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Daily Archives: September 16, 2007

NYSE Gets Slapped Hard On Chinese Listings

Posted: September 16, 2007 at 6:51 pm

Shares of Chinese companies listed on the NYSE (NYX) have sub-standard earnings. That is the conclusion of a study by RateFinancials, an independent research firm, covered in the FT. Since ...
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Is Baidu’s Biggest Competitor In China? (BIDU)

Posted: September 16, 2007 at 6:36 pm

According to MarketWatch, Chinese news portal, Sina (SINA), plans to launch an advertising program with bloggers who post content on its site. "Sina's move to monetize its massive blog page ...
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Has Nasdaq Unloaded Its Interest In LSE?

Posted: September 16, 2007 at 5:26 pm

Nasdaq (NDAQ) has not had much luck in the M&A markets. Its most embarrassing attempt at increasing its presence overseas was it run at the London Stock Exchange. NDAQ ended ...
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Business Objects Goes On The Block

Posted: September 16, 2007 at 4:46 pm

Le Figaro has run a story saying that business intelligence software provider Business Objects (BOBJ) has put itself up for sale, retaining Goldman Sachs. The company would probably draw interest ...
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Leap Wireless Turns Down MetroPCS

Posted: September 16, 2007 at 4:34 pm

Leap Wireless (LEAP) has turned away a takover offer from competitor MetroPCS (PCS). According to Reuters "Leap said the bid was too low because it did not reflect the company's ...
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More Tainted Products From China, Drugs This Time

Posted: September 16, 2007 at 4:11 pm

The Chinese are now poisoning their own population. With any luck, a new case of tainted drugs found in the big Asian country will not make it to the US. ...
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With Oil At Record Highs, Talk Of $200 A Barrel

Posted: September 16, 2007 at 11:36 am

24/7 Wall St. has run three or four pieces recently that suggested there are strong cases for $100 a barrel oil. With the $80 mark reached last week, some oil ...
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The Stock Blog Wars Heat Up

Posted: September 16, 2007 at 11:08 am

For over a year, the two largest financial and stock market blogs have been Israel-based Seeking Alpha, which is partially owned by Benchmark Capital, and BloggingStocks, owned by Time-Warner's (TWX) ...
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Apple: Keeping Macs Out Of Wal-Mart Has Hurt

Posted: September 16, 2007 at 7:09 am

Apple (AAPL) has decided to sell the Mac almost exclusively in its online store or in its small number of company-owned retail outlets. That may turn out to be a ...
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This Week on Stockhouse September 10 to 14

Posted: September 16, 2007 at 6:52 am

For a fast review of the top Bullboards, blogs and Stockhouse posters, please check out this week’s Top Five (http://www.stockhouse.com/shfn/article.asp?edtID=20208.) Publisher, Executive Editor Darin Diehl turned the focus of his ...
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Yahoo!’s New Business Plan

Posted: September 16, 2007 at 6:50 am

The best business plan for Yahoo! (YHOO), the one probably most likely to succeed, does not come from CEO Jerry Yang and his new management team. Widely regards Bernstein Research ...
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