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Daily Archives: February 5, 2008

Europe Markets 2/5/2007 (BCS)(BP)(SI)

Posted: February 5, 2008 at 6:55 am

Markets in Europe were lower at 6.50 AM New York time.The FTSE was off .5% to 5,996. Barclays (BCS) was off 2.6% to 469. BP (BP) was up 2.3% to ...
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Corporate Insiders Start To Buy Their Own Shares

Posted: February 5, 2008 at 6:24 am

In January, for the first time in 13 years, corporate insiders bought more of their own shares than they sold. According to the FT "in the past, periods of net ...
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Moody’s (MCO) New Ratings System Is A Sham

Posted: February 5, 2008 at 6:11 am

Moody's (MCO) wants to replace its old ratings system, which used letter grades, with a new one which will use numbers. It also wants to put "warning labels" on securities ...
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Social Networks And Video-Sharing Sites Losing Their Promise

Posted: February 5, 2008 at 5:50 am

A look at News Corp (NWS) earnings shows that the "other" revenue and profit line, which is mostly its online service MySpace, only had an operating profit of $23 million. ...
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In Toyota’s (TM) Earnings, A Warning For Multinationals

Posted: February 5, 2008 at 5:32 am

Toyota (TM) reported a 7.5% increase in profits for the last quarter of 2007. By itself that is an achievement for any car company. The big Japanese firm did indicate ...
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Media Digest 2/5/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: February 5, 2008 at 4:13 am

According to Reuters, Microsoft (MSFT) would borrow some of the money for a purchase of Yahoo! (YHOO).Reuters writes that Toyota's (TM) net grew 7.5% on emerging market growth.Reuters writes that ...
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Asia Markets 2/5/2008 (HMC)(CN)

Posted: February 5, 2008 at 3:51 am

Markets in Asia were mixed.The Nikkei fell .8% to 13,746. Honda (HMC) fell 3.5% ot 3310. NEC fell 2.7% to 425.The Hang Seng fell 9% to 24,809. China Netcom (CN) ...
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