StockTwits Updates: TheLexColumn1263UBS is back to profit, but outflows continue http://tinyurl.com/yffx3rs $UBS #business #news #financeTue Feb 09 15:31:33 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg885874638721312378webUBSComments by US transportation secretary reduced Toyota's market value by nearly $4bn http://tinyurl.com/ykpkvy7 $TM #business #newsFri Feb 05 12:17:09 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg867456208921312378webTMNew York’s attorney-general is looking to satisfy the post-crisis zeitgeist by chasing individuals at BofA http://tinyurl.com/yhxzgun $$Fri Feb 05 12:15:25 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg867451186321312378webDoes it make sense for Comcast to mix programming in with the pipes http://tinyurl.com/y9h3236 $CMCSA #news #business #financeThu Feb 04 08:52:45 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg862522954521312378webCMCSAWorld’s largest drugmaker finds cutting costs easier than generating growth http://tinyurl.com/yl3ogpn $PFE #business #news #financeThu Feb 04 08:49:29 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg862516345321312378webPFETelefonica can afford to play the long game in the chase for Telecom Italia http://tinyurl.com/yzc3z8l $TEF $TIT #business #news #financeWed Feb 03 09:11:07 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg858108038521312378webTEFExpectations often lead to disappointments, and expectations about BP’s full year results were high http://tinyurl.com/yzo5xcl $BP #newsTue Feb 02 13:08:47 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg854147551921312378webBPShell goes for first generation biofuel profits in Brazil, downplays second generation http://tinyurl.com/yjfwp3z $RDS $CZZMon Feb 01 21:49:57 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg851521238921312378webCZZ3 things extravagant about Ryanair: appetite for cost cuts; valuation; and ability to generate cash http://tinyurl.com/y9p7crx $RYA #newsMon Feb 01 12:54:35 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg849720899321312378webLSE:RYAUK shareholders selling to Kraft can find other tasty opportunities in consumer goods http://tinyurl.com/ye4vea7 $CBRY #business #newsMon Feb 01 11:56:18 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg849562854521312378webLSE:CBRYHigher taxes will be a drag on indebted economies, but the US, UK and Japan are not hurtling towards disaster http://tinyurl.com/y9ddvzs $$Mon Feb 01 10:04:34 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg849313654521312378webBob Diamond argued Obama’s proposals would do nothing to make the world safer. The numbers suggest otherwise http://tinyurl.com/ydwu7eg $$Fri Jan 29 15:26:09 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg837159702021312378webProduct recalls done right, with minimal obfuscation and maximum haste, need not cause serious damage http://tinyurl.com/ybdd2wp $TM #newsFri Jan 29 13:27:28 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg836737018821312378webTMStill a rough road ahead for Ford http://tinyurl.com/yzr6euy $FThu Jan 28 21:39:23 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg833943980821312378webFStorm surrounding Fed and Bernanke is confusing three separate issues. Two matter; the other doesn’t really http://tinyurl.com/y9nq57q $$Wed Jan 27 09:50:04 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg827353630421312378webBankers seek to avoid the spotlight's glare while politicians flock to it in this week's Best of Lex http://www.ft.com/lex/best #news $$Fri Jan 22 13:23:59 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg806892143921312378webContinental Airlines made its first profit in two years, but the industry is still in dire straits http://tinyurl.com/ykc6ftb $CAL #businessFri Jan 22 09:57:22 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg806424105521312378webCALSimple question: how will President Obama’s proposals affect US banks? Unfortunate answer: no one yet knows. http://bit.ly/56iJ2B $$Thu Jan 21 20:44:01 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg804082538821312378webHershey is far better dancing to its own, American, tune. http://bit.ly/5IEbmv $HSYWed Jan 20 21:07:35 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg799983029121312378webHSYMorgan Stanley considers itself transformed - but it will take time to grow into its new look. http://bit.ly/89ZDK7 $$Wed Jan 20 20:16:59 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg799821482221312378webAfter more than two years of noise, now it is time for Citigroup to build a business http://tinyurl.com/yezxab8 $C #business #news #financeWed Jan 20 09:36:19 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg798148684821312378webCPrivate equity firms are currently going through their own Darwinian process, but it is neither small nor slow http://tinyurl.com/yb935bm $$Tue Jan 19 16:13:29 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg795041959721312378webIf Nicolas Sarkozy wants to save jobs he would do better cutting social costs than bullying Renault http://tinyurl.com/ye485fv $RNO #newsTue Jan 19 09:56:25 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg794032425621312378webTSE:RNOFor Cadbury, once again, playing hard to get proves a winning strategy http://tinyurl.com/y9te8c5 $CBRY $KFT #business #news #financeTue Jan 19 09:30:37 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg793985420621312378webKFTLSE:CBRYMonsanto investors should be worried about anti-trust issues http://tinyurl.com/yjp5x9j $MON #business #news #financeMon Jan 18 16:31:24 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg790943722421312378webMONStake in China’s biggest fund manager is up for grabs, but it'll be expensive and may be closed to foreigners http://tinyurl.com/ycy3m7x $$Mon Jan 18 15:07:10 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg790671333421312378webIs Google turning into a Googlopoly? http://tinyurl.com/yj9l2jf $GOOG #business #news #finance #googleFri Jan 15 12:27:29 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg778571545021312378webGOOGCarlos Slim, one of the world's richest men, has consolidated hi telecoms holdings http://tinyurl.com/ykzk9uk $AMX #business #news #financeFri Jan 15 11:52:14 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg778490534021312378webAMXA Hershey bid for Cadbury would be a very bad call http://tinyurl.com/yabom4e $CBRY #business #news #financeFri Jan 15 11:14:04 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg778412932021312378webLSE:CBRYSocGen kicked off the European banks’ reporting season on an unhappy note http://tinyurl.com/ybc4lab $GLE #business #news #financeWed Jan 13 15:36:15 +0000 2010TheLexColumnhttp://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/352003985/twitter_lex_normal.jpg771177975521312378webLSE:GLE