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Daily Archives: January 1, 2008

2008 Corporate Resolutions: Firing Your Bad CEO’s (BSC, BSX, CFC, FINL, MMC, MNI)

Posted: January 1, 2008 at 11:07 am

2007 has been a volatile year in the stock market, but there are many key technology CEO's who just aren't making a passing grade. 247WallSt.com has issued a brief list ...
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The Earnings Gravy Train Jumps The Tracks

Posted: January 1, 2008 at 10:08 am

Year-over-years earnings for US companies have been rising since Cro-magnon man emerged from the forests of Europe 40,000 years ago. It appears that the streak is coming to an end.Based ...
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Google (GOOG) And Yahoo! (YHOO): Newspapers Are Not Dead

Posted: January 1, 2008 at 9:12 am

Yahoo! (YHOO) has made a big deal about its deal to sell online advertising for almost 200 US newspapers. It will also index their content to run on the big ...
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A Vonage (VG) Settlement Does Not Save The Company

Posted: January 1, 2008 at 8:58 am

Vonage (VG) settles a patent dispute with a larger company about once a month. The latest one was with Nortel (NT), a broken telecom equipment supplier which has plenty of ...
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PHH (PHH): Another Private Equity Deal Falls Apart

Posted: January 1, 2008 at 8:43 am

The Blackstone (BX) and GE (GE) buy-out of mortgage and vehicle leasing company PHH fell apart. The reason given was lack of availability of financing. In truth, PHH (PHH) is ...
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