lot of the starts we thought happened got pushed into October. So call the beat of expectations and the downward revisions a wash. Relative to a year ago, they are up 16.5%. The question is: Are the higher starts are being absorbed by the market? Or are they simply adding to inventory? That question should be answered on November 28th when we get the New Home Sales figures. If one looks ]]></description>
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		<title>(BRKB) International Energy Agency Offers Sobering Outlook</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/12/brkb-international-energy-agency-offers-sobering-outlook/86949</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not all the important news is centered on Greece and Italy. The International Energy Agency, or IEA, this week released its World Energy Outlook. The IEA is not some wild-eyed &#8220;peak oil/global warming&#8221; fringe group. They are about as mainstream and staid a group as you are going to find. The bullet points below come from the fact sheet associated with the report (see here). I comment on the implications, particularly the investment implications after each bullet point. Major events of the last year have had an impact on short- and medium-term energy trends, but have done little to quench the world’s increasing thirst for energy in the long term. The level and pattern of energy use worldwide varies markedly across the three scenarios in this year’s World Energy Outlook ]]></description>
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		<title>(ALL) Allstate Aquires Esurance and Answer Financial from White Mountains Insurance Group</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/13/all-allstate-aquires-esurance-and-answer-financial-from-white-mountains-insurance-group/85007</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, Allstate Corp. (ALL) announced the completion of the acquisition of Esurance and Answer Financial from White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. (WTM) for $1.0 billion. This marks the next biggest acquisition for the company since 1999, when it bought American Heritage Life Investment Corp., a life insurance company specializing in the workplace, for $1.1 billion. The impact of the acquisition on earnings is expected to be break-even by the second full year of ownership and accretive thereafter. While Answer Financial was acquired by Esurance three years ago, Esurance was acquired by White Mountains in 2009. Esurance is the third largest online auto insurer that has more than doubled its policies-in-force and grown premiums on an average of 20% per year over the last five years. Meanwhile, Answer Financial is ]]></description>
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		<title>(EQR) Used Home Prices Stabilize in July</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/28/eqr-used-home-prices-stabilize-in-july/84174</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In July, home prices were mixed on a seasonally adjusted basis. The Case-Schiller Composite 10 City index (C-10) fell a slight 0.12% on a seasonally adjusted basis, and is down 3.77% from a year ago. The broader Composite 20 City index (which includes the cities in the C-10) edged up by 0.05% on the month and is down 4.16% from a year ago. Prices for both indexes rose by 0.9% for the month on a not-seasonally-adjusted basis (which is how you will probably see most of the reports presented). Of the 20 cities, nine were up on the month-to-month basis (seasonally adjusted), and eleven were down. Year over year, though, 18 were down, and only Detroit and Washington DC made it into the plus column. The overall indexes are down ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. New Home Sales Move Down Slightly</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/27/dhi-u-s-new-home-sales-move-down-slightly/84102</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Home Sales in August fell by 2.3% from July to a rate of 295,000. Relative to a year ago, sales are up 6.1%. While the year-over-year rebound is more than welcome, it is still a very dismal rate of new home sales. However, there was an upward revision to the July numbers of 4,000 to 302,000. Thus, relative to where we thought we were, it could be seen as a 1.0% decrease. The August level was also slightly better than the expected rate of 295,000. Regardless of the changes at the edges, this is still a very bad level. The 16 lowest months on record (back to 1963) for new home sales have all been in the last 16 months. New home sales have only exceeded the 400,000 level ]]></description>
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		<title>(AAPL) Company News for September 27, 2011 &#8211; Corporate Summary</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/27/aapl-company-news-for-september-27-2011-corporate-summary/84142</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[•    Share prices of Buffet&#8217;s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKB) closed 8.62% higher after the company said it might buy back stock for the first time since 1965 •    i-Phone maker Apple&#8217;s (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares fell marginally,  by 0.28% to close at $403.17 after the company said it may lower its production of iPads in the fourth quarter •    Share prices of Eastman Kodak (NYSE:EK) declined 26.89% after the seller of imaging products announced it has drawn $160 million from its credit line •    Medical device company MELA Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:MELA) said the FDA has approved its melanoma screening machine MelaFind. Following this development, shares of the company advanced 55.03% to close at $4.93 •    Power generation backup product maker Generac Holdings (NYSE:GNRC) projected that sales of residential flats will go up by ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. Housing Starts Down &#8211; Permits Up</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/21/dhi-u-s-housing-starts-down-permits-up/83681</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Housing Starts fell in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 571,000 from 601,000 in July, a decrease of 5.0%. However, the July numbers were revised lower from 604,000, so it is possible to see the decrease as 34,000, or 5.5%. The number was also slightly below the expected level of 575,000. Relative to a year ago, housing starts are down 5.8%. Quite frankly, a year ago was also a pretty lousy time for the homebuilders, so the drop is off a pretty easy comp. Given the extremely depressed state of the housing industry, the decline is not good news. It does, however, mean less inventory is the pipeline, so there is sort of a silver lining in the dark cloud. That is helpful for the longer-term health of ]]></description>
