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Daily Archives: February 19, 2008

Can Diller Buy Malone Off With Home Shopping Network? Update

Posted: February 19, 2008 at 7:46 am

There has been some speculation that Barry Diller might be able to keep control of IAC/Interactive (IACI) without fighting with majority shareholder Liberty Media, if he hands over his largest ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AHO, BKUNA, CHRT, FTI, HANS, MU, SIGM, UBS, X, WYE)

Posted: February 19, 2008 at 7:12 am

These are not the only analyst calls today, but these are the top ten analyst calls that 247WallSt.com is looking at in early pre-market trading:Ahold (NYSE: AHO) raised to Overweight ...
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Wal-Mart (WMT) Posts First $100 Billion Quarter, Driven By Overseas

Posted: February 19, 2008 at 6:48 am

Despite concerns to the contrary, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) is still growing. It posted the first $100 billion quarter in its history. The world's largest retailer said net sales for the ...
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Storm Clouds Form For China Recession

Posted: February 19, 2008 at 6:22 am

When tens of thousands of visitors make their way to China for the summer Olympics they may be greeted by a country heading into a deep recession.The Chinese government announced ...
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Signs Point To Banking Crisis Getting Much Worse

Posted: February 19, 2008 at 6:02 am

The evidence comes in in pieces. One bit of bad news here and one there. Today, the FT reported that US banks had tapped the Fed’s Term Auction Facility for ...
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Credit Suisse (CS) Hero Of Banking System Become The Goat

Posted: February 19, 2008 at 5:42 am

Just last week Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS) was the cock of the walk. It had been so well-run that its write-downs for mortgage-back securities were small. Unlike other banks in the ...
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Bill Gates: Microsoft (MSFT) Doesn’t Needs Yahoo! (YHOO)

Posted: February 19, 2008 at 5:31 am

Bill Gates says Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) can do well in the search market if its offer for Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) does not work out. "We can afford to make big investments in ...
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Verizon (VZ) Opens The Door For Cable

Posted: February 19, 2008 at 5:20 am

"For want of a nail, the kingdom was lost."After a highly successful roll-out of its fiber-to-the-home broadband and TV product, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has run into a snag. It cannot ...
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Media Digest 2/19/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 19, 2008 at 4:08 am

According to Reuters, Toshiba will drop its HD DVD format.Reuters reports that Blll Gates said Microsoft (MSFT) will target web search with or without Yahoo! (YHOO)Reuters writes that RIM (RIMM) ...
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Asia Markets 2/19/2008 (HMC)(SNE)

Posted: February 19, 2008 at 3:31 am

Markets in Asia rose The Nikkei was up .9% to 13.758. Honda (HMC) was up 3.7% to 3410. Sony (SNE) was up 2.2% to 5010. The Hang Seng rose 1.5% ...
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