Bush Says State of the Union Will Mostly Address Economy; Guest List Begs to Differ
Photo: Getty ImagesAre you guys as excited for President George Bush’s State of the Union Address tonight as we are? Hoo-ah! Wait. You realized there still is a president, even though everybody’s busy trying to pick who the next one will be, right? We know, it’s hard to remember. And even though there are primaries tomorrow, tonight belongs to current president George Bush. Early reports say that his address will largely focus on the economy, which is probably what most ordinary citizens are ho
State of the Union pre-blogging
Mr. Speaker! The Preznit of the Untied States of America. Congresscritters, esteemed Cabinet members and other besuited Washingtonians, I stand before you to tell you that the state of the union is tolerable. After all, there’ll be an election in November, and then it’ll all be someone else’s problem. Heh heh heh. (Applause) We’re still torturing people who may or may not be terrorists in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, but my Attorney General assures me he can stall congressional que
E-Trade Directors Buy $1.9M of Shares (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A group of E-Trade Financial Corp. directors, including acting Chief Executive R. Jarrett Lilien, bought 474,707 shares of the battered online brokerage’s stock on Tuesday for a total of about $1.9 million, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Trading Alerts: Monday, January 24, 2007 (pfblogs.org)
Alberto-Culver (ACV-$23.52) reports earnings on Monday before the market opens. Analysts, on average, are expecting a share-net of $0.26 on revenue of $376.9 million, according to a poll by Thomson Financial. Citigroup analyst, Wendy Nicholson, recently upgraded her rating on the household and personal products company shares to “buy” from “hold” and raised the target price to $28 a share from $25 a share.Black & Decker (BDK-$69.98) announces fourth-quarter results on Monday morning before t