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		<title>(DELL) U.S. Retail Sales Disappoint</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/20/dell-u-s-retail-sales-disappoint/83164</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Europe remains in the headlines, with rating downgrades for two major French banks due to their Greek exposure. But the overall tone of Europe-centric headlines has improved as the Germans have started to back-peddle from some of their tougher statements. It may be a tad calmer in Europe today, but rest assured that the issue is not going away anytime soon. We also have plenty of economic news on the domestic front this morning, with a soft Retail Sales report and a fairly benign inflation reading. On the inflation front, we got a relatively benign wholesale inflation reading for August this morning, with the &#8216;headline&#8217; flat vs. expectation of a 0.1% drop. The &#8216;core&#8217; PPI number came in better than expected at 0.1% vs. an expectation of 0.2%. The more ]]></description>
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		<title>(BRKA) Berkshire Hathaway Closes Lubrizol Acquisition</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/20/brka-berkshire-hathaway-closes-lubrizol-acquisition/83551</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKA) (BRKB) has completed the timely acquisition of The Lubrizol Corp., a chemical company headquartered in Ohio. The acquisition will cost the company $9.7 billion, at $135 per share. The purchase consideration includes $0.7 billion of the acquired company’s debt. Post-acquisition, Berkshire will continue with its headquarters at Wickliffe, Ohio, and will be led by the current management. CEO Warren Buffett has always managed Berkshire’s diverse range of 80 businesses in a manner that requires operating decisions for the various businesses to be made by managers of the respective business units. Lucrative Lubrizol Lubrizol is a company which perfectly meets all the criteria that Buffett looks for in an acquisition. It particularly appeared attractive to him because of its consistent long-term earnings growth, a diverse product range and ]]></description>
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		<title>(BAC) Solid Earnings Season &#8211; Stocks Look Cheap</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/01/bac-solid-earnings-season-stocks-look-cheap/82220</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Earnings Picture Second quarter earnings season is effectively over with 492 or 98.4% of the S&#38;P 500 reports in. With the exception of a handful of financials &#8212; most notably Bank of America (BAC), which had a $12 billion negative swing in net income from last year &#8212; this has been another great earnings season. The year-over-year growth rate for the S&#38;P 500 is 12.1%, way off the 17.6% pace those same 492 firms posted in the first quarter. However, it you exclude the Financial sector, growth is 19.7%, down only slightly from the 19.8% pace of the first quarter. The 98.4% reported figure slightly understates how far we are along in earnings season. If all the remaining firms were to report exactly in line with expectations, we now ]]></description>
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		<title>(SA) U.S. Housing Prices Mixed in June</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/01/sa-u-s-housing-prices-mixed-in-june/82306</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In June, home prices were mixed. The Case-Schiller Composite 10 City index (C-10) rose a slight 0.04% on a seasonally adjusted basis, and is down 3.85% from a year ago. The broader Composite 20 City index (which includes the cities in the C-10) edged down by 0.06% on the month and is down 4.55% from a year ago. Prices for both indexes rose on a not-seasonally-adjusted (SA) basis (which is how you will probably and incorrectly see most of the reports presented). Of the 20 cities, eight were up on the month-to-month basis (SA), and twelve were down. Year over year, though, all twenty were down. The rise in the C-10 was the third in a row. The overall indexes are down 31.90% (C-10) and 31.87% (C-20) from the (4/06) ]]></description>
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		<title>(BAC) Company News for August 26, 2011 &#8211; Corporate Summary</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/08/26/bac-company-news-for-august-26-2011-corporate-summary/82115</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[•    Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) reported Q3 EPS of $0.37, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.35. Revenues for the quarter rose 10.4% to $1.91 billion, exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.881 billion •    Compass Diversified Holdings (NASDAQ:CODI) said that it has recently acquired a controlling interest in CamelBak Products. CamelBak is credited with the invention of the hands-free hydration category and the company is the global leader in personal hydration gear •    Banking giant Bank of America’s (NYSE:BAC) shares advanced 9.44% to close at $7.65 after it announced that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKA) (NYSE:BRKB) plans to invest $5 billion in the bank •    Educational software maker Renaissance Learning (NASDAQ:RLRN) shares gained 6.75% after the company said it has received an unsolicited proposal from Plato Learning •    A regulatory ]]></description>
