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Daily Archives: February 17, 2008

Northern Rock Nationalized

Posted: February 17, 2008 at 12:38 pm

According to The Wall Street Journal troubled British mortgage company Northern Rock wil be taken over by the British government.The newspaper writes "The U.K. Treasury has decided to nationalize troubled ...
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Toshiba May Well Exit HD DVD, Handing Big Win To Sony (SNE)

Posted: February 17, 2008 at 8:14 am

It appears that Sony (NYSE: SNE) has finally won the battle for high-definition DVDs. Last week, Wal-Mat (WMT), Best Buy (BBY), and NetFlix (NFX) dropped the Toshiba HD DVD format ...
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Barclays (BCS) To Raise Dividend

Posted: February 17, 2008 at 7:31 am

In an effort to calm its investors, Barclay's (NYSE: BCS) will raise its dividend this weekAccording to The Times: "In its results on Tuesday, Barclays will admit to write-offs from ...
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Time Warner’s (TWX) AOL Takes Run At Yahoo! (YHOO)

Posted: February 17, 2008 at 7:13 am

Joining the contest to see who will own Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), Time Warner's (NYE: TWX) AOL has entered the fray competing with News Corp (NYSE: NWS) as a company which ...
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