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Daily Archives: June 15, 2007

With Vista Sales Hurting Acer, Dell (DELL) Can’t Be Helped

Posted: June 15, 2007 at 6:07 am

Acer, one of the world's largest PC makers, told the Taipei Times that it was revising its sales growth rate down because the demand for Microsoft (MSFT) Vista was below ...
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The Wii Rides Again

Posted: June 15, 2007 at 5:53 am

According to industry research firm NPD, Nintendo sold 338,000 Wiis in May, compared to 82,000 Sony (SNE) PS3s and 155,000 Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox 360s.For Sony, the beatings will continue until ...
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Intel (INTC) Upgraded On AMD (AMD) Smack Down

Posted: June 15, 2007 at 5:37 am

Goldman has upgraded Intel (INTC) to "buy" from "neutral" because it would appear that rival AMD (AMD) will have to begin to outsource its chip manufacturing. MarketWatch writes that it ...
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Dow Jones (DJ) Controlling Family: More Excuses

Posted: June 15, 2007 at 5:25 am

The members of the Bancroft family & company have rejected suggestions from their own lawyers about how to best protect the independence of The Wall Street Journal if Dow Jones ...
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Europe Markets 6/15/2007

Posted: June 15, 2007 at 5:06 am

Markets in Europe were up at 6 AM.The FTSE rose .7% to 6,694. BP (BP) was up .9% to 588. GSK (GSK) fell .5% to 1308. Unilever (UN) rose 1.6% ...
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Sun (SUNW) Rises In China

Posted: June 15, 2007 at 4:53 am

Sun Micro (SUNW) is walking around saying the China will be its next big market. Fancy that.One Sun executive told Reuters that "For most of the (established Asia markets) we ...
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Sony (SNE) Looks For Way Out Of PS3 Troubles

Posted: June 15, 2007 at 4:40 am

Sir Howard Stringer, CEO of Sony (SNE), probably give the FT a lot of interviews because of his British title. In the latest one, Stinger said that the company is ...
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Apple (AAPL) Iphone Sends Sprint (S) And T-Mobile To Fox Holes

Posted: June 15, 2007 at 4:30 am

It can't be fun to be No.3 or No.4 in a market and have your larger competitors step on your head one more time. A survey just out shows that ...
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The Old People At Sony (SNE) Get Into Web Video

Posted: June 15, 2007 at 4:19 am

Sony (SNE) TV has come up with a novel idea. It will let consumers watch five minute versions of TV golden oldies including "Diff'rent Strokes" and "The Partridge Family" on ...
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Media Digest 6/15/2006 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: June 15, 2007 at 3:12 am

According to Reuters, the FTC will look at Microsoft's (MSFT) purcahse of aQuantive (AQNT) and Yahoo!'s (YHOO) buyout of Right Media with a eye toward anti-trust concerns.Reuters writes that the ...
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Asia Markets 6/15/2007

Posted: June 15, 2007 at 2:44 am

Markets in Asia moved up.The Nikkei rose .7% to 17,971. Honda (HMC) was up 1.9% to 4350. Softbank was up 1.8% to 2766. Toyota (TM) was up 1.6% to 7690. ...
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Microsoft (MSFT) And Yahoo! (YHOO) Get FTC Once Over

Posted: June 15, 2007 at 2:32 am

The FTC has decided to review the Yahoo! (YHOO) purchase of Right Media as well as Microsoft's  (MSFT) purchase of aQuantive (AQNT). The move comes after a review of Google's ...
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