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		<title>(AGII) Company News for August 9, 2011 &#8211; Corporate Summary</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/08/09/agii-company-news-for-august-9-2011-corporate-summary/80946</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[•    Share prices of America&#8217;s biggest bank, Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC) fell 20.32% after a report in the New York Times said that American International Group, Inc. (NYSE:AIG) has filed a suit against the bank to recover more than $10 billion in losses due to mortgage-backed securities •    Car rental company Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc.&#8217;s (NYSE:DTG) shares declined by 12.75% to close at $58.79 after the company posted second quarter earnings results that came in below expectations •    Share prices of DG FastChannel Inc. (NASDAQ:DGIT) fell 24.95% after the company, which is primarily engaged in advertising and distribution, reported a fall in quarterly revenue results that came in below estimates •    Telecom-software maker BroadSoft Inc.’s  (NASDAQ:BSFT) share prices rose 9.70% after the company&#8217;s forecasted earnings for fiscal 2011 ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. New Home Sales Still Awful</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/31/dhi-u-s-new-home-sales-still-awful/79926</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 04:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Home Sales in May fell by 1.0% from May, to a rate of 312,000. Relative to a year ago, sales are up 1.6%. While the rebound is more than welcome, it is still a very dismal rate of New Home sales. Also, there was a downward revision to the May numbers of 4,000 to 315,000. Thus, relative to where we thought we were, it could be seen as a 2.2% decrease. The June level was worse than the expected rate of 320,000. The fourteen lowest months on record (back to 1963) for New Home Sales have all been in the last fourteen months. New Home sales have only exceeded the 400,000 level three times since September of 2008, when the financial markets collapsed. The most recent time was in ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. Housing Starts and Building Permits Rise</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/20/dhi-u-s-housing-starts-and-building-permits-rise/79395</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Housing Starts rose in June to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 629,000 from 549,000 in May, an increase of 14.6%. However, the May numbers were revised lower from 560,000, so it is possible to see the increase as 69,000, or 12.3%. Relative to a year ago they are up 11.8%. Quite frankly, a year ago was also a pretty lousy time for the home builders, so the rise is off a pretty easy comp. Still, any increase is very welcome given the extremely depressed state of the housing industry. Provided, of course, that the homebuilders can actually sell the new houses they are building. We will find out about new home sales next week. If one looks at only single family houses, the picture was also encouraging. Single family starts ]]></description>
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		<title>(BRKB) Berkshire Hathaway in Race for Citigroup Unit?</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/11/brkb-berkshire-hathaway-in-race-for-citigroup-unit/78606</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/11/brkb-berkshire-hathaway-in-race-for-citigroup-unit/78606#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKB) is said to be in race for the consumer lending unit of Citigroup Inc. (C), according to a Wall Street Journal report. Berkshire is a part of the bidding group comprising private-equity investment firm Centerbridge Capital Partners LLC and Leucadia National Corp. (LUK) and is said to be negotiating the deal. Last Friday, Citigroup completed the rebranding of its entire U.S. full service network of 1,300 stores from CitiFinancial to OneMain Financial. The rebranding plan was announced last December. The rebranding gives the company an identity that better suits its image and activity. Citi is disposing of its non-core operations and CitiFinancial happens to be a part of that unit. The change in name is also viewed as a preparatory step toward achieving that end. Citi ]]></description>
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		<title>(EQR) U.S. Home Prices Mixed &#8211; Good News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/28/eqr-u-s-home-prices-mixed-good-news/77730</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In April, home prices were mixed. The Case-Schiller Composite 10 City index (C-10) rose an ever-so-slight 0.01% on a seasonally adjusted basis, and is down 3.04% from a year ago. The broader Composite 20 City index (which includes the cities in the C-10) fell by 0.09% on the month and is down 3.93% from a year ago. Prices for both indexes rose on a not-seasonally-adjusted basis. Of the 20 cities, nine were up on the month-to-month basis (seasonally adjusted), and 11 were down. Year over year, though, just Washington DC areas saw a gain and 19 suffered losses. Washington DC was the strongest by far, with prices up 1.96% on the month and up 4.09% from a year ago. The rise in the C-10 was the first increase since June ]]></description>
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		<title>(BRKA) Berkshire Hathaway&#8217;s Buffett Closes Wesco Deal</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/27/brka-berkshire-hathaways-buffett-closes-wesco-deal/77588</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKA)(BRKB) chairman and chief executive officer Warren Buffett announced that the company had successfully acquired the remaining 20% of Wesco Financial Corp., a company run and controlled by Berkshire’s vice-chairman Charles T. Munger. Wesco held a special shareholder meeting on Friday near its Pasadena, California, headquarters to seek approval for the impending acquisition. Much to the company’s delight, the majority of the shareholders (93%) voted in favor of the transaction. Wesco shareholders’ will be compensated with a combination of cash and Class-B shares (Buffett uses Class-B shares for acquisitions) based on the book value to the acquiring company, which was worked out at $385 per share. Overall, the transaction has cost Berkshire $545.4 million in exchange for 1.4 million shares. Wesco has been 80.1% owned ]]></description>
