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Daily Archives: August 31, 2007

NBC Joins Universal Leaving iTunes

Posted: August 31, 2007 at 5:20 am

NBC has told Apple (AAPL) that it will not renew its long-term deal with the iTunes store. The GE (GE) unit is "the No. 1 supplier of digital video to ...
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Toyota: No More Easy Growth

Posted: August 31, 2007 at 5:09 am

The nice thing about the management at Toyota (TM) is that they tell their rivals ahead of time how badly they are going to crush them.The big Japanese car company ...
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S&P Chief Out, McGraw-Hill Chief Should Follow

Posted: August 31, 2007 at 4:55 am

McGraw-Hill (MGP) sacked the head of its S&P unit on the theory that the ratings agency should have seen sub-prime problems coming sooner and downgraded pools of the mortgage-backed securities. ...
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The Ariad Pharmaceuticals Conundrum (ARIA, MRK)

Posted: August 31, 2007 at 4:50 am

Business Week has run a brief feature article on Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARIA) in its "Inside Wall Street" magazine section and noted that the company's partner Merck (NYSE:MRK), has "deep pockets."  ...
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Media Digest 8/31/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: August 31, 2007 at 3:31 am

According to Reuters, Bush will outline a plan to help holders of sub-prime mortgages.Reuters writes that Dell (DELL) topped Wall St. estimates but sees costs drops slowing.Reuters writees that Freddie ...
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Asia Markets 8/31/2007

Posted: August 31, 2007 at 3:00 am

Markets in Asia were up shareply. The Nikkei rose 2.7% to 16,569. Honda (HMC) rose 4.4% to 3820. NEC (NIPNY) rose 3.8% to 547. NTT (NTT) rose 2.9% to 538000. ...
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