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Daily Archives: August 22, 2007

TD Ameritrade And E*Trade: Another Deal For The Government To Block

Posted: August 22, 2007 at 5:18 am

Word from The Wall Street Journal is that discount broker giants TD Ameritrade (ATMD) and E*Trade (ETFC) are working on a merger that would create a company with 11 million ...
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Verizon Stiffs Vodafone

Posted: August 22, 2007 at 5:03 am

Vodafone (VOD) had some shareholders who wanted the company to sell part of its stake in Verizon Wireless back to majority owner Verizon (VZ). VOD management made the argument that ...
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Dell’s Turnaround Gets Mashed

Posted: August 22, 2007 at 4:54 am

Dell (DELL) came out with a set of cool PCs with fancy colors and better displays. They are aimed at the consumer market. In the past DELL was mostly a ...
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Apple iPhones Big Numbers, Maybe

Posted: August 22, 2007 at 4:47 am

Several reports yesterday indicated that Apple (AAPL) would sell 800,000 iPhone in the current quarter. Reuters reported that a UBS analyst believed that AAPL would top its own target of ...
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NYSE Short Interest For August

Posted: August 22, 2007 at 4:32 am

Below are short interest figures for major companies traded on the NYSE as of August 15 compared to July 13, 2007Largest Short PositionsFord  (F)                    ...
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Media Digest 8/22/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: August 22, 2007 at 3:20 am

According to Reuters, GM (GM) sees revenue in Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East growing by several billion a year for the next several years.Reuters writes that Toyota (TM) ...
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Asia Markets 8/22/2007

Posted: August 22, 2007 at 3:00 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei fell a fraction to 15,900. NTT (NTT) was up 1.4% to 504000. Yahoo Japan was up 5.7% to 38700.The Hang Seng rose 2.9% ...
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