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		<title>(BRKA) Berkshire Hathaway Cuts Wesco Financial Offer</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/26/brka-berkshire-hathaway-cuts-wesco-financial-offer/77405</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Warren Buffett, the chairman and chief executive officer of conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKA) (BRKB) renegotiated the offering price to Wesco Financial Corp. (WSC) at $385.00 per share in cash. This is the third time that the price has been adjusted. In February 2011, Buffet had formally entered into a binding agreement to acquire19.9% of Wesco. In September last year, Buffet had announced the intention to acquire Wesco, of which Berkshirealready owns 80.1%. At the time of entering into the formal agreement in February, Buffet pegged the exchange rate at $386.55, based on Wesco’s estimated book value per share at the end of January 31, 2011. Thereafter in March it increased the offer price to $392.91, but scaled back the price to $389.01 in April again. These changes came ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) New Homes Sales Down Less than Expected</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/23/dhi-new-homes-sales-down-less-than-expected/77288</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Home Sales in May fell by 2.1% from April, to a rate of 319,000. Relative to a year ago, sales are up 13.5%. While the rebound is more than welcome, it is still a very dismal rate of New Home sales. Offsetting the decline was an upward revision to the April numbers of 3,000 to 326,000. Thus relative to where we thought we were, it could be seen as a 1.2% decrease. The May level was, however, substantially better than the expected rate of 305,000. Still, the 12 lowest months on record (back to 1963) for New Home Sales, have all been in the last year. We are up nicely from a year ago, but that was against an “easy comp,” as sales were inflated by the rush to ]]></description>
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		<title>(SHW) U.S. Used Home Sales &#8211; Prices Fall</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/21/shw-u-s-used-home-sales-prices-fall/76975</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In May, Existing Home Sales ran at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.81 million. That pace is 3.1% lower than in April, and 15.3% below the year-ago rate. The year-ago numbers were somewhat inflated due to the end of the homebuyer tax credit. The April sales rate was slightly above consensus expectations of a 4.78 million annual rate. April was revised down from an initial read of 5.05 million, to 5.00 million. The history of used home sales is shown in the graph below (from http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/): Sales of single-family homes fell by 3.2% on the month to a rate of 4.24 million, and are off 15.4% year over year. The median price of a single-family home nationwide slipped 4.6% from a year ago to $166,700. Condo and co-op sales ]]></description>
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		<title>(L) Loews Analyst Maintains Neutral on Shares</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/16/l-loews-analyst-maintains-neutral-on-shares-2/76435</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are retaining our Neutral rating on Loews Corporation (L), as the company’s performance was weighed down by Lower earnings at Diamond Offshore reflecting reduced day rates and utilization coupled with slightly lower earnings at CNA Financial Corporation. Loews Corporation reported first-quarter 2011 adjusted net income of 89 cents per share, marginally the Zacks Consensus Estimate and lower from the year-ago earnings of 97 cents. Counting on the positives, CNA Financial&#8217;s agreement to transfer its legacy asbestos and pollution liabilities to National Indemnity, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA, BRKB) effectively eliminates CNA&#8217;s asbestos and pollution reserve risk, as well as any reinsured dispute and credit risk, thereby reducing earnings volatility. Also, CNA’s merger with CNA Surety, which is expected to complete by the end of June this year, will help ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) New Home Sales Report Up But Still Ugly</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/01/dhi-new-home-sales-report-up-but-still-ugly/74813</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Home Sales in April rose by 7.3% from April, to a rate of 323,000. Relative to a year ago, sales are down 23.1%. While the rebound is more than welcome, it is still a very dismal rate of New Home sales. In additional good news about the direction of new home sales, the March sales levels were revised up to an annual rate of 301,000 from 300,000. Thus, relative to where we thought we were, it could be seen as a 7.7% increase. The April level was substantially better than the expected rate of 300,000. Still, the 12 lowest months on record (back to 1963) for new home sales have all been in the last year. We are down sharply from a year ago, but that was against a ]]></description>
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		<title>(SHW) Used Home Sales Down &#8211; Inventories Up</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/28/shw-used-home-sales-down-inventories-up/74534</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 05:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In April, Existing Home Sales ran at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.05 million. That pace is 0.8% lower than in March, and 12.9% below the year-ago rate. The year-ago numbers were somewhat inflated due to the end of the homebuyer tax credit. The April sales rate was below consensus expectations of a 5.23 million annual rate. March was revised down from an initial read of 5.10 million, to 5.09 million. The history of used home sales is shown in the graph below, (from http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/) By Type of Home Sales of single family homes fell by 0.5% on the month to a rate of 4.42 million, and are off 12.6% year over year. The median price of a single family home nationwide slipped 5.4% from a year ago to ]]></description>
