State Farm, the nation’s largest car insurance company, has discovered that it first told federal regulators about problems with Toyota cars in 2004, not 2007 as earlier reported. Continue reading State Farm Warned About Toyota in 2004 State Farm Warned About Toyota in 2004 originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:00:00. Filed Under: Company News , Toyota Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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It’s a shame filmmaker Tim Burton has chosen to leave the Red Queen’s Race out of his upcoming Disney version of Alice in Wonderland . That little vignette offers some valuable insights about how the global economy ran full-speed into its current unhealthy state. Continue reading Alice in Debtorland: Why the Red Queen’s Race Is Worth Recalling Alice in Debtorland: Why the Red Queen’s Race Is Worth Recalling originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:00:00. Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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This is the time of year when the financial pundits come out in droves with predictions about the stock market and the upcoming year’s winners and losers. Unfortunately, all of the crystal ball-gazing can cause a lot more harm than good to an investor’s portfolio . What these “pros” don’t talk about on CNBC are the truly valuable studies out there that would have investors approaching their investments in a much different manner if they were privy to them. Continue reading Dan Solin: Seven shocking tips to boost your returns by 400% (or more) Dan Solin: Seven shocking tips to boost your returns by 400% (or more) originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:00:00. Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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While watching the Super Bowl this upcoming February, some viewers may notice a conspicuous absence: PepsiCo (PEP), which has advertised during the past 23 Super Bowl shows, won’t be running any Pepsi commercials, according to The Wall Street Journal . Before you brush this off as a non-event, let me remind you of some of the Pepsi commercials of Super Bowl past. The beverage maker has long paraded a series of A-listers to entertain us between plays. Puff Daddy (P Diddy, whatever you call him), Jackie Chan, Cindy Crawford (I will never forget that ad), and Ozzy Osbourne. Continue reading Pepsi Ditches Super Bowl Ads for Social Networking Campaign Pepsi Ditches Super Bowl Ads for Social Networking Campaign originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:00:00. Filed Under: Columns , Pepsico Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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Filed under: Economy We all know that Wall Street’s bad bets nearly brought the financial system to its knees last year. Then U.S. taxpayers footed the bill to bail out Wall Street — taking on obligations potentially as high as $23.7 trillion , leading to a $1.4 trillion federal deficit, and $12 trillion in national debt. To me that’s a kind of reverse-Robin-Hood action. Ironically, a New York City charity called the Robin Hood Foundation, which says it supports 200 poverty-fighting programs, is celebrating Wall Street’s expected $140 billion 2009 bonus windfall. The head of Robin Hood’s response to the upcoming record Wall Street bonuses is “Hell yeah!” reports Bloomberg News . The reason for David Saltzman’s enthusiasm is that Robin Hood claims it gets more than half of its annual $150 million in donations from the employees of investment banks, brokerage firms and hedge funds. Continue reading Wall Street bonuses are Robin Hood in reverse — but one Robin Hood approves Wall Street bonuses are Robin Hood in reverse — but one Robin Hood approves originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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(TrendHunter.com) Robert Hoffman has quite the year ahead of him with the release of four upcoming movies: ‘Aliens in the Attic’ (starring Ashley Tisdale), ‘Say Hello to Stan Talmadge,’ ‘We Got the Beat,’ and ‘Burning Palms.’…

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(TrendHunter.com) Brian White stars in the upcoming Tyler Perry film, ‘I Can Do Bad All By Myself,’ and has quite the resume, with past movies such as ‘Family Stone’ and ‘The Game Plan’ under his belt. In addition to…

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Filed under: Company News , Earnings Sanofi-Aventis ( SNY ) reported that its second- quarter profit surged 29.4 percent, helped by favorable exchange rates. Still, even on a constant exchange rate, profit rose 17.2 percent, exceeding analyst estimates , while net sales increased by 11.2 percent. Sanofi also raised its 2009 earnings per share growth guidance from seven to 10 percent, saying growth this year will be helped by the diabetes drug Lantus and acquisitions to replenish its drug pipeline. CEO Christopher A. Viehbacher said: “The group delivered very strong results in the second quarter, driven by solid growth of key pharmaceutical brands and vaccines, strong sales in Emerging Markets and recent acquisitions.” Since his appointment in December, the French drugmaker’s top man has taken steps to reorganize in the current environment and prepare for the upcoming generic competition. He has closed a number of partnerships, acquired some generics and and overhauled Sanofi’s research and development. Continue reading Sanofi-Aventis reports strong earnings and raises forecast Sanofi-Aventis reports strong earnings and raises forecast originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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