Implied Unemployment Rate Rises To 11.5%, Spread To Propaganda Number Surges To 30 Year High

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Frontrunning: February 3
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EURUSD Tumbles On Rumor Of Papademos Resignation, Eurogroup Meeting Delay
10 facts about new Tottenham Hotspur signing Ryan Nelsen
The experienced New Zealand defender completed his switch to Spurs yesterday after his contract at Blackburn Rovers was terminated. What can we tell you about Ryan Nelsen?... read more >
Read more »BofA, Credit Suisse, Jefferies, MF Global, RBS, UBS
Here's a few more links to some Bloomberg, New York Times and Reuters stories currently doing the rounds.... read more >
Read more »Changes To UBS Board Of Directors
The UBS Board of Directors will nominate Beatrice Weder di Mauro and Isabelle Romy for election as new members of the Board at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 3 May 2012.... read more >
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Negative Earnings Revisions Give TD Ameritrade Better Upside Potential Than Schwab
The recent announcement by the Fed that it would be extending low interested rates until 2014 puts both Charles Schwab (SCHW) and TD Ameritrade (AMTD) in a precarious position. The Street currently rates the former a "hold" and the latter a weak "buy".
Read more »Remodeling Index Positive For Home Improvement Stocks

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Groundhog Phil vs. Loe LaVorgna Prediction Success Rate
Pretty much self-explanatory. It would appear that the Pennsylvania rodent is missing out on a lot of NBC Universal-contributor cash by not having a comedy TV friendly presence. As for the accuracy win rate in the groundhog vs permabull, race there really is not contest...
courtesy of John Lohman
Read more »Europe's "Great Deleveraging" Has Only Just Begun

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Indexes flat ahead of today's job report
The S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, and Russell 2000 all finished fractionally higher and in the middle of the day's range. Levels remain the same for today.
Read more »San Juan Royalty Trust - Current Natural Gas Prices Will Slash Dividend
The recent dive in prices of natural gas has caused many producers' stocks to come under pressure. Investors who are bearish natural gas may be using companies like Chesapeake (CHK) and Southwestern Energy (SWN) to short the gas market. One should use caution when doing this, as many of these producers have already undergone enormous haircuts and are able to hedge gas prices and mitigate losses via other resource production.
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Broke California: Give Us The Facebook Manna Now
Avalonbay Communities' CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Avalonbay Communities (AVB)
Q4 2011 Earnings Call
February 02, 2012 1:00 pm ET
Executives
John Christie - Senior Director of Investor Relations & Research
Timothy J. Naughton - Chief Executive Officer, President, Director and Member of Investment & Finance Committee
Thomas J. Sargeant - Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President
Leo S. Horey - Executive Vice President of Operations
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45% Of Greeks Have Never Used The Internet
Romney Clarifies Statement On Poor People
In the aftermath of yesterday's SNAFU in which the GOP presidential candidate made it clear just why "he is not concerned about poor people", Andy Borowitz has intercepted the follow up explanation of what Romney really wanted to say...
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