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Daily Archives: August 14, 2007

United Online (UNTD) Looks For Redemption

Posted: August 14, 2007 at 5:30 am

United Online (UNTD) is in a crummy business. It sells dial-up internet service to about five million online customers. It is the business that AOL exited last year. Broadband has ...
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Starbucks (SBUX) Fires Back At Dunkin’ Donuts

Posted: August 14, 2007 at 5:16 am

Earlier in the week, Dunkin' Donuts made a big deal about its new plan to team up with Procter & Gamble (PG) to sell its coffee at retail outlets like ...
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Mattel (MAT): More Dangerous Toys

Posted: August 14, 2007 at 5:05 am

Mattel (MAT) appears to be ready to recall more toys made in China, based on reports from Dow Jones and Reuters. The company is taking a $30 million charge for ...
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AOL Finance Catching Up To Yahoo! (YHOO): MSN Money Buried

Posted: August 14, 2007 at 4:49 am

Based an analysis of highly detailed ComScore data cover the last five quarters, AOL Finance has virtually caught Yahoo! (YHOO) Finance as MSN Money (MSFT) has lost significant ground.Among unique ...
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Yahoo! (YHOO): No Profit In Customer Satisfaction

Posted: August 14, 2007 at 4:29 am

The new University of Michigan American Consumer Satisfaction Index shows that people like using Yahoo! (YHOO) better than they do Google (GOOG), at least in the US. According to Reuters, ...
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Wal-Mart (WMT): Time To Leave Japan

Posted: August 14, 2007 at 4:18 am

Japan would appear to be a promising market for big-box retail, but not for Wal-Mart (WMT). Japan is one of the world's largest economies and wealthiest nations, but too few ...
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Media Digest 8/14/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: August 14, 2007 at 3:10 am

According to Reuters, profits at UBS rose to $4.7 billion in Q2, but the bank said the difficult markets could hurt second half results.Reuters writes that Wal-Mart's (WMT) Japanese unit, ...
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Dow Jones (DJ) Advertising Dives In July

Posted: August 14, 2007 at 2:43 am

Dow Jones (DJ) had an awful month in July.Advertising revenue at the print Wall Street Journal decreased 7.2% in July on a 20.9% decrease in advertising volume. An increase in ...
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Asia Markets 8/14/2007 Shanghai Makes New Record

Posted: August 14, 2007 at 2:37 am

Markets in Asia were mixed.The Nikkei was up .3% to 16,845. Sony (SNE) wsa down 1% to 5670. Toyota (TM) was down .1% to 7060.The Hang Seng was up a ...
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