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MERC sells pulp produced from wood chips Mercer International (MERC – Snapshot Report) is seeing a sharp turnaround in its earnings trends, leaving shares with not just a great growth story but trading at a value as well. This Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) has slid lately, along with most other stocks, but is a [...]
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Ricoh's headquarters. The stock looks cheap. Image via Wikipedia Socgen equity strategist Dylan Grice in a research note today says that were the Japanese market to fall by another 20% investors should buy “with both hands.” As it is now, he see a host of companies trading at below their intrinsic value. The cheapest is [...]
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President Obama addressed the nation from the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C. thirty minutes before the closing bell Thursday, saying that damage and continuing crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant near Tokyo that is leaking radioactive material are causes for “great urgency,” but also that he is “confident that Japan will rebuild.” The statement served [...]
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A view of the battered reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Plant – Reuters As choppers drop water on Fukushima Daiichi’s battered reactors and anti-riot water cannons are aimed at the beleaguered nuclear power plant, rolling blackouts hit Japan and will force the country to focus on reestablishing normal electricity levels once the crisis is contained. [...]
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Image via Wikipedia Although Tuesday was a wild ride at the corner of Broad and Wall, the action did actually seem to make sense. The market had basically held true to its news-driven moniker by falling on bad news relating to the risk of a nuclear catastrophe and then rising when those worries abated in [...]
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Japan’s stock market was shaken on Thursday by a sharply rising yen and the unfolding crisis at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant. The Nikkei 225 average closed 1.4% lower at 8962.67. During the morning session it had been down by as much as 4%. Electronics manufacturers and carmaker suffered losses on the likelihood that an [...]
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Japanese investment in property in China, never large relative to other international investors, is likely to slow in the future as the country turns to rebuilding at home, a senior real estate industry executive in China says. “Japan was always a relatively minor player in the market, but that should fall off after the earthquake as Japanese developers [...]
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The Emsland nuclear power plant in Lingen, Germany, in 2010 RALPH ORLOWSKI/Getty Images The 27 countries in the European Union derived 31 percent of their electricity needs and 14.6 percent of their primary energy consumption from nuclear power in 2010. In roughly the last eight years, there has been a considerable momentum on the Continent [...]
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China’s new five-year plan and recent statements by the country’s political leaders suggest increasingly serious efforts by the country to narrow its huge wealth gap. Measures will include higher minimum wages and income tax exemptions for low-income workers, and more construction of low-cost housing. This makes it a good time for long-term investors to put [...]
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Stocks in Tokyo rebounded sharply Wednesday after posting near record losses during the previous two days. The Nikkei 225 average rose 5.7% to 9,093.72, while the broader Topix index climbed 6.6% to 817.63 by the close. Investors from across the region continued to be transfixed by reports from northern Japan that indicate the country’s nuclear [...]
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Investors and traders in China’s main financial district are talking about the following before the start of trade today: Commodity and energy stocks may follow overseas commodity markets that were lower overnight amid concern that Japan’s earthquake disaster will take a toll on global economic growth. In U.S. trade last night, Chinese oil giant PetroChina [...]
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Reacto no.4 at TEPCO's Fukushimi Daiishi Plant – Reuters Fear was the order of the day for global stock markets Tuesday as the threat of a nuclear crisis in Japan on the heels of a devastating earthquake rattled investors worldwide. While many market watchers have been expecting a correction for some time, the lineup of [...]
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