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		<title>(ALL) Allstate Boosts Online Insurance</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/24/all-allstate-boosts-online-insurance/74574</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 17:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an attempt to expand its online home-auto sales, on Wednesday, Allstate Corp. (ALL) announced the acquisition of Ensurance and Answer Financial from White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. (WTM) for approximately $1.0 billion. The deal was valued at $700 million along with the tangible book value of the entities acquired at the closing date. The total is broadly summed at $1.0 billion. Subject to regulations, the deal is expected to culminate by the third quarter of 2011. The impact of acquisition on earnings is expected to be break-even by the second full year of ownership and accretive after that. Esurance sells auto insurance directly to online customers and offers auto insurance quotes through call centers. With 839,000 policies at the end of 2010, it is the third largest online auto ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) Home Prices Still Falling</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/01/dhi-home-prices-still-falling/72469</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 06:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In February, home prices continued to slip, and the declines were widespread. The Case-Schiller Composite 10 City index (C-10) fell 0.23% on a seasonally adjusted basis, and is down 2.60% from a year ago. The broader Composite 20 City index (which includes the cities in the C-10) fell by 0.18% on the month and is down 3.26% from a year ago. The second down leg of housing prices continues. Of the 20 cities, six were up on a month to month basis, and 14 were down. Year over year, though, just Washington DC areas saw a gain and the 19 others suffered losses. Washington DC was the strongest by far, with prices up 2.77% from a year ago. Boston was next best with a decline of 0.99%. This is the ]]></description>
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		<title>(ALL) Allstate Quarterly Earnings Rock on Low Catastrophe Losses</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/29/all-allstate-quarterly-earnings-rock-on-low-catastrophe-losses/72709</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allstate Corporation’s (ALL) first quarter operating earnings of 93 cents per share came in substantially ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 68 cents and 69 cents per share recorded in the year-ago quarter. Results for the quarter improved primarily due to reduction in catastrophe (CAT) losses, lower expenses and increase in standard auto new business, partially offset by lower average premiums and policies-in-force in Property-Liability insurance unit coupled with lower investment income. However, prudent capital management and strong liquidity were quite impressive during the reported quarter. This is reflected from growth in book value per share and improved combined ratio. Allstate’s net income for the reported quarter came in at $519 million or 97 cents per share, compared with $120 million or 22 cents per share in the prior-year ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. New Home Sales Better &#8211; Levels Are Still Bad</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/26/dhi-u-s-new-home-sales-better-levels-are-still-bad/72349</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Home Sales in March rose by 11.1% from March, to a rate of 300,000. Relative to a year ago, sales are down 21.9%. While the rebound is more than welcome, it is still a very dismal rate of new home sales. In additional good news about the direction of new home sales, the February sales levels were revised up to an annual rate of 270,000 from 250,000. That is still the worst month on record, but not by as big a margin. Thus, relative to where we thought we were, it could be seen as a 20.0% increase. The March level was substantially better than the expected rate of 280,000. The eleven lowest months on record (back to 1963) for new home sales have all been in the last ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. New Housing Starts and Permits Rise</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/23/dhi-u-s-new-housing-starts-and-permits-rise/71884</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Housing Starts rose in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 549,000 from 512,000 in February, an increase of 7.2%. Also, the February numbers were revised sharply higher from 479,000, so it is possible to see the increase as 70,000, or 14.6%. Relative to a year ago they are down 13.4%. Quite frankly, a year ago was also a pretty lousy time for homebuilders, so the fall is off a pretty easy comp. If one looks at only single-family houses, the picture was more or less the same, rising to 422,000 from 392,000 in February, a rise of 7.7%, and down 21.1% from a year ago. February starts were revised up from 375,000, so single-family starts are up 12.5% from where we thought they were last month.  The volatile ]]></description>
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		<title>(SHW) U.S. Home Reseale Report Better than Expected</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/22/shw-u-s-home-reseale-report-better-than-expected/71994</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In March, Existing Home Sales ran at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.10 million. That pace is 3.7% higher than in February, but 6.3% below the year-ago rate. The March sales rate was above consensus expectations of a 5.00 million annual rate. February was revised up from an initial read of 4.88 million, to 4.92 million. Relative to where we thought we were, the month-to-month increase was 4.5%. The history of used home sales is shown in the graph below (from http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/). Sales of single-family homes rose by 4.0% on the month to a rate of 4.45 million, but are off 6.5% year over year. The median price of a single-family home nationwide slipped 5.3% from a year ago to $160,500. Condo and co-op sales rose 1.6% on the ]]></description>
