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Daily Archives: December 30, 2006

Wal-Mart Gets Coal For Xmas (WMT)

Posted: December 30, 2006 at 6:51 pm

Wal-Mart had slightly better than expected same-store sales in December, up 1.6%. It did not matter much. The performance was dismal. Research firm Retail Metrics said that overall retail sales ...
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The Feds Case Against Jobs (AAPL)

Posted: December 30, 2006 at 2:02 pm

Now that Apple's board has cleared Steve Jobs of wrong-doing in the Apple back-dating probe, the feds may want a swing at the pinata. Why? Well, for one, as Professor ...
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YouTube Bites Google (GOOG)

Posted: December 30, 2006 at 11:40 am

There's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip. YouTube's antipiracy software is not ready. As time passes the purchase of the video-sharting site begins to look more and ...
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Chrysler Goes Low Quality (DCX)

Posted: December 30, 2006 at 10:20 am

Chrysler cut a deal with Chinese car maker Chery to build small, gas efficient vehicles. Chrysler will market the cars worldwide. The deal is likely to torque off the UAW ...
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AT&T’s New Year’s Gift To Yahoo! (GOOG)(TWX)(BLS)(T)(YHOO)(MSFT)

Posted: December 30, 2006 at 10:18 am

Tis the season. While AT&T got its massive merger with BellSouth cleared by the FCC, it had to promise "net neutrality" for a time. In other words, it cannot charge ...
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Media Digest 12/30/2006 (T)(BLS)(AAPL)(DCX)(GOOG)

Posted: December 30, 2006 at 9:08 am

Accordng to Reuters, AT&T closed it $86 billion to merge with BellSouth, overcoming early FCC resistance.Reuters writes that Apple restated earnings due to options backdating but stood by CEO Steve ...
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Interactive Submissions for 2007

Posted: December 30, 2006 at 8:05 am

We are encouraging our readers to contribute predictions and ideas for 2007.  Do you want to get a shot at making your own 2007 forecats,predictions, and a even get a ...
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These Stocks Could Rise Simply on New a CEO Announcement

Posted: December 30, 2006 at 7:30 am

This is a list of 10 large cap public companies where Wall Street would likely reward each stock if the CEO would either step down or if he was forced ...
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