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Daily Archives: December 11, 2006

Plantronics (PLT) and Oracle (ORCL) Scratch Each Other’s Backs

Posted: December 11, 2006 at 5:08 am

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatWe’d venture to guess that not too many people follow both small-cap headset maker Plantronics (PLT) and large-cap enterprise software vendor Oracle (ORCL.) ...
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Media Digest: Reuters, NYTimes, WSJ, FT

Posted: December 11, 2006 at 5:05 am

Stocks:  (WPO)(T)(LVLT)(TSG)According to Reuters, Home Depot will enter the Chinese market by investing $100 million in Home Way.Reuters writes that Nissan is unveiling new hybrid and green cars Reuters writes ...
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Asia Markets, December 11, 2006 China Netcom, Sharp Up

Posted: December 11, 2006 at 4:50 am

Stocks:  (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(NIPNY)(NTT)(SNE)(TM)(CNH)(CN)(PCW)(HBC)Markets in Asia were largely up. The Nikkei rose .7% to 16,528. Bridgestone was down 1.7% to 2640 Canon was up .2% to 6440. Daiwa Securities was up .2% ...
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Will The Internet Kill DirecTV?

Posted: December 11, 2006 at 4:29 am

Stocks:  (DTV)(DISH)(VA)(T)Cable and satellite TV have battled for the American living room for a number of years. Both can offer hundreds of channels and now both offer HD TV.The telecom ...
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As Growth Dries Up In US, Home Depot Truns To China

Posted: December 11, 2006 at 4:19 am

stocks:  (HD)(WMT)After Wal-Mart's succesful move into China, it was to be expected that other large US retailers would see the wisdom of turning to China for growth. After two years ...
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