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		<title>(GS) Goldman Sachs Group First Quarter 2011 Earnings Preview</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/14/gs-goldman-sachs-group-first-quarter-2011-earnings-preview/71556</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) is scheduled to report its first-quarter 2011 results before the market opens on Tuesday, April 19. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the first quarter is 75 cents per share, representing a decline of about 86.58% from the year-ago quarter. We expect Goldman to benefit from its well managed global franchise, strong capital base and industry leading position in trading and asset management. Though the company recorded reduced equity trading and overall revenue decline in the last quarter, its prudent business model and strong fundamentals are expected to deliver better earnings in the upcoming quarter. Previous Quarter Performance Goldman’s fourth-quarter 2010 earnings per share of $3.79 outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.73. In spite of challenging economic conditions, the company stood to gain from ]]></description>
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		<title>(GS) Goldman Sachs Group Doubles CEO Compensation Package</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/09/gs-goldman-sachs-group-doubles-ceo-compensation-package/70667</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/09/gs-goldman-sachs-group-doubles-ceo-compensation-package/70667#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s (GS) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr. Lloyd C. Blankfein’s total compensation, including a cash bonus, had been raised to $19 million in 2010, according to a regulatory filing on Friday. Blankfein’s pay package includes salary of $600,000, a cash bonus of $5.4 million and stock awards of $7.65 million for 2010. He has also received $464,067 worth other benefits, including $185,110 for the car, $62,020 for medical and dental coverage and the remaining for life insurance, tax planning and retirement contributions. Furthermore, the CEO was granted $12.6 million worth restricted stock compared to $9 million in 2009. The value of restricted stocks was excluded from the total annual package as the encashment of this award will take a period of three years. Since the ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. Home Prices Keep Falling</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/31/dhi-u-s-home-prices-keep-falling/70133</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/31/dhi-u-s-home-prices-keep-falling/70133#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In January, home prices continued to slip, although the declines were less widespread than in recent months. The Case-Schiller Composite 10 City index (C-10) fell 0.22% on a seasonally adjusted basis, and is down 2.03% from a year ago. The broader Composite 20 City index (which includes the cities in the C-10) also fell by 0.22% on the month and is down 3.03% from a year ago. The second down leg of housing prices continues. Of the 20 cities, eight were up on a month-to-month basis, and 12 were down. Year over year, though, just two metro areas saw gains and 18 suffered losses. Washington DC was the strongest by far, with prices up 3.59% from a year ago. San Diego managed to squeeze out a 0.08% rise. This is ]]></description>
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		<title>(BRKB) Understanding Japan&#8217;s Disaster</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/29/brkb-understanding-japans-disaster/68781</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[JA Solar Holdings Company Limited]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lubrizol Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Range Resources Corporation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The awful news out of Japan just seems to keep getting worse. There are now four reactors that are in trouble and significant (although outside the gates of the plant, not immediately dangerous) levels of radiation have been released into the atmosphere. That has severely strained the country’s electrical system (along with other damaged generating and transmission facilities), and there have been rolling blackouts across the country. Most of the factories in the country have been shut down, either due to direct damage or to save electricity. Clearly that is going to be a massive hit to the economy, and first quarter growth there is going to be negative. By how much is really anybody’s guess at this point. The amount of direct damage is probably on the order of ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. Reports Record Low New Home Sales</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/29/dhi-u-s-reports-record-low-new-home-sales/69576</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fortune Brands Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Home Sales in February fell by 16.9% from January to a dismal rate of 250,000. Relative to a year ago, sales are down 28.0%. In a very faint silver lining to an otherwise dismal report, the January rate was revised up to 301,000 from 284,000. Thus relative to where we thought we were, it could be seen as a 12.0% decline. The level was substantially worse than the expected rate of 288,000. The ten lowest months on record (back to 1963) for New Home Sales have all been in the last ten months. February is a new all-time record low. We are down sharply from a year ago, and it is not like a year ago was a great time in the homebuilding industry either. Relative to the peak ]]></description>
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		<title>(BRKB) Berkshire Hathaway &#8211; B &#8211; Bull of the Day</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/29/brkb-berkshire-hathaway-b-bull-of-the-day/70082</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Berkshire Hathaway&#8217;s (BRKB) fourth quarter earnings were up year over year, driven by an increase in revenue from the company&#8217;s economy-sensitive business &#8211; Utilities &#38; Energy and Manufacturing, Service &#38; Retailing. Also, the recently completed acquisition of the railroad company Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) contributed significantly to the earnings. We believe the company is poised to grow its top line as growing rail demand for freight catches up with the stabilizing economy. Higher revenues are expected from its Utilities &#38; Energy and Manufacturing, Service &#38; Retail businesses as consumers increase spending. Moreover, a solid balance sheet, adequate liquidity and continuing trend of growing book value were among the positives. Our six-month target price of $102.00 per share equates to about 18.2X our earnings estimate for 2011. This target price ]]></description>
