Tuesday, February 21, 2012

QUICK OVERVIEW

  • In the early hours of this morning the Eurozone finally agreed a €130bn bailout for Greece. 

  • Wal-Mart Stores' fiscal 4Q earnings fell 15% to $5.16 billion, or $1.50 a Share. Revenue rose 6% to $123.17 billion. 

  • Home Depot's 4Q earnings rose to $774 million, or 50c a share. Sales rose 6% to $16 billion. 

  • Kraft Foods' 4Q earnings up 54% to $830 million, or 47c a share. 

  • James Monroe (Chairman of the Board) of Globalstar (GSAT) bought 50,000 shares. 

  • Marine biologists and philosophers have joined forces to support a controversial declaration of rights for whales and dolphins on the grounds that their astonishing intelligence and emotional empathy puts them on a par with humans.

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