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Daily Archives: April 6, 2007

A Death Blow For Vonage?

Posted: April 6, 2007 at 10:33 am

Vonage was ordered to suspend signing up new customers. The VoIP company had lost a case in which Verizon (VZ) had accused it of violating certain patents. The next step ...
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1st Qtr Volumes Bode Well for Exchange Stocks

Posted: April 6, 2007 at 10:10 am

This first quarter of 2007 has seen much higher levels of volatility than during the entire second half of last year.  And of course, with higher volatility usually comes higher ...
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US Earnings Calendar (APR 9-13, 2007)

Posted: April 6, 2007 at 7:01 am

MON APR 9CardioDynamics -$0.04e; Cascade (CAE) $0.75, Lawson Software (LWSN) $0.03, Schnitzer Steel (SCHN) $0.62.TUE APR 10ALCOA (AA) $0.76, Electro Scientific (ESIO) $0.20.WED APR 11Apogee (APOG) $0.28, Bed Bath & ...
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Forget Throwing The New York Times Board Out

Posted: April 6, 2007 at 5:08 am

Institutional Investor Services, an independent firm that helps large money managers decide how to vote in proxy matters, is recommending that shareholders withhold votes for board members of The New ...
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A Microsoft Chess Move? Free Zunes To Fight The iPod

Posted: April 6, 2007 at 4:51 am

Apple (AAPL) has almost the entire portable music player market. Its iTunes and iPod platforms seem to have such a huge lead that gettng market share in the industry is ...
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Chrysler: The Great Genius Of Kerkorian

Posted: April 6, 2007 at 4:30 am

The offer that billionaire Kirk Kerkorian has made to buy Chrysler from parent DaimlerChrysler (DCX) is nothing short of brilliant.Kerkorian has in essence trumped three other offers from private equity ...
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Media Digest 4/6/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: April 6, 2007 at 4:17 am

According to Reuters Kirk Kerkorian has offered $4.5 billion to buy Chrysler from parent DaimlerChrysler (DCX).Reuters writes that the CEO of Ford (F) received $39 million in compensation for 2006.Reuters ...
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Asia Markets 4/6/2007

Posted: April 6, 2007 at 4:01 am

Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(NIPNY)(NTT)(DCM)(HIT)(HMC)(SNE)(TM)Most markets in Asia were closed but the Nikkei was off slightly. (more...) ...
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