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Daily Archives: October 5, 2007

Bernstein Calls For Yahoo! (YHOO) Break-Up

Posted: October 5, 2007 at 6:15 am

Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analysts want Yahoo! (YHOO) management to break-up the company, and believe that such a move would create a $39 price for shareholders. The stock now ...
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Big Sallie Mae (SLM) Shareholders Willing To Fight For Buy-Out

Posted: October 5, 2007 at 5:55 am

When JC Flowers waked away from its $60 bid for Sallie Mae (SLM) and then returned with a lower bid, Wall St. questioned whether the company's board had any recourse. ...
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Europe Markets 10/5/2007

Posted: October 5, 2007 at 5:25 am

Markets in Europe were mixed at 6.20 AM New York time.The FTSE rose .3% to 6,566. BP (BP) was up 1.8% to 572.5. Nothern Rock was down 3.6% to 155.9. ...
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ABN Amro (ABN): The Last Big Bank Deal

Posted: October 5, 2007 at 4:55 am

It appears that the group lead by Royal Bank of Scotland has won the right to buy bank ABN Amro (ABN) for $101 billion. RBS and buy-out partners Fortis and ...
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Pfizer (PFE) Finally Gets The Message

Posted: October 5, 2007 at 4:39 am

For Pfizer, it has been a long and painful fall. In early 2004, its shares were just below $39. It was the age of Big Pharma. Most of the big ...
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Media Digest 10/5/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: October 5, 2007 at 3:08 am

According to Reuters, RIM (RIMM) posted strong earnings and added it 10 millionth subscriber.Reuters writes that Wal-Mart (WMT) is already getting ready for holiday price wars by beginning to drop ...
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Media Digest 10/5/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: October 5, 2007 at 3:08 am

According to Reuters, RIM (RIMM) posted strong earnings and added it 10 millionth subscriber.Reuters writes that Wal-Mart (WMT) is already getting ready for holiday price wars by beginning to drop ...
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Asia Markets 10/5/2007

Posted: October 5, 2007 at 2:41 am

Markets in Asia were mixed.The Nikkei fell .2% to 17,065. Casio fell 19.1% to 1272. Softbank rose 5.4% to 2360. Yahoo Japan rose 4.1% to 51000.The Hang Seng rose 2.4% ...
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