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Daily Archives: August 17, 2007

Does Hewlett-Packard PC Success Hurt Apple

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 5:47 am

Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) had a break-out quarter in its PC business. And Apple (AAPL) is hoping to take PC market share with it iMac line. The increase in AAPL computer sales ...
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Europe Markets 8/17/2007

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 5:35 am

Markets in Europe were off slightly at 6.20 AM New York time.The FTSE fell .2% to 5,845. Barclays (BCS) was down 1.2% to 598. Rio Tinto (RTP) was down 2.5% ...
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Nasdaq Gets Slapped Down Again

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 5:22 am

The NASDAQ Stock Market (NDAQ) struggle for months to buy the London Stock Exchange to expands it global reach. It got nowhere. London kept turning it away.It looked like NDAQ ...
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Dell Has Problems Getting Notebooks

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 5:02 am

Dell (DELL) is having problems getting enough notebooks to meet rising demand. According to the Taiwam Economic Times DELL suppliers Quanta Computer Inc. and Wistron Corp. are being asked to ...
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Sun Microsystems Keeps Scrambling For Revenue

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 4:54 am

Sun Microsystems (SUNW) has come up with another new way to make revenue. It sales were flat in the last quarter, and that does not seem likely to change in ...
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More Bad News For Qualcomm

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 4:44 am

Qualcomm (QCOM) got more bad news yesterday. It largest customer, Nokia (NOK) filed a complaint with the ITC to ban imports of handsets that the big European company says infringe ...
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The Boston Scientific Fire Sale

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 4:33 am

Boston Scientific (BSX) has indicated that it will consider selling two more of its units. Wall St. has speculated that sales of the company's key products like drug coated stents ...
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Niche Stores Won’t Help Wal-Mart

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 4:23 am

Wal-Mart (WMT) is thinking of opening a number of high-end stores, focusing on the grocery business. According to The Wall Street Journal "one idea calls for urban convenience stores less ...
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Media Digest 8/17/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 3:17 am

According to Reuters, Dell (DELL) will restate four years of results after an audit that lasted over a year.Reuters writes that Bear Steans (BSC) will cut 240 jobs in its ...
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Asia Markets 8/17/2007 Nikkei Down 5.4%

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 2:57 am

Markets in Asia fell sharplyThe Nikkei fell 5.4% to 15,274. Canon (CAJ) fell 8.6% to 5400. Honda (HMC) fell 8.2% to 3470. Sony (SNE) fell 6.8% to 5050.The Hang Seng ...
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Citrix Systems Maybe Unable To Challenge VMware (CTXS, EMC, VMW, SYMC, MSFT, ORCL)

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 2:24 am

This would have been a great story to cover any normal day, but if you have been following the trading sessions in the stock market you know times aren't normal.  ...
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