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		<title>(BRKB) Financials and Transportation Sector Watch</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/28/brkb-financials-and-transportation-sector-watch/68286</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my weekly Earnings Trends report, I rank the 16 economic sectors on a wide variety of earnings and sales metrics. The report just looks at the 500 firms in the S&#38;P 500, not the whole Zacks Universe. However, since it is organized by the individual metric, such as Annual Earnings Growth or P/E, it can be hard to get an overall picture of a given economic sector. This is the third post in a series that tries to rectify that. Since there is a lot to write about in each sector, I will cover four sectors in each post. The data is based on the bottom-up consensus estimates for each stock in the S&#38;P 500 and is then aggregated into the economic sectors. As a base, I present the ]]></description>
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		<title>(L) Loews Analyst Maintains Neutral on Shares</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/28/l-loews-analyst-maintains-neutral-on-shares/69891</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are retaining our Neutral rating on Loews Corporation (L), as higher net investment income from limited partnerships, coupled with favorable net prior year development at CNA and improved results from the company’s trading portfolio were offset by net investment losses and lower earnings at Diamond Offshore Drilling due to lower utilization and drilling suspension in the Gulf of Mexico. Loews Corporation reported fourth-quarter 2010 adjusted net income of $1.17 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.88 and substantially ahead of $0.83 in the prior-year quarter. CNA Financial&#8217;s agreement to transfer its legacy asbestos and pollution liabilities to National Indemnity, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA, BRKB) will effectively eliminate CNA&#8217;s asbestos and pollution reserve risk, as well as any reinsured dispute and credit risk, thereby reducing earnings ]]></description>
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		<title>(WFC) Are Federal Reserve Bank Stress Test Results an Encouraging Sign?</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/21/wfc-are-federal-reserve-bank-stress-test-results-an-encouraging-sign/69311</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the release of the Federal Reserve’s much-awaited stress test results on Friday, many big banks that were granted the green signal took immediate action to raise their dividends. The Fed allowed America’s strongest banks that have passed the second round of stress tests to operate independently without strict government restrictions that were imposed during the height of financial crisis in 2008. These banks can now increase dividends and buy back shares, both of which were prohibited for the last few years following concerns that banks might not have sufficient capital to counter another financial crisis. The results also brought good tidings for the weaker banks. These were given the consent to raise capital by issuing shares to repay the money they received as part of their participation in the ]]></description>
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		<title>(AAPL) Company News for March 15, 2011 &#8211; Corporate Summary</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/16/aapl-company-news-for-march-15-2011-corporate-summary/68762</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[• Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKB) agreed to buy The Lubrizol Corporation (NYSE:LZ) for $135 per share. This all cash deal is estimated at $9 billion • Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) announced that its Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea theme parks are expected to be shut down for about 10 days following the earthquake in Japan • General Electric (NYSE:GE) shares fell more than 2% after news of a possible nuclear leak form Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan. The company designed six reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuke plant in Japan • Analysts’ estimate that the massive quake in Japan could cost insurance company Aflac (NYSE:AFL) nearly $35 billion • Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares closed 0.45% higher at $353.56 after analysts estimated that the company sold close to 1 million units of its iPad 2 • Valero Energy Corp. ]]></description>
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		<title>(AAPL) Stock Market News for March 15, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/16/aapl-stock-market-news-for-march-15-2011-market-news/68756</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday a host of worrying events in Japan took the markets lower. After dropping to their lowest intraday levels in six weeks, the major U.S. stock indexes rebounded late in the afternoon and markets trimmed their losses. The market strength was as usual on the declining side, with all three benchmarks dipping lower to close in the red. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) finished at 11,993.16, shedding 51.24 points or 0.43%. Earlier in the day, the Dow fell 147 points recording its lowest intraday level in six weeks. GE (NYSE:GE) which has nuclear ventures with Hitachi in Japan fell more than 2% and was the most declining stock of the blue-chip index. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) fell 0.60% to close at 1,296.39. The Nasdaq closed ]]></description>
