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Daily Archives: April 2, 2007

Apple And The Pirate Ship: EMI Gives In

Posted: April 2, 2007 at 4:04 am

Apple (AAPL) has convinced music publishing giant EMI to sell most of its recordings without the protection of digital rights management software. It is a victory of hope over reason.EMI ...
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Media Digest 4/2/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: April 2, 2007 at 3:46 am

According to Reuters, KKR has agreed to acquire First Data (FDC) for $29 billion, a 26% premium.Reuters writes that AT&T (T) and American Movil are acquiring a controlling interest in ...
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Asia Markets 4/2/2007 Shanghai Up 2.2%

Posted: April 2, 2007 at 3:25 am

Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NIPNY)(NTT)(DCM)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CHU)(CN)(PCW)(HBC)Markets in Asia were mixed with Tokyo down and Shanghai Up.The Nikkei fell 1.5% to 17,028. Bridgestone was down .8% to 2335. Canon was down 1.9% to 6230. Fuji ...
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The Week Ahead (1 April 2007)

Posted: April 2, 2007 at 3:09 am

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatThe Economic Calendar is fairly light, though two important reports book-end the week:On Monday is the ISM Manufacturing Index (Consensus 51.5). We’ll take ...
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Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc (BR)

Posted: April 2, 2007 at 3:06 am

From Value DisciplineADP has just spun off its Brokerage Services Group into a separately traded company called Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR.) The basis of the spin off was a tax ...
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The Monday Edition- Copper & Chile

Posted: April 2, 2007 at 3:02 am

By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment IdeasThis week I'd like to talk about: Copper (The Chinese Factor & Demand) & Chile (Economic environment) alongside Risks & Short-Covering (slow US ...
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Weekly Top Biotech and Medical Business Articles

Posted: April 2, 2007 at 2:59 am

by H.S. AyoubBioHealth Investor.comThe following articles were the most popular at BioHealth Investor for the week of March 24 - March 30. (more...) ...
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In Search Of: A New Name For “Passive”

Posted: April 2, 2007 at 2:56 am

From Investment IntelligencerOne of the many reasons "passive" investing gets dissed is that its name--"passive"--is both misleading and deflating.  Who wants to be "passive"? (more...) ...
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YouTube – Big Media Video: Revenue Splits and the Real Stumbling Block

Posted: April 2, 2007 at 2:53 am

In Sunday's New York Times, Richard Siklos provided some detail on the contemplated revenue splits for BIGMEDIAVIDEO.COM (the NBC/News Corp. theoretical consortium) and YouTube and its content partners. (more...) ...
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