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Monthly Archives: August 2007

Intel See Asia Growth: Peanuts For AMD

Posted: August 30, 2007 at 5:58 am

Intel (INTC) says that its growth in Asia will be robust for the balance of the year, a sign that PC sales in the region are strengthening. IDC expects a ...
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Ford’s Slow Go On Jag And Rover

Posted: August 30, 2007 at 5:25 am

Ford (F) management won't say this, but it is in no rush to sell Jaguar or Range Rover until next year. Mahindra & Marhindra, the Indian car conglomerate,TPG Capital, Cerberus ...
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Europe Markets 8/30/2007

Posted: August 30, 2007 at 5:17 am

Markets in Europe were up modestly at 6.15 AM New York time.The FTSE rose .6% to 6,167. BHP Billiton (BHP) rose 1.4% to 1409. BP (BP) rose 1.2% to 549. ...
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Novell: Why Linux Is The Next Netscape

Posted: August 30, 2007 at 5:08 am

Novell (NOVL) reported next to no reveue growth in its last quarter. The number was $243 million, up less than 3% from a year ago. According to TheStreet.com, cash flow ...
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Investment Bankers: Coal From Santa

Posted: August 30, 2007 at 4:58 am

According to Bloomberg, when investment bankers look into their Christmas stockings, all they will see is coal. The news service owned by New York's mayor writes "Standard & Poor's said ...
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Tivo: Not Much Of A Business

Posted: August 30, 2007 at 4:52 am

Tivo (TIVO) was, at one point, the next big thing. Recording and time shifting TV programs. Watch them when you want to. Not VCR required.In the last quarter, TIVO has ...
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Yahoo!: Changing Generals After The War

Posted: August 30, 2007 at 4:43 am

Yahoo! (YHOO) has announced that its head of sales is out. That part of the company will be combined with a business development unit and run by a new chief. ...
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More Competition For Motorola

Posted: August 30, 2007 at 4:29 am

There is no rule about kicking companies when they are down, and Motorola (MOT) is figuring that out.Recently Samsung caught MOT in global market share, at about 15%. Nokia (NOK) ...
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Media Digest 8/30/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: August 30, 2007 at 3:08 am

According to Reuters, Yahoo! (YHOO) has pushed out its top sales executive and combined its sales and e-commerce units.Reuters writes that Microsoft (MSFT) has purchased a corporate group chat provider.Reuters ...
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Asia Market 8/30/2007

Posted: August 30, 2007 at 2:47 am

Markets in Asia rose The Nikkei was up .9% to 16,152. Hitache (HIT) fell 1.5% to 724. Sony (SNE) rose 1.1% to 5290. The Hang Seng rose 1.8% to 23,413. ...
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The Odd Case Of Google Finance

Posted: August 29, 2007 at 6:39 pm

Google (GOOG) Finance launched to a fair amount of fanfare in March 2006. The market assumed that Google's lead in search could fuel a large audience for the new product. ...
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Is Level 3 (LVLT) Akamai (AKAM) And Limelight’s (LLNW) Next Nightmare?

Posted: August 29, 2007 at 5:55 pm

From Silicon Valley InsiderTelecom giant Level 3 Communications (LVLT) is readying a super-cheap video streaming service that could prove to be a major headache for content delivery networks like Akamai ...
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If Seagate Won’t Sell, Why Not Buy Western Digital? (STX, WDC, KOMG)

Posted: August 29, 2007 at 3:17 pm

Seagate Tech (NYSE:STX) has been a great performer today after it raised guidance.  But it also noted strongly that it wasn't for sale.  This is in the 48 hours after ...
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The 52-Week Low Club

Posted: August 29, 2007 at 3:09 pm

Progressive Corporation (PGR) CEO was spying in church on people who had the sued the company. Seriously. Stock down to $20.23 down from $25.54.Kellwood (KWD) Women's sportswear maker out of ...
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US Investment Bank Ratings OK, Or So Says Moody’s (MCO, MHP, XLF, GS, MS, MER, LEH, BSC, C, BAC, JPM, WFC, WB)

Posted: August 29, 2007 at 11:57 am

Stocks Tickers: MCO, MHP, XLF, GS, MS, MER, LEH, BSC, C, BAC, JPM, WFC, WBYou will have to have a subscription in order to access the full article, but Moody's ...
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