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		<title>(ALL) Allstate Announces 5% Dividend Hike</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/03/all-allstate-announces-5-dividend-hike/67459</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, home and auto insurer, The Allstate Corp. (ALL) announced a dividend increment of 5% from the prior 20 cents, marking the first hike since 2008. The quarterly cash dividend of 21 cents will be paid on April 1, 2011 to the shareholders of record as on March 11, 2011. The last time Allstate hiked its quarterly dividend was in February 2008, when the company augmented it to 41 cents from 38 cents. However, following the hike, Allstate posted losses for three consecutive quarters, which led to sharp dividend cuts to 20 cents. The company tightened the belt in 2010 and its improved performance helped to return to profitability. As a result, in November 2010, Allstate announced a share repurchase program worth $1.0 billion to be executed by the ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. January 2010 New Home Sales Dismal</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/28/dhi-u-s-january-2010-new-home-sales-dismal/67566</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Home Sales in January fell by 12.6% from December, to a dismal rate of 284,000. Relative to a year ago, sales are down 18.6%. The December rate was revised down to 325,000 from 329,000. Thus relative to where we thought we were, it could be seen as a 13.7% decline. The level was substantially worse than the expected rate of 310,000. The nine lowest months on record (back to 1963) for New Home Sales, have all been in the last nine months. We are still down from a year ago, and it is not like a year ago was a great time in the homebuilding industry, either. Relative to the peak of the housing bubble (7/05) new home sales are down 79.5%. The very low May sales rate (282,000) ]]></description>
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		<title>(SHW) Existing Home Sales Rise &#8211; Analyst Blog</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/23/shw-existing-home-sales-rise-analyst-blog/67457</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 05:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In January, existing home sales ran at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.36 million. That pace is 2.7% higher than in December, and 5.3% above the year-ago rate. The year-ago rate of 5.09 million was depressed as everyone was rushing to get the deals done in November 2009 before they thought the first time buyer tax credit would expire. The tax credit was unexpectedly extended (and expanded) at the last minute. Thus, take the year-over-year rise with a grain of salt. The January sales rate was above consensus expectations of a 5.23 million annual rate. On the other hand, December was revised down from an initial read of 5.28 million, so relative to where we thought we were, the month-to-month increase was just 1.5%. The spike a year ago ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. Home Prices Fall Again in December &#8211; Case-Schiller</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/22/dhi-u-s-home-prices-fall-again-in-december-case-schiller/67373</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In December, home prices continued to slip, and the declines were very widespread. The Case-Schiller Composite 10 City index (C-10) fell 0.36% on a seasonally adjusted basis, and is down 1.22% from a year ago. The broader Composite 20 City index (which includes the cities in the C-10) fell by 0.41% on the month and is down 2.40% from a year ago. This is the second month in this second leg down in housing prices that the year-over-year change has been negative for both composites; it will not be the last. Of the 20 cities, only six posted gains on the month. The biggest gains were in DC, up 1.14% on the month, followed by Dallas, up 0.80% and Boston, up 0.61%. There were 14 metropolitan areas where prices fell ]]></description>
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		<title>(ALL) Allstate Quarterly Earnings Fail to Meet Analyst Forecast</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/10/all-allstate-quarterly-earnings-fail-to-meet-analyst-forecast/66765</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allstate Corporation’s (ALL) fourth quarter operating earnings of 50 cents per share came in dramatically behind the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 86 cents and $1.09 per share recorded in the year-ago quarter. Results for the quarter deteriorated primarily due to high catastrophe losses and increased frequency of auto insurance claims in the Property-Liability insurance segment, coupled with low investment income. However, prudent capital management and strong liquidity were quite impressive during the reported quarter. This is reflected from growth in book value per share. Allstate’s net income for the reported quarter came in at $296 million or 55 cents per share, compared with $518 million or 96 cents in the prior-year quarter, reflecting a decline of about 43%. Operating income, which excludes realized net capital gains and losses from the ]]></description>
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		<title>(AOL) Stock Market News for Feb 08, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/08/aol-stock-market-news-for-feb-08-2011-market-news/66553</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strong earnings results, a flurry of merger and acquisition news and signs of normal economic activity in Egypt helped the markets to move up higher on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.57% to end at 12,161.55. The S&#38;P 500 moved up 0.62%, or 8.18 points, to close at 1,319.05. Additionally, the tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index gained 14.69 points or 0.53% to close at 2,783.99. On the New York Stock Exchange, breadth of the market was light with only 6.89 billion shares traded. On the economic front, there were no releases on Monday that could have a significant impact on the markets. However, in a speech at the US Chamber of Commerce, President Barrack Obama urged businessmen to begin investing afresh and to create more jobs assuring them the ]]></description>
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