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Daily Archives: June 1, 2007

Dow Jones (DJ): Other Bidders

Posted: June 1, 2007 at 5:07 am

In its announcement that it would meet with Rupert Murdoch to discuss his $5 billion bid for Dow Jones (DJ), the founding Bancroft family said it would look at other ...
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Dell’s (DELL) Stock: 52-Week High Justified?

Posted: June 1, 2007 at 4:49 am

Dell's (DELL) shares moved up as much as 6% after hours. The would put them at $28.50. That is about where the stock traded in November 2005.Dell has made remarkable ...
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Media Digest 6/1/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: June 1, 2007 at 3:32 am

According to Reuters, the family that controls Dow Jones (DJ) has agreed to talkd with News Corp (NWS) about a possible takeover.Reuters writes that Dell's (DELL) earnings were stronger than ...
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Asia Markets 6/1/2007 Shanghai Down

Posted: June 1, 2007 at 2:58 am

Markets in Asia were mostly higher.The Nikkei rose .5% to 17,957. Hitachi (HIT) fell .7% to 888. Honda (HMC) rose .7% to 4310. Japan Airlines dropped 1.7% to 238. NTT ...
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Motorola’s (MOT) European Headwind

Posted: June 1, 2007 at 1:15 am

Ed Zander and the management at Motorola (MOT) did not get much of a bounce in their stock when they fired 4,000 people. The stock closed down .5% today at ...
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Detroit Ostrich Farm: Productivity

Posted: June 1, 2007 at 12:02 am

The healine at MSNBC said "Detroit Coming Closer To Japanese Rivals In Efficiency". In other words, it took Toyota (TM) 29.93 labor hours to build components and assemble each vehicle. ...
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