Some other surprising six-figure jobs, especially from the perspective of the fragile media industry, include broadcast news analysts, authors, and technical writers.
Nearly two weeks after Goldman Sachs executive Greg Smith excoriated the firm in his already fabled resignation letter published in The New York Times, news analysts are now asking a fundamentally important question: from a business standpoint, to what extent should Goldman Sachs really need to be concerned?
The disappointing news has analysts cutting estimates and target prices on Zynga shares, as you might expect.
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Yet at current levels, the stocks already have factored in a great deal of bad news, analysts note.
Based on the news, analysts at Goldman Sachs ( GS) have upgraded their rating to a buy.
Not exactly news many equity analysts would be cheerful about today, particularly with serious cost overruns afflicting fiddly LNG developments globally.
This is good news considering many analysts expect the luxury car market to be in full swing in a few years.
It was just two years ago that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission implemented Regulation Fair Disclosure (RegFD) to stop companies from selectively sharing news with certain analysts or investors.
Many people use Twitter as a kind of new-age radio, getting the latest information about everything from transportation delays and retailing promotions to news about various industries by tracking the Twitter accounts of trusted sources, including news agencies, analysts and companies or their executives.
Executives of that company, which owns 18 daily newspapers, including the Rocky Mountain News in Denver and the Knoxville (Tennessee) News Sentinel, told analysts at an investor conference last week it has working with the board in "exploring strategic alternatives" for its assets.
In light of the confusion, Washington analysts took the news with caution.
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Even so, that lack of coverage means many of these companies stocks move quietly, without analysts to generate news or commentary or give color to a business journalist.
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Earlier this year Sony had to cut sales forecasts for its PlayStation Vita hand-held - analysts linked the news to the growth of gaming on smartphones and tablets.
Analysts are expecting News to come in with earnings of 32 cents per share, down 8.6% from a year ago when it reported earnings of 35 cents per share.
Deutsche Bank (nyse: DB - news - people ) analysts figure the new business WPP won in 2007 has already taken care of half of the firm's projected 5% organic growth for 2008.
Quarter after quarter, analysts have asked News Corp. executives about a report that the media conglomerate intended to start its own national sports network to compete with ESPN, and the executives have duly played it coy.
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Given those remarks, Clinton's decision not to directly answer the question put by ABC News was seen by some analysts as a sign her campaign is so controlled and scripted that it's difficult for her to be spontaneous.
U.S. gross domestic product data on Friday showed the American economy expanding at an inflation-adjusted 3.4% annual rate in the second quarter, which should have been good news for equities, but analysts believed the market's focus would quickly return to the credit markets.
Several analysts told Kitco News that it appears the main factor differentiating this planned product from the majority of the existing ETFs in North America is the ability of investors to get their hands on physical gold or silver whenever they choose to exit, although they could also cash out.
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Even if News Corp does start charging and others follow suit, analysts say doing a U-turn on the free news model will be hard to pull off.
The Sterne Agee analysts responded to the news by cutting ratings on Oclaro, JDSU and Opmext.
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One worry among some analysts is that bad news for Genasense and Allos will push all biotech stocks down.
Analysts interviewed by Kitco News on the sidelines of the Sunday-Tuesday LBMA event were also constructive for the longer term.
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In attendance are analysts and journalists representing news organizations around the world.
Analysts say the summit news did help the MDP win 2% more votes, affecting the results of four to six hotly contested races.
However, news site Gamasutra recently reported that analysts at Macquarie Equities had suggested that since its debut the title had underperformed its predecessor.
The news of tighter supply comes as analysts forecast a rebound in automotive sales, which is expected in 2013 as the global economy is expected to rise.
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Early Tuesday afternoon Eastern time, the ratio was around 43.7-to-1, and analysts queried by Kitco News envision a move to the 45-50 area in the coming weeks.
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Wall Street analysts had expected worse news: a 38-cent loss.
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