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Daily Archives: August 8, 2007

Sprint (S) Revenue Rises 2%

Posted: August 8, 2007 at 6:09 am

Sprint's (S) net operating revenues of $10.2 billion in the second quarter were 2% above the year-ago period For the second quarter, diluted earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations ...
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Europe Markets 8/8/2007

Posted: August 8, 2007 at 5:45 am

Markets in Europe were broadly higher at 6.40 AM New York time.The FTSE rose 8% to 6,349. BHP Billiton (BHP) was up 1.8% to 1388. Vodafone (VOD) rose .3% to ...
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Verizon (VZ) Goes After DirecTV (DTV) And Echostar (DISH)

Posted: August 8, 2007 at 5:28 am

In a recent survey reported on at GigaOm, thirty-four towns were tracked for TV and broadband customer activity in the initial 90 days that Verizon's (VZ) fiber optics product was ...
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Vodafone’s (VOD) Vote Of Confidence For Verizon (VZ)

Posted: August 8, 2007 at 5:10 am

Vodafone (VOD) will not sell part of its 45% stake in Verizon Wireless to Verizon (VZ) for $10 billion. It has the contractual right to do so, but that ends ...
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Apple (AAPL): Steve Jobs Pipe Dream

Posted: August 8, 2007 at 4:55 am

"A lot of Windows customers are going to switch because of this stuff," Mr. Jobs said. He was referring to new programs that will be available on Apple's (AAPL) iMac ...
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Qualcomm’s Arrogance Costs It Dearly

Posted: August 8, 2007 at 4:42 am

Yesterday, a federal judge ruled that two Qualcomm (QCOM) patents for video compression where not enforceable because the company "deliberately concealed the patents from a standards-setting group,", according to The ...
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Media Digest 8/8/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: August 8, 2007 at 3:19 am

According to Reuters, Cisco (CSCO) announced quarter profits and a forecast that topped expectations.Reuters writes that Vodafone (VOD) will keeps its 45% of Verizon Wireless.The Wall Street Journal writes that ...
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Asia Markets 8/8/2007

Posted: August 8, 2007 at 2:51 am

Markets in Asia were sharply higher.The Nikkei rose .4% to 17,029. KDDI rose 5.2% to 808000. Docomo (DCM) rose 3% to 171000. The Hang Seng rose 2.4 22,398. China Mobile ...
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