Thus, a negative homeownership cover story in Time Magazine is a screaming buy signal that ailing homebuilders may have bottomed, and that the stocks are a buy.

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When we report on the sayings and sound bites of higher ups at technology companies, we tend to cover them from a negative angle because, as you well know, execs are pretty fond of belittling their opponent's products.

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They grouped the 549 cover stories into categories depending on whether the coverage was very positive, neutral or very negative.

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"We think that the revenues from newspaper companies have been insufficient to cover their cost, " explained Mike Simonton, an analyst at Fitch Ratings, who issued a negative outlook on the industry.

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